Incertonia
20-10-2004, 14:16
I'm sure you've all heard the jokes about falafels as sex toys by now--they're pretty funny, most of them--but I've tried to be pretty open about this and not condemn O'Reilley as a sexual harasser based just on these accusations.
But I can accuse him and his employer Fox News of being dumbasses. (http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/10/20/charges/index.html)
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Fox News Channel producer who filed a sex harassment lawsuit against talk show host Bill O'Reilly filed new accusations Tuesday, alleging she has lost her job because she complained to Fox about her alleged mistreatment.
A lawyer for O'Reilly and Fox denied that Andrea Mackris has been fired or retaliated against in any way.
Mackris, 33, said that by Sept. 29 she had told top executives of News Corp., parent company of the Fox News Channel, about the alleged harassment and hostile work environment to which she was subjected while working for O'Reilly's show, "The O'Reilly Factor."
Mackris, an associate producer on the show, says in court papers the executives told her a few days later to call in sick while they investigated her complaint. Since Oct. 5, when Mackris met with Fox lawyers, Fox officials have not discussed her job status with her, court papers say.
The amended lawsuit says Fox's "removal" of Mackris from her job "is in direct retaliation for her complaints of sexual harassment and a sexually hostile work environment at defendants Fox." It is a violation of New York law to fire an employee who complains of sexual harassment.
I wonder how much Roger Ailes has to lose in lawsuits and lawyer's fees before O'Reilley becomes expendable?
But I can accuse him and his employer Fox News of being dumbasses. (http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/10/20/charges/index.html)
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Fox News Channel producer who filed a sex harassment lawsuit against talk show host Bill O'Reilly filed new accusations Tuesday, alleging she has lost her job because she complained to Fox about her alleged mistreatment.
A lawyer for O'Reilly and Fox denied that Andrea Mackris has been fired or retaliated against in any way.
Mackris, 33, said that by Sept. 29 she had told top executives of News Corp., parent company of the Fox News Channel, about the alleged harassment and hostile work environment to which she was subjected while working for O'Reilly's show, "The O'Reilly Factor."
Mackris, an associate producer on the show, says in court papers the executives told her a few days later to call in sick while they investigated her complaint. Since Oct. 5, when Mackris met with Fox lawyers, Fox officials have not discussed her job status with her, court papers say.
The amended lawsuit says Fox's "removal" of Mackris from her job "is in direct retaliation for her complaints of sexual harassment and a sexually hostile work environment at defendants Fox." It is a violation of New York law to fire an employee who complains of sexual harassment.
I wonder how much Roger Ailes has to lose in lawsuits and lawyer's fees before O'Reilley becomes expendable?