A steady run of miscues and clashes in the era of Donald Trump and Middle East war has inflamed distrust to scandalous levels and left a cloud lingering over the entire CBS News franchise.
Walter Cronkite – known as “the most trusted man in America” – broadcast from a bomber in WWII on a mission over Germany.
CBS News was once home to giants in the journalism industry.
And Mike Wallace could stir fear in the hearts of interview subjects with a simple phone call from his "60 Minutes" office.
Edward R. Murrow changed investigative reporting forever with a 1960 documentary that is still taught in journalism schools today.
In sharp contrast to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone, the chair of CBS parent company Paramount Global said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book, calling the network's response a "bad mistake."
During a "CBS Mornings" interview with pro-Palestine activist Ta-Nehisi Coates, host Gayle King reportedly supplied him questions beforehand, causing the right to complain, while the other host, Tony Dokoupil, was accused of a pro-Israel bias, angering the left.
The most recent accusations of liberal bias exploded when CBS announced ahead of the vice presidential debate between Republican Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov.
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