CBS’ Race and Culture Unit criticizes anchor’s tone in Ta-Nahisi book interview

WE TOLD YOU LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS SIT DOWN INTERVIEW BETWEEN CBS MORNING NEWS ANCHOR TONY DOKOUPIL AND AUTHOR TA-NAHISI COATES.

DOKOUPIL’S QUESTIONING OVER COATES’ NEW BOOK ABOUT THE WAR IN GAZA CREATING CONTROVERSY.

WITH SOME HIGHER UPS PRAISING THE ANCHOR’S TOUGH QUESTIONS AND OTHERS SAYING IT WENT TOO FAR.

“Why leave out that israel is surrounded by countries that want to eliminate it? Why leave out terror groups want to eliminate it?

“And is it because you just don’t believe israel – in any condition – has a right to exist?”

THE INTERVIEW IS NOW BRINGING ATTENTION TO CBS’ EDITORIAL STANDARDS – AND INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS OVER THE ISSUE.

THE NETWORK HAS A “RACE AND CULTURE UNIT” – ESTABLISHED IN 2020.

ACCORDING TO CBS – ITS TO “ENSURE THE TONE, CONTENT, AND INTENTION” OF SEGMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE.

AND JOURNALISTS AT THE NETWORK ARE TO RUN THEIR INTERVIEW QUESTIONS BY THIS “RACE AND CULTURE UNIT” – ACCORDING TO DYLAN BYERS’ REPORTING OVER THE CBS INTERVIEW SAGA.

BYERS SAYS “the unit determined that while Dokoupil’s questions and intentions were acceptable, his tone was not. Meanwhile, the network’s Standards and Practices division determined that Dokoupil had not followed the preproduction process wherein questions are run through Race and Culture and Standards and Practices.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES ALSO REPORTED DOKOUPIL HAD TO MEET WITH THESE UNITS.

AND SAY THE CONVERSATION FOCUSED ON DOKOUPIL’S “TONE OF VOICE, PHRASING, AND BODY LANGUAGE” DURING THE INTERVIEW.

“The content of that section would not be out of place of the backpack of an extremist.”

AT AN ALL-HANDS MEETING – MEANT TO BE CONFIDENTIAL BUT AUDIO LEAKED – DOKOUPIL’S VIOLATION OF STANDARDS WAS ANNOUNCED – AND THEN THE DIVIDE OF SUPPORT AND CONDEMNATION FOLLOWED.

BYERS – WHO REVIEWED THE LEAKED AUDIO – SAYS –

“For many of the network’s employees, the episode demonstrated the latest example of Dokoupil’s pro-Israel editorializing. Dokoupil is Jewish, and his ex-wife and children live in Israel, and many criticized him for bringing his personal emotions into the coverage.”

“For others, including many of the network’s more veteran journalists, Dokoupil had actually upheld CBS’s journalistic values by asking tough questions of a guest with an overt anti-Israel bias.”

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