Thursday, February 03, 2022

CNN president resigns over being human and normal

The President of American news agency CNN, Jeff Zucker, has resigned his top role. The reason? He has been carrying on a perfectly consensual relationship with the company's Chief Marketing Officer, Allison Gollust. Or, more accurately, he failed to "disclose" said relationship.

There is no suggestion of any impropriety or sexual harassment or anything like that. Mr. Zucker is safely divorced, so there's not even any kind of salacious or unethical indiscretion going on either. He just didn't "disclose" it.

Which raises the question: why on earth do two people carrying on a consensual adult relationship need to "disclose" it to anybody? Why would not "disclosing" it be a firing offence? Can they not both continue to perform their respective jobs perfectly well, while meeting up in the evenings and going out to dinner (and whatever happens after dinner)? Why is it anyone else's business at all?

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