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‘To Say That She’s An Abusive Figure Is An Understatement’: At ABC News, Toxicity Thrives

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×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Media. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisement“Fedida said in regards to Kendis Gibson, who is Black and at the time was an ABC News anchor, that ABC 'spends more on toilet paper than we ever would on him,' a source who heard Fedida make the comment told HuffPost.”AdvertisementAdvertisement“Fedida also would refer to women as 'cunts' openly in the office, according to several staffers who personally heard her use the word.”Advertisement“A source told HuffPost that ABC executives dubbed that letter 'the Black manifesto.' Fedida used the phrase when talking about the document, according to one source who heard her say it directly.”AdvertisementThe group came together in the summer of 2016. ABC News was preparing to hold a town hall with then-President Barack Obama about race relations. Interviews with U.S. presidents are significant news events, and networks put a great deal of preparation into them. Typically the interviewer — in this case, the anchor of ABC’s “World News Tonight,” David Muir, who is white — and staff meet regularly to plan out questions.None of the staffers initially involved in the planning process were Black, according to multiple sources familiar with it, which led Black journalists at ABC News to organize the advocacy group.The group, according to multiple sources, held conference calls and put together a detailed letter to Goldston. The goals were relatively modest, among them that of having one senior Black producer on every show and interviewing a Black candidate for every job opening. AdvertisementAdvertisement“My personal experience with Barbara Fedida is that she is not racist. I know what racism looks, smells and sounds like. Barbara Fedida is not any of those things. But I am respectful of other colleagues who have had a different experience,” Byron Pitts, a Black ABC News anchor, told HuffPost.In response to this story, to launch a “transparent, external investigation” into its allegations, and to waive NDAs “for black employees &amp; other employees of color.”“The external investigation by ABC News should be transparent, and all findings must be published and broadcast. This is appropriate because Fedida was no second-tier executive,” the group said in a statement.AdvertisementFollow Yashar — or send him a tip — on Twitter: Suggest a correctionNewsletter Sign UpSubscribe to our Streamline email.Successfully Subscribed!The best show recs delivered to your inbox.

×U.S. EditionPart of HuffPost Media. ©2022 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved.×AdvertisementAdvertisement“Fedida said in regards to Kendis Gibson, who is Black and at the time was an ABC News anchor, that ABC 'spends more on toilet paper than we ever would on him,' a source who heard Fedida make the comment told HuffPost.”AdvertisementAdvertisement“Fedida also would refer to women as 'cunts' openly in the office, according to several staffers who personally heard her use the word.”Advertisement“A source told HuffPost that ABC executives dubbed that letter 'the Black manifesto.' Fedida used...

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Yashar Ali (born Yashar Hedayat; November 23, 1979) is an American journalist who has contributed to HuffPost, NBC News, and New York magazine.

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