Saturday, 10 September 2016

Greta Van Susteren Levels Some Parting Shots At Fox "News" As She Departs


She says Roger Ailes should have been supervised. A man who needs supervision is helping Trump prep for the upcoming debates. 'If all else fails Mr. Trump, call her cankles.' - Ailes probably.

Newly retired Fox News host Greta van Susteren came out swinging against her former employer on Friday for declining to adequately supervise ousted chairman Roger Ailes, who left the network in July amid swirling sexual harassment allegations.

“I regret that Roger Ailes was not supervised by those in a public corporation who had the duty to supervise him,” van Susteren wrote in a Facebook post. “This included his seniors, the CFO's of both Fox News Channel and 21CF (and its predecessor NewsCorp), the Board of Directors and what I assume this public corporation had, outside auditors. Checks written that were suspicious should have been spotted.”

A bombshell investigation published last week by New York Magazine's Gabriel Sherman said that Ailes paid lucrative salaries to the female employees with whom he allegedly had sexual relationships.

Van Susteren left the network this week after 14 years, on the same day that Fox News paid $20 million and offered an apology to fired anchor Gretchen Carlson as part of a settlement for her sexual harassment suit against Ailes. Van Susteren’s husband called the timing a “coincidence.” Cont.

Story from - Talking Points Memo

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