CBS’s ‘new and improved’ Maga-friendly Evening News started so badly people couldn’t wait for it to end – 15 headline responses
Time to add one more unreliable news source to the docket.
As CBS News continues to follow a confused and meandering path charted by recently appointed Trump-er, Bari Weiss — one that includes killing stories hours before they go on the air and driving away the longest tenured staff — the national CBS Evening News debuted a new host this week.
Surely it’s someone America can trust to provide sound and rationale takes on what’s happening around the world.
Or, maybe it’s just a MAGA friendly goon who spars with random commenters on social media.
Tony Dokoupil, who begins Monday as anchor of the CBS Evening News, tells a critical commentator on Instagram: “I can promise you we’ll be more accountable and more transparent than Cronkite or any one else of his era.” pic.twitter.com/xuULUa4a67
— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) January 3, 2026
Better than Cronkite is one way to set yourself up for success. Let’s check in to see how it went.
Tony Dokoupil’s CBS Evening News debut got off to a tough start … pic.twitter.com/X3IQ3HhZXb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 6, 2026
Woof.
So good people couldn’t wait for it to end.
Not shown in that clip was when he finally got to speak about Tim Walz, Dokoupil referred to Minnesota as the “Great Lakes State,” which is, of course, actually Michigan.
You cut this part off. Dumbass called Minnesota the Great Lakes State. pic.twitter.com/MVb6QjdJah
— Dana VanEffen (@DanaVanEffen906) January 6, 2026
Twitter stampeded in to revel in Dokoupil’s first-night failures.
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CBS failure to become fox news is more pathetic than fox news.
— Double_Anarchy (@Double_Anarchy3) January 6, 2026
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Cronkite would’ve nailed it. https://t.co/vRNhFI1uSe
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) January 6, 2026
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“We’ll do so much better after we fire the experienced news professionals and replace them with kids who were allowed to write the word ‘God’ as the answer to exam questions they didn’t know.”
— Chuck Holt (@ChuckHo03094412) January 6, 2026
4.
Good thing no one was watching…
— Heather (@HeatherMGaillot) January 6, 2026
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Bari Weiss is crushing it https://t.co/K7b92eM8KS
— Sam Cornale (@samcornale) January 6, 2026
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@CBSNews pic.twitter.com/K9bxwt1qq2
— Dj Omega Mvp (@DjOmegaMVP) January 6, 2026
