Tony Dokoupil’s tenure as anchor of the CBS Evening News is off to a rocky begin. After an error-filled first night time on the job led to widespread criticism of Dokoupil’s inexperience and his conservative boss’s transforming of the community, the anchor’s second broadcast is now being ripped on-line as nicely.
CBS anchor dedicates closing phase to ‘final Florida man,’ Marco Rubio
Dokoupil performed his Tuesday evening broadcast from Miami as part of his “Live From America Tour.” Having been on the verge of crying earlier within the phase as he recounted rising up in Miami throughout a part of his rocky childhood, Dokoupil ended the printed with an prolonged reward of one other Miami native.
“Finally, tonight, and solely in America, the various lives and many roles of Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants and a former Florida senator,” Dokoupil mentioned of the present Secretary of State.
“He’s now the face of U.S. international coverage and President Trump’s level man on Venezuela, all along with his roles as secretary of state, interim nationwide safety advisor, and appearing nationwide archivist, and USAID chief. Whatever you consider his politics, you’ve bought to confess, it’s a formidable resume,” Dokoupil boasted of Rubio. He then cheerfully displayed and narrated a collection of AI-generated meme photographs of Rubio that forged him in a wide range of different roles, together with the “the brand new Shah of Iran” and “the Prime Minister of Greenland” amongst different extra tongue-in-cheek roles like “the brand new Michelin Man.” Dokoupil ended his reward by declaring, “Marco Rubio, we salute you. You’re the last word Florida man.”
Dokoupil phase known as out as ‘disgraceful’ and ‘cringe worthy’
Tuesday’s broadcast follows a equally derided Monday debut by Dokoupil as a night information anchor. As Blavity reported, Dokoupil’s first broadcast was criticized for the anchor’s error-filled efficiency. Criticism additionally prolonged to Bari Weiss, the brand new editor-in-chief of CBS News who got here on board after Skydance purchased Paramount, turning into Paramount Skydance. She who has shaken up CBS News and pushed it in a noticeably extra conservative and Trump-friendly path. The Tuesday phase, effusively praising a member of President Donald Trump’s cupboard, drew heavy criticism from these essential of CBS News for its obvious right-wing shift in current months.
“This is so cringe worthy,” Mike Sington posted. “Tony Dokoupil, new CBS Evening News MAGA anchor, devotes complete phase to gushing over Trump minion Marco Rubio.”
“The anchor of the CBS night information turning what could possibly be a severe story about White House overreach into foolish signoff is a journalistic fumble by any measure,” S&P Global editor Jeff Domingues mentioned.
“This is an insane phase to air on the Evening News,” Bruno Beidacki, a journalist who lists CBS News amongst his bylines, shared. “This is not the CBS News I used to work for. Embarrassing stuff.”
“SNL parody ranges right here. Disgraceful,” sportscaster Jon Alba mentioned.
Dokoupil’s appointment as anchor and his friendliness towards Trump officers like Rubio have been seen as a part of this conservative rebrand for CBS. For the second day in a row, the anchor has solely added gasoline to the criticism that his community is sacrificing its integrity to appease the Trump administration.
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