The lack of transparency led staffers to assume the worst. He also summoned a stooge to keep producers from knowing why the network did not allow them to book her for the time being. At least that was the case at CNN.įormer CNN head Jeff Zucker made the decision to bench Ham. Jerking off on Zoom - in front of colleagues - is only one month more severe than tweeting about someone jerking off on a Zoom call - in front of colleagues. By comparison, CNN suspended Toobin for eight months for his video call transgression. Ham’s secret suspension lasted seven months, from January to July. There was no announcement of a suspension, or notification of in-house disciplinary action, which I would have preferred, even welcomed by comparison to serving a secret sentence. No one called me or my representation about it. I was never informed of my punishment until it was rescinded recently by new management. Well, everyone but me, who had no idea there was a breather in effect. I’m told, ‘when it got to the comments about Jeffrey Toobin…everyone wanted a bit of a breather.’ However, Ham did not get the memo Toobin was off-limits.

Rather, CNN only wanted its employees to steer clear of criticizing one particular co-worker: The Zoom Call Masturbator. Got jack to say about Cuomo and Toobin, but gotta fact-check me when he’s got nothing.- Mary Katharine Ham January 8, 2022ĬNN did not punish Ham - or Kaczynski - for criticizing each other on social media, a violation of policy at various media companies.

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