{"id":17439,"date":"2018-09-12T22:30:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T22:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldsnews.com\/worlds\/cbss-jeff-fager-60-minutes-producer-out-amid-metoo-claims\/53"},"modified":"2018-09-12T22:30:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T22:30:53","slug":"cbss-jeff-fager-60-minutes-producer-out-amid-metoo-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/?p=17439","title":{"rendered":"CBS&#8217;s Jeff Fager: 60 Minutes producer out amid #MeToo claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"b-article-ext\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jeff Fager of the TV show 60 Minutes\" src=\"http:\/\/allworldsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cbs-s-jeff-fager-60-minutes-producer-out-amid-metoo-claims-5b99939d8d7e0.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"618\"\/> Image copyright Getty Images Image caption CBS said producer Jeff Fager had &#8220;violated company policy&#8221; &#8211; while he claims he was fired for a text he sent <\/p>\n<p>The long-time producer of the CBS News show 60 minutes, Jeff Fager, is leaving his job &#8220;immediately&#8221; amid claims that he sexually harassed colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>In an internal memo, CBS News president David Rhodes said the departure was &#8220;not directly related to the allegations surfaced in press reports&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said Mr Fager had &#8220;violated company policy&#8221;, without elaborating on how.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Fager himself denies harassment, and told reporters he had been fired over a &#8220;harsh&#8221; text he sent to a colleague.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes just three days after top CBS executive Les Moonves resigned with immediate effect after being accused of sexual misconduct, which he denies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"http:\/\/allworldsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/les-moonves-to-depart-cbs-as-new-sexual-misconduct-claims-seem-5b95a35b19eef.jpg\"> Image copyright AFP Image caption Les Moonves is one of the most powerful men in US media <\/p>\n<p>CBS is currently the most-watched network in the US. The programme 60 Minutes, which airs on Sunday evenings, was first broadcast in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, CBS fired veteran presenter Charlie Rose, who was accused of sexual harassment by a number of women, including several CBS employees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Image caption CBS said producer Jeff Fager had &#8220;violated company policy&#8221; &#8211; while he claims he was fired for a text he sent The long-time producer of the CBS News show 60 minutes, Jeff Fager, is leaving his job &#8220;immediately&#8221; amid claims that he sexually harassed colleagues. In an internal memo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8039,1213,2229,8040,3277],"class_list":["post-17439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worlds","tag-60-minutes","tag-cbs","tag-cbs-news","tag-jeff-fager","tag-leslie-moonves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}