Jan Crawford, CBS News chief legal correspondent, defended Tony Dokoupil over his contentious interview last week with author Ta-Nehisi Coates.
about the controversial author’s pro-Palestinian framing of Hamas’ war with Israel — sparking backlash among staffers over the network’s “commitment to truth.”
“I don’t even understand how Tony’s interview failed to meet our editorial standards… I thought our commitment was to truth,” Crawford was quoted as saying by Puck. “I think Tony did what every good journalist is supposed to do — make sure that both sides are represented in a discussion.” “Is it because you just don’t believe that Israel, in any condition, has a right to exist?” Dokoupil asked.Coates replied that the Israeli narrative was well-represented in the American mainstream press and that few Palestinian voices had a chance to be heard.Israelis gathered at Re’im on Monday, the site of the massacre at the Nova music festival, to commemorate the 1,400 lives lost in the Hamas terrorist attack last year.
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