Without getting into all the dynamics about what he said, I kind of don't like how Rogers just gets to skirt this and simply cut ties with him this way.
Don is 85 years old........clearly he is who he is (whatever that means). Clearly he's never been the best a presenting his opinions in the most productive and effective ways (regardless of what those opinions are). Sure, Don has a role to play in understanding when his time is up and retire.................but so did his employer. They knew what he was about and how he communicated. Plenty of history and incidents to show what his opinions might be and how he communicates them. They were well aware that his brand was no longer aligned with what society finds acceptable from both how and what he communicates.
Yet Rogers continued to give him a his slot, because they wanted to benefit from the ratings he brings in and the advertising revenue he brings in. But then they get to simply cut the ties and pull a Shaggy and wash their hands of any of the responsibility. Sorry doesn't fly for me. You knew what you were putting on the air, you knew this was a likely outcome from decades of history.................Rogers = as guilty as Don Cherry IMO. You can't knowingly put someone on the air on your staff who you know is off brand with what you want to say your company is about, then simply can them and say sorry. I mean you can............obviously, but seems wrong.
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