National Communication Network (NCN) news anchor Natasha Smith was not told to retract her statement attributing her removal from on air to her pregnancy, only to consider modifying it, according to communications consultant Abraham Poole.
Poole was hired by NCN to examine how it handled Smith’s case as well as disciplinary action taken against Sport Editor Jocelle Archibald-Hawke after the state-owned media company came in for severe flak over its treatment of both of them.
Poole told Stabroek News yesterday that he made the suggestion to Smith following a meeting she attended with
