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Tony Dokoupil’s ‘embarrassing’ first days at CBS Evening News savaged by staff: ‘It’s state TV’

EXCLUSIVE: In a conversation with one of his handlers during an ad break, Pete Hegseth said during his interview with Tony Dokoupil that ‘we did it at Bari's request and because CBS News did something right on this.’

The Independent UK

Author Saeed Teebi writes beyond exile in his memoir of Palestine and writing in dark times

Writer and lawyer Saeed Teebi released an Instagram video on Sept. 30, 2025, announcing the publication of his new book, You Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times.

The Conversation

Tony Dokoupil to serve as anchor of CBS Evening News

After top editor Bari Weiss made outreach to anchors at other networks, CBS News decided to go with an internal candidate

The Guardian - US

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CBS News staff grouse over ‘mediocre’ Tony Dokoupil getting ‘Evening News’ gig: ‘It’s an insult’

‘He’s clearly been rewarded with the Evening News throne,’ one CBS News reporter said before snarking about the dwindling viewership of the program. ‘Although, some might argue it’s more of a toilet seat now.’

The Independent UK

Bari Weiss wants to take down CBS News’ Standards and Practices unit for having ‘too much power’: sources

EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.

The Independent UK

Bari Weiss, who published CBS leaks at The Free Press, now wants to root out leakers after taking over network

One CBS News staffer told The Independent that it was ‘insanely ironic’ that Weiss, the network’s new editor-in-chief, was trying to out leakers

The Independent UK

Trump: Government Shutdown Could Do 'A Lot of Good'

Plus: Addressing "the enemy within," the FTC's pointless meddling, Joy Reid finally understands half the country, and more...

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Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?

After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump’s ally among media elites

The Guardian - US

With ‘CBS Mornings’ ratings continuing to shrink, could Gayle King be in trouble?

IN FOCUS: Exclusive: ‘There’s always speculation about her inflated salary and entourage,’ one network insider told Justin Baragona about Gayle King. ‘She’s undoubtedly expensive and not necessarily on the right side of the new political agenda.’

The Independent UK

Harlem to Hebron: the long history of Black solidarity with Palestinians

A mutual alliance between oppressed people has been revived with Israel’s full-scale invasion of Gaza

The Guardian - UK

Black Superman film ‘dismissed’ by Warner Bros CEO for being ‘too woke’

The film was penned by award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Independent UK

The 8 Most Legendary Black Panther Stories

The success of MCU Black Panther is a lot like that of MCU Iron Man, if you think about it. People have short memory spans, but no one knew who Iron Man was before 2008. Most filmgoers had no idea who Black Panther was before his 2016 introduction in Captain…

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“Most Ridiculous Thing”: Massive Outrage After Marvel Reveals The New Black Panther Is White

Marvel fans erupt with comments over newest reveal that the son of Black Panther's main character T'Challa is in fact white.

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US authors’ copyright lawsuits against OpenAI and Microsoft combined in New York with newspaper actions

California cases over AI trainers’ use of work by writers including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Michael Chabon transferred to consolidate with New York suits from John Grisham and Jonathan Franzen and more

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The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates review – face to face with uncomfortable truths

The author and academic roams from Senegal to Palestine to South Carolina in essays unified by his belief that, as stories shape us, journalism should reflect the world, warts and all

The Guardian - UK

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates review – a politically-charged meditation on the power of stories

Travels to Senegal and the West Bank shed light on how we think about race, censorship and oppression

The Guardian - AU

Percival Everett wins National Book Award for fiction with retelling of Huckleberry Finn

Everett’s novel, James, which focuses on Twain's enslaved character Jim, won the $10,000 prize

The Independent UK

Literary body defends award for father of Ta-Nehisi Coates after accusations of republishing antisemitic work

National Book Foundation said it ‘supports freedom of expression‘

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The Conversation

Ta-Nehisi Coates describes what he saw in Palestine as ‘apartheid’, resembling America’s segregated Jim Crow South

In May 2023, renowned Black American writer Ta-Nehisi Coates spent ten days in the West Bank and Israel, where he spent half his time with Breaking the Silence, a group of former Israeli soldiers who now oppose the occupation.

The Guardian - US

‘I don’t have much hope for a Harris presidency’: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Israeli apartheid and what the media gets wrong about Palestine

One of the most penetrating critics of US racism discusses the reception to his new book and why talking about Palestine offered him a way to understand the world

Salon

CBS interview creates Paramount rift

Tony Dokoupil sparred with Coates in a tense interview around the author's account of the war in Gaza

Reason

CBS Needs a Safe Space for Tony Dokoupil's Critics

Despite the outrage from woke staffers, Ta-Nehisi Coates is hardly upset about the interview.

The Independent UK

When is an interview too tough? CBS News grappling with question after Dokoupil interview

Television morning show interviews often don't stray beyond celebrities and food segments

The Independent UK

CBS executives ‘admit heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview on Gaza did not meet standards’ after backlash

‘CBS Mornings’ co-anchor Tony Dokoupil compared Coates’s new book to ‘extremist’ writings – prompting online backlash

Salon

Ta-Nehisi Coates reflects on Oct. 7

Ta-Nehisi Coates seeks to return America to moral clarity

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