BREAKING! NABJ Calls For Firing of CBS O&O Executives

Back in early December, FTVLive first told you in a Patron Only story that this was coming.

On Sunday, the LA Times dropped the story we have been teasing and the Natinal Association of Black Journalists has responded by asking CBS to fire CBS O&O President Peter Dunn and VP of News David Friend.

In lawsuits and complaints filed by former and current CBS staffers, they area claiming that both Dunn and Friend engaged in “a pattern of discriminatory behavior through the instruction of others regarding hiring, firing, promotion and pay setting of employees based on race, gender and sexual orientation.”

NABJ says that NABJ) met CBS officials regarding disturbing revelations and allegations from the LA Times about the racism and toxic work environment at the company, specifically the CBS Television Stations.

The NABJ is calling for the immediate termination of Dunn and Friend.

“The troubling issues raised in the story are not just confined to one TV station. NABJ has heard from numerous CBS employees across the country and has been made aware of multiple lawsuits and investigations. It is clear that there is a massive problem among CBS owned-and-operated stations, and in order for the company’s culture to be transformed, it must begin with the firing of Dunn and Friend, the NABJ said in a statement.

CBS has not commented publically on the NABJ’s request.