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Fox News sued by feds for retaliating against reporter Catherine Herridge in sex, age bias case
New York Daily News ^ | October 1, 2010 | Aliyah Shahid

Posted on 10/01/2010 11:07:17 AM PDT by Zakeet

It's looking like all out war against Fox News.

Just days after the president slammed the cable news network, declaring it "destructive" to America's long-term growth, the feds are suing Fox News for allegedly retaliating against a reporter who says she was discriminated against because of her age and gender.

It's the latest in increasingly hostile rhetoric against Fox News, not only from Obama but from Rahm Emanuel and the president's former communications director.

According to the lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Thursday, Catherine Herridge, a national correspondent who covers homeland security complained about discriminatory practices in the network starting in 2006.

Herridge, now 46, claimed "female and black correspondents were given less desirable shifts" in the network and that oftentimes assignments (including an anchor job) were denied or "taken away from her" due to her sex and age.

In 2008, the network said it found no evidence of bias, and when her contract came up for renewal, it included language barring her from making more discrimination complaints, according to the lawsuit.

Herridge, who joined Fox News in 1996 as a London correspondent, refused to sign the contract.

The lawsuit says the language in the contract was retaliatory.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bias; firstamendment; foxnews; lawsuit; lazwouldhitit
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To: bert

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141 posted on 10/01/2010 3:16:20 PM PDT by tsmith130
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To: LowTaxesEqualProsperity

” Greta and her success at Fox News rebuts the allegations or sex and age discrimination.”

Exactly


142 posted on 10/01/2010 3:22:37 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker
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To: FormerACLUmember

“If you want to see a lily white, all male broadcast team... just check out MSNBC!!!”

What about Christianne AmanPour?? Oh, I see!


143 posted on 10/01/2010 3:23:37 PM PDT by chooseascreennamepat (Reid: Why, oh why, are they picking on me?)
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To: itssme
The cleavage bimbos are a dime a dozen everywhere you look

...but we could always use more!

144 posted on 10/01/2010 3:33:54 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (Now can we forget about that old rum-runner Joe Kennedy and his progeny of philandering drunks?)
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To: pops88

““can they find a knowledgeable commentator that isn’t a bleached blond or black woman (or Karl Rove?)”

Check those women out. To a person, they are VERY intelligent; lawyers or having an advanced degree, and attractive. Megyn Kelley can interview with the best and is a thorough analyst.

Best thing is they are mostly right leaning. Remember E.D. Hill? Keryn Chetry?


145 posted on 10/01/2010 3:34:37 PM PDT by chooseascreennamepat (Reid: Why, oh why, are they picking on me?)
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To: GeronL

She filed with the EEOC.


146 posted on 10/01/2010 3:39:50 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: GeronL
I have no idea why this is a federal matter. It sounds like a contract dispute to me.

Yep. It appears Oboma Inc. is butting in where it doesn't belong - again. (He 's a Hugo Chavez wanna be.)

God speed 2012!

147 posted on 10/01/2010 3:40:47 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
Herridge, now 46, claimed "female and black correspondents were given less desirable shifts" in the network and that oftentimes assignments (including an anchor job) were denied or "taken away from her" due to her sex and age. In 2008, the network said it found no evidence of bias, and when her contract came up for renewal, it included language barring her from making more discrimination complaints, according to the lawsuit.
Why should she have to be sent on less desirable assignments? She should be given a corner office and an anchor job right away, because she deserves it more than those who have earned it.

Maybe I'm just cranky tonight, but if I'd been "retaliating", she'd have gone off the roof, or down an elevator shaft, in some tragic accident. Thanks Zakeet.

148 posted on 10/01/2010 3:46:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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To: kelly4c

Catherine is serious and reports on deadly serious topics. I surely respect her for that.

I am not overly impressed with drama queen Meghan Kelly. But that’s just me.

Cleavage has no place nor does short short skirts on serious newscasts.

I didn’t sleep either. The highrise where we spend most of our time had the fire alarm go off at 3:30..........the siren gives heart failure and the strobe light just makes it worse.

No fire, just a malfunction of the false alarm proof new system. hah!


149 posted on 10/01/2010 4:09:21 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: GeronL

It is a Fed matter because the head fed hates FOX news. With all the women working at Fox I find this hard to believe.


150 posted on 10/01/2010 4:13:02 PM PDT by Americanexpat
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To: Zakeet

Interesting, I’m watching Catherine Herridge on Fox now. This suit clearly has no merit. If it did, would she still be there?


151 posted on 10/01/2010 4:14:47 PM PDT by South40 (Filled with hatred for those who disagree, democrats are the most intolerant bigots on earth)
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To: Zakeet

I always thought she was hot. But that’s just me.


152 posted on 10/01/2010 4:16:27 PM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: Zakeet

I could feel sorry for her, but frankly, my loss in the workplace was more than hers was. And I didn’t use any of the PC buzzwords! Still, I’d trade places with the switch...


153 posted on 10/01/2010 4:36:44 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Pray like everything is up to God and work like everything is up to you.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Oh come on, SC. Being an ignorant dope isn’t a capital offense. And what do ratings and sponsor matter in a TV show? It should be all about the anchors’ keeping their jobs as the network slides into oblivion.

After all, the only reason a network news show exists is to show off the female anchors’ shiny lipstick. Everybody knows that.


154 posted on 10/02/2010 8:29:52 AM PDT by TheOldLady (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: TheOldLady

I remember the good old days, when Mary Hart’s legs were the only reason to watch Entertainment Tonight.


155 posted on 10/02/2010 12:58:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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