Is that even possible? What a shame.
“Godwin made the controversial statement and also claimed that the network had overcompensated for a lack of diversity in its newsroom”
I guess that overcompensation includes her. Is anyone surprised Disney’s DEI hire was a self promoting failure?
She definitely Didn’t Earn It.
Let me offer five observations:
1. I frankly don’t care who is ‘moderating’ the news (black guy, Asian chick, Hispanic guy, Trans-guy, half-wit Columbia grauate)...as long as I can perceive the piece as factual, non-propaganda, and non-complex.
2. I think 99-percent of blacks will tell you they watch the same news that they did 20 years ago....except they might do a bit of podcasts (Joe Rogan, Hodge Twins, etc).
3. I firmly believe that most blacks will tell you there’s way too much fake news...pointing over to the networks, NY Times, and CNN.
4. With all the dismissals, and faked-up DEI stuff done, I don’t think any of the networks can show a plus-up on viewers. They all are doing an ineffective job of selling the balance of Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign BS.
5. Finally, yes....there is a hell of a lot of ‘chaos’ going on....something you didn’t have in 1980s/1990s. It just begs the question...what did it bring to you and your ‘brand’?
IMO, she was right about Didney overcompensating for the lack of diversity. And she’s likely not wrong about the demographics of who watches the news. It appears to me that she ruffled the feathers of the protected black peacocks Didney already had on staff and they don’t like her and/or worked against her to gather any dirt on her then could. Just sayin’
The above FR thread from 2010 is just a tease. If you want to see the real depravity that passed for ABC News management during Obama's second year in office, read the posts from the rank-and-file at ABC News (and some on-air talent) at the bottom of the article from the Wayback Machine's archive of the story. Be sure to click through all 9 pages of them.
It makes Fani Willis' office look like a church.
-PJ
Why is every position in every broadcasting network, commercials
& DA’s in Democrat run States, run by people of color? They make up 10% of the population in the U.S., but they are all I see on TV and in the news. No wonder ,our courts and our News broadcasts are SH!T! Diversity is fine but they should be qualified for those positions .
ABC News boss Kim Godwin quits as Disney tightened clamps on her for slipping GMA ratings and staff unease
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13386219/Kim-Godwin-ABC-News-retirement-disney-staff.html
look to the future and prioritize what’s most important for me and my family.
So she’s off to make sammiches?
There was probably a reasion why she couldn't hold a j-o-b.
Another Didn’t Earn It hire bites the dust.
I agree. One needs to just glance at ABC News to confirm. Godwin had little to gain from this observation, unless it was true.
I can't speak to black's news viewership habits, but is anyone watching ? They/we are paying attention but not necessarily to broadcast appointment news, imho.
Do they have a bit of a race war inside ABC News ?
And there is proof, CBS Mornings (for Blacks) has about half of their stories aimed at Blacks, quite noticeable. Their ratings are in the tank. They make every attempt to cater to a Black audience, and there is no audience. Not a good business model.
