CBS News Fires Charlie Rose Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations
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NEW YORK (AP) - CBS News and PBS have fired Charlie Rose after several women accused the veteran newsman of sexual misconduct.
Rose has been one of three hosts of "CBS This Morning" since 2012 and is also a contributor to "60 Minutes." PBS and Bloomberg also suspended airings of Rose's nightly interview show after the Washington Post published an article Monday about women who said he groped them and walked around naked in front of them.
CBS News President David Rhodes said there is nothing more important than assuring a safe, professional workplace. CBS had already suspended him.
NEW: CBS News terminates Charlie Rose following allegations of sexual misconduct. "There is absolutely nothing more important, in this or any organization, than ensuring a safe, professional workplace," says CBS News President David Rhodes. pic.twitter.com/hiqPCJ2MGY
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) November 21, 2017
Rose's co-hosts on the morning show, Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell, were sharply critical of their colleague on Tuesday. King said the allegations did not fit the Rose she knew, but that "I'm clearly on the side of the women who have been very hurt and damaged by this."
Here is the statement I made at the top of the show on @CBSThisMorning: pic.twitter.com/uAO5yV3wV7
— Norah O'Donnell ???????? (@NorahODonnell) November 21, 2017
Co-host Norah O'Donnell says it's a time of reckoning for women. She said, "This has to end."
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