The Tony Accords

Tony Dokoupil
The Dokoupil blunder drew predictably heavy, if slightly hyperbolic, fire against the backdrop of all the recent Bari Weiss player-hating. Photo: Jason Mendez/Getty Images for ReedPop
Dylan Byers
January 7, 2026

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On Monday, during his maiden voyage as anchor of CBS Evening News, Tony Dokoupil was about to wrap a segment on Nicolás Maduro with some presumably brilliant geopolitical commentary when the producers instead posted an image of Senator Mark Kelly. Flustered, the newsman teed up a segment on Governor Tim Walz, before pivoting again: “To other news, as you just heard… to other news now, to Governor Walz… No, we’re going to do Mark Kelly,” he said.