‘Journalism,’ said legendary CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite, ‘is what we need to make democracy work. In seeking truth, you have to get both sides of a story.’
“Journalism,” said legendary CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite , “is what we need to make democracy work. In seeking truth, you have to get both sides of a story.”
Coates has written an unashamedly pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel new book, and Dokoupil, a Jewish man, challenged him about its very obvious bias. Coates responded that Israel’s side of the story gets lots of media coverage, and so he wanted to elevate Palestinian views.In other words, he deliberately chose to write a one-sided book, and Dokoupil was therefore absolutely right to provide some much-needed balance.
And on Monday, he was publicly reprimanded during the newsroom morning call by Adrienne Roark, CBS president of editorial and news gathering, who said: “After a review of our coverage, including the interview, it’s clear that there are times we have not met our editorial standards. This has been addressed, and it will continue to be in the future.”
“When someone comes on our air with a one-sided account of a very complex situation, as Coates himself acknowledges that he has, it’s my understanding that as journalists we are obligated to challenge that worldview so that our viewers can have that access to the truth or a fuller account,” she said. “To me, that is what Tony did.”Dokoupil was summoned for a meeting with the CBS News standards and practices team, and its in-house Race and Culture Unit.
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