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Kingofalldems

(40,408 posts) Fri Jul 29, 2016, 05:29 PM Jul 2016

Former Fox news booker: Harassed by Ailes for 20 years. [View all]

Last edited Fri Jul 29, 2016, 06:00 PM - Edit history (1)

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/fmr-fox-booker-harassed-by-ailes-for-20-years.html?mid=twitter_nymag

The morning after Fox News chief Roger Ailes resigned, The cable network's former director of booking placed a call to the New York law firm hired by 21st Century Fox to investigate sexual-harassment allegations against Ailes. Laurie Luhn told lawyers at Paul, Weiss that she had been harassed by Ailes for more than 20 years, that executives at Fox had known about it and helped cover it up, and that it had ruined her life. "It was psychological torture," she later told me......

Fox is going down hard. Looks like Ailes is a complete POS. Lock Him Up!

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Former Fox news booker: Harassed by Ailes for 20 years. [View all] Kingofalldems Jul 2016 OP

If Luhn had said something earlier... scscholar Jul 2016 #1

Nauseating and disturbing story on multiple levels. klook Jul 2016 #2

I still have my original copy malaise Jul 2016 #11

Horrific. This is the first implication of FNC knowing and covering it up. bullimiami Jul 2016 #3

I notice that all the women reporting they have been sexually harrassed by Ailes look similar. 4lbs Jul 2016 #4

Yes, the Fox "type." PSPS Jul 2016 #6

Well, that would also be 90 percent of the female talent on Fox. progressoid Jul 2016 #8

And the women who defended him kskiska Jul 2016 #10

Serial predators often have a profile in their victim preferences. Hugin Jul 2016 #15

I'm sure she was in the first in line to excoriate other women the suffered the same... tenderfoot Jul 2016 #5

Stockholm Syndrome? Kingofalldems Jul 2016 #18

Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #7

maybe MSNBC is getting ready to be the new Fox greymattermom Jul 2016 #9

Grody old nasty men. Cracklin Charlie Jul 2016 #12

"Looks like Ailes is a complete POS." ... Jopin Klobe Jul 2016 #13

that looks like Norah odonnell JI7 Jul 2016 #14

I think it's safe to say ZX86 Jul 2016 #16

What do u expect from the guy who invented Fox News? ErikJ Jul 2016 #17

I thought it read "hooker" instead of "booker" BlueInPhilly Jul 2016 #19