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Tensions Build In NPR Newsroom Over Handling Of Sexual Harassment Allegations

Kaeden

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Created on behalf of ethanradd in the Adopt-A-User Thread.
NPR CEO Jarl Mohn apologized to angered staffers in a contentious meeting Friday afternoon even as additional women accused the network's former top news executive of sexually harassing them.

"I've let you down," Mohn said, according to people present. "I should have acted sooner and I should have acted more forcefully."

Mohn conceded Friday that he had not taken warning signs in previous years and previous days seriously enough. Only on Tuesday — once The Washington Postpublished two accusations from unnamed women dating back nearly two decades — did Mohn suspend NPR's senior vice president for news, Michael Oreskes.

Mohn forced Oreskes to resign the next day, after I also reported that Rebecca Hersher had filed a formal complaint of sexual harassment in October 2015 when she was a 26-year-old assistant producer. She alleged that Oreskes had converted a work conversation about her aspiration to become a reporter into a drawn-out dinner over a bottle of wine, with extended exploration of her personal life.
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More info here: http://www.npr.org/2017/11/03/56195...ver-handling-of-sexual-harassment-allegations
 
ethanradd

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Thanks Kadin for posting this, was really shocked that this was taking place at NPR. Shows how widespread this problem is, the abuse of power regardless of the organization or industry.
I'm bothered that the CEO Jarl Mohn acted so late and only after pressure form external factors with The Washington Post reporting on the allegations. So was he otherwise just going to keep ignoring the problem and the numerous complaints. How can he just get away with an apology after something like this happening under his watch knowing there were numerous reports for years.
 

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Funny, isn't it. It's not cream that floats to the top. It's shit.

It's shit that floats to the top.
 
chaobreaker

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I just want to hear one story of a corporation or company swiftly punishing an high-profile employee for sexual harrassment by the end of the year. Is that too much to ask?
 
BlueTsunami

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I believe Mohn was interviewed on air on Friday? I was listening in and he was asked why they (NPR) were trounced on an internal story by an outside news agency. You could hear him be taken aback by the brashness of the question. I was like woah.
 
Dr. Benton Quest

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BlueTsunami said:
I believe Mohn was interviewed on air on Friday? I was listening in and he was asked why they (NPR) were trounced on an internal story by an outside news agency. You could hear him be taken aback by the brashness of the question. I was like woah.
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Yeah, she said "How did you let another news agency scoop this story?"

He asked her to repeat and then fumbled around for a while.
 
ahoyhoy

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Dude needs to be gone. I have too much respect for NPR for them to keep someone who ignores what's right in front of his face to be at the helm of my favorite news organization.

Robert Segel needs to tear into that fucker on air. He's out the door anyway.
 
The Almighty Tria

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chaobreaker said:
I just want to hear one story of a corporation or company swiftly punishing an high-profile employee for sexual harrassment by the end of the year. Is that too much to ask?
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You're on a site that was born out of telling the owner to go fuck themselves, effectively killing that other site and forming a new one.

So that's one thing
 
Deranged Hermit

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Mary Louise Kelly interviewed the CEO last week and it was something. She was not happy, I don't think I've ever heard someone interview their own CEO and grill them like that.
 
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