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Eugene

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Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:18 AM 22 hrs ago

New CBS Anchor's MAGA Connection DESTROYS Credibility - The Logical Leftist



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Tony Dokoupil kicked off his CBS Evening News era with a dramatic promise:
“Don’t just trust me. Make me earn it. You come first — not advertisers, not politicians, not corporate interests, including the new owners of CBS.”

Sounds great on paper. But there’s one huge problem: those “new owners of CBS” are Trump‑friendly billionaire David Ellison and anti‑woke culture warrior Bari Weiss, who now runs CBS News. Dokoupil rails against “legacy media,” “elites,” and “advocates and academics,” while working for exactly the kind of billionaire‑owned, elite media empire he’s pretending to rebel against.

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New CBS Anchor's MAGA Connection DESTROYS Credibility - The Logical Leftist (Original Post) Eugene 22 hrs ago OP
MAGA trust is based on who tells them and who the ideas are associated with. Did he hold up a cross and an American flag ChicagoTeamster 21 hrs ago #1
He's also just a terrible anchor! Crowman2009 20 hrs ago #2

ChicagoTeamster

(463 posts)
1. MAGA trust is based on who tells them and who the ideas are associated with. Did he hold up a cross and an American flag
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 09:36 AM
21 hrs ago

Crowman2009

(3,416 posts)
2. He's also just a terrible anchor!
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 10:50 AM
20 hrs ago

He definitely doesn't prepare or rehearse. I've seen local anchors with alcohol problems that are more prepared. Even local anchors in the middle of nowhere do a better job.

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