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Tony Dokoupil
Born (1980-12-24) December 24, 1980 (age 43)
Farmington, Connecticut, U.S.[1]
Alma materGeorge Washington University
Columbia University
Occupation(s)Journalist and television presenter
EmployerCBS
Known forCBS Mornings
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​
Children4

Tony Dokoupil[2] (born December 24, 1980) is an American broadcast journalist and author. Known for his work as a co-anchor of CBS Mornings, he was also a news correspondent for CBS News and MSNBC.

Early life

Dokoupil was born in Connecticut on December 24, 1980. He is of Czech descent.[3][4] His mother, Ann, worked as a teacher, while his father, Anthony, was a marijuana dealer. Growing up, Dokoupil was told of his father's involvement in real estate, which was a front.[2][5] His family relocated to Miami shortly after he was born.[6] Dokoupil and his mother relocated back to Maryland when he was six,[2] where he attended Severna Park High School.[7] He later studied business at George Washington University, graduating first in his class, and pursued media studies at Columbia University.[4][8] He played baseball at George Washington University. In 2000, he was an outfielder for the Bethesda Big Train in the Clark Griffith Collegiate Baseball League.

Career

From 2007 to 2013, Dokoupil was a senior writer at Newsweek magazine and the website The Daily Beast.[9] In September 2013, he joined NBC News as a senior writer.[10] He released a memoir titled The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana on April 1, 2014.[11] He later became a reporter on MSNBC.[4]

Following his departure from NBC News and MSNBC, Dokoupil joined CBS News as a New York-based correspondent in August 2016.[9] On May 6, 2019, Dokoupil was named the new co-anchor of the morning program CBS This Morning;[12] He made his debut on May 20.[13] The program was renamed CBS Mornings in September 2021.[14]

Controversy

On September 30, 2024, Dokoupil discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with author Ta-Nehisi Coates during the latter's appearance on CBS Mornings to promote the book The Message. Dokoupil said that "“If I took your name out of it, took away the awards and the acclaim, took the cover off the book, the publishing house goes away, [then] the content of that section [about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict] would not be out of place in the backpack of an extremist.”[15] During an all-staff meeting on October 7, 2024, CBS News executive Adrienne Roark said tthat Dokoupil had failed to maintain the network's editorial standards in the interview[16][17]

CBS News executives and staffers had also expressed concern about other instances in which Dokoupil had failed to meet CBS News' standards of neutrality, including his comment following a separate reporting segment from Beirut by CBS foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab during the same CBS Mornings episode. After Tyab indicated that Israel was preparing for a deadly ground invasion of Lebanon, Dokoupil responded that "If Hezbollah thought that Israel was going to graciously take a year full of rockets, Hezbollah miscalculated.”[18] CBS colleagues had also expressed concern about a past comment by Dokoupil in April 2024 during a report about a pro-Palestinian student being prevented from delivering a valedictorian speech at her high school, in which he opined that there was a “bigger question about what is acceptable public speech.”[18]

Personal life

Dokoupil has two children from a previous relationship.[19] The two live in Israel with their mother, his ex-wife.[20] Dokoupil married fellow broadcast journalist Katy Tur in October 2017,[21] and they have two children together.[22] In 2014, he wrote about having converted to Judaism.[23]

References

  1. ^ "2002 BASEBALL ROSTER". CBS GW Sports. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Minzesheimer, Bob (April 9, 2014). "A son tries to understand his drug dealer dad". USA Today. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "The surprising result of a son's search for his father". CBS News. March 13, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Storey, Kate (May 29, 2019). "How Tony Dokoupil Reached the CBS This Morning Anchor Desk". Esquire. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Son Of A Secret Smuggler Digs Up The Truth About His Dad". NPR. March 31, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  6. ^ Dokoupil, Tony (July 31, 2009). "My Father the Drug Dealer". Newsweek. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  7. ^ Scherr, Rich (June 7, 1999). "Dokoupil's big swing makes dream come true; Severna Park senior's HR helps South in Crown game". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  8. ^ Chaney, Jen. "Review: 'The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana' by Tony Dokoupil". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  9. ^ a b de Moraes, Lisa (July 6, 2016). "Tony Dokoupil Hired As Correspondent by CBS News". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  10. ^ Calderone, Michael (June 17, 2013). "Tony Dokoupil Joins NBC News Digital As Senior Writer". HuffPost. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  11. ^ Dokoupil, Tony (2014). The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385533461.
  12. ^ Iannucci, Rebecca (May 6, 2019). "CBS This Morning Confirms New Anchor Lineup, Norah O'Donnell to Take Over Evening News This Summer — Watch". TVLine. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  13. ^ Barr, Jeremy (October 23, 2019). "Tony Dokoupil Is Getting the Hang of Morning Television". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  14. ^ Battaglio, Stephen (August 31, 2021). "'CBS This Morning' will have a new name starting Sept. 7". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
  15. ^ CBS Mornings (September 30, 2024). Ta-Nehisi Coates on the power of stories, new book, "The Message". Retrieved October 8, 2024 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ Steinberg, Brian (October 7, 2024). "'CBS News' Says Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates and Tony Dokoupil 'Did Not Meet Editorial Standards'". Variety. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  17. ^ Barr, Jeremy (October 7, 2024). "CBS News exec says Ta-Nehisi Coates interview didn't meet standards". The Washington Post.
  18. ^ a b Flint, Joe (October 8, 2024). "CBS Interview on Israel Triggers Fight at Network; Shari Redstone Weighs In". The Wall Street Journal.
  19. ^ Schrobsdorff, Susanna (April 4, 2014). "My Father Went To Jail For Dealing Weed... and I Would Keep Him There". Time. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  20. ^ "CBS Mornings Co-Host Tony Dokoupil Has 2 Children and Ex-Wife Living in Israel: 'They Are Safe'". October 9, 2023.
  21. ^ Mizoguchi, Karen (April 16, 2019). "MSNBC Live's Katy Tur Welcomes Son Theodore with Husband Tony Dokoupil — See His First Photo". People. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  22. ^ Mastrangelo, Dominick (May 17, 2021). "Katy Tur announces birth of second child". The Hill. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  23. ^ Dokoupil, Tony (April 10, 2014). "My Adult Circumcision". The New Republic. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
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