CBS News in Turmoil, Will Bring in DEI and Trauma Expert After Staff Revolts Over Anchor’s Tough Questioning of Anti-Israel Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates   

A top news executive told the staff Monday morning that Tony Dokoupil’s interview with Mr. Coates failed to meet its editorial standards.

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CBS Mornings' Tony Dokoupil interviews Ta-Nehisi Coates. CBS News

CBS News is in chaos after its far left staff stridently objected to an interview one of its morning hosts, Tony Dokoupil, did with Ta-Nehisi Coates in which he pressed the bestselling author about his anti-Israel rhetoric in his new book. A top news executive told staff on Monday that the interview did not meet the Tiffany Network’s editorial standards.

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