Fox Producer Says She Was Set Up in Dominion Case

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Source: New York Times

By Nicholas Confessore and Katie Robertson
March 20, 2023
Updated 10:01 p.m. ET

A Fox News producer who has worked with the hosts Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson filed lawsuits against the company in New York and Delaware on Monday, accusing Fox lawyers of coercing her into giving misleading testimony in the continuing legal battle around the network’s coverage of unfounded claims about election fraud.

The producer, Abby Grossberg, said Fox lawyers had tried to position her and Ms. Bartiromo to take the blame for Fox’s repeated airing of conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems and its supposed role in manipulating the results of the 2020 presidential election. Dominion has filed a $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox. Ms. Grossberg said the effort to place blame on her and Ms. Bartiromo was rooted in rampant misogyny and discrimination at the network.

The new lawsuits, coupled with revelations from the Dominion legal fight, shed light on the rivalries and turf battles that raged at Fox News in the wake of the 2020 election, as network executives fought to hold on to viewers furious at the top-rated network for accurately reporting on President Donald J. Trump’s defeat in Arizona, a crucial swing state.

The lawsuits also include details about Ms. Grossberg’s work life at Fox and on Mr. Carlson’s show. Ms. Grossberg says she and other women endured frank and open sexism from co-workers and superiors at the network, which has been dogged for years by lawsuits and allegations about sexual harassment by Fox executives and stars.

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[RockRaven]

1. Mmm...

[cilla4progress]

2. More good

news!!!

[tishaLA]

3. It's as you'd expect.

Later that fall, it said, before an appearance on the show by Tudor Dixon, the Republican candidate for Michigan governor, Mr. Carlson’s staff held a mock debate about whether they would prefer to have sex with Ms. Dixon or her Democratic opponent, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The suit alleges that they also frequently called women the c-word and made disparaging comments about Jews.

[keep_left]

4. What a surprise. Fox throws Bartiromo and a producer under the bus in a classic limited hangout...

...scenario. I'm assuming that Bartiromo would get some kind of payoff for her troubles, but what golden parachute arrangements were made for her producer? Jack shit, I'm sure.

And the rampant sexism and frat-house culture at Fox apparently continues completely unchanged. Despite all the lawsuits and firings over the years, not one lesson has been learned. Well, I guess anyone possessing the least bit of cynicism would have predicted that years ago simply by observing the way the Fox "fembots" (Randi Rhodes' term) acted and dressed. There were even memes showing literally dozens of Fox "news babes" with nearly identical appearances. Even more telling, those that didn't conform to the Fox standard swiftly disappeared.

[IbogaProject]

5. lay down with dogs...

Come up with fleas. I'm going to have a hard time feeling sorry for anyone who worked at that level for fox. Someone doing a trade, ok I might have sympathy. But a top executive or any 'news caster'? Nope I can't feel any regard.

[Wonder Why]

16. +10. YES! People like that would be "forced" to do it or to be fired and lose that high-paying job.

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Then have to look for a job with a news organization with ethics.

How's this in a resume? "I was a producer of a company that spent it's time creating lies for traitors and criminals! Did a great job at it so you should hire me."

[azureblue]

18. the reality is

In that field, word gets around when a person of her position starts looking for other work. There aren't that many slots in other shows or networks she could jump to, especially when the field is so competitive. And, coming from Foz is not a plus on the resume, either. Sure, she could and should have let Fox, but when it's a matter of keeping the paycheck happening, trying to find other work and keeping the search quiet, it isn't a simple matter of leaving solely on principle.. But my opinion is she should have bailed long time ago.

[MySideOfTown]

6. Good!

rec

[LakeArenal]

7. Cry me a river. They are always the victims.

[TeamProg]

8. She knew they were snakes when she signed on for the $$$. nt

[riversedge]

9. "Fox also placed Ms. Grossberg on forced administrative leave."...........

...........In her complaints, Ms. Grossberg accuses lawyers for Fox News of coaching her in “a coercive and intimidating manner” before her September deposition in the Dominion case. The lawyers, she said, gave her the impression that she had to avoid mentioning prominent male executives and on-air talent to protect them from any blame, while putting her own reputation at risk.



“That’s what the culture is there,” Ms. Grossberg said in an interview on Monday evening. “They don’t respect or value women.”

On Monday afternoon, Fox filed its own suit against Ms. Grossberg, seeking to enjoin her from filing claims that would shed light on her discussions with the company’s lawyers. A judge has not yet ruled on Fox’s suit. Later on Monday, according to her lawyer, Parisis G. Filippatos, Fox also placed Ms. Grossberg on forced administrative leave.


Ms. Grossberg’s lawsuits were filed in the Southern District of New York and in Superior Court in Delaware, where a pretrial hearing in the Dominion defamation lawsuit is scheduled for Tuesday.......................



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10. Asron Rupar: As someone who watched her show this morn, i am skeptical of the effort to portray Mari

Maria is dangerous. I read she was still pushing the Covid lie treatments on last weeks show


Aaron Rupar
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As someone who watched her show this morn, i am skeptical of the effort to portray Maria Bartiromo as a victim here. She's a deeply irresponsible bad actor. That doesn't mean she isn't also a victim of sexism. But there's no defending content of her shows.

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[Scrivener7]

11. I don't know anything about this producer, but I'm OK with Bartiromo being thrown under the bus.

[CaptainTruth]

12. Love it!!!

Fox is going to be tied up in lawsuits for years & I'm totally not sad about it.

[Grimelle]

13. Lawsuit # 3?

Is that correct?
YES!

[dembotoz]

14. the moment you discover that your new corporate title is scapegoat....

sorry well the lifeboat just doesn't have enough seats.....

[peppertree]

15. Sleep with snakes, wake up in pain

Or something like that.

[peppertree]

17. Their last names are Grossberg and Bartiromo

If anyone was to take the fall at Farce News, it was definitely them.

[Mysterian]

19. Great to see terrified Fox rats turning on each other

I hope the comparison to Fox "News" executives is not offensive to vermin.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. Fox News - We lie and hope you're not that bright