Walt Disney’s ABC News suspends top exec over allegations of racist comments

Walt Disney Co’s ABC News has placed on leave one of its top executives, Barbara Fedida, while it investigates press reports that she made racist comments, among other inappropriate behavior, according to the network.

On Saturday HuffPost published an article https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abc-news-toxicity-thrives_n_5ee3db80c5b68… alleging that Fedida, the network’s senior vice president for talent, editorial strategy and business affairs, has a long history of making insensitive comments and has been the subject of more than a dozen human resources complaints. Fedida denied the allegations, which she described as “incredibly misleading.”