Today @kcrw had a meeting to discuss @cerisecastle's appearance on @thelapod. If you haven't listened to it yet, the interview starts around 1:04:22. Because I am smart and everyone hates them, I have a recording of their meeting lmao. (thread)
thelapod.com/episode/roomke…
thelapod.com/episode/roomke…
So right away let me say 3 things coming down the pipeline according to this meeting
1.) They've decided not to extend the #MyBlackLA project
2.) They've decided to deny all allegations and call @cerisecastle a liar
3.) Drew Tewksbury has resigned
1.) They've decided not to extend the #MyBlackLA project
2.) They've decided to deny all allegations and call @cerisecastle a liar
3.) Drew Tewksbury has resigned
.@benoonbenoon admits that structural racism exists then says, "The comments, the allegations, contain many statements of things that are factually incorrect." So yes, racism exists. But you're out of your black ass mind if you think anyone at KCRW has ever done it.
.@evanlgeorge says, "I think we should be concerned about how these kinds of false statements paint us as a newsroom, as an organization, as team members. And I, very frankly don't want to work in a place like the one that was discussed on that podcast."
Hmm @evanlgeorge. I guess if I didn't want to work in a place like that, I wouldn't contribute to that culture or allow it to persist after it's brought to my attention. But what the fuck do I know, I'm just one of those black liars running around.
And you bet your buns @KCRWjenniferro chimed in. "There is no effort to minimize these charges." Ok, so there's no effort to minimize these charges. You'll just simply tell everyone none of it ever happened. Got it.
You may or may not remember that @cerisecastle was one of the first journalists targeted by the LAPD during the protests last summer. Well, there's a really good part where @benoonbenoon says that he wrote a strong letter (oh no... not a strong letter!)
Then @benoonbenoon says Cerise told @kcrw not to pursue action. Well I was alive and well when this all happened and remember that KCRW actually tried to get Cerise to meet with the cops without a lawyer present!
I of course said this was stupid and told her to tell @kcrw they should provide a lawyer for whenever she gives any statements and she should under no circumstances talk to the cops alone AFTER THEY JUST SHOT HER.
(Also worth noting, @kcrw didn't want her to cover the protests! They got mad about it several times!)
The lawyer shit plays into a general theme on the call which is boy do they hate having to pay for any of this. They are UPSET that they paid for the (horrible and inept) investigations into these claims. The say the claims didn't find anything...
Cuz many of the people Cerise listed as witnesses were never contacted. They contacted the people responsible for the bad behavior then a smattering of others not on the list Cerise provided. But I'm sure if those employees HAD been contacted, they would just call them liars too.
Another thing they seem to hate is that anyone dare call them out by name. Because when you talk about people being shitty, it's your duty to keep them anonymous. As we all know the #1 rule of abuse: it's ruder to name the abusive person than it is for them to enact the abuse.
Another fun part is when they admit that "tensions existed." So at this point we've established racism is real & that tensions between these parties and in the workplace existed. Yet somehow when a black woman told them she was experiencing issues, it was all made up.
They end by saying please reach out to @KCRWjenniferro, @benoonbenoon, or @evanlgeorge. Why the fuck would anyone reach out when you just held a meeting about how when a black employee did just that, you gaslit her and accused her of lying?
A few other things I remember about @kcrw:
Some lady with an accent was like let's bring JK Rowling on to tell her side of the story
Another lady said structural racism doesn't exist
Lady said "why do you Mexicans all live in a place like that"
Paul said "make KCRW great again"
Some lady with an accent was like let's bring JK Rowling on to tell her side of the story
Another lady said structural racism doesn't exist
Lady said "why do you Mexicans all live in a place like that"
Paul said "make KCRW great again"
Jennifer pulled the classic "I have black kids so I get it" shit
They put up a picture of @MRTempower on a story about racial profiling and said it was a black man in a black mask because they didn't know who he was because they don't know anything about LA lmao
They put up a picture of @MRTempower on a story about racial profiling and said it was a black man in a black mask because they didn't know who he was because they don't know anything about LA lmao
A black person at your station probably would have told you this is a bad idea @kcrw. But I guess y’all don’t have any. #apologizekcrw
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