CBS pulled a "60 Minutes" segment hours before it was set to air on Dec. 21, a move that has apparently sparked backlash from its correspondent.
The segment was set to feature the notorious El Salvador prison CECOT.
The news program announced the programming update in a statement around 4:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 21, adding that the piece "will air in a future broadcast."
"We determined it needed additional reporting," CBS News said in a statement to USA TODAY.
Sharyn Alfonsi, a correspondent who has worked at the network for more than two decades, reported the piece. Multiple outlets, including The New York Times, NPR and CNN, obtained an email Alfonsi sent to colleagues in which she said the decision to pull the segment "is not an editorial decision, it is a political one." USA TODAY has not been able to reach Alfonsi.
"60 Minutes," instead, aired a segment on a family of classical musicians, the programming update said. The show's social media comments have since been flooded with viewers calling on the network to release the original clip.