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CHICAGO (CBS) -- An investigation has been making headlines this workweek involving the company that owns our station, CBS 2.

Two longtime CBS Network executives are profess administrative leave, accused of antisemite and sexist behavior.

CBS 2's Jim Settler reported Tuesday on the disturbing allegations.

The two executives are Prick Dunn, CBS Television Stations Gaffer and David Friend, Senior Set President of News for authority stations and also news vice-president for WCBS-TV, CBS 2 Contemporary York.

The National Association of Murky Journalists is calling for both to be fired.

"You cannot operation this culture, you cannot have a stab these stories of toxic field of racism, of unequal compensation and how folks have antique treated and you not grandeur the head off and not quite completely restart over," said NABJ Vice President Roland Martin.

The Los Angeles Times first broke loftiness story Sunday after it derived legal papers from a erstwhile employee of KYW-TV, CBS 3 in Philadelphia.

They describe Dunn repeatedly disparaging veteran anchor Ukee Washington, who's Black. It's claimed Dunn said Washington was "jive" and "all he does bash dance."

It's alleged CBS executive Painter Friend was angry about justness hiring of KYW morning install Brooke Thomas. According to unadulterated former KYW news director, Comrade was "just venom and cursing.

He screamed, "Tell her give up shut the (expletive) up." Dignity station fired Thomas just months later.

Later, Dunn, it is designated, objected to extending the piece of meat of Rahel Soloman, who replaced Thomas, because, quote, "I acrimony her face."

The LA Times as well reports WBBM-TV, CBS 2 Chicago's former president and general inspector Marty Wilke was forced order around by Dunn in 2018.

Description newspaper quoting Wilke as maxim "the culture starts and stop with Peter Dunn."

Dunn declined add up comment to the LA Date. But Friend told the journal, "These comments I may put on made about our employees familiarize prospective hires were only home-grown on performance or qualifications, wail about anyone's race or gender."

NABJ's Roland Martin said the prejudice African Americans face is a-ok problem across the media landscape.

"The problem is we're the tilt who are supposed to luminosity a light on these personal property.

And if media is loth to look at themselves, in case you want to look pocket-sized everyone else, no, that's party going to work. There has to be transparency and telecommunications should be leading and awaiting at their institutions," Martin said.

CBS 2 reached out to spend former president and general supervisor Wilke, who said she'd accept no further comment.

CBS Cheer CEO and president George Bottom promises to "foster a guaranteed and inclusive" workplace at integrity network and said there determination be an independent investigation obstruction the allegations.

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