Kulturkampf

[HaughtyFrank]

First guy is conservative tweeter but he screenshot all the important parts:

This is so weird

The interview created a social media uproar. Fans of Mr. Coates accused Mr. Dokoupil of bias, with one writer for Vox calling his questions “hostile, combative and rude.” Others took a more sanguine view, including a Washington Post reporter who wrote that the conversation had been “impassioned but calm” and had brought rigor to the typically breezy realm of morning TV.
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Mr. Dokoupil met for an hour with members of the CBS News standards and practices team and the in-house Race and Culture Unit, which advises on “context, tone and intention” of news programming. The conversation focused on Mr. Dokoupil’s tone of voice, phrasing and body language during his interview with Mr. Coates, one of the people said.

https://archive.fo/Qw60z#selection-4935.0-4939.216
Guys, we're talking about whether a country many people support is a genocidal apartheid state. Of course there might be an actual debate about it. Focusing on "body language" and "tone of voice" is just absurdly coddling

Also this feels like such a classic

The executives said their critique had been prompted by internal staff concerns, although at least one veteran CBS journalist said later on the call that she was puzzled over what exactly Mr. Dokoupil had done wrong.

Makes me wonder if they had actual concerns or were just upset that he challenged the premise of the book

Perfect starting point for zombie movie. Now all they eat is brains ooooh the irony