We believe all former ITN staff deserve the dignity of being heard.”Įmployers often use NDAs and confidentiality clauses in the settlement of employment cases, but campaigners argue they can be misused to bury cases of sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.Ĭhannel 4 News journalists have covered the misuse of NDAs in the past, even making a powerful documentary about women required to sign NDAs after working with Weinstein. The letter, also signed by Patsy Stevenson, whose photograph went viral after her arrest at a vigil following the murder of Sarah Everard and Joeli Brearley of Pregnant then Screwed, adds: “ Channel 4 News women deserve the dignity of telling their stories. Recently, the Tory MP and former culture secretary Maria Miller wrote to Deborah Turness, chief executive of ITN, which makes Channel 4 News, after being “approached by a number of whistleblowers” to raise her concerns.Ĭarrie Gracie resigned as BBC China editor in 2018 over pay inequality. Other MPs to back the letter include Labour’s Stella Creasy, the SNP’s Alison Thewliss and former Home Office minister Caroline Nokes, who chairs the women and equalities committee. People don’t sign these things in a completely free-choice environment where there is a power imbalance, you cannot say that.” “In my experience, the silencing of women furthers the abuse, it’s part of the pattern of abuse.
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Labour MP Jess Phillips, who campaigns for women’s rights, said: “People who feel they have been silenced in cases of maternity discrimination, bullying or harassment should be free to talk. She said this weekend: “Their use has to stop.” She added: “When used wrongly, they become secret settlement contracts used to hide wrongdoing.” Perkins’s decision to break the NDAs that the now convicted rapist Weinstein forced her to sign prompted wide debate over the misuse of gagging orders. Samira Ahmed is among signatories on the open letter to Channel 4 News. Journalism uncovers the truth, gagging orders hide it,” said an open letter backed by 30 prominent campaigners and which includes cross-party MP support.Īmong the signatories are Carrie Gracie, who became a figurehead for BBC women when she resigned as China editor in 2018 over pay inequalities and prominent BBC journalist Samira Ahmed.
Gagging orders are the opposite of journalism. “We think the same needs to happen in Britain, too. They want the public service broadcaster to “earn its reputation as an inclusive and progressive workplace” and follow the example of NBC News in the US, which has released all former employees who signed nondisclosure agreements over sexual harassment claims. 26.Carlson, the former Fox News anchor who successfully sued her ex-boss, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment and Perkins, who broke her non-disclosure agreement relating to Harvey Weinstein, are among those demanding Channel 4 News rescinds confidentiality agreements that they claim have been used to silence women. Once he's retired, he plans to spend more time with those family members, travel, walk the dogs (a lot!), ride bikes (a lot!) and become involved in the community good works he is passionate about. Their first grandchild, Lucy, was born in June. Tim and his wife, Beth, are blessed to have two adult children, Meghan and Patrick. As a reporter, I have been privileged to travel the nation and the world to see amazing things and places and meet people from every walk of life. The memories are unforgettable (and the stories get a little better every time I retell them.) Since 1995 I have been privileged to be a part of Good Day, which has become the ‘go to’ place for morning news in DFW. To the thousands of viewers who treat us like family, "Thank you!" You are in very good hands with Lauren, Evan, Chip and the amazing Good Day team." - Tim Ryan "I am grateful beyond words for my time here at FOX 4 and for the many wonderful people I have come to know and respect as friends and colleagues. We wish him and his family a great next chapter. He will be missed," said FOX 4 Vice President and General Manager Kathy Saunders. Tim’s character is woven into the fabric of Good Day.
"I always loved running into Tim in the hall, talking about the latest big story and the viewers’ reactions, his bicycling and travel passions and always his family. He’s known for his many cups of coffee from the same yellow mug, his now gray-haired bobble head and the often irreverent and sometimes close to out-of-bounds Friday morning segment, "Tell It to Tim." Tim started at FOX 4 in December of 1989 and has been a part of Good Day since its inception in 1995.
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