More than 100 former ABC News employees, including Sam Donaldson, Tom Bettag and Judy Muller, have signed on to a letter urging Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger to step it up when it comes to publicly defending journalists under political attacks and the company itself against government pressure.

“We want to acknowledge and commend your decision to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel ’s show,” the ABC News employees wrote in the letter , first reported by CNN. “It was the right call and an important statement that political intimidation should not dictate ABC’s programming. This action reflects the values that have long defined The Walt Disney Company.

“Yet, it must be just the first step in a concerted effort to defend free speech and press freedom against political intimidation. The $16 mi

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