CBS Journalists Have to Filter Questions to Guests Through “Race and Culture” Unit

There is a DEI-tthought control censor at CBS News. It’s a 21st century version of Nazi race policies.

‘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 (Fox News).

A “CBS Mornings” anchor who pressed woke activist Ta-Nehisi Coates on his new book about the Israel-Gaza conflict was forced to meet with the network’s “Race and Culture Unit.”

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Tony Dokoupil spent an hour with the CBS News standards and practices team and its in-house Race and Culture Unit, during which he was lectured about the tone, phrasing, and body language he used during his interview with Coates, The New York Times reported.

Following this meeting, Dokoupil met with staffers and told them he “regretted putting his colleagues in that position especially the ones overseas and in danger,” an insider at the network told the New York Post.

“There were tears. [People were] very upset,” the source told the Post, saying that staffers were “divided” on the situation in Israel and “troubled” by Dokoupil’s questioning of Coates.

Christopher Rufo: Journalists at CBS News now have to run their questions through a racial ideology department before going to air. This is exactly how the old Soviet commissar system worked. Massive corruption (X).

Bonchie: This is the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen from a supposed news outlet (X).