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(46,327 posts)
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 06:43 PM Apr 2017

Lawsuit: Former Fox Host Had Digital Devices Spied On By Fox After Reporting Sexual Harassment

Source: Media Matters

According to NPR’s David Folkenflik, Andrea Tantaros, former Fox News host and plaintiff in a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network and its former CEO Roger Ailes, has presented a new lawsuit against the network. The new lawsuit, according to Folkenflik, says the network arranged “to have her private communications spied on as part of a campaign of intimidation” that involved Twitter “sock puppet” accounts tweeting the contents of her private conversations after she reported sexual harassment incidents at Fox News.

As reported by NPR, Tantaros’ lawsuit says that “Fox News executives including co-President Bill Shine orchestrated the use of material gathered by electronic eavesdropping that was fed to Twitter accounts acting on the network's behalf.” According to multiple articles, Shine has reportedly participated in retaliation campaigns against women who have reported sexual harassment within the network and has “pushed women into confidential mediation, signing nondisclosure agreements in exchange for their contracts to be paid.”

Read more: https://mediamatters.org/blog/2017/04/24/lawsuit-former-fox-host-had-digital-devices-spied-fox-after-reporting-sexual-harassment/216162



Here's hoping this finally destroys Murdoch's pervert empire once and for all.
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Lawsuit: Former Fox Host Had Digital Devices Spied On By Fox After Reporting Sexual Harassment (Original Post) Archae Apr 2017 OP
I would be so happy if that happened katmondoo Apr 2017 #1
You got that right! Nitram Apr 2017 #4
So strange when someone you grew up with makes the news Trenzalore Apr 2017 #2
Ask for a trillion bucks. mpcamb Apr 2017 #3
Sexual harassment, and they threw in the electronic eavesdropping too, for free. Judi Lynn Apr 2017 #5
Apologist for billionaire misbehavior... Orsino Apr 2017 #6

Trenzalore

(2,331 posts)
2. So strange when someone you grew up with makes the news
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 08:09 PM
Apr 2017

I never agreed with Andrea's politics but her family and her were always good people. Shame that she faced such a hostile work environment.

Judi Lynn

(160,530 posts)
5. Sexual harassment, and they threw in the electronic eavesdropping too, for free.
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 10:38 AM
Apr 2017

Who would ever consider working at Fox, now?

Only someone who would think the competition at the more honorable networks is too intense.

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