CBS News Determines That Tony Dokoupil’s Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates Did Not Meet Editorial Standards [Video]

CBS Mornings co-anchor Tony Dokoupil is currently under the public microscope for an interview that CBS News executives have now said did not meet the network’s editorial standards. The interview and the network’s response to it has inspired debate inside and outside of CBS over the last few days.

The inciting incident was Dokoupil’s conversation with author Ta-Naheisi Coates on CBS Mornings last Thursday. Coates appeared on the morning show to promote his new book The Message, which explores three global conflicts, including the one that caught DoKoupil’s attention—the current situation in Israel following last year’s Oct. 7 attacks. 

“I have to say when I read the book, I imagine if I took your name out of it… the content of that section would not be out of place in the backpack of an extremist,” Dokoupil said to Coates at the start of their conversation, adding: “Why leave out that Israel is surrounded by countries that want to eliminate it? Why leave out …