PEN America: Suspension of ABC Reporter 'Sends the Wrong Message'
February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020
NEW YORK, Feb. 28 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
ABC News on Wednesday announced it had suspended correspondent David Wright for comments he made that were secretly recorded and disseminated by a right-wing activist group. The following statement is attributable to Nora Benavidez, director of U.S. Free Expression Programs at PEN America.
"ABC's decision essentially--and wrongly--suggests that journalists are unable to do their work professionally . . .
ABC News on Wednesday announced it had suspended correspondent David Wright for comments he made that were secretly recorded and disseminated by a right-wing activist group. The following statement is attributable to Nora Benavidez, director of U.S. Free Expression Programs at PEN America.
"ABC's decision essentially--and wrongly--suggests that journalists are unable to do their work professionally . . .