A weekly newsletter on power and the press Tony Dokoupil promised in January to be more “accountable” and “transparent” than Walter Cronkite, a bold claim to kick off the relaunch of “CBS Evening News” under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. A couple months later, Dokoupil’s ratings have dipped below four million — less than half of David Muir’s ABC viewership — as the legacy of Cronkite, and Edward R. Murrow recedes ever further in the rearview. As Weiss nears six months at the helm, it’s still unclear how exactly CBS News aims to reach this potential mass audience — and without alienating existing viewers of programs like ratings standout “60 Minutes” in the process...
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