Carole Simpson, who as an African-American woman journalist pioneered impressively starting in the 60s in local radio and television in Chicago and then with NBC and ABC until she retired in 2006, took to Facebook to criticize ABC for not inviting her to appear on Barbara Walters' last "The View" program to give Walters a sendoff, along with an impressive lineup of women TV journalists (and Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Gretchen Carlson), leaving a hint that possible disagreements with ABC were why she given the brushoff:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=628727040530256&set=a.118178664918432.16794.100001788982667&type=1 ABC replied that the news department doesn't have anything to do with "The View" and more-or-less that she should bring it up with producer Bill Geddie. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
