Article in Status by Oliver Darcy, 1/6/26
Headline: “The Dokoupil Debacle”
Subhead: “A chaotic on-air rollout, cringe social media posts, and MAGA-friendly editorial choices have turned Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ debut into a source of embarrassment and growing alarm inside the network’s newsroom.”
“On Tuesday evening, newly installed ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor Tony Dokoupil closed out just his second official broadcast with a surreal segment: a glowing tribute to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. . .”
“Even under normal circumstances, an ostensibly objective newsman’s lighthearted praise of a cabinet member’s political portfolio would have been jarring. But it was particularly striking in context of the last several days. . .”
Read the full article at:
https://www.status.news/p/tony-dokoupil-cbs-evening-news-rollout
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Article in The New Republic by Edith Olmstead, 1/6/26
Headline: “Bari Weiss’s New CBS Project Debuts—and Is a Total Disaster”
Subhead: “The CBS Evening News launch didn’t exactly go to plan.
“First day, big problems here. . .”
“During his first foray into evening news Monday, Dokoupil face-planted while transitioning out of a story on Venezuela while Bari Weiss, the right-wing shill tapped to become editor in chief of CBS News, reportedly looked on from the control room. . .”
https://newrepublic.com/post/204977/bari-weiss-cbs-evening-news-tony-dokoupil-major-issues
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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 1/6/26
Headline: “CBS News’ new era begins with press freedom concerns and technical stumbles”
Subhead: “Tony Dokoupil’s rushed anchor debut and a Venezuela interview that sidestepped Pentagon press restrictions mark an uneasy start to the Bari Weiss era”
“. . .CBS not only sat down with Hegseth, it allowed him to define a U.S. military operation in Venezuela as a ‘law enforcement’ action, argue Congress need not be notified, and openly discuss American oil interests, all without confronting the administration’s crackdown on the press itself.”
read the full article at:
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/tony-dokoupil-cbs-evening-news-new-host/