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kpete

(71,979 posts)
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 02:45 PM Jan 2014

LOL: Roger Ailes Offered Employee A RAISE ($!00 a week)In Exchange For Sex, New Book Claims

The New York Times got an early look at "The Loudest Voice In The Room," the forthcoming book by media reporter Gabriel Sherman.


According to Bill Carter and Julie Bosman, "The Loudest Voice In The Room" paints Ailes as a man with a volcanic temper, and a history of ugly run-ins with his staffers. The most explosive allegation comes from the 1980s:

Former employees cited in the book talked of Mr. Ailes’s volatile temper and domineering behavior. In one anecdote, a television producer, Randi Harrison, told Mr. Sherman that while negotiating her salary with Mr. Ailes at NBC in the 1980s, he offered her an additional $100 each week “if you agree to have sex with me whenever I want.”


Sherman also documents an allegation that Ailes used an anti-Semitic slur towards an employee in 1995—something both Ailes and the employee, current Discovery CEO David Zaslav, deny. The book also details the Fox News chief's well-known attempts to influence politics, including an alleged statement by Ailes that he wanted to "elect the next president" in 2012.


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LOL: Roger Ailes Offered Employee A RAISE ($!00 a week)In Exchange For Sex, New Book Claims (Original Post) kpete Jan 2014 OP
One hundred bucks as week for having sex with that....toad? Laffy Kat Jan 2014 #1
So, sex on demand for the princely sum of $100/week? Sheldon Cooper Jan 2014 #2
I hope people start turning on Ailes, Murdoch and the rest of the Fox machine. Workers have been okaawhatever Jan 2014 #3
I couldn't convince my rescue lab to hump that hideous toad's leg for $100 a week. 11 Bravo Jan 2014 #4
How do you get Resuce Lab? I would dearly like a Lab. My old friend Katashi_itto Jan 2014 #5
He helped Rush Limbaugh at the beginning. Kingofalldems Jan 2014 #6
Perhaps Flush 2naSalit Jan 2014 #7

Laffy Kat

(16,376 posts)
1. One hundred bucks as week for having sex with that....toad?
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 03:00 PM
Jan 2014

Not for all the tea in China. Ewwwwwww, just, ewwwwwww.

okaawhatever

(9,461 posts)
3. I hope people start turning on Ailes, Murdoch and the rest of the Fox machine. Workers have been
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 03:20 PM
Jan 2014

keeping their secrets for too long. I know they sign agreements, but someone needs to pull back the curtain on the wizard.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
4. I couldn't convince my rescue lab to hump that hideous toad's leg for $100 a week.
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 03:53 PM
Jan 2014

(Nor would I try. I love my sweet girl!)

 

Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
5. How do you get Resuce Lab? I would dearly like a Lab. My old friend
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 04:02 PM
Jan 2014

of 14 years died, just before I moved here to New Orleans. Couldnt bring myself to get another. But a rescue lab would be awesome

Kingofalldems

(38,440 posts)
6. He helped Rush Limbaugh at the beginning.
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 04:06 PM
Jan 2014

Last edited Wed Jan 8, 2014, 05:03 PM - Edit history (1)

I remember Rush bragging on air around that time about a sign in Rush's studio that went something like, 'Sexual harassment encouraged in this office.'

2naSalit

(86,502 posts)
7. Perhaps Flush
Wed Jan 8, 2014, 04:13 PM
Jan 2014

took Roger up on that offer...?

What a pig. It wouldn't be worth it if he offered all of Murdoch's empire!!! EEewwwww!

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