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Jeff Fager, former head of the "60 minutes", was fired for sending a written warning to the CBS News reporter covering the sexual harassment scandals that have rocked CBS in recent weeks.
Fager was released on Wednesday following growing pressure from several women for sexual harassment, as Ronan Farrow reported in the New Yorker.
CBS News President David Rhodes said on Wednesday that Fager was fired for violating company policy. Fager issued a statement referring to the message he sent to his correspondent, Jericka Duncan, after he contacted him on Sunday to comment on the day Farrow's last presentation was published.
According to Farrow's report, Fager was accused of improperly fumbling or touching CBS News' female staff at corporate events.
Duncan reported on the situation with Fager in the Wednesday edition of CBS Evening News. She read Fager's text message:
"If you repeat these false accusations without having your own reports to support them, you will be responsible for hurting me," Fager writes, by Duncan. "Be careful, there are people who have lost their jobs trying to harm me and if you pass these damaging claims without your own reports to support them, it will become a serious problem."
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Earlier Wednesday, Fager issued a statement defending his actions and denying the accounts in Farrow's report.
"The decision of the company has nothing to do with the false allegations published in the New Yorker. Instead, they terminated my contract earlier because I sent a text message to one of our CBS reporters demanding that it be fair by covering the story, said Fager. "My language was tough and, despite the fact that reporters constantly receive severe demands for fairness, CBS did not like it. Such a rating should not result in termination after 36 years, but it has been. "
Fager's ouster came three days after CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves was forced to resign under Farrow's cloud of sexual assault and harassment charges in the New Yorker.
(Pictured: Jericka Duncan)
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