Add thelocalreport.in As A Trusted Source
Tony Dokoupil has a busy first day as host CBS Nightly News, the network moved his start date up two days in response to U.S. military operations exist Venezuela.
“Good evening, it’s great to be here with you tonight, delivering this big breaking news two days earlier than expected – one that could impact the year, and possibly the century,” Dokupil said at the start of the show.
The veteran journalist previously worked at nbc and MSNBCwas scheduled to host the show on Monday, but CBS News sources revealed independent He will do the opposite debut on saturday.
it appears after Donald Trump orders heavy air strikes on Venezuelaleading to the confiscation of oil operations in the South American country and the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro.
Dokupil previously vowed that his tenure would be independent of CBS corporate owner Paramount Skydance, pledging to provide transparency and integrity to viewers to earn the public’s trust in the media.
“As long as I sit in this chair: You come first. Not advertisers, not politicians, not corporate interests. And, yes, that does include the corporate owners of CBS. I report for you,” Dokupil said in a video message Thursday.
In a separate statement on Friday, cbs news “We love America. We won’t apologize for it,” a stance that appears to contradict accusations of unnecessary foreign overreach by the administration.
Following the capture of Maduro, Trump announced on Saturday that a temporary “team” of senior government officials would “manage” Venezuela “for a period of time” until the United States is certain a “peaceful and just transition” can occur.
Dokupil said in a statement that his reporting would not be influenced by politicians or other corporate entities.
“A lot has changed since the first person chaired the Nightly News. To me, the biggest difference is: People don’t trust us like they used to. And it’s not just us. This is all legacy media,” he said.
Dokupil was named anchor of the CBS Evening News last month as part of a series of changes at the network under new editor-in-chief Barry Weiss.
Weiss has faced controversy and criticism from within his own staff. Last week, Weiss reportedly 60 minutes The Trump administration is deporting immigrants to a brutal maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
Sharyn Alfonsi, the journalist behind the article, described the decision to add the segment as “political.”