Apparently every prominent female journalist didn’t get the invite to Barbara Walters’ farewell episode.
Carole Simpson, a veteran ABC newscaster, took to Facebook Saturday to address her exclusion from “The View” taping while posting a picture of the epic goodbye photo of the many broadcast newswomen who did take part.
“I wonder why I wasn’t included among the two dozen network newswomen and anchors who feted Barbara Walters at a private party and then on ‘The View?’” Simpson, 72, postulated. “We both worked at NBC and ABC at the same times.”
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“I guess ABC News, after my 24 years there, still considers me persona non grata.” Simpson continued.
Simpson and Walters became colleagues in 1982. Walters quickly became a positive influence on Simpson’s life and career, telling Simpson not to run for Congress because she could reach a wider audience in the newsroom.
“The black woman anchor, who had to speak her mind for herself and others, is erased from ABC history,” Simpson said.
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Read her Facebook post below:
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