A contentious interview between "CBS Mornings" anchor Tony Dokoupil and Ta-Nehisi Coates is raising questions about the state of journalism in America.

CBS management took the unusual step of scolding Dokoupil before his colleagues for not living up to network standards.

Shari Redstone, the chairwoman and CEO of CBS’ parent company Paramount Global, said Wednesday that CBS leadership made a “bad mistake” in how they handled the fallout over “CBS Mornings” co-anchor Tony Dokoupil’s contentious last week interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates.