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Zorro

(18,517 posts) Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:32 AM 5 hrs ago

CBS Anchor Goes Full MAGA With Cringe Praise for Trump Speech

Tony Dokoupil had only nice things to say about a State of the Union address that saw Trump bellowing at his Democratic detractors.

President Donald Trump might have spent the first legislative address of his second term hollering at Democrats on the benches of Congress but one CBS anchor seems to be all for it.

“It was an extraordinary speech,” CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil told viewers Tuesday night. “The longest joint session in history, the longest State of the Union address in history. In some ways, vintage Trump: combative, populist, historic for other reasons as well.”

He further praised “all the energy of the speech, the heart of the speech, on culture issues through the middle.”

Dokoupil’s boss, Paramount CEO David Ellison, attended the State of the Union as a guest of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.

It was not immediately clear whether those “culture issues” referred to a particular moment, around 50 minutes into Trump’s address, when the president belted out a racist tirade against migrants as he was heckled by Democratic Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cbs-anchor-tony-dokoupil-goes-full-maga-with-cringe-praise-for-donald-trumps-state-of-the-union/

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CBS Anchor Goes Full MAGA With Cringe Praise for Trump Speech (Original Post) Zorro 5 hrs ago OP

🤮 surfered 5 hrs ago #1

That network needs to die hard. miyazaki 5 hrs ago #2

Why is anyone surprised? SocialDemocrat61 5 hrs ago #3

He wants to keep his job at CBS, the new Fox Light, now with fewer carbs and braincells. flvegan 5 hrs ago #4

Fewer carbs, maybe... GiqueCee 5 hrs ago #10

It was the exact opposite of an extraordinary speech. It was a cringe fest. Initech 5 hrs ago #5

If Warner Brothers gets bought by Paramount newdeal2 5 hrs ago #6

CBS News has become The Wizard 5 hrs ago #7

What a winner you've got there, Katy Tur.. hlthe2b 5 hrs ago #8

So glad I haven't watched CBS evening news for YEARS!!!! a kennedy 5 hrs ago #9

They started going downhill under Reagan, mwmisses4289 2 hrs ago #13

All the energy of a 79-year-old used car salesman dalton99a 5 hrs ago #11

Thanks, I Needed That.. Especially After reading the OP. Cha 2 hrs ago #16

Well, he's right about it being extraordinary. Extraordinarily insane. Vinca 5 hrs ago #12

I love how the Beast calls him/WEISS "MAGA-curious" and other ones "goons, stooges" - and UTUSN 2 hrs ago #14

Fucking BARF! That PEDO Asshole at Cha 2 hrs ago #15

surfered

(12,692 posts)

1. 🤮

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:34 AM

5 hrs ago

miyazaki

(2,619 posts)

2. That network needs to die hard.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:37 AM

5 hrs ago

Fuckwads.

SocialDemocrat61

(7,355 posts)

3. Why is anyone surprised?

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:39 AM

5 hrs ago

He's always been a RW jerk.

flvegan

(66,105 posts)

4. He wants to keep his job at CBS, the new Fox Light, now with fewer carbs and braincells.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:39 AM

5 hrs ago

GiqueCee

(3,773 posts)

10. Fewer carbs, maybe...

Reply to flvegan (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:59 AM

5 hrs ago

... but with only microscopic trace amounts of brain cells.

Initech

(108,305 posts)

5. It was the exact opposite of an extraordinary speech. It was a cringe fest.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:41 AM

5 hrs ago

Fuck this bullshit cult.

newdeal2

(5,154 posts)

6. If Warner Brothers gets bought by Paramount

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:41 AM

5 hrs ago

Say goodbye to all the good HBO shows like John Oliver. And anything that deviates from white male conservatism.

The Wizard

(13,658 posts)

7. CBS News has become

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:49 AM

5 hrs ago

The National Enquirer version of broadcast News. Bari Weiss will soon be collecting deposit bottles in the Soviet Union.

hlthe2b

(113,464 posts)

8. What a winner you've got there, Katy Tur..

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:49 AM

5 hrs ago

Your children will one day look back a their husband's career and surely be SOOO proud.

a kennedy

(35,731 posts)

9. So glad I haven't watched CBS evening news for YEARS!!!!

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:51 AM

5 hrs ago

and double 🤮 🤮 🤮

mwmisses4289

(3,754 posts)

13. They started going downhill under Reagan,

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #9)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 02:36 PM

2 hrs ago

were always consistently rated last, iirc. Stopped watching their news about then, but they did have some good programs other than news. Stopped watching anything on them by the 2010s. Seems like I haven't missed much.

dalton99a

(93,289 posts)

11. All the energy of a 79-year-old used car salesman

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 12:02 PM

5 hrs ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opinion/trump-state-of-the-union-best-worst.html

‘His Showman’s Energy Is Flagging’: The Best and Worst Moments From Trump’s State of the Union
Feb. 25, 2026

Barro The “everything is terrible in America” section — which lasted roughly from minute 30 through 75 of this interminable and plodding address — significantly undermined the “everything is wonderful in Trump’s America” messaging that preceded it.

Appelbaum When Roman emperors ran out of ideas, they promised bread and circuses. Trump’s speech was full of circuses, including a lengthy celebration of the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team. But he’s no Roman emperor: He made a point of reminding the American people that his administration is providing a lot less food to the poor (having “lifted” 2.4 million people off food stamps).

Bouie What mattered as much as, if not more, than Trump’s speech was the performance of congressional Republicans, who have fully embraced the boorish aggression of the president, attacking and jeering their Democratic colleagues. And if I had to say anything to Democrats it would be, in the words of Ice Cube: Here’s what they think about you. Act accordingly.

Goldberg That the speech was hateful and mendacious goes without saying. But I was struck by how boring it was, despite all the reality television stunts. Trump has usually been good at capturing attention, but his showman’s energy is flagging.

Cha

(318,063 posts)

16. Thanks, I Needed That.. Especially After reading the OP.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #11)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 03:19 PM

2 hrs ago

Goldberg That the speech was hateful and mendacious goes without saying. But I was struck by how boring it was, despite all the reality television stunts. Trump has usually been good at capturing attention, but his showman’s energy is flagging.

Fuck the deadly PEDO Destroyer of Lives, KKK Racist Rapist.