Since her arrival, in accordance individuals accustomed to the matter, OConnell has been astounded by Godwin’s lack of management — shedding veteran staffers, failing to fill the community’s vacant head of expertise place for over a yr, dropping Washington bureau chief Jonathan Greenberger to Politico, reneging on a proper provide to rent CNN PR veteran Lauren Pratapas as head of communications, and making an attempt to advertise a member of her inside circle to govt vp with out the required CEO sign-off.
Godwin has additionally confronted backlash for scandals beneath her tenure together with former GMA3 co-hosts Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes’s secret love affair and Whoopi Goldberg’s quick suspension from The View, and OConnell is now mentioned to be conducting a proper management overview that might shake up the chief suite.
“She has to take swift strikes,” an individual accustomed to the inside workings of ABC Information informed CNN of OConnell. “Folks there are stressed. They’re extraordinarily annoyed.”