Opinion | CBS News’ Donald Trump interview was much ado about nothing

Tony Dokoupil got face time with the president, but the conversation was restrained, polite — and ultimately forgettable

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If you’re a major news outlet and you have the opportunity to interview the president of the United States, then you interview the president of the United States.

But that doesn’t mean that every interview with the president produces something of note.

On Tuesday night, the revamped “CBS Evening News” with new anchor Tony Dokoupil interviewed President Donald Trump. Given all the buzz surrounding Dokoupil and CBS News and a direction that appears to be drifting to the right since Bari Weiss became editor-in-chief, all eyes and ears were on how Dokoupil would handle the interview.

In the end, it was much ado about nothing.

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