Fox News Sexual Harassment Scandal Grows to Include Political Hopefuls

[DonViejo]

BY HARRIET SINCLAIR ON 5/14/17 AT 1:25 PM

Fox News’ sexual harassment scandal is gaining momentum, with politicians as well as TV personalities and executives potentially implicated in the allegations. The network is facing a deluge of allegations amid a federal investigation, having already lost its CEO and one of its best-known stars over the claims, some of which date back over several decades.

In one of the lawsuits filed against the network, Fox host Andrea Tantaros claimed: “Fox News masquerades as a defender of traditional family values, but behind the scenes, it operates like a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency and misogyny.”

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But beyond the network’s corridors, the scandal is threatening to grow, with several politicians already seeing their names dragged into the fallout.

“The question in the Fox scandal is not, ‘Who did what?’ It’s, ‘How close were you to anybody who did anything?’” Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf told Politico. “This is the boiling hot pot of politics. … Anybody who touches it is going to be get burned.”

Among those political figures allegedly involved in the scandal are ex-Fox News employee and private investigator Richard ‘Bo’ Dietl, who intends to run for New York mayor in 2017, and Virginia political hopeful Pete Snyder, who formerly ran an online marketing firm used by Fox.

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[Solly Mack]

1. Fox(es) - in the hen house - News.

It seems to be the only reason Fox hired women at all was so the women could be sexually exploited.

As objects and playthings, which clearly shows the contempt they have for women.

Oh, I'm sure some of the women will declare that such was never their experience, but the sickness of the setting being what it is, their very next silent thought is wondering why not. The victims become enablers because of the nature of their exploitation - they turn on other women instead of turning against the actual enemy. They question what is wrong with them instead of questioning the the actions of their abusers.

Play along, get-only-so-far ahead. Balk, and we crush you. A victim can easily be trapped in such a system of abuse. It took well known names to cry foul - now think about the new woman hired, hoping to make it big one day. Yeah, she should know better...but we all should know better about a lot of things.

Businesses often run by willingly paying the fine over changing their criminal behavior. It's cheaper to pay the fine than to hurt the profits that criminal behavior allows. Well, in the Fox den of sleaze, the same can be said it would seem.

Fox News is a sick place.