CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil barred from – Business News
“CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil mentioned he was barred from broadcasting from his Taiwan lodge after the proprietor frowned on his protection — one of a number of snags the journo encountered during his jaunt to cowl President Trump’s China summit.
After a section that includes people in Taiwan expressing concern of speaking overtly about China, Dokoupil instructed viewers, “even at our hotel … after seeing our broadcast last night, the manager told us we can’t cover anything political on their property.”
He as an alternative broadcast from Taipei’s Liberty Square for his second and remaining program in Taiwan’s capital.
Tony Dokoupil anchored the “CBS Evening News” from a Taipei lodge balcony on Wednesday after failing to secure a visa to report from Beijing. CBS
It was the newest in a collection of points for Dokoupil, whose cameraman fainted during Wednesday’s broadcast.
Veteran cameraman Randy Schmidt collapsed after travelling on the final minute from Tokyo to help the show, sources instructed The Post.
The cameraman might be heard falling whereas Dokoupil was offering updates on the summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Dokoupil on Thursday broadcast from Liberty Square in Taipei.
“You will hear a lot about the rise of a powerful new China — is he okay?” the anchor requested midway by his closing whereas the remaining of the shocked crew stayed silent.
“We’re gonna take a quick break. We have a medical emergency here,” he added.
The “Evening News” staff mentioned the cameraman was “okay and recovering” in an replace shared simply minutes after the published ended.
President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a high-stakes summit in Beijing as CBS News scrambled to cowl the journey from neighboring Taiwan. POOL/AFP through Getty Images
Veteran CBS News cameraman Randy Schmidt, who sources mentioned helped assemble the community’s distant Taiwan broadcast operation earlier than collapsing from exhaustion. Instagram/Randy Schmidt
The Taiwan journey got here after CBS News didn’t get a China visa for its star anchor, as The Post beforehand reported.
CBS News’ “poor planning” left the community scrambling to get Dokoupil to China’s capital, the place his rivals Tom Llamas of NBC News and David Muir of ABC News are on the ground for anchor duties, sources mentioned.
CBS News didn’t instantly reply to requests for touch upon the lodge’s expulsion of the show.
