CBS Cameraman Suffers Medical Emergency During Taiwan Broadcast, Recovering After Live Show Halt
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Updated · Deadline · May 14
CBS Cameraman Suffers Medical Emergency During Taiwan Broadcast, Recovering After Live Show Halt
6 articles · Updated · Deadline · May 14
CBS Evening News cut to a break during its final segment from Taipei after an on-set cameraman suffered a medical emergency; the network later said he is okay and recovering.
Tony Dokoupil interrupted the live broadcast by asking, “Is he OK?” and saying, “We’re calling a doctor,” before the program shifted to Matt Gutman in New York for the sign-off.
Dokoupil is anchoring from Taiwan while President Donald Trump holds a 2-day summit with Xi Jinping in Beijing, where CBS said its reporting is focused on Taiwan’s geopolitical stakes.
CBS had planned to base Dokoupil in China, but reports said the network’s visa was not secured in time, leaving Taipei as the broadcast hub while Weijia Jiang and Anna Coren reported from Beijing.
Beyond the on-air drama, did CBS's broadcast expose the world’s $10 trillion dependency on Taiwan?
Was a 'sloppy' visa mistake actually a journalistic masterstroke for covering the Trump-Xi summit?