CBS to Air Star's Axed '60 Minutes' Segment Days After He Quits [View all]
Source: Daily Beast
Updated Feb. 21 2026 3:45AM EST
Published Feb. 20 2026 10:01PM EST
CBS has announced it will finally air a controversial 60 Minutes segment investigating one of the Trump administration’s most bizarre claims. After weeks of uncertainty following MAGA-curious Bari Weiss’s takeover of the broadcaster, the “white genocide” segment headed by outgoing 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper will air on Sunday.
The episode, which was delayed due to an “abnormal” editing process, is slated to reveal the whole story about an alleged “genocide” of the caucasian diaspora in South Africa.
“President Trump says that White farmers in South Africa are victims of a genocide,” 60 Minutes wrote in promotional copy ahead of the release. “The South African government disputes that claim. 60 Minutes traveled to South Africa to see for ourselves.”
Weiss is reported to have delayed the release and left veteran 60 Minutes producer Michael Gavshon “exasperated” with her “extensive editorial feedback” on the episode.
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