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.

The media mogul, who cut a deal to sell Paramount - including CBS - to Skydance earlier this year, weighed in on the topic on Wednesday.

Tony Dokoupil’s exchange led to a rebuke from executives, but the mogul who controls the network, Shari Redstone, came to his defense.

Remember that wildly heated interview that took place between “CBS Mornings” co-anchor Tony Dokoupil and author Ta-Nehisi Coates that went viral last month? Well, network brass has admitted that Dokoupil’s conduct simply did not meet their editorial standards.