Former Fox News and NBC anchor Megyn Kelly and five other women journalists are calling on NBC parent company Comcast to launch an independent investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and cover-ups at NBC News.
Former Fox News and MSNBC anchor Greta Van Susteren, former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson, former Fox News and NBC anchor Linda Vester, former CNN producer Eleanor McManus and former NBC News producer Addie Zinone all joined Kelly in signing the letter, which the Daily Caller News Foundation obtained.
The letter also urges Comcast to free current and former NBC employees from nondisclosure agreements in sexual misconduct cases, in addition to launching an outside investigation. (RELATED: NBC News Asks Americans To Confess Their Climate Change Sins)
Former NBC News correspondent Ronan Farrowâs book released Tuesday, âCatch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators,â alleges that NBC News executives covered up former host Matt Lauerâs alleged widespread sexual misconduct at the company.
Lauerâs âyears of predatory behavior toward female colleagues was tolerated by executives with the same attitudes toward women â some were even predators themselves,â the women said in the letter, citing Farrowâs book.
The women appealed to Comcast after NBC announced Thursday that it wouldnât be launching a new investigation into alleged sexual misconduct at the company. A Comcast spokeswoman didnât return the DCNFâs email seeking comment.
Kelly hammered NBC in an interview Wednesday with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a co-founder of the DCNF.
âThere needs to be an outside investigation into this company. They investigated themselves. That doesnât work,â Kelly said. âFox News had an outside investigator. CBS News had an outside investigator â NPR, the NFL. This is how itâs done. You get somebody on the outside who can be trusted.â
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