Remember these people you see on TV are nothing but performers, what they say on camera is what they get paid to say. Only on rare occasions like the open mic tape of Robach do we get a glimpse into their personal feelings and beliefs.
And that’s why she immediately read the apology/statement that ABC told her to make as a condition of continued employment, without a doubt. If she’d refused, guess who else would be unemployed today? She probably would have trouble replacing the $300K salary the internet says she is receiving from ABC.
US TV media is controlled, corporate/oligarch media that operates in a public space with permission of political authorities.
How is this any different from what Putin does in Russia?