

I was also told I wasn’t informed of the network’s displeasure because I had just had a baby and someone in the old leadership thought I might be a ‘loose cannon.’ Not as loose as Toobin’s, but I digress,” Ham snarked. “I was told it was Jeff Zucker, now gone, who put this order in place and a deputy, also gone, who kept it there. Kurtz slammed CNN during his “Buzz Beater” segment for the network not telling Ham why she was “secretly suspended.” They gave an offensive excuse, lamely claiming that she might be a “loose cannon” because she had just had a baby. One month was the difference between punishment for jacking off at work versus commenting on the inadvisability of jacking off at work.” Tom October 7, 2022

“He was off air for eight months I was off for seven. “One month was the difference between punishment for jacking off at work versus commenting on the inadvisability of jacking off at work.” Toobin “was off air for eight months I was off for seven,” she commented in her piece. There was no announcement of a suspension, or notification of in-house disciplinary action, which I would have preferred, even welcomed by comparison to serving a secret sentence,” Ham continued. No one called me or my representation about it. “I was never informed of my punishment until it was rescinded recently by new management. Got jack to say about Cuomo and Toobin, but gotta fact-check me when he’s got nothing. Pointed out Nats Park hit bc it was overlooking the game & yet not focused on this. This segment was based on the galactically stupid Sanford contention that it was *Trump’s rhetoric* that caused it, bc of course. Yes, this is within 24-48 hrs that this was a story. “ It came to my attention in July that I had been punished under old CNN leadership- kept off air since January- for tweeting about Jeffrey Toobin in a Twitter dust-up with Andrew Kaczynski (another CNN employee) regarding our network’s coverage of the 2017 Congressional baseball shooting,” she recounted.
