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Monday, June 15, 2020

ABC News exec on administrative leave over racist remarks about black anchors: report

A top ABC News executive is on administrative leave after reported claims of racist and sexist remarks surfaced.

A report from Huffington Post's Yashar Ali lays out damning accusations of Barbara Fedida, head of ABC News talent, and her treatment of black journalists at the network.

In 2018, during a contentious meeting about renewing “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts's contract, Fedida reportedly "asked what more Roberts could want and said it wasn’t as if the network was asking Roberts to 'pick cotton.'"

Fedida also reportedly referred to "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin as "low rent."

Another source told Ali about a comment Fedida said about then-ABC News journalist Kendis Gibson, a black anchor, that ABC “spends more on toilet paper than we ever would on him."

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/abc-news-exec-administrative-leave-racist-remarks-black-anchors

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bye Fedida!

Anonymous said...

"Another source told Ali about a comment Fedida said about then-ABC News journalist Kendis Gibson, a black anchor, that ABC “spends more on toilet paper than we ever would on him.""

That's probably true, considering how many a₴₴wipes are on the ABC payroll.

Anonymous said...

Sooo, those were racist remarks?