'Astonishing': Internet erupts after canned '60 Minutes' segment leaked

The internet erupted into a frenzy on Monday night after a video of a canned "60 Minutes" segment from Sunday was published.

On Sunday, CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss scrapped a segment on "60 Minutes" about President Donald Trump's efforts to send deportees to the infamous CECOT prison in El Salvador. The video features testimony from deportees who said officers told them they "would never see the light of day again." It aired in Canada even though the segment was not shown in the U.S.

Weiss told CBS News staffers that the story did not meet the organization's editorial standards because it lacked an on-camera interview with someone from the Trump administration.

Media experts and analysts reacted to the video after it was leaked.

"This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!" ex-conservative lawyer and Democratic candidate for Congress George Conway posted on X. "Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!"

"Yes, this is real. Yes, it's astonishing," CNN media expert Brian Stelter posted on X. "Global TV, which airs 60 Minutes in Canada, uploaded the original version of Sunday's episode, including the Sharyn Alfonsi segment that Bari Weiss shelved. And now people all across the internet are watching the segment."

"It’s not just the New York Times. It’s not just Tucker Carlson. It’s not just MSNBC. It’s not just Megyn Kelly. It’s not just Peter Twinklage. CANADA effectively told Bari Weiss to pound sand tonight!" Peter Rothpletz, contributor to Zeteo News, posted on X.

"The most dangerous thing about this segment is that it shows America that these immigrants being sent to the foreign gulags are human beings, and the real monsters are the people denying them due process, abducting them and sending them there," Melanie D'Arrigo, executive director for the Campaign for NY Health, posted on X.