Bell Media said CTV \u0027regrets the way in which the news of her departure has been communicated\u0027
released on Friday, Bell Media said CTV “regrets the way in which the news of her departure has been communicated.”
The news that LaFlamme would be leaving her position as chief news anchor of CTV National News and will be replaced by Omar Sachedina was released on Monday. Inpublished by Canadaland reported that LaFlamme was allegedly fired because she “pushed back” against Bell Media executive Michael Melling, vice president of news.
In a town hall meeting on Thursday, Bell Media executives Melling and Karine Moses, senior vice president of content development and news, met with staff to discuss LaFlamme’s departure, whichThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Reportedly, during the meeting, one staff member asked if LaFlamme’s contract cancellation “had nothing to do with her age, her gender?”
Moses reportedly replied, “Not at all. Seriously, I’m a woman. I’m a woman. I’ve been here for 25 years. And do you really think that I would fire a woman because she’s a woman?”by The Canadian Press, an internal memo sent in an email by Moses to Bell Media staff said that the network wanted to give LaFlamme a “proper on-air send-off” but she “opted not to say goodbye to the public.
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