Sunday, January 18, 2026

Bari Weiss and the Tony Dokoupil CBS Evening News Clown Show humiliation ritual

 

CBS News earns a 'dart' from CJR:
When Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staffers on her first morning call, she ended her comments with “Let’s do the fucking news.” Three months in, she’s definitely trying to do something—but it’s not entirely clear that it’s the news. 
By now you’ve likely read about Weiss’s various missteps in her new role: spiking a 60 Minutes story unfavorable to the Trump administration, sending scolding missives to the newsroom on journalism ethics, declaring “We love America” as a new guiding principle for the relaunch of the CBS Evening News. (If you’ve managed to miss all this somehow, this piece from my colleague Jem Bartholomew is a good place to start.) 
It’s that reimagining of the CBS Evening News that’s gotten the most attention in recent weeks, thanks to a series of confusing MAGA-friendly editorial decisions, cringe-inducing social media posts, and insipid both-sidesing show closers that are beginning to feel like a humiliation ritual for Tony Dokoupil, Weiss’s newly minted anchor.  [emphasis added]

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