On Sunday morning, CBS entertainment president Kelly Carr stood in a cold ballroom in Beverly Hills Central, facing reporters.
The entertainment industry likes to sell this ZIP code as a sunny spot where everything shines.
Anyway, the weather is depicted like this.
The human drama on the stage is very different.
The entire film and TV series is based on the tendency of influential people to use power and wealth to cover up wrongdoing.
This is the case on this day.
Within the hotel, Carl told reporters, "there were many female colleagues coming to me this week and they were saddened by what they had read about our company.
That doesn't mean their experience at CBS, they say.
"There is a digital billboard truck parked outside, hired by the feminist propaganda group" UV ", urging CBS to fire its President and CEO, les Moonies.
It says, "We believe that these women have been sexually assaulted and harassed by Les Moonies.
Why isn't CBS firing MOONVES now?
CBS has long been the top network on television, and until recently moon's reputation as a programmer has been seen as "pound" in the terminology of media analyst Brian Stelter.
A broad report by Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker in July 27 changed that.
Six women in his story.
The most famous actress is Douglas.
For the record, the description was forcibly touched or kissed in business meetings with moonies at the end of 1980 and 2000.
For various reasons, however, CBS has a culture that is proud to be a place for employees to live for a long time.
When Carl told reporters that muenvis was a mentor, he took his current job and he was referring to a 28-
A year's relationship began when Carl worked as a moon research intern on Lorimar Television.
Other executives have a similar trajectory and similar loyalty.
This explains to some extent the support publicly expressed by three female executives at CBS: Joanne Ross, president and chief advertising revenue officer of CBS. ;
Angelica McDaniel, EVP, Day program and joint program development, CBS Entertainment and cbs TV Distribution, and Terry Press, president of CBS Films.
Even so, not all cbs employees are as obvious as the moon corner.
Stephen Colbert, the host of the late night show, said on the July 30 show, "Everyone believes in accountability until it's their turn.
There is no doubt that Les Moonves is my man. . .
But responsibility makes no sense, unless it's for everyone, whether it's the leader of the network or the leader of the free world.
While producer Chuck Lorre declined to make a specific comment on Moonies allegations, when he appeared at the maker of "mom" and "Big Bang Theory, "I do think it is important to have a safe working environment . . . . . . Why does anyone want to work in an environment that is not cultivated ? " Fear, he added.
"If the environment does not support you and does not take care of your best interests, you certainly cannot do a good job, which I think should not be said.
I can't believe we can actually have this conversation.
It should not be said.
It is common courtesy and etiquette to take care of each other.
Meredith Vieira, who appeared on the London Stock Exchange to support pb's "great American reading", said she did not read The New Yorker article.
But she went on to say, "People know my story from CBS, I was in 60 minutes.
I think there must be gender discrimination.
I have never been harassed.
"But I think that during the time I was there, especially during that performance, it was difficult for you to navigate as a woman who did not follow the party line," she observed.
"But I personally have never experienced anything that borders on harassment anywhere I 've been.
Maybe they were afraid of me. I don’t know.
Even Diane English, creator of "Murphy Brown", told reporters of the TCA group that reported revival, "We fully support this investigation.
None of us had a negative experience with this on CBS, and I went back to the age of Bill Parry . . . . . . So I 've never experienced any personal or obnoxious misconduct, and as far as I can tell, no one in my crew.
English added that a few months ago she and his writer developed a episode of Murphy Brown about the MeToo movement, which will be our fourth episode.
"In addition to telling reporters CBS that we are" committed to working together, inclusive and safe workplaces ", we are not saying that we are perfect," Kahl said.
No big company.
We always have room for improvement, but a lot of us have been here for a long time, precisely because CBS Entertainment is a satisfying place to work.
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Wing talk show host Joe Walsh told Sharon that Donald Trump "betrayed his country" with his boss during the investigation ", kahl's ability to elaborate on this matter or to provide additional insights beyond the scope of the cbs PR staff or legal counsel's advice is limited, which is understandable.
In fact, journalists gathered in Los Angeles for more than a week to cover the incident, wondering if CBS would perform, let alone host executive meetings.
ABC and NBC will also host a "bull's day" dedicated to their new show, but as of Sunday night, executives on both stations
ABC is still dealing with the consequences of its "Ross Anne" dispute, and NBC has its own MeToo scandal in the form of Matt Lauer.
But while there is a new dimension to the situation surrounding cbs executives, Kahl says he wants to face reporters.
"In fact, there are thousands of talented producers, writers, actors and staff, not to mention all of CBS's, who have been preparing for the fall show for months," he said . ".
"They work very hard and we think they should do their best to share all the new shows with everyone.
Kahl also said the obvious problem is that the past week has been tough on CBS.
Be tactful.
On Wednesday, the board of directors of CBS announced that it had hired two law firms, Covington & Burling and Debevoise & Plimpton, to investigate allegations about Moonves.
On Sunday, a spokesman for CBS also told Buzzfeed that "60 Minutes" executive producer Jeff Fargo, who was also accused of misconduct in the row article, was not working on Monday, investigations into alleged misconduct continue.
A cbs spokesman told reporters Talal Ansari: "It is said that the investigation will be over soon, and Jeff decided to continue his vacation . ".
Still, when asked if CBS needed to make changes to make employees feel safe, Kahl replied, "I believe we take safety in the workplace very seriously.
If you walk around the lobby of CBS, you will find a very safe environment.
"Whenever there is any allegation on any of our shows, it will be investigated immediately," he said . ".
"There is no room for maneuver there.
We have procedures we follow for any complaints.
It will be handed over to HR if necessary, and sometimes to external counsel.
We may not be perfect, but we take everything seriously.
At CBS or anywhere else, any other workplace, whether on the set or in the lobby, everyone should have a safe workplace.
"In these statements, there are two annoying issues that stand out and can be said to be any company with a large number of employees and multiple employees
The structure of the company is layered.
The first seems to acknowledge that some people can see the same organization as a place to support, Foster work, while others see it as an environment of abuse, insecurity and aversion to women, managers know that they will be protected by the highest level of people who use this knowledge to visit all kinds of insults to their subordinates.
Second, this is by no means unique to CBS, and it is impossible to face the fact that, in many companies, the human resources department can only see at best, as a completely invalid department or department whose purpose is to prevent the company from being sued, rather than a means of protecting employees.
Worst of all, H. of a company. R.
Departments can be seen as tools to eradicate people who may be seen as troublesome or disloyal, and are a reliable way to terminate work.
This is alleged to be the experience of some employees reporting to CBS's H. "NCIS: New Orleans" show host Brad KeaneR.
The department was charged with misconduct and sexual abuse twice in a year, but these investigations exempt Kern from misconduct.
This brought him back to work and, according to the sources cited in the original breed report, fired a nursing mother, who was the subject of one of the reports.
Fox News failed to address multiple allegations of sexual harassment, and the company spent about $50 million to address multiple allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination, excluding the late addition of $65 million for the payment of Roger Ailes in 2016, and former host Bill O'Reilly ).
Starting with Gretchen Carlson, several plaintiffs, including Gretchen Carlson, have accused the company of not being willing to act on complaints from employees, as such complaints create an incentive for sexual harassment and retaliation
At NBC, a survey released managers and H. R.
The misconduct representative dealing with sexual assault and misconduct cases against Matt Lauer was terminated from the company on November 2017.
"The current and former members of NBC News and the show today leadership, as well as news Human Resources, said they had never received complaints from Lauer about misconduct in the workplace, according to an internal report published in May, we did not find any evidence to the contrary. ".
But in an internal memo to the staff, press president Andrew Lak noted that while he is still proud of the work that his organization has done, in answering questions from journalists, carl continues to be confident in the human resources department of CBS.
He said that if a concern was raised with him, "I will try to make it comfortable for them to talk to the HR department and hope that the HR department will be able to address their concerns and I am sure they will.
Previous cases suggest that his confidence may have been misplaced.
But perhaps one of the reasons for this disconnect is that Carl and other muenvis supporters may not be able to understand that something is broken in a system that promotes them and promotes their careers.
Even English seems to be able to imagine that this is possible.
"I don't think there's a woman here, you know, who doesn't have any experience with loathing women or misbehaving," she said of the MeToo episode in her program's plan.
"It's a powerful movement.
Whether this power will change the culture of CBS remains to be confirmed.