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“Inside the ‘Horned Up’ Office Culture at ABC News”

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— Catherine Thompson, senior editor, the Cut

When the Cut’s Angelina Chapin started following up on the irresistibly juicy saga of ousted GMA3 co-hosts T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach, we aimed to tell the stories of some of the junior staffers who were put on blast in the tabloids for having affairs with Holmes. Angelina quickly learned that Holmes was not an outlier but part of a larger cultural problem at the company. Source after source said that ABC News was an incestuous pressure cooker. The rumor mill hummed with tales of executives sleeping with staffers who later got promotions, making young women feel their sex life factored into their career path. One former GMA staffer said that show in particular was staffed by “a bunch of horned-up high-school students” who “learned how to do news in the ’80s when people were still doing blow in the bathroom.” If you’re not already invested in the drama at the network, Angelina’s insightful and lightly gossipy piece will have you hooked.
Inside the ‘Horned Up’ Office Culture at ABC News “It felt like everybody was sleeping around,” says one former Good Morning America staffer.
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