The IT Nerd

When it comes to Bell Media and the fallout from the Lisa LaFlamme firing, things have gone from worse to even more worse. The Globe And Mail has come out with a bombshell report (unfortunately it’s behind their paywall) by Robin Doolittle who was one of the reporters who broke the Rob Ford Crack Video story. I read it on Apple News for free. So if you’re in the Apple ecosystem, there’s that option to read it. But I did snag this thread of Tweets from Doolittle that will give you a really good idea of what is in the story:

I encourage you to read the entire thread as it paints a picture that Bell Media has been an incredibly toxic workplace for a very long time. Or put another way, Lisa LaFlamme’s firing is just symptomatic of larger issues with Bell Media.

On top of that, there’s now this petition calling for the firing of Michael Melling is making the rounds. At the moment there’s 70 signatures. But as this petition gets more visibility, I would expect that number go up.

Bell Media had a PR crisis on its hands last week when they fired LaFlamme. But with this report and the continued blowback, we’ve gone far beyond that now. I’m not sure what Bell Media’s strategy to deal with this is, or if they even have one. But I would say that they need one ASAP or this will get out of control and end very, very badly for them.

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