On Sept. 30, 2024, prominent progressive thinker and author Ta-Nehisi Coates appeared on "CBS Mornings" to promote his new book focusing on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "The Message." Coates' argument echoed many standard left-wing tropes about the intractable conflict, framing it as an intersectional battle between an illegitimate oppressor group and a helpless oppressed group. Tony Dokoupil, whose children live in Israel with their mother, pushed back in the interview. He stated that "The Message" "would not be out of place in the backpack of an extremist," and he further argued that Coates' book deliberately omitted crucial details about the Hamas jihadist organization and the realities of Islamic terrorism.

For having the temerity to ask challenging questions to a leading proponent of post-George Floyd left-wing racial gospel, Dokoupil was ritually reprimanded by his employer. The anchor was summoned to the organization's Orwellian-named "Race and Culture Unit" after some CBS News employees complained about Dokoupil's "tone of voice, phrasing, and body language." In a subsequent CBS News editorial meeting that was leaked to Bari Weiss' The Free Press — on Oct. 7, of all dates — network executives Wendy McMahon and Adrienne Roark chided their own anchor for failing to "preserv(e) the legacy of neutrality and objectivity that........

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