In an off-site meeting on Tuesday, the Disney chief executive spoke to senior leaders of the company’s television businesses, CNN has learned. The meeting came just days after Iger made decidedly candid remarks to CNBC’s David Faber in which he said Disney’s linear business “may not be core” to the entertainment giant — a comment that immediately sent shockwaves through the industry.

The admission to Faber naturally set off alarm bells inside Disney General Entertainment Content, the division of the Magic Kingdom that houses its linear business and operates quintessential broadcast and cable networks such as ABC, the Disney Channel, National Geographic, and FX. …

Iger talked up the importance of ABC News: “I’m ridiculously passionate about news,” Iger said, according to the person familiar with his comments. “It’s important to this company. We need to figure out how it makes the transition into streaming. And I happen to believe we will endure. It’s too good, it’s too important, and it’s really fun.”

Of course, those comments are unlikely to entirely calm the rattled nerves of those working in Disney’s television businesses.

[Say, wasn’t Iger rumored to be *good* at his job? What did he *think* the reaction would be from ABC and FX employees when Iger casually suggested they might get sold off in a fire sale? Iger has tried to make sure that Bob Chapek gets as much blame as possible for Disney’s woes, but (a) Iger pushed the strategic choices that led to those failures, and (b) has spent much of his time since his return doubling down on them. — Ed]