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Adam Carolla tore into CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil this week after a promo clip in which Dokoupil lamented that Americans do not trust the mainstream press. Carolla didn’t mince words: he accused the network of not merely missing stories but of actively lying to the public, a brutal indictment that struck a nerve with millions who have watched the media’s credibility collapse.
Dokoupil’s promo pleaded for a reset, saying the press has “missed the story” by favoring advocates and elites over the average American, but Carolla paused the tape and replied, “You didn’t miss the story, you lied about the story.” That line was more than a zinger; it was a demand for accountability from a press that consistently refuses to own its worst errors.
On his podcast Carolla named names — from the Hunter Biden laptop to questions about President Biden’s cognitive fitness and the media’s COVID coverage — calling out a pattern of convenient narratives and cover-ups. He made the point every decent journalist used to make for themselves: do the work, follow the facts, and stop parroting preferred storylines that fit an agenda.
Megyn Kelly, who hosted Carolla on her program, applauded his takedown, saying nobody had put the problem more plainly — and she’s right to call it out in real time. Conservative audiences have watched for years as elites in newsrooms decide what the public is allowed to know and then gaslight the country when their errors are exposed.
Carolla even noted that CBS News chief Bari Weiss had circulated Dokoupil’s clip, which underscores how even internal efforts to rehabilitate the press are undermined by the same refusal to admit systemic failure. Americans deserve journalism that starts with the truth and ends with a clear admission when it has been betrayed, not a PR campaign asking for trust without repentance.
This is more than cable squabbling; it’s about whether a free press can be trusted to hold power to account or will continue to protect its preferred side. Hardworking Americans should take Carolla’s message seriously: demand real reporting, insist on public mea culpas when the press gets it wrong, and stop funding the institutions that keep lying to us.
