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She, along with several other women apparently have audio recordings of some of the incidents. 21st Century Fox don't want those recordings released to the public.

Give it a year or two -- we'll hear them, or at least pieces of them
before long.
Remember, Gretchen (and possibly others) did the recordings using phones.
Who's to say someone doesn't already have these by way of a hack?

Or maybe if they ever leak out, it can be claimed it was a hack, anyway





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What really blows my mind is the $ amount! $4-$5 mil would have been more representative of the crime. At this point what will the other litigants (Andrea) expect?

Geraldo, of all people, gets it.
https://www.facebook.com/GeraldoRivera/ ... 5829546768

a far cry from, say, this woman:

I'm not buying it. First he starts with a "if the charges are true." Fox settled for 20 f-ing million dollars and apologized for their behavior. Can there be any doubt that at least some of the charges against Ailes are true? Geraldo goes on and on about how what a great guy Ailes is (was) to him with a tiny few chinks in Ailes' armor, all spun to look like flaws that in the end are actually positives. But this oh so close friend of Ailes had absolutely no idea that he was such a pig. Yeah, right. Then after his mandatory patting himself on the back ("we ripped off his ratings," being one of the chosen to be invited to Ailes' intimate wedding, leaving "the comfortable confines of CNBC" for 22 trips to Afghanistan and Iraq, the look at my book deal thing), he reveals that he has paid the price: a lost (for now) book deal. Boo f-ing hoo. You know what, Geraldo? The women that Ailes and others harassed paid a higher price. To make matters worse Geraldo indirectly justifies some of it because the news business is "flirty." WTF?

But that's not enough of his BS. To cement his love of Ailes he plays the "they all do it card" without mentioning even one case of a female employee at another network accusing management of sexual harassment, or any other even tiny shred of evidence. Maybe he's right but I wonder if it's an institutional culture everywhere or just at Fox. He trashes the competitors of the house that Ailes built as drooling over the opportunity to drag the scandal out for all it's worth. (Benghazi, anybody?) "It's not fair!" he sobs. I hear the violins playing. Of course Geraldo once again bows to his yoda (Note: I wrote l-o-r-d) by being sure to mention that Fox is "the ratings leader".

Finally he pleads forgiveness with such righteous and well spoken words that if it were coming from someone believable it would be believable. I think he's trying to save his reputation after not just getting firmly behind his boss but proudly trashing all those people who are jealous of Fox. You failed, Geraldo.

KG I am not a fan. She has to get out in front of the situation, typical lawyer.

Geraldo havent liked him since the safe was empty, also not a fan, however I do commend him on bringing us all those "embedded" news briefs from Iraq during the Gulf War.

Kimberly's comments are downright confusing -- unless most of them are from before
all of the other information got out, or before Ailes was let go.

Is she implying that Fox just cut Ailes loose without there being enough evidence for them to
have done it? That she doesn't believe there are actual recordings that back up the claims?
Just not getting why she'd still be beating this dead horse like this; she's not stupid.






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All of that was said right after the news broke
When all the other women were defending Ailes

This should answer a lot of questions:

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/ ... final-days

Two interesting things in this article on Megyn Kelly's upcoming contract negotiations:
Kimberly Guilfoyle was recruited by Ailes' wife to lead her husband's defense, but didn't go as far as she wanted:
Alisyn Camerota was among the women who talked to the law firm investigating the charges against Ailes:

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/10/ ... clusive?dg

TIME's cover story is on Gretchen:
http://time.com/4540095/gretchen-carlsons-next-fight/

Thanks for the link, johnkay.

Gretchen's new cause is worthy one. It sounds like forced arbitration on behalf of the employee is pretty standard and puts the employee at a disadvantage. I hope she is successful in putting pressure on media corporations to change that.

Not to go off track but one of the rules that knowledgeable car buyers follow is to read the fine print on the back of the purchase agreement and to look for clauses like this - that the dealership retains the right to sue you into oblivion but by signing the agreement you waive your rights to a trial and agree to arbitration.