This week’s upheaval is only the latest sign that the age of activist journalism may be nearing its end.
"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’s 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’s 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’s 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 is CBS News.” . . .. . . More... Or here...
CBS News Boss Announces Big Shakeup & Warns Network Must Change
. . . "Weiss urged her staff to “look honestly at ourselves,” and admitted, “We are not producing a product that enough people want.” She explained, “Not enough people trust us. Not you. Us. As in: the mainstream media. We can debate ‘why’ that is, but the numbers tell the story.” Another reason for the company’s failure, she said, “We are not doing enough to meet audiences where they are, so they are leaving us.”
"She pointed out that Americans are instead turning to podcasts, YouTube, Twitch, and newsletters to receive information. Weiss warned that the company needs to change their strategy of “[clinging] to the audience that remains on broadcast television.'”. . .
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