Norah O’Donnell on Industry Upheaval, Sexism in Media, and Her Future

ELLE US ^ | 11//27/25 | Mattie Kahn

[1Old Pro]

Even so, farewells are bittersweet and this one has been made more so because of her replacements. “I think it’s important to have women in these lead anchor chairs, and I think it is a setback that it’s going to be all men,” O’Donnell says.

Later, she adds, “I think there are incredible opportunities for women in journalism. But I think it would be a disservice to suggest, especially to young women who are entering the workforce, that they’re not going to encounter sexism and potentially harassment. It exists. It does. And it exists even for the most powerful women in business, media, and politics.”

[basalt]

and they know men do that, and they hate it with the power of
10 million Suns, but its just nature, and they cant accept that...which only makes them more bitter. Round and Round we go.

[Bigg Red]

Sometimes, when the DH is watching FAUX, I ask him if he is watch8ng a cartoon because of some of those awful female voices.

[1Old Pro]

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