UPDATED: Minutes' chief Jeff Fager leaves CBS amid harassment accusations
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Source: Washington Post
Jeff Fager, the executive producer of the flagship CBS news program, “60 Minutes,” has left the network. His exit comes following a series of articles by Ronan Farrow in the New Yorker that included accusations that Fager inappropriately touched employees and that he also allowed harassment in his division.
“This action today is not directly related to the allegations surfaced in press reports, which continue to be investigated independently,” CBS News President David Rhodes said in a memo. “However, he violated company policy and it is our commitment to uphold those policies at every level.” It is unclear what specific company policy the memo references.
CBS “terminated my contract early because I sent a text message to one of our own CBS reporters demanding that she be fair in covering the story,” Fager said in a statement to CNN. “My language was harsh and, despite the fact that journalists receive harsh demands for fairness all the time, CBS did not like it.”
Fager, a former CBS News chairman who was entering his 15th season as a “60 Minutes” executive producer, has denied the allegations in the New Yorker story, which include dissuading employees from reporting incidents to HR. CBS had been under intense scrutiny for several weeks following the first New Yorker article, which largely focused on CEO Leslie Moonves. Outside law firms were brought in to conduct investigations.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/09/12/60-minutes-chief-jeff-fager-leaves-cbs-amid-harassment-accusations/?utm_term=.37e0c12a3e96
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By Washington Post Staff
September 12 at 2:43 PM
The executive producer of the network’s long-running news program is leaving the company effective immediately, CBS News President David Rhodes said in a memo. The departure comes after CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
“This action today is not directly related to the allegations surfaced in press reports, which continue to be investigated independently,” Rhodes said in the memo. “However, he violated company policy and it is our commitment to uphold policies at every level.”
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
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