It would be fair and balanced to say that Fox "News" stool pile Roger "Jabba The Nut" Ailes is having a bad day (couch turd Steve "The Deuce" Doocy, too):
Former “Fox & Friends” co-host Gretchen Carlson alleged in an explosive lawsuit filed Wednesday that Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes fired her for rebuffing his sexual advances and challenging a sexist newsroom culture.
Carlson, who spent 11 years at the network, described being ostracized and marginalized by Fox News for pushing back against condescending treatment. After seven and a half years as a co-host on “Fox & Friends,” the top-rated cable morning news show, Carlson was reassigned in 2013 to an early afternoon time slot. Fox News terminated her employment on June 23.
In the suit, Carlson claims she tried addressing what she considered to be discriminatory treatment during a September 2015 meeting with Ailes, who allegedly responded that their problems could have been better solved if they had a sexual relationship.
“I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago and then you’d be good and better and I’d be good and better,” Ailes told Carlson, according to the suit.
In the suit, Carlson accused Ailes, one of the most powerful figures in media and Republican politics, of engaging in persistently sexist behavior. She said he ogled her in his office, asked her to turn around to view her backside, and commented repeatedly on her outfits and her legs.
She also said “Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy engaged in a “pattern and practice of severe and pervasive sexual harassment” that included “mocking her during commercial breaks, shunning her off air, refusing to engage with her on air, belittling her contributions to the show.”
Carlson said she complained about Doocy creating a hostile work environment back in September 2009. (our emphasis)The lawsuit can be viewed at the link above.
It's not the first time Jabba has been accused of sexual harassment. New York Magazine writer Gabriel Sherman's biography of Jabba, "The Loudest Voice in the Room," provides some anecdotes of other possible transgressions, as The New York Times reported:
"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.'"This time, it's a high- profile former star of Fox "News" making the allegations in court. With the already (reportedly) hostile sons of owner Rupert "Aargh" Murdoch overseeing Jabba, this could be their best opportunity to get rid of about 300 pounds of ugly sexist weight.
As a side note, dumping Jabba would also remove leverage that neo- fascist extortionist Donald "Rump" Trump reportedly holds over Jabba, and therefore Fox "News."
UPDATE: Open the floodgates!
(Image: Roger Ailes or a close likeness.)
