Posted on 10/24/2017 4:05:07 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
Fox News has parted ways with Jerusalem-based correspondent John Huddy.
The timing of this news coming out is sure to raise eyebrows as it has nearly immediately followed a shocking interview that his sister Juliet Huddy had with Megyn Kelly today.
Ms. Huddy appeared on the Today show to discuss her settled sexual harassment allegations against former Fox News anchor, Bill O’Reilly, a story that has led to numerous accusations leveled by O’Reilly, Kelly’s husband and Fox News.
Not a pretty story by any stretch.
When asked about Huddy’s departure, a Fox News spokesperson told Mediaite that “Following a thorough investigation into a physical altercation earlier this month, FOX News made the decision to sever ties with Jerusalem-based correspondent John Huddy.
The network’s investigation concluded last week, and due to observation of the Sabbath on Friday, terminated Huddy’s employment this morning.”
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It is, in general, a bad idea to have related people working for the same company. Numerous times in my thirty-plus working years the situation with one employee would deteriorate. Then, whatever the situation was, it is instantly four times worse as it isn’t just one employee and their company contacts, it’s two employees and all of their contacts. If you have to fire one, that doesn’t necessarily solve the matter. You have to fire both and that could leave a huge organizational hole to fill.
Yes, there were numerous times when somebody married a coworker and no problems ever developed. It’s just that the possibility is there and the consequences of a bad situation can be devastating to the company.
In virtually every case I am aware of where the company hired a child of some high official, it was bad news for all the coworkers. I never saw one of these golden-spoon ticks pull their own weight. As a general rule no company should ever hire a child or relative of a high official; or any worker, for that matter.
Imagine what the employees at NBC had to go through working with her-highness Chelsea Clinton. She was paid $600,000 annually for doing nothing. Absolutely nothing.
In virtually every case I am aware of where the company hired a child of some high official, it was bad news for all the coworkers. I never saw one of these golden-spoon ticks pull their own weight.
Just like John McCain and his admiral father and admiral grandfather.
Imagine what the employees at NBC had to go through working with her-highness Chelsea Clinton.At least Chelsea has moved on.
According to internet scuttlebutt, Matt Lauer makes Bill O'Reilly look like a choir boy.
Have you seen the mainstream media and their intermarriage with the former administraton? It’s all a big web of marriages and you wonder how. We have the deep state.
“Imagine what the employees at NBC had to go through working with her-highness Chelsea Clinton”
That’s an extreme example, but, yes. Several of the companies I worked for went bankrupt. In every case, you could track it back to bad internal politics. The ultimate cause might be economic, but the start of the problem was due to politics. In my first company they should never have bought a jet. Then, the two top guys refused to share the same jet so they bought a second one. Downhill from there.
Juliet Huddy is rich now with Bill O’Reilly millions so she can lay one or two on her brother.
Thanks, didn’t know who he was. White male - no wonder he’s gone.
Juliet Huddy....divorced like what? 4 times? She had a couple of well known affairs. Maybe she is the harlot at Fox.
A better term than "snot-nosed little @#$%^&," which, at my first job, was the regular descriptive for the youthful child/sibling/niece/nephew/cousin/etc who - miraculously - possessed the "right qualifications" for any given position by the simple expedient of birth or marriage.
Didn’t she break her arm getting out of an elevator somewhere and sued for seven figures? Can’t find anything on it now but remember her having her arm in a cast on the morning show years ago.
May as well. Word is she's laid everyone else.
Oh, I remember her.
Not guilty.
Juliet Huddy....divorced like what? 4 times? She had a couple of well known affairs. Maybe she is the harlot at Fox.
I am not so sure I believe her after watching her in that clip with Megan. $32 million? I don’t know this case but in many cases, how does a man prove he didn’t do it? She’s out parading her victimhood.
I’ve seen women threaten to go after men when their careers are in doubt. And many are bipolar and some just outright crazy women. Some have no concern of the harm to others. The lawsuit is their ticket.
And I really have trouble believing a woman after so many divorces.
If Huddy had some sort of physical altercation with a co-worker, that’s plenty of reason for termination. Beyond that, I watched his work on numerous occasions. Nothing distinguished; in fact, he seemed to have a penchant for doing most of his work from the studio, not exactly a calling card for a foreign correspondent.
Fox has much better people on the international beat, including Greg Palkot. If you ever get a chance, watch the documentary he produced (along with his crew) while embedded with US Marines in Fallujah. It received no attention from critics or journalism prize juries because it aired on Fox, but it is an outstanding piece of journalism.
Conor Powell, who also reports from Jerusalem, is much better than Huddy. Ditto for Leland Vittert when he was assigned to the bureau. His sister, BTW, had a trashy reputation at the network—yet, Fox gave her a syndicated daytime talk show (with Mike Jerrick) that was designed to compete with Kelly Ripa’s program. After that project failed, she also bombed at WNYW, the Fox station in New York, and it was clear FNC had no real interest in bringing her back.
So, what’s a fading anchor babe in her 40s supposed to do? She knew Fox was in full panic mode and O’Reilly had come on to her. Like others, she decided to pad her 401K and claim a big settlement, as her new, primary retirement plan.
Same template for Gretchen Carlson and Lis Wiehl. Carlson begged to leave “Fox and Friends” for her own show. Roger Ailes obliged. She bombed at 2 pm, but she still had her claim against Ailes in her back pocket, and new management (the Murdoch spawn) who were willing to accept anything she said to push Ailes out the door. So, Fox was more than willing to write her a $20 million check, because it helped the younger Murdochs get rid of their rival, once and for all.
As for the claims against O’Reilly, I have no doubt he is capable of piggish behavior. But Lis Wiehl willingly worked alongside him for almost 20 years—she even co-hosted his radio show for five years. O’Reilly kept her on the roster at Fox and helped her get publishing contracts for her series of mystery novels. Guess the money was too good to pass up. But, with a Harvard law degree (and past experience as a prosecutor), you’d think she’d have other career options if working with O’Reilly was so brutal.
And Wiehl was in a predicament similar to Carlson. Not being used as much as a Fox contributor; she was never a candidate for the anchor chair, and a little old to sign on with a law firm. So, play the O’Reilly card and walk away with an even bigger check. Also, you’ve got to wonder what sort of “preferences” Billy must be hiding, given his willingness to give Wiehl $30 million of his own money.
As the father of three daughters, I have no tolerance for anyone who harasses, degrades or assaults women. But I find it curious that bright, capable, well-educated career women would willingly endure such “hellish” conditions for so long, then suddenly reach a point of no return, just as their careers at the network are ending.
Not guilty.
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For sure back in the day. She was firecracker hot.
Now she’s a bit long in the tooth and “hit the wall” a long time ago. Can’t further her career on her back anymore.
Her settlement was reported to be in the high six figures.
I be she and the others are really angry over how much Lis Wiehl got.
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