How's that "diversity is our strength" workin' out for you, ABC?
The president of ABC News, Kim Godwin, has stepped down after her higher-ups are rumored to have found gross mismanagement and shocking incompetence from her time leading the news network.
ABC News President Kim Godwin stepped down Sunday night following an investigation into her management of her network.
The overseer of the network, Debra O'Connell, opened a corporate investigation into Godwin and other senior executives over the growing frustration among staffers, vacant top positions and the drop in ratings at its prominent program, "Good Morning America." Several people alleged Godwin dedicated more time to her profile than creating success in the news division, and that her mismanagement "shocked" O'Connell, WSJ reported.
After this investigation, Godwin decided to "retire." Totally not a way for her to save face and ABC to save any of the dignity they had left.
The Wall Street Journal got ahold of the email Godwin sent announcing her career change.
'I have decided to retire from broadcast journalism,' Godwin said in the email sent to staff Sunday night. 'Anyone who's passionate about what we do knows there's no other business like it, so this was not an easy or quick decision. But after considerable reflection, I'm certain it's the right one for me as I look to the future and prioritize what's most important for me and my family.'
That's the end of a storied [checks notes] three-year experiment with DEI hiring at the top levels of ABC.
Godwin was often criticized by current and former ABC News staffers for not being as involved in the day-to-day operations compared with her predecessors. Critics said Godwin seemed more focused on boosting her profile than in the grind of running a news division. During her tenure, much of ABC News's veteran leadership was ousted, The Wall Street Journal previously reported, and she doesn't have an obvious internal successor.
Of course, you've got to hear the excuses from Godwin's allies at Disney who still think diversity should be their strength.
The first Black person to run a major broadcast network news division, Godwin was scrutinized in ways other executives weren't, her defenders say. Veteran correspondent Jonathan Karl said earlier this year in an interview that criticism that Godwin is disengaged 'certainly does not reflect the reality of who she is' and that she is a 'crazy workaholic.'
Right ...
So they're saying ABC and parent company Disney were harsher on Godwin because she is black.
... Because non-white people and women have such a hard time getting ahead at DISNEY.
Before coming over to ABC News, Godwin worked at CBS where she specialized in, get this, diversity.
Godwin spent more than a decade at CBS News, holding positions including executive vice president, senior broadcast producer, and executive director for development and diversity.
And that, my friends, is another lesson in how Marxism ruins everything.
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