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Credibility at risk, media cuts stars loose over sex claims
By JENNIFER PELTZ This image released by CBS shows, from left, Norah O’Donnell, Charlie Rose and Gayle King on paid to settle misconduct
Associated Press allegations against him.
NEW YORK (AP) — The con- the set of “CBS This Morning.” To be sure, recent accu-
sequences came swiftly af- sations have also sparked
ter the allegations emerged Associated Press some quick professional
against Charlie Rose. Within separations in entertain-
hours, the veteran news career was rocked Monday side the media unfolded able, executives realize ment and other spheres.
host was suspended by Weinstein was fired from
CBS and his PBS interview by sexual misbehavior alle- as news organizations have that they must investigate the company he co-found-
show was pulled off the ed, Spacey was canned
air. The next day, he was gations. The New York Times been busy covering the ex- reports about their own from “House of Cards” and
fired. Rose became the lat- excised from the finished
est in a string of prominent suspended White House re- plosive accusations against employees swiftly, and that movie “All the Money in the
journalists felled abruptly World,” and the release of
by accusations of sexual porter Glenn Thrush after such figures as Hollywood means promptly suspend- Louis C.K.’s new movie was
misconduct. While news or- canceled.
ganizations aren’t the only he was accused of making studio boss Harvey Wein- ing alleged perpetrators Some in Hollywood and
companies taking prompt beyond have complained
measures against the ac- drunken, unwanted ad- stein, comedian Louis C.K., when there are credible al- of a rush to judgment. But
cused, they face particular public-relations and em-
pressure to act because of vances on women. Thrush actor Kevin Spacey and, in legations,” said Indira Lak- ployment-law experts say
the risk of losing the audi- that in the post-Weinstein
ence’s trust as they cover disputed some of the ac- the political sphere, Repub- shmanan, a journalism eth- era, companies feel they
the sex scandals coursing have to take fast, decisive
through politics, Hollywood cusations but apologized lican Senate candidate ics scholar at the Poynter action — and should, even
and the media itself. at the risk of being sued by
“Our credibility in that re- for “any situation where I Roy Moore and Democrat- Institute, a media think tank those who have been fired.
porting requires credibility “Brands that are making
managing basic standards behaved inappropriately” ic Sen. Al Franken. in St. Petersburg, Florida. quick decisions are do-
of behavior” inside the net- ing the right thing” to limit
work, CBS News president and said he had had a While the journalists’ apolo- The fever over sexual mis- potential damage to their
David Rhodes told staffers reputations, said Ronn
Tuesday in a memo an- drinking problem. gies or acknowledgements conduct involving media Torossian, CEO of 5WPR,
nouncing the firing of Rose, which specializes in cri-
the “CBS This Morning” co- In recent weeks, journal- surely made it easier for figures began in the sum- sis PR. “Firing somebody
host and “60 Minutes” con- quickly allows you to stop
tributor. PBS also cut ties to ist Mark Halperin was fired their employers to cut them mer of 2016 with Gretch- the bleeding much, much,
Rose. much quicker.”
Rose’s downfall came af- from NBC News and lost a loose, a journalism expert en Carlson’s accusations Laurent Drogin, a New York-
ter he was accused in The based employment-law
Washington Post of grop- book contract amid alle- said news organizations against Fox News Channel attorney, said: “Employers
ing women, walking naked would rather take the risk
in front of them or mak- gations he partially denied, in particular can’t afford founder Roger Ailes. Within from the accused turning
ing lewd phone calls. He around and coming after
apologized for his behavior and NPR news chief Mi- to hesitate and come off two weeks, Ailes was out of them for something than to
while questioning the ac- possibly be faulted for not
curacy of some of the ac- chael Oreskes was ousted looking hypocritical. a job. Similarly, Bill O’Reilly’s remedying a work situa-
counts. tion.” “There’s a below-ze-
He wasn’t even the only over behavior he acknowl- “Especially in the news busi- career at Fox imploded ro-tolerance policy now,”
big-name journalist whose he said.q
edged as “wrong and inex- ness, where it’s our job to quickly in April when The
cusable.” ferret out the truth and hold New York Times reported
The disciplinary actions in- powerful people account- on how much had been
Pioneering jazz singer Jon
Hendricks dies at 96
By JOHN SEEWER at a New York City hospital. as the father of the spirited In this Jan. 13, 2004 photo, Jazz singer Jon Hendricks talks about
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Jon Hendricks found fame in singing style for populariz- his career in jazz at his home in Toledo, Ohio.
Hendricks, the pioneering the 1950s and ‘60s team- ing it. In the 1980s, he col-
jazz singer and lyricist who ing with Dave Lambert and laborated with Manhat- Associated Press
with the trio Lambert, Hen- Annie Ross. Their interracial tan Transfer on an album
dricks & Ross popularized trio became one of the called “Vocalese” that
the “vocalese” singing style most celebrated jazz vocal won three Grammys, one
in which words were add- groups ever, and among for Hendricks himself.
ed to instrumental songs, the latter-day stars they in- He first teamed up with
has died. He was 96. fluenced were Joni Mitchell Lambert, a be-bop singer
His daughter, Aria Hen- and Manhattan Transfer. he admired, in the mid-
dricks, confirmed his death Others experimented with 1950s; the duo had a hit
to the New York Times. She vocalese before Hendricks, with “Four Brothers” and
said he died Wednesday but he is widely regarded “Cloudburst.” q
