Tony Dokoupil used CBS Evening News to call his mom

The segment in question was about a study which suggests that being a grandparent is good for your brain, so Dokoupil got his mother on a video call to see if she agreed. She did! Case closed. Dokoupil also tweeted out the segment with the cutesy caption, “Called a big source for this one.” Dokoupil has four children, including two with MS NOW correspondent Katy Tur. 

Of course, human interest stories like “grandparents good” have long been a staple of evening news telecasts, but interviewing one’s own family member is generally considered ethically questionable, at best. The story, as of this writing, sits on the CBS Evening News website homepage beside stories about a man accused of murdering his ex-wife and above a story highlighting CBP’s own report on the ICE execution of Alex Pretti this weekend in Minneapolis. CBS News: it is a product that people want.