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@KyleJoan Regarding your submission on my talk page, where you posted:

please also look at these sources,The Hill The Wrap CNN Deadline where it's been documented that some employees "objected to Dokoupil's tone", that "several staffers at CBS were angered by how Dokoupil conducted himself", that CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon also said the interview did not meet CBS standards, and that Paramount executives disagree about how the matter was handled (with Chair Shari Redstone saying that it was a "mistake" to criticize Dokoupil in public and Co-CEO George Cheeks praising McMahon for stewarding the network's standards). Why does Jan Crawford warrant a mention over these other individuals? What does due material that takes every reliable report about the aftermath of this event into consideration look like?

to argue against including mention of pushback against the CBS decision and defenses of the article subject cited to a LA Times article and Associated Press article.

I think it's pretty obvious it's due for inclusion just by simply looking at the sourcing you provided. All four of your own sources mention opposition to the CBS decision, and mention Crawford and her arguments specifically. If I look around for other paper of record-level coverage of this incident: New York Times, Washington Post, they also mention defenses of Dokoupil, particularly Crawford and her arguments. The "staffers angered" perspective is already covered in the CBS decision to rebuke Dokoupil, as evidenced in the CNN source you provided: The assessment pacified some employees who had objected to Dokoupil’s tone during the segment with Coates. But it offended other employees who thought Dokoupil’s interview was appropriately tough. Currently, only that perspective is mentioned, with CBS rebuking Dokoupil with a claim that he violated their standards. By contrast, there is zero mention of the defenses against that rebuke. KiharaNoukan (talk) 06:06, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CBS's finding about editorial standards came from an internal review. No source relates it to the staffers that expressed anger, so it is false that the "'staffers angered' perspective is already covered" here. Not all four sources I provided mention opposition to CBS's decision. CNN and TheWrap suggest a mixed internal opinion. The Hill mentions "one reporter ... pushing back". Deadline mentions nothing related to staffers' position. No source has dedicated an entire piece to Crawford's view, whereas some have published individual pieces on Redstone's and Cheeks's.[1][2]

Improper synsthesis isn't helpful in determining due weight (i.e., sources document defenses and criticisms of Dokoupil among staff + Crawford is often highlighted in sources as defending Dokoupil ≠ "some staffers defended Dokoupil" is due). That's not how NPOV works. We must first demonstrate that a claim about some staffers defending Dokoupil, separate from what Crawford said, warrants inclusion on its own. KyleJoan^talk 07:50, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rational, unbiased editors see that this has opinions on both sides, with Shari Redstone, Jan Crawford and others openly criticizing CBS for caving in to the young, internal woke mob. As such an article only presenting the anti-Dokoupil view is an extremely obvious BLP violation. Please stop edit warring with every single editor here while simultaneously accusing others of edit warring.

Matza Pizza (talk) 08:21, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An internal review found that standards had not been upheld. If that's anti-Dokoupil, you're welcome to balance that by providing sources that say an internal review had determined that standards were met. We'll wait. KyleJoan^talk 08:29, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like both you and matza ended up blocked; in the meantime, I made an edit incorporating the items you mentioned about some staff members being angered and Paramount chair objecting. Presumably, that should cover the issues raised in this talk section. KiharaNoukan (talk) 20:53, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

RfC

Based on the sources above, which item(s) about the aftermath of Dokoupil's exchange with author Ta-Nehisi Coates should be added to the article?

I CBS News executives said that an internal review had found that Dokoupil had failed to uphold the network's editorial standards in the interview
II Some CBS News staffers defended Dokoupil's conduct
III Some CBS News staffers objected to Dokoupil's conduct
IV CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent Jan Crawford defended Dokoupil, saying that a journalist is obligated to ask tough questions when interviewing someone presenting a one-sided view
V Paramount Global Chairwoman Shari Redstone called CBS News' public criticism of Dokoupil a "mistake"
VI Paramount Global Co-CEO George Cheeks supported CBS News executives in calling out Dokoupil's interview approach

KyleJoan^talk 10:09, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

VII Close RfC and go do something more productive. KyleJoan is currently blocked for editwarring for 48 hours. Polygnotus (talk) 14:47, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm pulling the plug on this rushed RFC. A little more WP:RFCBEFORE could be used here and this was rushed and badly formed. Nemov (talk) 19:02, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please keep the information about non-notable people to a minimum, Wikipedia is not an WP:INDISCRIMINATE collection of information. Polygnotus (talk) 14:43, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]