Ben Sherwood may have only been president of ABC News for a couple of weeks, but he’s already epically unpopular among his staff, at least according to a new attack video on Sherwood that was allegedly produced by ABC staffers.
The Vimeo video, which shows footage of Sherwood’s ABC News acceptance speech interspersed with text, was posted Monday by user “Roone Arledge,” which is the name a former ABC News head. The video creators contacted Gawker and claimed to be former and current ABC employees.
Describing the new ABC head as the “Draco Malfoy of Broadcast News,” the clip takes many jabs at Sherwood, who was also former executive producer for “Good Morning America.” Among other things, the video says Sherwood is guilty of “bizarre office behavior and constant negativity,” of quitting “Good Morning America” because he knew he was going to get fired, and of lying about his mother being sick.
In addition to going after his wife, the clip blasts Sherwood’s poorly received novel-turned-film, “Charlie St. Cloud,” which was a box office flop.
It seems Sherwood is not only disliked at ABC News, but at “Good Morning America.” Earlier this month, former colleagues of the network sent Gawker one of Sherwood’s grammatically incorrect emails.
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