New CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil had an unfortunate hiccup during his first weeknight edition leading the nightly newscast. But the network removed that from the digital editions it published later in the day.
During a portion of the live broadcast on Monday evening, Dokoupil appeared to become confused about what the next story would be on the newscast.
“To Governor Walz…no, we’re gonna do Mark Kelly,” Dokoupil said. “First day. First day, big problems here. Are we going to Kelly here or are we going to Jonah Kaplan?”
After several seconds of silence, Tony Dokoupil then pivoted to a news story about Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) being censured by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his recent comments about whether or not military members should defy illegal orders.
The moment from Dokoupil’s first weeknight anchoring the CBS Evening News went viral on social media in the aftermath. Many took potshots at the new anchor.
However, when the CBS Evening News broadcast was published in its entirety on YouTube, the moment had been edited out.
Despite the editing change on YouTube, CBS News did not remove the flub from the audio podcast version published to the newscast’s feed on Monday evening.
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