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.

Executives said the interview, conducted by the morning show anchor Tony Dokoupil, had fallen short of network editorial standards.

CBS News chiefs suggested that top anchor Tony Dokoupil violated the network’s standards of “neutrality and objectivity” after he pressed an anti-Israel activist on his controversial rhetoric. When Ta-Nehisi Coates joined CBS Mornings last week to discuss his new book The Message,

During an interview on “CBS Mornings” to promote his new book, Coates faced fierce questioning — and accusations of extremism — from co-host Tony Dokoupil.

CBS News leadership is addressing with staff an interview conducted on the network’s flagship morning program by a top anchor that the executives said did not meet its editorial standards.

The acclaimed writer takes on another intractable problem.

The prominent author's Sept. 30 interview with the "CBS Mornings" co-host led to a rare rebuke during an editorial meeting, a recording of which was leaked.

CBS News executives said Monday that a heated morning show interview with acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, during which his new book was compared to “extremist” writings, did not meet the network’s editorial standards.