Ex-Fox News host secretly recorded Ailes: report

The Hill ^ | 02 September 2016 | Joe Concha

[Theoria]

Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson secretly recorded inappropriate statements made by former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, New York Magazine reported Friday.

Carlson recorded conversations with Ailes for at least a year and captured "numerous incidents" of harassment on her phone, the report said.

"I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago, and then you'd be good and better and I'd be good and better," one recording of Ailes speaking to Carlson reportedly says.

"Sometimes problems are easier to solve that way," Ailes, 76, allegedly also told Carlson, 50, at another point.

A source in the report says the recorded meetings with Ailes occurred between 2014 and 2015.

Carlson filed a lawsuit against Ailes in July. He resigned amid an internal investigation 15 days later.

[lee martell]

She may win her harrassment case, but be fined the same amount for illegal taping. It would be funny if she wound up behind bars, even if just for a week.

[cicero2k]

Read the source report here. It is jaw dropping.

Ailes had access to all staff work email accounts and phone logs. Carlson knew she had to record on her iPhone.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/how-fox-news-women-took-down-roger-ailes.html

Also, it was the Murdochs who asked the staff to go hard on Trump in the first debate and all were caught off guard on Trump’s reaction to Kelly.

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[rbg81]

The recordings likely explain why she was believe rather than dismissed.

Stupid thing for someone like Ailes to do. Of course, I suspect he successfully got away with it for years.

He needs to just go away.

[lee martell]

Let’s just say it was not a huge shock that Greta Van Sustren had “never seen this side of Roger at all!”
Just as it was somewhat predictable that Andrea Tantaros lost her career at Fox because of it. That wasn’t fair, and Andrea is likely to be owed a few Million due to wrongful termination.

[Herman Ball]

With the right lawyers and crowd behind you,you can get away with anything in America. Just take a look at Hillary and those who have gone to jail for much less. America has become just another Cesspool of corruption.

[dware]

Is that admissible in New York??

Yes. New York is a one party consent state, which means that only one person needs to know about the recording. Some states are "two party" states, which means both must know.

[iontheball]

Carlson is doable but can she get away with a secret recording. Is that admissible in New York??
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Unless the noq-consenual recording is a felony, she has succeeded.

[Iron Munro]

BTW, this is a good distraction from Hillary and all her lies.

Carlson was vehemently anti-2nd amendment so she is no doubt in Hillary's corner.

[Moonman62]

Stupid thing for someone like Ailes to do. Of course, I suspect he successfully got away with it for years.

He needs to just go away.

...

He needs to be brought to justice.

[W.]

The man has enough money he could buy any fantasy he could construct.

But the ego can and, if unrestricted, will lead you too far and that'll get you busted every time. What a dumbass! Bye, bye $$,$$$,$$$! [I'll guess about, when this ends, $80 mil, all said and done]

[Kickass Conservative]

>>>Carlson is doable but can she get away with a secret recording. Is that admissible in New York??<<<

As long as you’re not recording Planned Parenthood trying to sell Aborted Baby Parts, no problem.

[bigbob]

Sounds like she did exactly what the HR people always say to do: document it.

[CivilWarBrewing]

Good thing she didn't do this to Planned Parenthood.

Gretchen cannot do this legally in a private setting without his permission, I THINK.

See my tagline. The workplace sure has gotten fun, hasn't it. Females FLAUNT THEIR STUFF to rise to the top, then they SUE when objectifying THEMSELVES is no longer profitable. FEMINIST VS. SEX OBJECT.. WHICH IS IT, LADIES? CAN'T BE BOTH!

[DesertRhino]

Never trust chicks. This is why they aren’t allowed in the mob.

[Reily]

Depends on the state!

[sasquatch]

BJ Clinton to the rescue!

[EDINVA]

Smart woman. Eliminates the “she said, he said” in which case she could have lost ... until a number of other women stepped forward. Fox’s on Bill Cosby.

[DesertRhino]

She recorded numerous conversations with him over a year. Nope, no set up there at all. In a year, she could have taken things any direction she wanted.
She clearly wasn’t just being a pro, talking about business then hanging up.
10 to 1 she was telling him every little personal problem she had, her hopes, dreams, and secret fears...etc etc.

[sagar]

Precisely. The most competitive industries do not have females at a reasonable proportion... Naturally females are in more socially cooperative industries. And gubmint sector. Both we can do without.