CBS Evening News Announces Big Change in Approach That's Already Causing the Left to Melt Down

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CBS News has been facing a sea change with the changes brought by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. 

She already made the left lose what was left of their minds when she demanded that 60 Minutes do more with one of their stories about illegal aliens, by pulling the story until they did more, like including a response from the Trump administration in the story. 

But Weiss has made it clear that she intends to bring more balance to CBS News reporting. 

After years of an incessant liberal media narrative, that's a welcome change. 

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Now, Tony Dokoupil, the new CBS Evening News anchor picked by Weiss, has stated the network's mission in a message to the audience titled, "Don't trust me, make me earn it." He acknowledged that people don't trust legacy media like they used to. 

I get it. I've been hearing about it from just about everybody, for more than 20 years, as I've traveled America on assignment. My mom's neighbors in West Virginia. My own neighbors in New York City. Thousands of conversations in between.

Sometimes they want to talk to me about our coverage of NAFTA or the Iraq War. Other times, it's about Hillary Clinton's emails or Russiagate. Or more recently, COVID lockdowns, Hunter Biden's laptop or the president's fitness for office.

The point is that on too many stories the press missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you.

Because the media has been more concerned about narrative than truth. 

Dokoupil claimed he'd felt it, too. 

I know this because, at certain points, I have been you. I have felt that way too. I have felt like what I was seeing and hearing on the news didn't reflect what I was seeing and hearing in my own life. And that the most urgent questions simply weren't being asked.

Dokoupil promised he would tell the truth, and that you can hold him to it. 

Now, there are finally some things there that the media should have been saying and doing. Would that more were saying and doing this. That might change the opinion that people have of the media. 

We'll have to see if Dokoupil and CBS News adhere to this. 

Some saw the positive, noting that the first step to solving a problem is admitting it. 

Others were more doubtful and thought Dokoupil wasn't framing it quite correctly. 

If he and CBS News are telling the truth now, what were they doing before this change? It's pretty much an admission that it was lacking before. 

The angriest responses to Dokoupil were from those on the left, and that was the humorous part of the remarks. They believed he/Bari Weiss had been co-opted by President Donald Trump. They were upset that one media outlet might have slipped from their grasp. They thought that now CBS News was a MAGA network. Their paranoia will always be funny. 

Bottom line? We'll find out soon. He and CBS News are going to have to "earn it."