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CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil failed to get a Chinese visa - and will be covering Trump’s trip from over 1,000 miles away

The Independent·Rachel Dobkin·19 days ago
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CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil has reportedly been unable to obtain a visa to travel to China and will be covering President Donald Trump’s state visit from over 1,000 miles away. Dokoupil will instead broadcast the CBS Evening News from Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, this week as Trump is set to take part in high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing . Semafor reports, citing two unnamed sources, that Dokoupil failed to get a Chinese visa in time for the trip. It’s unclear what the exact issue was with the visa. This is just the latest misstep for CBS News under the leadership of Bari Weiss , and it comes as Dokoupil’s show is pulling weak ratings compared to his broadcasting counterparts.…

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