And Now She's Fired

Back in June, FTVLive told you that ABC had suspended Barbara Fedida, a senior ABC News executive in charge of talent for making insensitive comments.

Well, the suspension has now become a firing.

ABC says that after conducting an investigation, they were able to confirm the allegations and Fedida has been fired.

The Washington Post reports that in an email to staff, Peter Rice, the Disney senior executive with oversight of ABC News, said the investigation revealed that Ms. Fedida, the senior vice president of talent relations and business affairs for the unit, made “unacceptable racially insensitive comments” and managed “in a rough manner.”

“Although Ms. Fedida made contributions to the organization over the 20-year span of her career, in light of the overall findings, we have determined that she can no longer serve in a leadership role and will not be returning to ABC News,” Mr. Rice told staff.

Fedida declined to comment.

One ABC staffer emailed FTVLive to say, “Ding-Dong the witch is dead.”

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