«Breaking News» Jeff Fager out at 60 Minutes for violating sexual harassment policy

CBS continues to clean house, with Jeff Fager following in the footsteps of both Les Moonves and Charlie Rose.

The longtime executive producer for 60 Minutes has been forced to resign after CBS executives learned that he had violated the company's policy.

Fager responded by claiming his termination had nothing to do with the allegations in a recent New Yorker story about himself and Moonves, and instead stemmed from a text message he sent to an employee. 

Nineteen women have come forward to detail what they claim was a hostile environment at 60 Minutes where harassment was condoned, with some detailing specific incidents involving Fager.

Sarah Johansen said that when she was an intern Fager allegedly groped her buttocks at a party, and she was later told this move was referred to as the 'Fager arm.'

Tick, tock: A memo set to CBS employees on Wednesday afternoon revealed that Jeff Fager had been forced to resign as executive producer of 60 Minutes (Fager above in 2017)

High praise: Bill Whitaker, Lesley Stahl and Fager with the Institutional Award at the 2018 Peabody Awards (above)

'Jeff Fager is leaving the company effective immediately,' read a memo sent to CBS staff on Wednesday afternoon. 

'Bill Owens will manage the 60 Minutes team as Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews and I begin the search for a new executive producer of the program.'

That memo went on to state: '60 Minutes is the most significant news broadcast on television. We are fortunate to have incredibly talented journalists in place whom we know will continue to deliver our defining investigative work.'

It was shortly after outlets began to pick up the news of Fager's exit that he released a statement of his own, in light of CBS News refusing to comment on his specific violation.  

'The company’s decision had nothing to do with the false allegations printed in The New Yorker,' said Fager.

'Instead, they terminated my contract early because I sent a text message to one of our own CBS reporters demanding that she be fair in covering the story. My language was harsh and, despite the fact that journalists receive harsh demands for fairness all the time, CBS did not like it.'

He added: 'One such note should not result in termination after 36 years, but it did.'

CBS News president David Rhodes confirmed part of this as well in his memo, writing: 'This action today is not directly related to the allegations surfaced in press reports, which continue to be investigated independently.'

It was then noted: 'However, he violated company policy and it is our commitment to uphold those policies at every level.'

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Main photo article CBS continues to clean house, with Jeff Fager following in the footsteps of both Les Moonves and Charlie Rose.
The longtime executive producer for 60 Minutes has been forced to resign after CBS executives learned that he had violated the company’s policy.
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