Overview
- Dokoupil published a statement urging viewers to “make me earn it,” promising to put the audience before advertisers, politicians and corporate owners while committing to transparency and accountability.
- He cited long-running grievances with legacy media, naming coverage of NAFTA, the Iraq War, Hillary Clinton’s emails, Russiagate, COVID lockdowns, Hunter Biden’s laptop and the president’s fitness for office as examples where the press “missed the story.”
- The CBS Evening News relaunch begins Jan. 5 with a broadcast from San Francisco, followed by a 10-city, 10-day tour that includes Denver, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, Minneapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
- The reset comes under new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, whose recent decision to pull a 60 Minutes segment drew internal criticism and renewed questions about editorial independence.
- Early reaction to Dokoupil’s message on social media included notable skepticism, as the program continues to trail ABC and NBC in the evening news ratings.