In a stark departure from its own corporate precedent and the usual circle-the-wagons approach of news divisions in crisis, top execs at CBS News parent Paramount Global have publicly disagreed this week.

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.