Shari Redstone pushed back against CBS News on Wednesday after an internal review by the network found that “CBS Mornings” co-anchor Tony Dokoupil’s recent interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates failed to meet editorial standards.
“I’ve been doing a lot of speaking recently on the connection between the decline in our democratic institutions, in the rise in hate and antisemitism, and I think one of the reasons why it’s on the rise is that we have lost the ability to have civil discourse. We have lost accountability. We have lost checks and balances,” the Paramount Global non-executive chairwoman told an Advertising Week conference panel on Wednesday focused on using engaging content to combat hate.