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PEN America: Suspension of ABC Reporter 'Sends the Wrong Message'
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 . . .

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