"The text was added to the teleprompter twice, leaving her new star anchor flummoxed, stumbling over his words for several excruciating seconds."
"She called everyone on planet Earth. And that was her problem. In doing so, she demonstrated she didn't really know how the process worked."
"He very much was not Bari's first choice. He must have been her seventh or eighth choice, because nobody would take the fucking job."
Tony Dokoupil's tenure as anchor of CBS Evening News has been marked by low ratings, recently falling below 4 million viewers. His struggles are attributed to poor direction and a lack of support from CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. An incident during his first broadcast, where he stumbled over a line due to script changes, exemplifies his challenges. Sources indicate that Dokoupil was not Weiss's first choice for the anchor position, as she sought more prominent names but settled for him when no one else accepted the role.
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