Lawsuit: Fox News chairman Roger Ailes may have committed federal crime

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Lawsuit: Fox News chairman Roger Ailes may have committed federal crime
By Stephen C. Webster
Thursday, February 24th, 2011 -- 12:52 pm

The chairman of Fox News may have committed a federal crime, according to legal documents filed by attorneys for a former News Corporation employee.

Affidavits filed in a lawsuit against a former News Corporation employee say that News Corp. executive Roger Ailes advised former publishing executive Judith Regan to lie to federal investigators about an affair she had with Bernard B. Kerik...

SNIP

...Ailes's goal in asking Regan to lie about the affair was meant to help protect Giuliani's presidential ambitions, The New York Times noted in its coverage of the allegations.

Better still, Regan taped their conversation, the affidavits claim...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/24/lawsuit-fox-news-chairman-roger-ailes-may-have-committed-federal-crime/

[elias49]

1. I have a smile on my face for the first time today! nt

[arthritisR_US]

3. ditto :-) n/t

[Kennah]

2. Judith Regan and Bernie Kerik? Interesting choice.

[blm]

4. "MAY" have committed a crime? He DID commit a crime...and...countless acts of

treason over the years, too.

Focking Fascist!

[movonne]

5. also nothing will be done...

[joeunderdog]

7. Bush Buddy card carrying member.

Get out of jail free, every time for every crime.

[Dappleganger]

6. Regan was involved in some kind of publishing scandal not that long ago...

I recall reading it somewhere, am I imagining things?

[Tansy_Gold]

8. just google regan kerik

interesting reading then, interesting reading now.

[Cal33]

9. I can't say that I'm sorry to see something finally happen to a

so-called news company, whose very existence seems to depend upon deliberate
falsifications and lies.

[Scurrilous]

10. K & R

:thumbsup:

[katnapped]

11. So will Fox refer to Ailes as a "(D)" on air now?

Because we all know only Democrats commit heinous crimes!

[Kablooie]

12. That would be nice but is simply advising someone to perform a crime, a crime in itself?

I'll bet it would be hard to pin anything on him.
Was he her boss and did her continued employment rely on her following his suggestion?
If so he could be held responsible.

If it was simply a suggestion it would be different.
He might get away with it being freedom of speech.

[Merlot]

16. It may have been implied that her continued employment relied on

following his "suggestion." He didn't just give her advice, he told her why it was important TO HIM. When your boss spells it out like that, it's pretty clear what's being said.

[glinda]

17. Leaking the tapes to the public would be nice.

:)

[msanthrope]

13. Regan, Kerik, and Ailes. Hard to decide which one is more scummy. n/t

[Blue-Jay]

14. Ailes won't face a jury unless he's caught on tape stabbing a Girl Scout.

[malaise]

15. Too sweet

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahaha

[Bozita]

18. Shocked, shocked I tell you

:sarcasm:

[opihimoimoi]

19. 59 KnRs

[Turborama]

21. 63 Recs and 21 Ks now

;-)


:kick:

[krispos42]

20. Awwww....

I feel terrible.


Really, really terrible.





Yup, terrible.



I can't believe the emotional reaction this is triggering in my gut.



Oh, wait, that was the stromboni settling in. Nevermind.

[Turborama]

22. This needs to be kept an eye on, just like the story about racism (that seems to have got forgotten)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=9628519">Re: Ex-employee Suing Faux On Racism Charges - Let's Keep This Out Of The Memory Hole

[toddwv]

23. Why change for something like a little investigation?

"Fox News Reports, You Decide If We're Lying."

[truebrit71]

24. oh please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please,

..that would be just too awesome....on so many levels...