“I changed my mind when I found out that the CEO was a woman.” The head of BlaBlaCar spoke about Channel One’s refusal to invite her on air

Irina Reider, CEO of the BlaBlaCar travel companion search service, said on Facebook that the editor of the Good Morning program on Channel One refused to air with her after learning that she was a woman.

Rader claims that the company received an invitation to shoot from Channel One. The service representative suggested to the editor of the TV channel that Raider participate in the air, but he refused.

From the record of the head of BlaBlaCar, it follows that the editor rejected her candidacy, explaining this by the “stereotypes” of the audience. “Well, there, a good lawyer is a man. Or a car expert - a man, but not a woman, ”Raider quotes the words of the editor of Channel One.

The press service of Channel One told TJournal that Raider's refusal was due to the format of the program, and not to "gender inequality." According to the plot, the correspondent of the program interviews only men, they explained on the TV channel.