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'It's so bad in there': CBS News insiders panicked over two nights of anchor embarrassment [View all]
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'It's so bad in there': CBS News insiders panicked over two nights of anchor embarrassment
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-01-07T22:41:17.738Z
https://www.rawstory.com/cbs-news-weiss-dokoupil
CBS News insiders are expressing deep embarrassment over the performance of fledgling evening anchor Tony Dokoupil, whom News chief Bari Weiss hand-selected, with critics arguing that his debut proves Weiss lacks the experience to lead a major news division.
According to Oliver Darcy's "Status" newsletter, staff morale at CBS has deteriorated significantly as Dokoupil caters to the Trump administration while occupying the anchor chair once held by Walter Cronkite.
Dokoupil's Monday broadcast revealed uncertainty about story selection. His Tuesday evening segment profiling Secretary of State Marco Rubio featured whimsical AI-generated images depicting Rubio in his various roles, concluding with Dokoupil declaring, "Marco Rubio, we salute you. You are the ultimate Florida man!"
Darcy noted that under typical circumstances, such lighthearted praise from an ostensibly objective journalist would have seemed inappropriate. The context of recent days made the segment particularly jarring......
A Variety review described Dokoupil as lacking "the charisma and aptitude to turn the 'Evening News' into whatever it is she [Weiss] may want." Critic Daniel D'Addario wrote, "In his official first broadcast on Jan. 5, Dokoupil betrayed a Weissian willingness to bulldoze past that which might seem too untidy for whatever hypothetical viewer he and his editor have in mind."
According to Oliver Darcy's "Status" newsletter, staff morale at CBS has deteriorated significantly as Dokoupil caters to the Trump administration while occupying the anchor chair once held by Walter Cronkite.
Dokoupil's Monday broadcast revealed uncertainty about story selection. His Tuesday evening segment profiling Secretary of State Marco Rubio featured whimsical AI-generated images depicting Rubio in his various roles, concluding with Dokoupil declaring, "Marco Rubio, we salute you. You are the ultimate Florida man!"
Darcy noted that under typical circumstances, such lighthearted praise from an ostensibly objective journalist would have seemed inappropriate. The context of recent days made the segment particularly jarring......
A Variety review described Dokoupil as lacking "the charisma and aptitude to turn the 'Evening News' into whatever it is she [Weiss] may want." Critic Daniel D'Addario wrote, "In his official first broadcast on Jan. 5, Dokoupil betrayed a Weissian willingness to bulldoze past that which might seem too untidy for whatever hypothetical viewer he and his editor have in mind."
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