More Trouble for CBS News as Its ‘News Standards’ Executives Are Exposed for Writing Memo, One Day After October 7 Massacre, Cautioning  Staff Against Calling Hamas ‘Terrorists’ 

The crisis has deepened at the Tiffany Network amid a daily drumbeat of expositions of liberal and anti-Israel bias.

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CBS News chief Wendy McMahon (L) received a strong vote of support from her boss, CBS chief George Cheeks, after she came under criticism for her deputy's reprimand of CBS Mornings' co-host Tony Dokoupil, for how he challenged Ta-Nehisi Coates over his virulent anti-Israel views. Getty Images

CBS News executives cautioned their journalists against referring to Hamas members as “terrorists” in a memo issued the day after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, according to the Free Press. It’s the latest embarrassment for the news organization, which is in turmoil amid a daily drip of disclosures about institutionalized anti-Israel bias as well as anti-Trump bias.  

Thursday night, the Free Press published an excerpt of an email sent to reporters on October 8, 2023, with the subject, “Standards guidance: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.”  

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