{"id":1794515,"date":"2023-01-04T07:50:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T12:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794515"},"modified":"2023-01-04T07:51:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T12:51:14","slug":"abc-plagued-by-death-scandals-and-pr-nightmares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-plagued-by-death-scandals-and-pr-nightmares\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC plagued by death, scandals, and PR nightmares"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabc-plagued-by-death-scandals-and-pr-nightmares%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794515&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\">It\u2019s been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/joy-behar-pays-tribute-view-founder-barbara-walters-she-had-work-ethic-you-couldnt-deny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turbulent few months<\/a> The Disney-owned ABC News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">In recent weeks, the news division was rocked by a string of tragic deaths and public relations nightmares. There has also been an extramarital affair. &#8220;GMA3&#8221; Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/12\/30\/t-j-holmes-and-amy-robach-make-out-on-miami-vacation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emerging as national tabloid fodder<\/a>  &#8220;The View&#8221; Whoopi Goldberg&#8217;s co-host doubled down on Holocaust remarks she made that had already got her suspended.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ABC News\u2019 &#8220;This Week with George Stephanopoulos&#8221; Dax Tejera, an executive producer, died suddenly last month. His widow, Veronica Tejera (child endangerment) was also charged when it became clear that the couple had left two small children in a hotel room just before his tragic death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/barbara-walters-journalistic-pioneer-dead-93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BARBARA WALTERS, JOURNALISTIC PIONEER, DEAD AT 93<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/AP22365100944309.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Barbara Walters, a pioneer for women in broadcasting, died last month at 93.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Barbara Walters, pioneer in women&#8217;s broadcasting, passed away last month at the age of 93.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP Photo\/Evan Agostini, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most scandalous ABC News incident involving ABC News talent was arguably the high-profile and marriage-wrecking affair of Holmes and Robach. They co-host &#8220;GMA3,&#8221; a midday extension of the network\u2019s flagship show &#8220;Good Morning America.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They are being separated while an internal investigation takes place. Their infidelity continues to dominate tabloid news and industry gossip. But being pulled off the air hasn\u2019t stopped Robach and Holmes from putting on public displays of affection, and the New York Post recently published video of them canoodling headlined, &#8220;T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach make out like teenagers on Miami vacation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ABC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/married-abc-news-anchors-had-affair-but-wont-face-network-discipline-as-relationship-becomes-public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insiders initially insisted<\/a>\u00a0Holmes and Robach were not disciplined for their affair. However, the couple appeared to downplay it on Dec. 2, while laughing about it. &#8220;great week.&#8221; Kim Godwin, President of ABC News informed the staff the following Monday &#8220;distraction&#8221; They had grown too important, so she pulled them from the air. &#8220;while we figure this out.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A month later, they are still not on the air. ABC News did not immediately reply to a request for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before Robach was tabloid fodder for the media, Robach was probably best known as the anchor of ABC News.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/abc-news-leaker-amy-robach-jeffrey-epstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caught on a hot mic<\/a>\u00a0claiming executives at the Disney-owned network refused to air\u00a0a story that would have exposed the now-deceased sex offender\u00a0Jeffrey Epstein\u00a0three years before it was reported. ABC News downplayed the significance of the video at the time, telling Fox News Digital that the Epstein story wasn\u2019t fit to air.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/GMA4.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"\" GMA3 \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      &#8220;GMA3&#8221; ABC News removed TJ Holmes and Amy Robach from their co-hosting roles following revelations about their extramarital affairs.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Paula Lobo\/ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/abc-npr-cnn-nbc-washington-post-among-media-outlets-that-had-gaffes-scandals-and-debacles-in-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ABC, NPR, CNN, NBC, WASHINGTON POST AMONG MEDIA OUTLETS THAT HAD GAFFES, SCANDALS AND DEBACLES IN 2022<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goldberg is another reason for headaches at the Mouse House. &#8220;The View&#8221; Co-host didn&#8217;t show any remorse for the past comments that got her in trouble.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goldberg made a viral sensation last year when she claimed that the Holocaust had been exterminated. &#8220;isn&#8217;t about race,&#8221; She stunned her fellow guests at the table.\u00a0The &#8220;Sister Act&#8221; Star insisted that 6 million Jews were systematically executed was more than the number. &#8220;about man\u2019s inhumanity to man&#8221; Since Nazis and Jews are both &#8220;White groups of people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/WHOOPI-GOLDBERG-THE-VIEW-COVID.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Jewish activists and community members demanded Whoopi Goldberg face termination from \" The View \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Jewish activists and community members demanded Whoopi Goldenberg&#8217;s termination &#8220;The View&#8221; Following her double-down on Holocaust comments in the past, there was fierce social media outcry.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Screenshot\/ABC\/TheView)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>ABC News suspended Goldberg two weeks ago, but she appeared to be back in action 10 months later when she gave an interview to The Sunday Times. Goldberg also stated that Nazis targeted African-Americans in addition to Jews, due to their physical differences. Goldberg suggested that Jews could blend in better with White people and hide from the Nazis than Blacks did during the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You could not tell a Jew on a street. You could find me. You couldn\u2019t find them. That was the point I was making,&#8221; Goldberg stated. &#8220;But you would have thought that I\u2019d taken a big old stinky dump on the table, butt naked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite her rebellion, she apologised again after her comments caused bipartisan outrage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-25-at-3.29.22-PM.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"ABC News producer Dax Tejera died tragically at age 37 last month.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Dax Tejera, an ABC News producer, tragically died last month at the age of 37.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(ABC News)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tejera, a 37-year old producer and family man, died suddenly from a heart attack. This is not a scandal. However, another ABC News-related tabloid nightmare has surfaced with news that his wife was arrested after the couple left their two children &#8212; who are five months and two years old \u2013 unattended in a New York City hotel room the night he collapsed outside a posh steakhouse.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had two cameras trained on my children as they slept, and I monitored them closely in the time I was away from them. While the girls were unharmed, I realize that it was a poor decision,&#8221; Tejera said the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/03\/abc-news-producer-dax-tejera-and-wife-left-kids-alone-to-go-out-to-dinner-before-he-died-source\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the Post, she is due at Manhattan Criminal Court on January 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/disney-selling-abc-news-longtime-headquarters-as-trouble-looms-for-embattled-tv-stars-journalists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DISNEY SELLING ABC NEWS\u2019 LONGTIME HEADQUARTERS AS TROUBLE LOOMS FOR EMBATTLED TV STARS, JOURNALISTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ABC News legend Barbara Walters passed away last week, amid all the drama at the network. Insiders at ABC News believe that old footage of Walters, used in tribute montages, shines a light on how the network has failed in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Barbara Walters\u2019 passing is a reminder that ABC News, believe it or not, was once the gold standard of TV news. Sadly, it\u2019s now largely irrelevant and consumed by sordid scandals involving its talent. What remains now of what made ABC News great? Only Diane Sawyer, and she\u2019s 77 and barely on the air anymore,&#8221; Fox News Digital was informed by an insider.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, ABC News dedicated its headquarters to Walters, naming the 47 West 66th Street\u00a0landmark the &#8220;The Barbara Walters Building&#8221; The ceremony, which was led by Bob Iger, Disney CEO, was held in her honor. The building was sold, and it is now expected that luxury condos will be built. This is another indication of how things have changed in the past few years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ABC News was a favorite &#8220;murderer\u2019s row&#8221; Roone Arledge was the last to have assembled this list of top talent. Walters, Peter Jennings, David Brinkley all died. After discord with Disney in 2005, Ted Koppel was forced to leave. &#8220;Nightline\u2019s&#8221; future. Diane Sawyer, once ABC News\u2019 biggest star, has been largely marginalized after years of strained relations with ABC brass and the 77-year-old now contributes just a few hours of TV a year.<\/p>\n<p>Although George Stephanopoulos&#8217;, David Muir&#8217;, Michael Strahan&#8217;, and Robin Roberts are well-respected in the industry they have been overshadowed recently by Robach Holmes and Goldberg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019 Yael Halon contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/DOWNLOAD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p><i>Brian Flood is a Fox News Digital reporter. Send story tips to\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"mailto:brian.flood@fox.com\" id=\"LPlnk367574\"><i>brian.flood@fox.com<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0Also, follow @briansflood on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a turbulent few months The Disney-owned ABC News.\u00a0 In recent weeks, the news division was rocked by a string of tragic deaths and public relations nightmares. There has also been an extramarital affair. &#8220;GMA3&#8221; Amy Robach and T.J. 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