Top executives at media giant Paramount clashed over editorial policies broken by CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil in a discussion over the Israel-Gaza war, a new report alleges.
Controversy began after author Ta-Nehesi Coates appeared on CBS “This Morning” on September 30 to promote his latest book, “The Message.” In that interview, Dokoupil scrutinized the New York Times bestselling author’s depiction of the conflict in Gaza, arguing that the content in Coates’ book “would not be out of place in the backpack of an extremist” and accusing Coates of framing the conflict in a way that is unfair to Israel.
