{"id":11638,"date":"2014-03-09T13:21:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11638"},"modified":"2016-02-16T08:59:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T16:59:46","slug":"foxettes-on-parade-is-fox-news-breaking-the-massachusetts-upskirting-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11638","title":{"rendered":"Foxettes On Parade: Is Fox News Breaking The Massachusetts Upskirting Law?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week a Massachusetts judge dismissed<\/a> the conviction of a man who was caught surreptitiously taking photographs underneath the skirt of a female undercover transit officer. The dismissal was based on the judge’s contorted interpretation of the law that found that the woman was not “partially nude”<\/em> and therefore not a victim.<\/p>\n

The Massachusetts legislature quickly drafted and passed an amendment to the law that clarified what constituted a violation. Gov. Deval Patrick signed the bill Friday, making this statement:<\/p>\n

“The legislation makes the secret photographing, videotaping, or electronically surveiling of another person’s sexual or other intimate parts, whether under or around a person’s clothing or when a reasonable person would believe that the person’s intimate parts would not be visible to the public, a crime.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The media was all over this disturbing story with a nearly lascivious glee. It’s the sort of sex crime controversy that starts tabloid editors salivating. So it is not surprising that Fox News, the tabloidiest channel of them all, covered the story excitedly in their broadcast. However, Fox may be exposing themselves to legal liability due to their penchant for featuring the physical assets of their female hosts and guests.<\/p>\n

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The evidence that is abundantly available of Fox News videotaping “under or around a person’s clothing”<\/em> could be used against them in a court of law. If one of their employees were to press charges it wouldn’t be difficult to make a case given the thousands of hours of video proof. What’s more, executives at Fox have privately admitted that exploiting the sexuality of their nearly all-blonde roster of women presenters is a key part of their corporate culture. Gabriel Sherman wrote in his biography of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, “The Loudest Voice In The Room,”<\/em><\/a> that Ailes has repeatedly given direction to his staff regarding the display of female body parts. For instance:<\/p>\n