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ABC News executive in charge of hiring and diversity programs put on administrative leave while the network investigates claims of insensitive and racist remarks

ABC News senior vice president Barbara Fedida is on administrative leave Saturday after a HuffPost investigation into her extensive history of insensitive and racist remarks.unearthed a pattern of insensitive and racist remarks made by Fedida, who oversees hiring and diversity programs for the network in her role as senior vice president.

When Ali reached out to ABC News for comment, the network's representative indicated that it would immediately start an investigation into the allegations and place Fedida on administrative leave until it was completed. Fedida was still actively employed at ABC News up until Ali's request. According to the report, ABC News and The Walt Disney Company, its parent company, have paid out millions of dollars in settlements against Fedida during her lengthy tenure at the company. She was subject to more than a dozen HR complaints during her time there, which ran from 1989 until 2006, and again from 2011 to 2020. She was first executive director of talent at rival CBS News from 2006 until 2011.

 

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This is the greatest purge since the Templers were burned at the stake on Friday the 13th!

They rather pay out millions of dollars in settlements than fire her. Unbelievable

More cancel culture

Does everybody in tv and film do blackface ?

No wonder ABCNetwork Disney did nothing to discipline meghanmccain lying about the protests in New York

thank you GeorgeFloyd

Hoist with own petard?

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