{"id":32002,"date":"2016-07-06T12:04:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T19:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32002"},"modified":"2016-07-07T13:05:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T20:05:58","slug":"fox-friends-with-benefits-gretchen-carlson-sues-fox-news-ceo-over-pervasive-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=32002","title":{"rendered":"Gretchen Carlson Sues Fox News CEO Roger Ailes For Sexual Harassment, More Women Coming Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

If anyone was wondering where Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has been for the past few weeks, the mystery has now been solved. Without any public notice or explanation she was fired last month and removed from the air. Now the reasons have been made clear. According to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/strong>…<\/p>\n

“Gretchen Carlson, a broadcast veteran, claims in a sexual harassment lawsuit that she was let go from Fox News on June 23 as retaliation for rebuffing Roger Ailes’ sexual advances.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Carlson is alleging both sexual harassment by Ailes and retaliation for reporting discriminatory behavior prior to that by her Fox colleagues. Her complaint says in part that…<\/p>\n

“When Carlson met with Ailes to discuss the discriminatory treatment to which she was being subjected, Ailes stated: ‘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,’ adding that ‘sometimes problems are easier to solve’ that way. Carlson rebuffed Ailes’ sexual demands at that meeting, and nine months later, Ailes ended her career at Fox News.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Carlson had been with Fox News for eleven years and was hosting her own daytime program “The Real Story”<\/em> which was number one in its time period. She was previously a co-host on Fox & Friends where she says was subjected to “severe and pervasive sexual harassment”<\/em> from her co-host Steve Doocy. The Hollywood Reporter notes that…<\/p>\n

“In 2009, Carlson says she complained to a supervisor that Steve Doocy, one of her co-hosts on Fox & Friends, ‘had created a hostile work environment by regularly treating her in a sexist and condescending way, including by putting his hand on her and pulling down her arm to shush her during a live telecast..”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was in response to those and other incidents that Carlson met with Ailes in September of 2015. Carlson alleges that her complaints were not taken seriously at that meeting and she was further harassed by Ailes with more explicit demands for sex. After her refusal she charges that she was punished with a cut in salary and other retaliatory measures including slashing her appearances on the network, and being denied social media and public relations support.<\/p>\n

Roger Ailes has a long history of exploiting sex in the workplace. He has required his female anchors and contributors to wear revealing clothing and engage in other provocative on-air behaviors. Gabriel Sherman wrote in his biography of Ailes, “The Loudest Voice In The Room,”<\/em><\/a><\/strong> that Ailes has repeatedly given direction to his staff regarding the display of female body parts. For instance:<\/p>\n