Duncan reached out to Fager for comment after new sexual misconduct allegations against him emerged in Ronan Farrow’s most recent story that led to the resignation for CBS CEO Les Moonves. Ultimately, it was Fager’s response, and not those allegations, that led him to lose his job according to CBS News President David Rhodes.
He responded
“If you repeat these false accusations without any of your own reporting to back them up you will be held responsible for harming me,” Fager texted CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan, who read them aloud on air in a display of “transparency” on Wednesday evening. “Be careful,” he added. “There are people who lost their jobs trying to harm me and if you pass on these damaging claims without your own reporting to back them up that will become a serious problem.”
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