CBS to Tony Dokoupil: You Can't Report in the Newsroom!

CBS News executives Wendy McMahon and Adrienne Roark held a conference call with employees to address concerns about an on-air interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates. Some employees felt that co-anchor Tony Dokoupil had been unfair to Coates, who is promoting his new book. Dokoupil challenged Coates's characterization of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but the conversation was respectful and allowed viewers to see Coates defend his positions. The network's brass agreed that Dokoupil shouldn't have asked tough questions, and he was rebuked for his tone and body language. This incident reflects a larger trend of younger journalists rejecting objectivity and neutrality in favor of activism. [Extracted from the article]