By Hadas Gold and Liam Reilly, CNN New York (CNN) — Shari Redstone, the chairwoman and CEO of CBS parent company Paramount Global, said Wednesday that CBS leadership made a “bad mistake” with their handling of the fallout over “CBS Mornings” co-anchor Tony Dokoupil’s contentious interview last week with author Ta-Nehisi Coates. In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said she did not think Dokoupil vio…

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CBS News says heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview did not meet editorial standards after criticism

‘CBS Mornings’ co-anchor Tony Dokoupil compared Coates’s new book to ‘extremist’ writings – prompting online backlash

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"CBS Mornings" anchor Tony Dokoupil, who is Jewish, and pro-Palestinian author Ta-Nehisi Coates sparked controversy after a contentious on-air talk.

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CBS' handling of contentious 'Mornings' segment with Ta-Nehisi Coates raises new questions

CBS News executives said Monday that a heated morning show interview with acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, during which his new book was compared to “extremist” writings, did not meet the network’s editorial standards.

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By Brian Stelter and Hadas Gold, CNN New York (CNN) — CBS News executives said Monday that a heated morning show interview with acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, during which his new book was compared to “extremist” writings, did not meet the network’s editorial standards. CBS executives told staffers during a daily editorial meeting that the contentious “CBS Mornings” interview last week with Coates, led by co-anchor Tony Dokoupil, had been ad…

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A contentious interview about Israel last week between author Ta-Nehisi Coates and "CBS Mornings" anchor Tony Dokoupil became a hot topic.

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‘CBS Mornings’ host Tony Dokoupil ripped by bosses over tense Israel interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates — sparking staff backlash: reports

CBS News leadership is addressing with staff an interview conducted on the network’s flagship morning program by a top anchor that the executives said did not meet its editorial standards. In an editorial call Monday, audio of which was obtained and published by The Free Press, CBS News executives Wendy McMahon and Adrienne Roark said…

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CBS News employees are making fools of themselves, weeping and gnashing their teeth over an incident in which comic book author Ta-Nehisi Coates was made to look foolish. But don’t laugh. This is our future, one in which panicked news executives defer to the loudest, most emotionally unstable voices in the room, cowed entirely by mob rule designed to protect certain viewpoints while suppressing dissident voices. On Sept. 30, during CBS Mornings …

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The chairman of CBS parent Paramount Global said she disagreed with her news executives' decision to admonish "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil.

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Shari Redstone backs 'CBS Mornings' host over controversial Ta-Nehisi Coates interview

On the evening of what should be a landmark moment — a “60 Minutes” election special w VP Harris airs Monday night — CBS News suddenly finds itself embroiled in l’Affaire Dokoupil, in which a new senior executive had to explain why the tone taken by one of the news division’s rising stars was inappropriate. […]

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‘CBS News’ Says Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates and Tony Dokoupil ‘Did Not Meet Editorial Standards’

Top CBS News executives told staffers on a call this morning that a contentious interview exchange that CBS Mornings co-anchor Tony Dokoupil did with author Ta-Nehisi Coates over his new book delves into the Israel-Palestinian conflict did not meet the network’s editorial standards. Adrienne Roark, the president of editorial and newsgathering, told staffers in the […]

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CBS News Executives Said That ‘CBS Mornings’ Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates Did Not Meet Editorial Standards

CBS News says heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview did not meet editorial standards after criticism

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