Tony Dokoupil Teased for Asking Steelworkers to Commerce Jobs: ‘Not as Simple as It Appears to be like’

“CBS Night Information”anchor Tony Dokoupil, who changed Norah O’Donnell in early January, was criticized and mocked for telling steelworkers in Pittsburgh that his job as a reporter is “not as straightforward because it seems to be” and providing to swap roles.

“I’m going to speak to those steelworkers,” Dokoupil stated in a clip shared on social media. He then turned to the employees in query and continued, “You wish to commerce jobs? This one’s not as straightforward because it seems to be. I’ve been studying that. Thanks for the hospitality guys. I actually recognize it man. Thanks very a lot.”

Dokoupil was criticized for his community debut this month. His first week on the community averaged 4.17 million viewers, a 23% drop from the identical week in 2025. Throughout his first evening on the air, Dokoupil launched himself twice and likewise lower himself off mid-sentence.

He even drew the ire of conservative host Megyn Kelly, who nicknamed Dokoupil “Toprah” due to the way in which she stated he tried to “therapize’ viewers.

“‘Toprah’ Dokoupil, that’s what I name him as a result of he’s crying and consistently attempting to therapize us by way of the information,” she stated Wednesday. “I figured it out. Bari is an out lesbian, and she or he’s in a wedding to a different girl, and so they have youngsters and so forth. This can be a lesbian’s concept of what ladies need. Like, he’s candy, he’s smooth, that is what’s going to promote. No, no, no, no, no, no. We would like somebody with balls, with a backbone, somebody who will defend us, any individual who, when the burglar comes, would be the first out the door. They gained’t be hiding behind us like that.”

Kelly added: “Oh my God, the patronization. He’s giving Stuart Smalley vibes: ‘We’re ok. We’re sensible sufficient. And gosh darn it, individuals like us.’ I can’t recover from how he continues to patronize the viewers like, ‘Oh, you understand what? It’s possible you’ll not agree with us on every part, however that’s okay, you don’t should. We’re gonna ensure you have the–’ simply f–king ship the information.”