Quite a bit has modified for the reason that first individual sat within the Night Information chair. For me, the largest distinction is that this: individuals do not belief us like they used to.
And it is not simply us. It is all legacy media.
I get it. I have been listening to about it from nearly all people, for greater than 20 years, as I’ve traveled America on task. My mother’s neighbors in West Virginia. My very own neighbors in New York Metropolis. 1000’s of conversations in between.
Generally they wish to discuss to me about our protection of NAFTA or the Iraq Battle. Different instances, it is about Hillary Clinton’s emails or Russiagate. Or extra not too long ago, COVID lockdowns, Hunter Biden’s laptop computer or the president’s health for workplace.
The purpose is that on too many tales the press missed the story. As a result of we have taken under consideration the angle of advocates and never the typical American. Or we put an excessive amount of weight within the evaluation of lecturers or elites, and never sufficient on you.
I do know this as a result of, at sure factors, I’ve been you. I’ve felt that approach too. I’ve felt like what I used to be seeing and listening to on the information did not replicate what I used to be seeing and listening to in my very own life. And that probably the most pressing questions merely weren’t being requested.
So here is my promise to you so long as I sit on this chair: you come first. Not advertisers. Not politicians. Not company pursuits. And, sure, that does embody the company homeowners of CBS.
I report for you.
Which implies I inform you what I do know, after I understand it and the way I do know it. And after I get it incorrect, I am going to inform you that too. It additionally means I’ll discuss to all people, and maintain everybody in public life to the identical normal. And since I turned a journalist to speak to individuals. I like speaking to individuals about what works on this nation, what does not, and never solely what ought to change, however the good concepts that by no means ought to.
I feel telling the reality is certainly one of them.
Maintain me to it.
The brand new CBS Night Information With Tony Dokoupil begins on January 5. Tune in at 6:30 p.m. native time on CBS to observe reside, or catch-the re-air on CBS News 24/7 at 10 p.m. ET. You too can stream the present on-demand later every evening on CBSNews.com, Paramount+ and the CBS Evening News YouTube channel.
