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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(12,886 posts)
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 06:25 PM Wednesday

CBS is now "state tv"

Network staffers and insiders are so far unimpressed with Tony Dokoupil’s “embarrassing” debut as the new CBS Evening News anchor, raging about the program’s “MAGA” pivot while fuming that Dokoupil is practicing “journalism malpractice” and pro-Trump propaganda.

“It’s state TV,” one network staffer declared.
At the same time, multiple sources have told The Independent that during a commercial break of his Saturday evening conversation with Dokoupil, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said he was only sitting down for his first “mainstream press interview” because editor-in-chief Bari Weiss approached him – and he liked how the network was treating the administration.


https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tony-dokoupil-cbs-evening-news-debut-reactions-b2896387.html

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CBS is now "state tv" (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday OP
Who is going to watch it? The Cult watches FOX, Democrats better not watch CBS. Who's left? dem4decades Wednesday #1
This idiot is katy tur's spouse LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #2
Wait until Tony interviews a baker Hassler Wednesday #3

Hassler

(4,767 posts)
3. Wait until Tony interviews a baker
Wed Jan 7, 2026, 07:18 PM
Wednesday

With a new pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. He's a beast with those kind of morning tv interviews.

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