Tony Dokoupil Eats Heaps Of Shit In First Week As CBS News Anchor | Defector

"Last month, CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss decided to make Tony Dokoupil, then the host of the network's three-hour morning show, the new lead anchor on CBS Evening News. In any other circumstance, it might be hard to figure out how this promotion was issued to a guy whose job was to be a court jester for bleary-eyed Americans getting ready to go to work. But the thought process here is pretty easy to follow: Dokoupil, a Zionist, made a fool of himself trying to grill Ta-Nehisi Coates during a 2024 interview about his latest book, which features a chapter about Israel's subjugation of the Palestinian people. The previous CBS regime reprimanded Dokoupil for his pro-apartheid line of questioning, but Weiss wanted to make it clear that she rewards that kind of thought in the newsroom."

"Put more directly: This moron got himself a fancy new job by being an ingratiating dipshit. Dokoupil officially took over as lead anchor over the weekend, where he was entrusted to update viewers about the United States' murderous attack on Venezuela that resulted in the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro."

""On too many stories, the press has missed the story," he said, "because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you." He later insisted that he would be "more accountable and more transparent than [Walter] Cronkite or any one else of his era.""

Bari Weiss elevated Tony Dokoupil from morning-show host to lead anchor at CBS Evening News following his high-profile pro-Zionist performance during an interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates. The prior CBS leadership had reprimanded Dokoupil for his questioning on Israel and the Palestinians, but Weiss promoted him as a signal that such approaches are valued. Dokoupil issued a statement pledging to prioritize "the average American," reduce reliance on elites, and to be "more accountable and more transparent" than past anchors. His early assignments included coverage of a U.S. attack on Venezuela and the reported kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro, followed by an interview with Pete Hegseth.

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