Editing Martin Bashir (section)

===ABC===
In 2004, Bashir moved to New York, where he worked for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], co-anchoring their current affairs show ''[[Nightline]]''; along with [[Cynthia McFadden]] and [[Terry Moran]], he took over ''Nightline'' from [[Ted Koppel]] in 2005.

In 2008, while working as a reporter for ''Nightline'', Bashir was suspended from [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] after making remarks in a speech at the [[Asian American Journalists Association]] convention in Chicago that were described as "[[Off-color humor|crude]] and [[Sexism|sexist]]".<ref name="CarterNYT12052013"/><ref name="KurtzFOX12052013">{{cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |date=5 December 2013 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-martin-bashir-out-at-msnbc-over-palin-slur-was-previously-suspended/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: Martin Bashir, out at MSNBC over Palin slur, was previously suspended |publisher=Fox News |access-date=5 December 2013}}</ref> He said, "I'm happy to be in the midst of so many Asian babes. I'm happy that the podium covers me from the waist down."<ref name="KurtzFOX12052013"/> He continued and said a speech should be "like a dress on a beautiful woman – long enough to cover the important parts and short enough to keep your interest – like my colleague Juju's",<ref name="KurtzFOX12052013"/> referring to his ABC News colleague [[Juju Chang]], a reporter for ''[[20/20 (U.S. TV series)|20/20]]''.<ref name="KurtzFOX12052013"/> ABC News suspended him.<ref name="KurtzFOX12052013"/> He wrote an apology to the journalists association which stated, "Upon reflection, it was a tasteless remark that I now bitterly regret. I … hope that the continuing work of the organization will not be harmed or undermined by my moment of stupidity."<ref name="KurtzFOX12052013"/>