Tony Dokoupil, taking over the anchor desk at CBS Evening News on January 5, talks about the TRUTH. The TRUTH that has been ignored by CBS and the rest of MSM.
Succeeding co-anchors Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson, Dokoupil, previously a co-host of CBS Mornings, aims to build trust by focusing on transparency and average Americans’ perspectives in the network’s flagship nightly broadcast.
Trust
Jason Remington • January 8, 2026
People don’t trust the mainstream media and are turning to alternate news sources. X will often update you before you see it on news aggregators and some of the established news networks.
Where the fault lies
Jason Remington • January 8, 2026
The producer should have had it together, but obviously did not. He was a newbie there. See your way out, Javier.
Still early, but by the way...
Bill Taylor • January 8, 2026
….Dokoupil’s official Monday night debut on CBS Evening News pulled in 4.463 million total viewers and 609,000 in the key 25-54 demo. While that is slightly higher than its recent average, it is also down 22% overall and 24% in the demo compared to last year on the same day.
— The Independent
Day 1 was rough ...
Bill Taylor • January 6, 2026
Tony Dokoupil admits ‘big problems here’ in ‘CBS Evening News’ debut –
USA Today
All sail, no anchor
– Daily Mail
MAGA-Coded CBS Anchor Falls Apart in Evening News Debut
– Daily Beast
Tony Dokoupil’s ‘CBS Evening News’ Debut Is an Inauspicious Sign of Where CBS News is headed
— Variety
“The inexperience of new CBS News chief Bari Weiss is on full display.”
– Viewer on X
“I grew up on Cronkite. Too bad CBS has lost its Tiffany shine. But good luck to you anyway.”
– Instagram viewer
In response, Dokoupil wrote: “What did you love most about him? I can promise you we’ll be more accountable and more transparent than Cronkite or anyone else of his era.”
Better than Walter???
Jason Remington • January 6, 2026
Better than Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in television news? What is Tony smoking?
Dokoupil
Bill Taylor • January 5, 2026
The original plan for Dokoupil was to make his anchoring debut tonight with a two-week tour of American cities. However, Dokoupil is expected to anchor tonight’s newscast from New York and the American tour will kick off at a later time.
Early arrival
Jason Remington • January 3, 2026
Tony Dokoupil anchored his first Evening News report days early, due to US intervention in Venezuela. I felt he presented a factual report with no hint of bias.