Post by BettyNewbie on Sept 25, 2018 18:39:02 GMT -5
VERY interesting article I found last month. Kernus seems to be part of a systemic culture of misogyny and sexual harassment behind the scenes at CBS:
Read More: www.vulture.com/2018/08/les-moonves-brad-kern-limits-of-metoo.html
Last December, Variety reported that a CBS showrunner repeatedly talked about an actress he hoped to cast mainly because an important executive at the network wanted “to fuck her.”
According to multiple witnesses who heard showrunner Brad Kern make that statement a couple of years ago, the executive in the anecdote — the one who wanted the actress cast so he could sleep with her — was CBS CEO Leslie Moonves. In a statement, a representative for CBS said that the network “is not responsible for the things allegedly said by Brad Kern, but there is no substance to the comment whatsoever. Statements such as that will certainly be a subject in the ongoing investigation to Mr. Kern now underway by an independent law firm.”
Since December, I have published two major stories on Kern, who ran NCIS: New Orleans, and talked to dozens of individuals who have accused him of creating toxic, sexist, and vindictive work environments — not just at NCIS: New Orleans, where he began working in early 2016, but over a period of more than 20 years, at shows like Human Target and Charmed.
Kern has already survived two HR inquiries into his behavior. CBS chose to sign him to a new two-year deal in the spring. In June, around the time a Hollywood Reporter story on Kern came out, the network retained an outside law firm to conduct a third investigation into multiple allegations that, over the course of his career (and not just at CBS), he engaged in workplace retaliation, sexually harassed those who work for him, and made a string of racially insensitive comments, among other complaints. For the June 15 Hollywood Reporter story, CBS said that Kern would still go to work at NCIS: New Orleans while the investigation was underway (and confirmed a report that he had been demoted from showrunner to consulting producer). However on Thursday, CBS informed Vulture that Kern was actually suspended on June 18 and will remain off the job until the third investigation is concluded.
That Kern allegedly felt free to repeat remarks like the one about the actress tells you a lot about the culture at CBS. “When he was not fired once I told this to HR, and others told this to HR, it seemed to me that Les must be enabling this kind of behavior,” one of the witnesses told Vulture. We now know more about the worst aspects of that culture since Ronan Farrow published a New Yorker story about the CEO’s alleged harassment, retaliatory actions, and sexual assaults. The piece exposed the complicity and enabling that is widespread not just at CBS, but at CBS News. Farrow’s account referred to the Kern situation and also contained disturbing reports of a culture of alleged abuse and harassment under executive producer Jeff Fager at 60 Minutes, one of the former homes of the now-disgraced Charlie Rose. It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the house Moonves built is actually a petri dish that has allowed toxic men to flourish.
According to multiple witnesses who heard showrunner Brad Kern make that statement a couple of years ago, the executive in the anecdote — the one who wanted the actress cast so he could sleep with her — was CBS CEO Leslie Moonves. In a statement, a representative for CBS said that the network “is not responsible for the things allegedly said by Brad Kern, but there is no substance to the comment whatsoever. Statements such as that will certainly be a subject in the ongoing investigation to Mr. Kern now underway by an independent law firm.”
Since December, I have published two major stories on Kern, who ran NCIS: New Orleans, and talked to dozens of individuals who have accused him of creating toxic, sexist, and vindictive work environments — not just at NCIS: New Orleans, where he began working in early 2016, but over a period of more than 20 years, at shows like Human Target and Charmed.
Kern has already survived two HR inquiries into his behavior. CBS chose to sign him to a new two-year deal in the spring. In June, around the time a Hollywood Reporter story on Kern came out, the network retained an outside law firm to conduct a third investigation into multiple allegations that, over the course of his career (and not just at CBS), he engaged in workplace retaliation, sexually harassed those who work for him, and made a string of racially insensitive comments, among other complaints. For the June 15 Hollywood Reporter story, CBS said that Kern would still go to work at NCIS: New Orleans while the investigation was underway (and confirmed a report that he had been demoted from showrunner to consulting producer). However on Thursday, CBS informed Vulture that Kern was actually suspended on June 18 and will remain off the job until the third investigation is concluded.
That Kern allegedly felt free to repeat remarks like the one about the actress tells you a lot about the culture at CBS. “When he was not fired once I told this to HR, and others told this to HR, it seemed to me that Les must be enabling this kind of behavior,” one of the witnesses told Vulture. We now know more about the worst aspects of that culture since Ronan Farrow published a New Yorker story about the CEO’s alleged harassment, retaliatory actions, and sexual assaults. The piece exposed the complicity and enabling that is widespread not just at CBS, but at CBS News. Farrow’s account referred to the Kern situation and also contained disturbing reports of a culture of alleged abuse and harassment under executive producer Jeff Fager at 60 Minutes, one of the former homes of the now-disgraced Charlie Rose. It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the house Moonves built is actually a petri dish that has allowed toxic men to flourish.
Read More: www.vulture.com/2018/08/les-moonves-brad-kern-limits-of-metoo.html
