Jan 1, 2026 6:06pm PT New CBS Evening News Anchor Tony Dokoupil Says News Has ‘Put Too Much Weight’ on Academics and Elites: ‘The Press Has Missed the Story’ By Pat Saperstein Plus Icon Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor @Variety_PatS Latest New CBS Evening News Anchor Tony Dokoupil Says News Has ‘Put Too Much Weight’ on Academics and Elites: ‘The Press Has Missed the Story’ 40 minutes ago New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 1 day ago Bari Weiss Invites George Clooney to Visit Broadcast Center After He Tells Variety She Is ‘Dismantling’ CBS News 2 days ago See All Michele Crowe/CBS Tony Dokoupil, who starts Monday as anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” spoke out on New Year’s Day about where he thinks the press has gone wrong, and vowed that starting Monday, the audience would come first — ahead of advertisers, politicians or corporate interests including CBS owners Paramount Skydance. “People do not trust us like they used to,”he said in a video on CBSnews. com and posted to social media. Related Stories Top-Rated Television Networks: Ranking 2025’s Winners and Losers “On too many stories, the press has missed the story,” he continued, “And it’s not just us.
