The chairman of CBS parent Paramount Global said she disagreed with her news executives' decision to admonish 'CBS Mornings' co-host Tony Dokoupil.
Paramount Global's non-executive chair Shari Redstone publicly broke with the CBS News management team over its handling of a controversial interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates about Israel that has roiled the newsroom.
” While Redstone has been known to express her opinions about CBS News internally, her comments on Wednesday were the first instance of her disagreeing publicly with a policy decision at the news division. Redstone has a long been a philanthropic supporter of Jewish causes, especially fighting antisemitism. She is also known to be politically conservative. Earlier this year Paramount Global agreed to merge with David Ellison's Skydance Media.
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