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.

Shari Redstone, the chair of CBS parent Paramount Global, ripped the Tiffany Network over its clampdown on “CBS Mornings'” co-host Tony Dokoupil following his heated interview about Israel with author Ta-Nehisi Coates.

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