The link below is to a video of CBS reporter Jericka Duncan fearlessly reporting on her interaction with (now former) 60 Minutes Executive Producer Jeff Fager, regarding allegations he groped an intern at CBS News. Fager denies it. What got him fired apparently s not the several allegations of sexual misbehavior, but this example of bullying behavior (I agree that this latter is worthy of being fired for). But I mostly like how CBS reporters are covering the story aggressively. Duncan begins her to the camera report dramatically (after what I guess was a taped voiceover setting it up): “I am that reporter”.
Here is the set up (from a different source): Fager texted the CBS reporter, who had asked about the report: “ If you repeat these false accusations without any of your own reporting to back them up you will be held responsible for harming me," Fager replied. "Be careful. There are people who lost their jobs trying to harm me and if you pass on these damaging claims without your own reporting to back them up that will become a serious problem." CBS News president David Rhodes announced Wednesday that Fager was leaving the company effective immediately, saying he had violated company policy. Fager said in a statement that his contract was terminated early "because I sent a text message to one of our own CBS reporters demanding that she be fair in covering the story." He did not name Duncan. "My language was harsh and, despite the fact that journalists receive harsh demands for fairness all the time, CBS did not like it," Fager said. "One such note should not result in termination after 36 years, but it did. https://twitter.com/cbsthismorning/status/1040009771431223296?s=21 On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 5:06 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 5:04 PM Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 5:25 PM Melissa P <takingupspace...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> In such a severe case of misogyny, I'm assuming she's an enabler. >>> Perhaps I'm making an incorrect assumption. >>> >>> I've just read a story in another group about how he helped a high >>> school classmate he really didn't know when the classmate lost his job and >>> couldn't find another. >>> >>> Very few people are pure evil. >>> >> >> My assumption was that she was willfully ignorant about him, possibly in >> denial. She might have heard snippets of stories over the years but there >> was no good to come from confronting Les about rumors. To call her an >> enabler means that she knew what was going on and I won't dismiss that >> possibility. How she responds might shed light on that. >> >> As to how she got her jobs, I think we all agree that it's naive to >> believe that show business is a meritocracy. And it would be naive to think >> that there was an open competition for host for those two shows and she >> proved herself better than her competitors. But that's a systemic problem >> with the industry and not simply a strike at her for not being deserving. >> > > I know of one concrete example of pure nepotism from my time in tv. A > producer hired his girlfriend on every show and gave her titles for which > she was woefully unqualified. It forced others to double up and assume her > responsibilities, and it forced others to jobs where she was technically > her supervisor. The woman in question could not have been nicer, but the > situation made a lot of people resent her. They eventually broke up, and > she is no longer in the industry, but the producer still is. > > Now that their boss is no longer Chen’s husband, it’d take a miracle for > the casts and crews of her shows not to speak up to the new CBS bosses. > Chen might be sweet, she might’ve been oblivious, but Hollywood is too > cutthroat to let that situation stand. > > > > >> -- >> 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
