‘It Stayed In The System’ — Was The Wrong Employee Fired For Leaking Robach’s ‘Hot Mic’ Epstein Rant?
She says that she didn’t leak the video… was she fired for nothing?
Ashley Bianco was an employee at ABC when Amy Robach made her frustrated “hot mic” rant about the news agency spiking the Jeffrey Epstein story in 2016. You know, that Presidential election year when the wife of one of the men Robach claimed had been connected to Epstein was running for President.
It was a shocker that ABC had killed the Epstein story (pun intended) for not meeting their “editorial standards” while trotting out Michael Avenatti’s nutty client, Julie Swetnick, claiming with zero evidence that Brett Kavanaugh had been involved in a drugging/gang-rape ring while he was a sophomore in high school and wore his school uniform while doing it.
In an exclusive interview with Megyn Kelly, Bianco admits to accessing the video and marked it within the internal server to watch later because it was a source of chatter among ABC employees. She says that she did not share the video or make an external copy of it or share it in any way.
Within a matter of hours of Project Veritas airing the video, ABC was able to identify Bianco as the employee that had accessed the video.
Bianco had recently moved to CBS, but two days ago, she was fired after ABC gave CBS a “curtesy” warning that Bianco may have been the one who leaked the tape to Project Veritas.
It’s not a surprise that James O’Keefe of Project Veritas has been tweeting quite a bit about this story.
CORRUPTION: @CBSNews FIRES supposed leaker for alleged actions @ABC.
Why is CBS covering for ABC News!?
BTW, do you really think that CBS person is the right source @jamesgoldston???
https://t.co/LonAjipEwi https://t.co/eaUAvI74xd
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 7, 2019
You are witnessing an extraordinary series of events. @CBSNews fires employee ‘who had access’ to tape from RIVAL company, @ABC. Journalism execs collude to PUNISH source/Whistleblower (Irony, much?) for helping bring to light coverup of abuse. Truth to power? Media IS the power!
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 7, 2019
CBS and ABC are hunting down whistleblowers and those who follow their conscience.
News men hunting down honorable people like wolves.
This is a national disgrace for the two network presidents… @jamesgoldston and @szirinsky pic.twitter.com/AEEnaFBYwt
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 8, 2019
Bianco was fired by CBS without any proof that she was the leaker and ABC even admitted that they weren’t positive that she had sent the tape to Project Veritas.
The whistleblower who actually did send the video to Project Veritas has written a statement addressing ABC News, ABC employees, Amy Roback, those wrongfully accused, and others.
To those wrongfully accused:
It is terrible that you have been lashed out at by the company. I know some may put the burden of guilt on me, but my conscience is clear. The actions of the company towards you are the result of their own and not anyone else. The public outcry, from coast to coast, of all people, creeds, and political affiliations, is clear. I have not one doubt that there will always be support for you, and you will have prosperous careers. For neither you, nor I, have done anything wrong.
Watch Bianco speak with Megyn Kelly:
So can Ashley Bianco have her job back? https://t.co/ETtZz0GKum
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) November 8, 2019
So, is the coverup worse than the crime? In this case, they’re equally horrendous.
ABC killing the Jeffrey Epstein story is absolutely horrific, but now, they’ve gone after a young woman — who is seemingly innocent — and had her fired from her job to cover for their lack of journalistic integrity.
CBS did ABC’s bidding.
Because the Media(D) is actively covering for each other now.
This is very bad news.
It took Project Veritas to expose how corrupt the Media(D) actually is.
David Burge sums it up perfectly:
let's recap, shall we?
1 ABC spikes story on Epstein
2 ABC goes apeshit when video leaks of reporter griping about it
3 ABC hunts down suspected video leaker, now at CBS
4 CBS fires "leaker"
5 she wasn't the leaker
6 media, everywhere: *crickets*https://t.co/j957n4wrvb— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 8, 2019
On second thought, forget the peon producer job, file a ten-figure wrongful termination suit against ABC/Disney and CBS/Viacomhttps://t.co/8y0b8MilRy
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 9, 2019
I’m with Burge on this one. Sue them into oblivion.