On Wednesday morning in response to the decision, ABC News president Kim Godwin told staff that she 'leads with her conscience.'
During her Wednesday morning editorial call, Godwin elaborated on that thought to staff, telling them that she “leads with her conscience.”
Godwin has made changing ABC’s culture a priority since joining last year, and Goldberg’s comments had to be addressed to be consistent with that goal. But within ABC, and among the media commentariat, the perspective that action needed to be taken was not universally shared. Another ABC source said that they felt Goldberg’s sincere apology was enough, especially considering her original remarks weren’t delivered out of hate.
It’s a point of view that was shared elsewhere, including by Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, who
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