The company has also appointed a new Board of Directors as it transitions to private ownership. However, its existing management team will remain in place.
"What we should be having in this country is a free press that can hold the (expletive) President the United States accountable without everybody worried whether they're going to lose their (expletive) job."
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.
The company has also appointed a new Board of Directors as it transitions to private ownership. However, its existing management team will remain in place.