Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon ripped CBS News leadership for forcing one of its anchors to meet with the “DEI” unit after staffers complained he was too tough on an anti-Israel journalist.
CBS News faced backlash after “CBS Mornings” anchor Tony Dokoupil grilled journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates on a section of his new book, “The Message,” which addresses the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Dokoupil raised concerns about anti-Israel bias in the book and questioned whether he believed Israel had “a right to exist.”
According to The New York Times, some of Dokoupil’s colleagues complained to network leadership afterward about his handling of the interview.
According To The NY Post, the Jewish anchor was forced to meet with both the CBS News standards and practices team as well as the Race and Culture Unit.
Lemon responded to the saga on his YouTube show this week, arguing that corporate leaders should not have treated Dokoupil that way and should’ve instead commended the interview as an example of “good journalism.”
The liberal journalist said he didn’t agree with everything Dokoupil said or what’s written in Coates’ book, but argued journalists should still be allowed to ask tough questions without corporate overreach.
“Stay out of it and let the journalists do the journalism,” he said.
Media heiress Shari Redstone, the controlling stakeholder in CBS News parent Paramount Global, reportedly fumed to network executives over its left-leaning lurch in its coverage of Israel and lobbied for them to hire more conservative voices.
Redstone sent clips from other outlets to CBS higher-ups as examples of what she felt was more balanced coverage of Israel’s battle against Hamas terrorists.
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