50s WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 70s
HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND.
LADIES, BACK TO YOU.
LISETTE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
TO LONGTIME CBS EXECUTIVES
ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
ALLEGED RACIST AND SEXIST
BEHAVIOR.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE SENIOR
VICE PRESIDENT OF NEWS FOR THE
A FULL INVESTIGATION.
ACCORDING TO ALLEGATIONS
LAID OUT IN THE LOS ANGELES
DUNN'S MANAGEMENT WAS HOSTILE,
RACIST, AND CRUDE.
ACCORDING TO LEGAL PAPERS
OBTAINED BY THE LA TIMES FROM A
FORMER EMPLOYEE OF OUR
DUNS REFERRED TO A VETERANS
ANCHOR WHO IS BLACK AS JIVE.
ANOTHER FORMER EMPLOYEE ECHOED
THAT CLAIM.
QUOTE ALL HE DOES IS DANCE.
IN A STATEMENT ON AIR LAST
NIGHT, KY W SPORTSCASTER DON
BELL RESPONDED TO THE STORY.
IS THE MOST HARD-WORKING
SKILLED JOURNALISTS I HAVE EVER
BEEN AROUND.
BUT, THE ALLEGEDLY HARMFUL
RHETORIC DID NOT STOP.
ACCORDING TO THE TIMES REPORT,
HIS LIEUTENANT AND SENIOR VICE
COLLEAGUES.
HE WAS ALLEGEDLY CRITICAL, FOR
EXAMPLE, WHEN KY W HIRED
JOURNALISTS WORK THOMAS AS A
MORNING ANCHOR IN 2016.
THE FORMER NEWS DIRECTOR
MARGARET CRONIN DESCRIBED TO
THE LA TIMES A PHONE CALL WITH
AS JUST VENOM AND PROFANITY.
HE SCREAMED TELL HER TO SHUT THE
EXPLETIVE UP.
JUST MONTHS LATER.
ACCORDING TO THE TIMES
REPORT, DUNN ALLEGEDLY
CONTRACT FOR AN ETHIOPIAN IN
PART BECAUSE I HATE HER FACE.
IN A STATEMENT TO THE TIMES,
FRIENDS SAID THESE COMMENTS I
MAY HAVE MADE ABOUT OUR
EMPLOYEES OR PROSPECTIVE HIRES
WERE ONLY BASED ON PERFORMANCE
OR QUALIFICATIONS, NOT ABOUT
ANYONE'S RACE OR GENDER.
THE FORMER CBS THIS MORNING
COHOST CHARLIE ROSE WAS
TERMINATED OVER SEXUAL
ALLEGATIONS, WHICH HE DENIES.
AFTER HIS FIRING, CBS BEGAN AN
INVESTIGATION INTO WORK PLACE
CULTURE ALLOWING EMPLOYEES TO
SHARE ANY STORIES OF ALLEGED
HARASSMENT.
EVENTUALLY LED TO THE FIRING OF
THEN CHAIRMAN IN CBS CEO WHO
DENIES ALL ALLEGATIONS OF
MISCONDUCT.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST PETER DUNN
CAME UP IN AN INVESTIGATION IN
2019.
FORMER KY W GENERAL MANAGER
BRIAN KENNEDY SAYS DUNN FIRED
INVESTIGATION.
CBS RELEASED A STATEMENT TO THE
LA TIMES THIS WEEK SAYING THEY
HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS
AGAINST DUNN SINCE.
ON SUNDAY NIGHT, CBS
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP CHIEF THAT
WITH LEADERSHIP FROM THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK
JOURNALISTS.
AFTERWARD, IN STATEMENTS THAT
IN ORDER FOR THE COMPANY'S
CULTURE TO BE TRANSFORMED, IT
MUST BEGIN WITH THE FIRING OF
CHEEKS PROMISE TO FOSTER AND
MAINTAIN A POSITIVE INCLUSIVE,
EQUITABLE WORKPLACE.
THE NETWORK COMMITTED TO AN
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF
ALLEGATIONS RAISED IN THE TIMES
AND SAID IT WOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN A PUBLIC
STATEMENT ANNOUNCING DUNN
FRIENDS SUSPENSION.
DUNN DECLINED TO SPEAK ON
THE ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST