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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T13:12:19.000Z",
  "site": "https://defector.com",
  "tags": [
    "Journalismism",
    "Media Meltdowns",
    "Politics",
    "bari weiss",
    "CBS",
    "cbs evening news",
    "mediocrities",
    "tony dokoupil",
    "commit a parking violation.",
    "Semafor's Max Tani reported",
    "fucking with her handpicked anchor's teleprompter and crashing his show's ratings",
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  "textContent": "Donald Trump was in China this week for a series of meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In order to cover the historic summit, major American broadcasters sent their newscasters overseas to broadcast from Beijing. Even the dolts from Fox News managed to get over there and commit a parking violation. Absent from the party, however, was beleaguered _CBS Evening News_ anchor Tony Dokoupil, who at this point really seems to be cursed.\n\n\"Right now, I'm just about 100 miles off the coast of mainland China,\" is how Dokoupil began Wednesday night's broadcast from the balcony of a hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. Tony was being kind to himself: Taipei may be very close to mainland China itself, but it is 1,000 miles away from Beijing, where all of the important stuff was happening. The reason Dokoupil was stuck on that hotel balcony is that CBS failed to secure a visa for its man. Semafor's Max Tani reported that as a result the network had to send Dokoupil to Taipei at the last minute. Not content with personally fucking with her handpicked anchor's teleprompter and crashing his show's ratings, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss now seems to have robbed the network of its ability to complete basic logistical tasks.\n\nThings didn't get better for Dokoupil once he got over to Taipei. Wednesday night's broadcast was brought to a strange and sudden end when Dokoupil's cameraman collapsed (CBS later released a statement saying the cameraman is OK):",
  "title": "Tony Dokoupil Flew 8,000 Miles Just To Eat More Shit"
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