© Getty Images; Screenshot/CBS NewsTony Dokoupil, CBS Mornings host, was criticized by CBS News leadership for his interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates.
CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil reportedly found himself in
hot water for asking questions at a recent controversial interview that were not cleared by the network's Race and Culture unit.
The saga began last week when Dokoupil interviewed author Ta-Nehisi Coates about his anti-Israel book,
The Message, which describes in part his travels "to Palestine, where he sees with devastating clarity how easily we are misled by nationalist narratives." The Jewish CBS News anchor irked liberal colleagues by bluntly stating that it read like something you would find in "the backpack of an extremist," and pressing Coates on whether he believes Israel has the right to exist.
Backlash has been swift, with high-level media moguls such as Paramount Global chair Shari Redstone defending Dokoupil while some of his own colleagues objected to the interview. Puck media reporter
Dylan Byers called it a "fast-metastasizing, five-alarm s--tshow" that has polarized CBS News.
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