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CEO Suzanne Scott summoned producers to a meeting to direct them to take more control over hosts and panelists.
By JASON SCHWARTZ 06/27/2018 07:43 PM EDT
Amid growing backlash against inflammatory statements by Fox News commentators, network CEO Suzanne Scott summoned top show producers to a meeting last week and delivered a clear message: They need to be in control of their hosts and panelists.
Scott told the producers that they would be held accountable for anything said on their air, and that it was their job to head off any inappropriate remarks, according to two people with knowledge of the meeting. Appearing via video conference from Washington, D.C., to the group in New York, which also included programming executives, Scott read from a prepared script, explaining that she wanted to make sure she communicated her message precisely.
She said, You are responsible for protecting the talent, protecting the brand, one of the people aware of the meeting said. She said, You are responsible as the producers. You have to protect the talent and the brand.
The decision by Scott, who is in her second month as CEO, to gather the executives and producers last Wednesday and read them prepared remarks was unusual, said the people familiar with the meeting, and not something they were aware had ever happened before. With several national advertisers having dropped Fox News shows in recent months and an increasing number of prominent voices speaking out against the network, the top-rated channel finds itself at a delicate moment.
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Freethinker65
(10,786 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Freethinker65
(10,786 posts)Disney already owns ABC and did not want FoxNews.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)And you make a good point. If they tank there is no outside financing available.
C_U_L8R
(45,400 posts)Once you become known for untrustworthiness, there is no road back. No amount of branding or advertising or pr can fix a toxic enterprise. They are fucked. Maybe not today but their business will erode as their loyal audiences inevitably die off.
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C_U_L8R
(45,400 posts)Anyone else notice a surge of 'new' members who post in broken or peculiar English and seem to be provoking us with odd leading questions/commentary... some suggesting counterproductive or even violent actions?
RockRaven
(15,923 posts)so let's have a policy where we piss on the expendables as scape-goats, and hold them hostage to other peoples' impulse control deficits.... Brilliant management style.
realmirage
(2,117 posts)manor321
(3,344 posts)...they won't call liberals treasonous filthy snakes any more. Just treasonous snakes.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)so they try and preempt it by saying see we're playing nice and
so should you. Of course its a lie and soon as their opponents
stop they would be right back at it.
Cha
(302,808 posts)OregonBlue
(7,835 posts)the pain personally. He needs to be shunned worldwide. He is filth.