Source: New York Post
by Piers Morgan
“‘Journalism,’ said legendary CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite, ‘is what we need to make democracy work. In seeking truth, you have to get both sides of a story.’ Now, you might think this is a statement so self-evident that Mr. Cronkite should have been given the Award for the Bleeding Obvious to add to his vast trophy cabinet for being the greatest journalist in American history. But it now seems such a mindset is the opposite philosophy, at least to the people who run CBS News. Last week, I watched a surprisingly lively interview with controversial author Ta-Nehisi Coates on ‘CBS Mornings’ …. this was a feisty grilling. Coates has written an unashamedly pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel new book, and Dokoupil, a Jewish man, challenged him about its very obvious bias. … But it’s what then happened behind the scenes at CBS News that was far more shocking and disturbing.” (10/08/24)