{"id":2351908,"date":"2024-10-08T00:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T04:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-criticizes-anchor-for-pushing-back-against-anti-israeli-ta-nehisi-coates-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T00:28:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T04:28:39","slug":"cbs-news-criticizes-anchor-for-pushing-back-against-anti-israeli-ta-nehisi-coates-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbs-news-criticizes-anchor-for-pushing-back-against-anti-israeli-ta-nehisi-coates-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS News criticizes anchor for pushing back against anti-Israeli Ta-Nehisi Coates &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcbs-news-criticizes-anchor-for-pushing-back-against-anti-israeli-ta-nehisi-coates-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2351908&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CBS News faced internal criticism after anchor Tony\u200c Dokoupil\u200b questioned Ta-Nehisi \u2062Coates about the anti-Israel rhetoric in Coates&#8217; new book, &#8220;The Message,&#8221; during\u200c a segment on &#8220;CBS\u200b Mornings.&#8221; His inquiries prompted CBS executives to publicly assert that Dokoupil may \u200chave breached the network&#8217;s standards for neutrality\u2064 and objectivity. In questioning Coates, Dokoupil suggested that the assertions in the book&#8217;s Israel-Palestine section\u200d resembled extremist views when stripped of authorial\u200c accolades. <\/p>\n<p>The controversy led CBS&#8217;s\u2064 president of content development, Adrienne Roark, to address\u200d staff concerns, admitting that the\u2062 network \u2064has been \u2063failing its audience regarding recent reporting. She apologized for the\u2064 delayed \u2062conversation on biases \u200bin reporting. \u2063Meanwhile, CBS CEO Wendy\u200d McMahon supported\u2064 Roark&#8217;s \u2062stance, though some colleagues, including legal correspondent Jan Crawford, defended\u2064 Dokoupil&#8217;s challenge to maintain\u200b balanced journalism by scrutinizing one-sided\u2062 narratives.<\/p>\n<p>Coates&#8217; book \u200cdiscusses\u200b the plight of Palestinians, framing\u2062 it as a \u2064consequence of Israeli\u2063 occupation, which he describes as racist\u200d and colonialist. The\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-rips-fauci-over-crazy-china-remarks-naive-beyond-all-possible-imagination-spouts-ccp-propaganda\/\" title=\"Pompeo Rips Fauci Over \u2018Crazy\u2019 China Remarks: \u2018Na\u00efve Beyond All Possible Imagination,\u2019 Spouts CCP Propaganda\">internal debate<\/a> at CBS illustrates the\u2063 tensions between journalistic standards and perceived biases in reporting on complex geopolitical issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">CBS News criticizes anchor for pushing back against anti-Israeli Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cbs-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CBS News<\/a> chiefs suggested that top anchor Tony Dokoupil violated the network&rsquo;s standards of &ldquo;neutrality and objectivity&rdquo; after he pressed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>anti-Israel <\/a>activist on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bishop-seeks-to-remove-priest-who-blasted-godless-pro-abortion-democrats-and-hypocrite-clergy-who-enable-them\/\" title=\"Bishop Seeks To Remove Priest Who Blasted \u2018Godless\u2019 Pro-Abortion Democrats And \u2018Hypocrite\u2019 Clergy Who Enable Them\">controversial rhetoric<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>When Ta-Nehisi Coates joined <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> last week to discuss his new book <em>The Message<\/em>, Dokoupil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qgWt-QcPYMo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>questioned<\/a> the bestselling author about some of the assertions in&nbsp;the &ldquo;Israel-Palestine section of the book.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you took your name out of it, took away the awards and the acclaim, took the cover off the book, the publishing house goes away&mdash;the content of that section would not be out of place in the backpack of an extremist,&rdquo; Dokoupil said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1758738\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Why leave out Israel is surrounded by countries that want to eliminate it? Why leave out that Israel deals with terror groups that want to eliminate it?&rdquo; he asked Coates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ta-Nehisi Coates&rsquo; new book, &ldquo;The Message,&rdquo; is a trio of interconnected essays that examine how the stories people tell &mdash; or avoid telling &mdash; can shape and even distort reality: &ldquo;I am most concerned always with those that don&rsquo;t have a voice.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bDsBxZMbah\">https:\/\/t.co\/bDsBxZMbah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G4WCkI146I\">pic.twitter.com\/G4WCkI146I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSMornings\/status\/1840749848703770679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>CBS News&rsquo;s Adrienne Roark, who is the president of content development and integration, criticized the anchor during an all-staff meeting on Monday morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are times we fail our audiences and each other. We&rsquo;re in one of those times right now, and it&rsquo;s been growing. And we&rsquo;re at a tipping point. Many of you have reached out to express concerns about recent reporting. Specifically about the <em>CBS Mornings<\/em> Coates interview last week,&rdquo; Roarks said according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/cbs-marks-october-7-by-admonishing-tony-dokoupil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Free Press<\/em>&lsquo;s <\/a>audio of the staff meeting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want to acknowledge and apologize that it&rsquo;s taken this long to have this conversation,&rdquo; she continued as she urged staff &ldquo;to check our biases at the door.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>CBS CEO Wendy McMahon backed her colleague up, although the network&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shannon-bream-named-to-replace-chris-wallace-as-host-of-fox-news-sunday\/\" title=\"Shannon Bream Named to Replace Chris Wallace as  Host of Fox News Sunday\">chief legal correspondent<\/a>, Jan Crawford, pushed back on the chief executives&rsquo; criticism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It sounds like we are calling out one of our anchors in a somewhat public setting on this call for failing to meet editorial standards for, I&rsquo;m not even sure what,&rdquo; Crawford said. &ldquo;I thought our commitment was to truth. And when someone comes on our air with a one-sided account of a very complex situation, as Coates himself acknowledges that he has, it&rsquo;s my understanding that as journalists we are obligated to challenge that worldview so that our viewers can have that access to the truth or a fuller account, a more balanced account. And, to me, that is what Tony did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tony prevented a one-sided account from being broadcast on our network that was completely devoid of history or facts,&rdquo; Crawford added. &ldquo;As someone who does a lot of interviews, I&rsquo;m not sure now how to proceed in challenging viewpoints that are obviously one-sided and devoid of fact and history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Coates&rsquo; book argues that Palestinian people are living under the racist and colonialist occupation of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Denying even that the history of Israel might be &ldquo;complicated,&rdquo;&nbsp;he writes that &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I ever, in my life, felt the glare of racism burn stranger and more intense than in Israel.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Author Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks during the Celebration of the Life of Toni Morrison, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo\/Mary Altaffer, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s complicated when you want to take something from somebody,&rdquo; he said as he claimed Palestinians were forced to live in a &ldquo;world where separate and unequal was alive and well, where rule by the ballot for some and the bullet for others was policy.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pressed during a recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/10\/01\/1202891561\/nprs-book-of-the-day-ta-nehisi-coates-the-message\">NPR<\/a> interview on concerns that <em>The Message<\/em> perpetrated anti-semitism, Coates said &ldquo;Well, if that&rsquo;s how you feel, that&rsquo;s how you feel, I can&rsquo;t really influence that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During the same interview, Coates was asked to address concerns that <em>The Message <\/em>could fuel the antisemitic narrative that &ldquo;Jewish people control the media.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I meant exactly what I said,&rdquo; Coates replied. &ldquo;I would like to know the number of Palestinians that are working at a major Bureau for a major outlet, be that TV, newspaper, magazines.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In comments to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/ta-nehisi-coates-new-book-message-israel-palestine-complicated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Atlantic<\/em><\/a>, Coates added that the &ldquo;industrialized genocide&rdquo; of the Jewish people during the Holocaust didn&rsquo;t provide justification for the founding of the nation of Israel after World War II.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1758738\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1758738\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS News reprimands anchor for challenging anti-Israel views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2351909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Coates.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5845,34532,42539],"class_list":["post-2351908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-anti-israel","tag-cbs-news","tag-ta-nehisi-coates"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Coates.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2351909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2351908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2351908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}