Tony Dokoupil

CBS, NBC Omit Key Fact in Rape, Imply Ruling Will Mean More Teen Rapes
After having ignored the story on Wednesday night, CBS and NBC arrived on scene Thursday morning with coverage of an indictment in the rape of a 10-year-old Ohio girl and subsequent abortion in Indiana. But on CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today, neither cared to point out the man who’s confessed to raping her is an illegal immigrant and, in the case of the former, they implied the…

SNIP-SNIP: CBS Hypes Getting a Vasectomy After Roe's Demise
The Tuesday tragicomic edition of CBS Mornings profiled a couple of men who had a suggestion on how men can do their part in the after of the Supreme Court’s ruling to strike down Roe v. Wade: get a vasectomy.

ABC, NBC Chalk Up Shinzo Abe Assassination to ‘Gun Violence’
With CBS Mornings trashing former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as “a polarizing figure” and “nationalist” with “controversial” views just hours after being assassinated, ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today were more conciliatory on Friday, remembering him as a “giant” and “popular leader.” However, they sought to tie his killing to mass shootings in the…

CBS Slams ‘Polarizing’ Abe as ‘Nationalist’ With ‘Controversial’ Views
Much of the world awoke Friday to news that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been assassinated by a deranged suspect with a homemade shotgun. Instead of eulogizing Abe and expressing condolences to the Japanese people, CBS Mornings decided it would join the Associated Press and National Public Radio (NPR) in smearing Abe as “a polarizing figure,” “right-wing nationalist,…

CBS Declares 'At Least Another Year or Two' of COVID Hysteria
While the country focuses on big and important issues like inflation and the price of gas, Friday’s CBS Mornings rediscovered another pressing issue: COVID. While most Americans have learned to live with the presence of the virus, Dr. Celine Gounder told the show’s hosts that people should prepare for “at least another year or two” before life gets back to normal.

CBS Gets Weak Knees on Hillary Clinton’s ‘Powerful’ Abortion Meltdown
Over the course of nearly 10 minutes on Tuesday (nine minutes and 43 seconds, excluding a whopping five teases), CBS Mornings sat enthralled by Hillary Clinton as she seethed over the Dobbs Supreme Court case overturning Roe v. Wade, boasting of her “fascinating” and “powerful” sit-down and “stark warning” for the American people that “women will die” and our system of…

CBS Skips Hunter’s Laptop From Hell in Interview With Ex-Wife
Two days after ABC’s Good Morning America and co-host Amy Robach aired what our Tim Graham called an interview with Hunter Biden’s ex-wife Kathleen Buhle featuring “preposterously vague” questions and “carefully curated” answers, Thursday’s CBS Mornings sunk lower in ignoring topics such as Hunter’s infamous laptop and his alleged child out of wedlock.

Morning Nets Cover for ‘Frustrated’ Biden Blaming GOP for Poor Economy
On Wednesday morning, ABC, CBS, and NBC chose to do something it’s only occasionally done in mentioning President Biden during their coverage of the porous economy. But, as one would expect, they absolved him of blame and instead commiserated with the “frustrated” President as he’s “[felt] the heat” from voters while “pointing fingers at” Republicans and “tout[ing] his economic agenda.”

Sick CBS Sees a 'Silver Lining' to Sky-High Gas Prices Plaguing U.S.
Are you paying $5 or more a gallon for gas when you fill up your car? One of the co-hosts of CBS Mornings on Wednesday wants you to find the bright side, suggesting that such skyrocketing costs could be the “silver lining” that pushes us off oil.

CBS Fawns Over ‘Shocking,’ ‘Harrowing’ J6 Hearings to ‘Change History’
Friday’s CBS Mornings went all out in reaction to Thursday’s primetime hearing of the House Select Committee on January 6, leading all broadcast network morning news shows with 16 minutes and 30 seconds on the liberal extravaganza and boasting the “historic” and “vital” gathering contained “shocking new evidence,” “harrowing testimony,” and a recognition that America’s still in grave…

Priorities: Networks Spend Over 3x More on J6 Than Kavanaugh Attack
On Thursday ahead of the first primetime hearing of the House Select Committee hearing on January 6 (which could be described as Nancy Pelosi's third run at impeaching Donald Trump), the morning broadcast network news programs showed total devotion to the cause of their fellow leftists by spending over three times more airtime on January 6 than the attempted assassination by a disturbed…

No One Cares: CBS, NBC Hypes Upcoming Primetime Jan 6 Hearings
Amid a decaying culture, rampant crime, record-high inflation, struggling wages, and surging gas prices (among other things), Monday’s CBS Mornings and NBC’s Today want Americans to focus this week on a different issue: primetime hearings from the House Select Committee on January 6. All told, the two combined for five minutes and 37 seconds of coverage doing the bidding of their…

CBS Badgers GOP Governor on Guns, Insists Constitution Was For Muskets
CBS Mornings resumed its crusade Wednesday against the Second Amendment and gun ownership (outside the military) as the co-hosts spent nearly seven and a half minutes hectoring Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) to support the banning of “assault riles” and do more within his party as too many Americans are “sleeping with our guns and crying over our guns and letting our children die.”…

ABC, CBS Seethe GOPers ‘Don’t Want to’ Take Actions to Keep Kids Alive
Largely averse to facts, logic, and nuance, ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS Mornings continued Thursday with their insufferable campaigns for gun control in light of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting (which wouldn’t have stopped the gunman) and shaming of anyone who opposes their policy changes, suggesting they’re uninterested in protecting kids.