Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Fox News Sexual Harassment Policy



Yeah, Fox News inadvertently provides the graphic to go with the radical network's sexual harassment policy. The radical imitation of a news network is charged with sexual harassment, again. If you're one of the bad boys at Fox, the answer to that qustion is: All the time.

The Guardian has the grimy details:

Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel is being sued by the US equal employment opportunity commission for harassing and discriminating against its female staff, it was reported yesterday. The EEOC commission, a federal agency, accused Fox of creating a "hostile work environment" for women because of their sex, after investigating discrimination claims by a former employee, Kim Weiler.

Its report singles out Joe Chillemi, vice president in charge of promotions and advertising at Fox, who it alleged "routinely used obscenities and vulgarities when describing women or their body parts". The lawsuit, filed in a federal court, alleged that Mr Chillemi "routinely cursed at and otherwise denigrated women employees", telling them to "be a man".

"At a department discussion about a segment on sexism in the workplace, Chillemi said that in choosing who to hire 'if it came down between a man or a woman, of course I'd pick the man. The woman would most likely get pregnant and leave'," the lawsuit alleged.

The commission also claimed Fox News routinely relegated female employees to freelance work, with less job security and fewer benefits. Ms Weiler was "constructively discharged", according to the commission report. That meant that "conditions became so intolerable, she was unable to work there", Judy Keenan, an EEOC lawyer, said.

It is not the first time that Fox News, a vociferously conservative channel, has been the focus of sexual harassment allegations in recent months. Bill O'Reilly, the channel's most popular talkshow host, was at the centre of a harassment case brought last year by one of his producers. She claimed that he repeatedly telephoned her and voiced lewd fantasies. He counter-sued, accusing her of extortion, and the case was settled out of court.

Photo seen at Wonkette