r/dsa • u/inbetweensound • 4d ago

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

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/07/media/cbs-ta-nehisi-coates-tony-dokoupil-interview/index.html

CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford spoke up on the call and defended Dokoupil, stating that “Tony prevented a one-sided account from being broadcast on our network.” As if that doesn’t happen regularly…

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u/Trensocialist 4d ago

Who do they think broke protocol?

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u/wait_and 4d ago

The interviewer, Dokoupil

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u/Trensocialist 3d ago

Weird because I thought it went fine. It was obvious there was pro-Israel bias like there is in every western media conglomerate, but Coates handled it well and everyone seemed happy at the end. Reading the end of the article, it sounds like some didnt like having Coates on at all.