Posted on 05/06/2024 1:17:27 AM PDT by Libloather
After a tumultuous weekend at ABC News, Kim Godwin, the first Black president of a network news division, announced she was stepping down, according to an internal memo sent to staff and obtained by The Daily Beast on Sunday night.
Godwin’s resignation is a severe public relations blow for Disney CEO Bob Iger, who until recently was publicly backing her despite numerous reports of growing discomfort within the ranks. Critics said she spent more time promoting herself than she did in the newsroom, according to The Wall Street Journal, which first reported her Sunday announcement that she planned to “retire from broadcast journalism.”
Godwin said that she’d made the decision “after considerable reflection,” adding that she would “look to the future and prioritize what’s most important for me and my family.”
The announcement comes just days after it was reported that the veteran newswoman told people in a meeting that Black people don’t watch the news, an astonishing claim that first came to light via two reports in Puck and CNN’s Reliable Sources newsletter. Both detailed meetings in which Godwin made the controversial statement and also claimed that the network had overcompensated for a lack of diversity in its newsroom following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis cops and the Black Lives Matter protest movement that followed.
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Excellent.
Wish this toon could be posted in every MSM newsroom and in everu University faculty lounge in the country.
[snip] Kim Godwin, the first Black president of a network news division... just days after it was reported that the veteran newswoman told people in a meeting that Black people don’t watch the news... and also claimed that the network had overcompensated for a lack of diversity in its newsroom following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis cops and the Black Lives Matter protest movement that followed. [/snip]
Hahahaha. More popcorn!
And now another ABC News executive is stepping down for abuse... There must be something in the water over there...
-PJ
How she managed to stay on board 30 whopping years is a puzzlement.
Yes
Bigger audience than cable
Actually, I’d say that PRC-Mockingbird, Putin-Mockingbird, and CIA-mockingbird are all in effect, and the three have separate agendas.
My opinion as well. Sounds she “left the self-serving plantation “. And the other blacks still there are upset.
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