MAGA-Coded CBS Anchor’s Debut Sabotaged by Trump-Kissing Boss

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Insiders have revealed exactly how CBS News boss Bari Weiss https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-coded-cbs-anchor-tony-dokoupil-falls-apart-in-evening-news-debut/" rel="">torpedoed her own hand-picked evening news anchor’s much-hyped debut earlier this year.

The https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-curious-cbs-boss-bari-weiss-accused-of-not-caring-about-top-show/" rel="">anti-woke editor-in-chief—who was installed last year after billionaire nepo baby and Donald Trump ally David Ellison bought CBS’s parent company—personally chose Tony Dokoupil as the new, https://www.thedailybeast.com/insiders-slam-cocky-cbs-anchor-tony-dokoupil-pretending-to-be-pro-maga/" rel="">MAGA-friendly face of the CBS Evening News.

Dokoupil, however, got off to a rocky start, at one point repeating himself and then getting confused about which segment he was supposed to be introducing.

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