On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
> Meanwhile, Fox says there will be an internal investigation (and don't be > sure that it will be perfunctory, since it's no secret that James and > Lachlan Murdoch, who are running 21st Century Fox, are not as enamored of > Ailes as their father), while Ailes has predictably fiercely defended > himself in a statement and calls the suit "offensive," hinting that Carlson > should be glad that her talents were appreciated so much at FNC (oh, > intercourse me): > > > http://www.thewrap.com/fox-news-launches-internal-review-into-roger-ailes-sexual-harassment-allegations > > Granted, FNC's main audience isn't going to think that there's anything > wrong going on here, but if Carlson's claims are legitimate (and I suspect > they are), either Ailes is gone or he figures out a way to get out of it > and throws Doocy overboard. Considering that a chronic abuser of women in > Chicago was recently forced to close his theater company for even worse > actions (and granted, theater's a lot more liberal-leaning than Fox News), > Ailes is not safe. > The FNC internal investigation is for damage control. Now that this is in the public, they want to see if other employees will step forward and either corroborate Carlson's story or say that they were harassed in the same way. They then have to decide whether a quiet settlement or public court fight is preferable. And let's acknowledge Carlson's courage. Her social media probably (since hers and mine don't overlap I can't verify it) blew up today with angry violent misogyny and that would continue into the foreseeable future. Unless she wants to leave the public sphere she can't just disconnect from those platforms. Plus she is seen as betraying the conservative movement and that increases the anger. She can no longer work in conservative media and if that's where her heart is, it's now closed to her for good. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
