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mysteryowl

(8,092 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:51 AM Yesterday

CBS evening news is not doing well...

They keep rebranding and have a new lead broadcaster from their morning show, Katy Tur's husband Tony Dokoupil. Nope, he is not cutting it. They have fired people too. CBS rated last behind NBC and ABC.

...After days of negative headlines and tough reviews, Dokoupil got some praise on Wednesday night for pressing border czar Tom Homan on whether immigration agents had used excessive force. The interview made news when Homan seemed to differ from the official Department of Homeland Security line: that the woman killed, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, had intentionally tried to hit the officer with her car. “It would be unprofessional to comment on what I think happened in that situation,” Homan said, after Dokoupil showed him a video of the incident. “Let the investigation play out and hold people accountable based on the investigation.”

But that news-making interview was overshadowed soon after, when one of the show’s top producers, Javier Guzman, was abruptly terminated, causing confusion on Wednesday night in the network’s New York newsroom, where he was spotted with his belongings. The network did not provide an explanation for Guzman’s dismissal, which the Guardian first reported, though sources said it stemmed from interpersonal dynamics.


https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/10/tony-dokoupil-cbs-evening-news-anchor-first-week

Stop trying to be trumpian sheep!
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CBS evening news is not doing well... (Original Post) mysteryowl Yesterday OP
... SheltieLover Yesterday #1
"Interpersonal dynamics" means Javier objected to CBS becoming a Republican party propaganda organ. sop Yesterday #2
If this was a liberal producer, she'd be fired Johonny Yesterday #3
The network of Murrow and Sevareid and Shirer and Cronkite ... 31st Street Bridge Yesterday #4
It is now the Conservative BS network dalton99a Yesterday #5
Yes. ConservativeBS Evening News bucolic_frolic Yesterday #7
They have been the CONservativeBS network mwmisses4289 Yesterday #16
16 years TV free for us NewHendoLib Yesterday #19
It's been rebranded - Trump/CBS News, just like the Kennedy Center dem4decades Yesterday #23
Tony Dokoupil's 'CBS Evening News' Slammed Over Jan. 6 Report & Marco Rubio Tribute mysteryowl Yesterday #6
"pardoned defendants" is not accurate for most tried and found quilty karynnj Yesterday #15
It surprises me people watch any of the evening news programs... Mark.b2 Yesterday #8
And the endless parade of pharma ads NewHendoLib Yesterday #11
Oh, yeah! I forgot about that, but you're right! Mark.b2 Yesterday #12
I usually watch AbC news but when it's pre emptied for football I used to watch cbs kimbutgar Yesterday #9
Not doing well? Good. B.See Yesterday #10
Bari Weiss doing exactly what Bari Weiss was hired to do LR3 Yesterday #13
If destroying their ratings was the reason she was hired she's off to a fantastic start. BannonsLiver Yesterday #17
She was hired to destroy CBS news LR3 22 hrs ago #24
Have not watched it since is was taken over by Frick (Miller) and Frack's (Trump) mouthpiece Weiss. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #14
Womp womp... regnaD kciN Yesterday #18
It is suceeding in what they want to do. edhopper Yesterday #20
"where he was spotted with his belongings." BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #21
I suspect Katy Tur is the brains of the family BootinUp Yesterday #22

sop

(17,483 posts)
2. "Interpersonal dynamics" means Javier objected to CBS becoming a Republican party propaganda organ.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:56 AM
Yesterday

Johonny

(25,506 posts)
3. If this was a liberal producer, she'd be fired
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:56 AM
Yesterday

But conservatives get years and years to fail on the big stage in America. The CBS failure will not be stopped.

mwmisses4289

(3,266 posts)
16. They have been the CONservativeBS network
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:21 PM
Yesterday

since at least the 1990's. They are just more open and blatant about now.
Haven't watched them in decades.

mysteryowl

(8,092 posts)
6. Tony Dokoupil's 'CBS Evening News' Slammed Over Jan. 6 Report & Marco Rubio Tribute
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:14 PM
Yesterday
Dokoupil’s report focused on the march held by what he called “pardoned defendants,” referring to those who were convicted for conspiracy and assault on law enforcement officers and later pardoned by Trump when he returned to the White House for his second term.


[snip]
Viewers and critics took to social media to react to the latest CBS Evening News, with The Atlantic contributing editor Norman Orstein calling the January 6 report, “Disgraceful and disgusting.”


https://www.tvinsider.com/1237614/tony-dokoupil-cbs-evening-news-jan-6-riots-marco-rubio/

karynnj

(60,790 posts)
15. "pardoned defendants" is not accurate for most tried and found quilty
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:10 PM
Yesterday

To me, defendants means people not yet found quilty.

Mark.b2

(754 posts)
8. It surprises me people watch any of the evening news programs...
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:27 PM
Yesterday

Anytime I watch—no matter the network—it’s just a litany of news I’ve known about for hours. I’m sure in the pre-internet days, people actually learned something from ol’ Walter and Mr. Jennings.

By following certain news apps, I learn about shit almost as soon as it happens. I don’t wait until 5:30 to hear it from what’s-her-name.

Mark.b2

(754 posts)
12. Oh, yeah! I forgot about that, but you're right!
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:57 PM
Yesterday

I guess it tells you who the audience is.

My elderly parents watch the NBC evening news (I have no idea who the anchor is!). I guess people like them are a key demographic, and thus the pharm ads. Miracle Whip, Pond’s and Buick should look into it, too!

kimbutgar

(26,832 posts)
9. I usually watch AbC news but when it's pre emptied for football I used to watch cbs
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:38 PM
Yesterday

But after Ellison brought it I no longer watch it and watch nbc bees instead. I avoid cbs news now. I’d stop watching the network completely but like Ghost, Matlock and Elsbeth so I still watch them!

And I conflicted about watching the Golden Globes tomorrow to not give them ratings.

BannonsLiver

(20,282 posts)
17. If destroying their ratings was the reason she was hired she's off to a fantastic start.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:32 PM
Yesterday

LR3

(127 posts)
24. She was hired to destroy CBS news
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 05:00 PM
22 hrs ago

as a reliable, trusted, watchable source of news. She is indeed off to a fantastic start.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,845 posts)
14. Have not watched it since is was taken over by Frick (Miller) and Frack's (Trump) mouthpiece Weiss.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:06 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Sat Jan 10, 2026, 04:17 PM - Edit history (1)

Pretty obvious what powers are behind her & Dokoupil's, placement.

edhopper

(37,096 posts)
20. It is suceeding in what they want to do.
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:55 PM
Yesterday

the purpose was to stop broadcasting anything anti-Trump. Not ratings, not good journalism. To give the Trump Administration an outlet.

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