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mysteryowl

(8,115 posts)
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 11:51 AM Saturday

CBS evening news is not doing well... [View all]

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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... SheltieLover Saturday #1
"Interpersonal dynamics" means Javier objected to CBS becoming a Republican party propaganda organ. sop Saturday #2
If this was a liberal producer, she'd be fired Johonny Saturday #3
I wonder if they don't see it as addition by subtraction ego_nation 15 hrs ago #31
The network of Murrow and Sevareid and Shirer and Cronkite ... 31st Street Bridge Saturday #4
It is now the Conservative BS network dalton99a Saturday #5
Yes. ConservativeBS Evening News bucolic_frolic Saturday #7
They have been the CONservativeBS network mwmisses4289 Saturday #16
16 years TV free for us NewHendoLib Saturday #19
It's been rebranded - Trump/CBS News, just like the Kennedy Center dem4decades Saturday #23
As was said at the awards last night by the host Traildogbob 16 hrs ago #26
Tony Dokoupil's 'CBS Evening News' Slammed Over Jan. 6 Report & Marco Rubio Tribute mysteryowl Saturday #6
"pardoned defendants" is not accurate for most tried and found quilty karynnj Saturday #15
It surprises me people watch any of the evening news programs... Mark.b2 Saturday #8
And the endless parade of pharma ads NewHendoLib Saturday #11
Oh, yeah! I forgot about that, but you're right! Mark.b2 Saturday #12
I usually watch AbC news but when it's pre emptied for football I used to watch cbs kimbutgar Saturday #9
Not doing well? Good. B.See Saturday #10
Bari Weiss doing exactly what Bari Weiss was hired to do LR3 Saturday #13
If destroying their ratings was the reason she was hired she's off to a fantastic start. BannonsLiver Saturday #17
She was hired to destroy CBS news LR3 Saturday #24
No she was hired to remake it as a right wing outlet. BannonsLiver 16 hrs ago #25
Have not watched it since is was taken over by Frick (Miller) and Frack's (Trump) mouthpiece Weiss. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Saturday #14
Womp womp... regnaD kciN Saturday #18
It is suceeding in what they want to do. edhopper Saturday #20
"where he was spotted with his belongings." BlueWaveNeverEnd Saturday #21
I suspect Katy Tur is the brains of the family BootinUp Saturday #22
They partook of tRump's shit -- now they can go right ahead and fucking DIE Blue Owl 16 hrs ago #27
Haven't watched CBS in years. And Dokoupil is out of his league Ritabert 15 hrs ago #28
Go Nazi, go broke! Initech 15 hrs ago #29
I stick to Democracy Now with Amy Goodman. The Grand Illuminist 15 hrs ago #30
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