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CBS is f*cked... - Really American
Really American Host Kenny Hesse breaks down CBS sparking outrage as Editor in Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 minutes documentary about the notorious CECOT prison that Trump has been using to commit human rights violations in an egregious effort to shield the Trump administration from accountability for its heinous actions. CBS News is gone. It is a MAGA network now, and the journalist behind the CECOT documentary Weiss pulled, reveals it all.
At a time when mainstream media continues to fail — retreating, self-censoring, or capitulating when Donald Trump applies pressure — independent journalism is carrying the burden alone. CBS’ disastrous decision to yank reporting on Trump’s actions at CECOT is exactly why outlets like Really American exist. We are building a pro-democracy, anti-MAGA media organization that refuses to blink — but that work depends on reader support. - 12/22/2025.
Surviving CECOT (full doc) - Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison - FRONTLINE
“Surviving CECOT” is a ProPublica production for FRONTLINE in association with Alianza Rebelde Investiga, Cazadores de Fake News and The Texas Tribune. Explore more of ProPublica’s reporting at: https://www.propublica.org/
The story of three Venezuelan men branded as gang members by the Trump administration and deported to CECOT, a maximum-security prison in El Salvador notorious for its harsh conditions.
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This short documentary tells the story of three Venezuelan men — Juan José Ramos Ramos, Andry Blanco Bonilla and Wilmer Vega Sandia — who were branded by the U.S. government as Tren de Aragua gang members and deported by the Trump administration to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a prison in El Salvador notorious for its brutal conditions. All three men said they had no connection to Tren de Aragua and were not gang members. In U.S. government data ProPublica obtained, none were flagged as having a criminal conviction or pending charges.
The documentary details what the men say they experienced inside CECOT – beatings, humiliation and abuse – and explores the lasting trauma of the ordeal on them and their families.
The producer for "Surviving CECOT" is Gerardo del Valle. The senior producers are Frank Koughan and Lisa Riordan Seville. Almudena Toral is ProPublica’s executive producer and ProPublica’s editor-in-chief is Stephen Engelberg. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.
Explore additional reporting on “Surviving CECOT ” on our website:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/surviving-cecot/
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