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New Lawsuit Alleges Reporter Kelly Wright Viewed as ‘Jim Crow’ of Fox News
Attorneys representing 11 current and former Fox News employees announced on Wednesday that they have filed a lawsuit against the network for racial discrimination. The complaint, which seeks class action status, includes allegations from current anchor Kelly Wright.
Wright claims in the lawsuit that current network President Bill Shine would regularly ask him about race, such as how black and white viewers viewed Wright. Wright also alleges that Bill O’Reilly refuse to let Wright run a series of stories about the black community on “The O’Reilly Factor” because “it showed Blacks in ‘too positive’ a light.”
The complaint describes Wright’s position at Fox as “the role of a ‘Jim Crow’ – the racist caricature of a Black entertainer.”
Attorneys representing Wright and the other Fox employees said they also filed a federal lawsuit against the network in the Southern District of New York on behalf of another employee.
“When it comes to racial discrimination, 21st Century Fox has been operating as if it should be called 18th Century Fox,” attorneys Douglas Wigdor and Jeanne Christensen said in a statement. “We sincerely hope the filing of this race class action wakes 21st Century Fox from its slumbers and inspires the Company to take a conciliatory and appropriate approach to remedy its wrongs.”
Fox News said in a statement that they “vehemently deny the race discrimination claims in both lawsuits.”
Wigdor announced that his firm will hold a press conference at 10:00 am Wednesday morning to discuss the allegations.
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Black Fox News Anchor Joins Expanding Racial-Discrimination Lawsuit
Fox News anchor Kelly Wright is the latest on-air personality to sue the network. This afternoon, Wright joined a racial-discrimination case filed last month in Bronx Supreme Court against Fox News, its parent company 21st Century Fox, general counsel Dianne Brandi, and former comptroller Judith Slater. That suit now has 11 plaintiffs.
Wright joined Fox News as a reporter in 2003 and did a stint co-hosting the weekend edition of Fox & Friends. He currently co-hosts America’s News Headquarters on Saturdays. In the suit, Wright alleges he was “forced to endure many racist comments” at Fox, which were “intended to paint [him] as a caricature of a Black entertainer – i.e., a Jim Crow.”
According to the suit, Bill O’Reilly suggested that Wright should “sing the National Anthem at the Fox News Town Halls” and refused to book Wright during the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, because Wright’s proposed segment “showed Blacks in ‘too positive’ a light.” Wright says he reported the alleged racial discrimination to Fox News co-president Bill Shine, executive vice-president for programming Suzanne Scott, and Brandi, specifically telling them that Fox is “too blonde and too White.” According to the suit, “Nothing was ever done to remedy the discrimination.”
“Fox News and Dianne Brandi vehemently deny the race discrimination claims in both lawsuits,” a network spokesperson said. “They are copycat complaints of the original one filed last month. We will vigorously defend these cases.”
Slater denied the allegations as well. “These are meritless and frivolous lawsuits and all claims of racial discrimination against Ms. Slater are completely false,” said her attorney, Catherine M. Foti. “Given how outrageous and offensive these suits are, it’s incomprehensible to imagine how anyone has joined or would join these legal actions.”
Today’s court filing also includes new allegations of racism against former Fox News chief Roger Ailes. A former payroll employee named Musfiq Rahman claims that Ailes became “furious” when Rahman mistakenly walked into his office while looking for a colleague on the hall sometime in 2014. The suit suggests that Ailes believed Raham, who is from Bangladesh, was a terrorist because he was dark-skinned (Ailes reportedly believed he was targeted by Al Qaeda for assassination). The suit says, “Ailes ordered that a wall be constructed immediately in his personal office to act as a barrier to entry.” (Last year, Vanity Fair’s Sarah Ellison first reported on the existence of Ailes’s security door, and quoted sources speculating it was to hide Ailes’s sexual harassment.)
The filing asserts that Rahman and “a number of Black employees” in the accounting department had their security passes to the second floor revoked following the incident. “Thereafter, these humiliated employees were forced to get ‘escorts’ when they needed to speak to other employees on the second floor,” the suit says.
Ailes’s attorney, Susan Estrich, said they have yet to see the suit.
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? them they knew what they signed up for. Zero sympathy.
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Why do black people who work for Fox News expect anything less than fuckery?
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Fox News doesn't see color. You're playing the race and victim card if you believe that they do see color.
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There is a Class action suit against CNN for the same issues. All these pink toes are the same.
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Im thoroughly enjoying all the lawsuits against Fox. ? bout to get paid lol
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? wake up calls all over the place.
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So did they infiltrate to get it destroyed?
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You know....first I thought like thisCashmoneyDux wrote: »? them they knew what they signed up for. Zero sympathy.
But now I'm thinking thisShizlansky wrote: »So did they infiltrate to get it destroyed?
Fauxnews ain't gonna be around much longer. All this ? falling like dominoes. Ayles gone, oreilly gone, megyn kelly gone, Hannity next, network getting hit with lawsuits left and right... -
atribecalledgabi wrote: »You know....first I thought like thisCashmoneyDux wrote: »? them they knew what they signed up for. Zero sympathy.
But now I'm thinking thisShizlansky wrote: »So did they infiltrate to get it destroyed?
Fauxnews ain't gonna be around much longer. All this ? falling like dominoes. Ayles gone, oreilly gone, megyn kelly gone, Hannity next, network getting hit with lawsuits left and right...
Trump might buy em out -
lol Them FOXNews execs got to be mad all their tokens are turning on them. When all this is said and done, they about to be the whitest most male oriented network on television. They won't be taking any more chances.
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Why do black people who work for Fox News expect anything less than fuckery?
CNN has a racial lawsuit going too. Don't matter where you go really. Most people are just trying to raise their profile so it can lead to a better gig. Only major cable news anchor out there is Don Lemon, and we all know what that dude is about. -
Murdoch sons want it to change jt to be more moderate so all this happening isn't surprising . Papa Murdoch promoted this ? happy to see his baby slowly dying
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Wonda what og ? juan williams thinkin bout this?
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CashmoneyDux wrote: »? them they knew what they signed up for. Zero sympathy.
That plus they would be cool with the racism if it was only aimed at the "other blacks" when the tv anchors were on air -
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StoneColdMikey wrote: »Murdoch sons want it to change jt to be more moderate so all this happening isn't surprising . Papa Murdoch promoted this ? happy to see his baby slowly dying
I think a right leaning network is needed as long as it stays objective. Fox went too far right in recent years. I don't think the goal of the network was to be racist initially but as they chased ratings they hired racists that could cater to the people watching.
We as Americans need to hear all sides and protect ourselves from catering too much to one side. As much as we need progressive ideas we also need conservative ones. -
stringer bell wrote: »New Lawsuit Alleges Reporter Kelly Wright Viewed as ‘Jim Crow’ of Fox News
Attorneys representing 11 current and former Fox News employees announced on Wednesday that they have filed a lawsuit against the network for racial discrimination. The complaint, which seeks class action status, includes allegations from current anchor Kelly Wright.
Wright claims in the lawsuit that current network President Bill Shine would regularly ask him about race, such as how black and white viewers viewed Wright. Wright also alleges that Bill O’Reilly refuse to let Wright run a series of stories about the black community on “The O’Reilly Factor” because “it showed Blacks in ‘too positive’ a light.”
The complaint describes Wright’s position at Fox as “the role of a ‘Jim Crow’ – the racist caricature of a Black entertainer.”
Attorneys representing Wright and the other Fox employees said they also filed a federal lawsuit against the network in the Southern District of New York on behalf of another employee.
“When it comes to racial discrimination, 21st Century Fox has been operating as if it should be called 18th Century Fox,” attorneys Douglas Wigdor and Jeanne Christensen said in a statement. “We sincerely hope the filing of this race class action wakes 21st Century Fox from its slumbers and inspires the Company to take a conciliatory and appropriate approach to remedy its wrongs.”
Fox News said in a statement that they “vehemently deny the race discrimination claims in both lawsuits.”
Wigdor announced that his firm will hold a press conference at 10:00 am Wednesday morning to discuss the allegations.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/black-fox-news-anchor-joins-racial-discrimination-lawsuit.html?mid=twitter-share-diBlack Fox News Anchor Joins Expanding Racial-Discrimination Lawsuit
Fox News anchor Kelly Wright is the latest on-air personality to sue the network. This afternoon, Wright joined a racial-discrimination case filed last month in Bronx Supreme Court against Fox News, its parent company 21st Century Fox, general counsel Dianne Brandi, and former comptroller Judith Slater. That suit now has 11 plaintiffs.
Wright joined Fox News as a reporter in 2003 and did a stint co-hosting the weekend edition of Fox & Friends. He currently co-hosts America’s News Headquarters on Saturdays. In the suit, Wright alleges he was “forced to endure many racist comments” at Fox, which were “intended to paint [him] as a caricature of a Black entertainer – i.e., a Jim Crow.”
According to the suit, Bill O’Reilly suggested that Wright should “sing the National Anthem at the Fox News Town Halls” and refused to book Wright during the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, because Wright’s proposed segment “showed Blacks in ‘too positive’ a light.” Wright says he reported the alleged racial discrimination to Fox News co-president Bill Shine, executive vice-president for programming Suzanne Scott, and Brandi, specifically telling them that Fox is “too blonde and too White.” According to the suit, “Nothing was ever done to remedy the discrimination.”
“Fox News and Dianne Brandi vehemently deny the race discrimination claims in both lawsuits,” a network spokesperson said. “They are copycat complaints of the original one filed last month. We will vigorously defend these cases.”
Slater denied the allegations as well. “These are meritless and frivolous lawsuits and all claims of racial discrimination against Ms. Slater are completely false,” said her attorney, Catherine M. Foti. “Given how outrageous and offensive these suits are, it’s incomprehensible to imagine how anyone has joined or would join these legal actions.”
Today’s court filing also includes new allegations of racism against former Fox News chief Roger Ailes. A former payroll employee named Musfiq Rahman claims that Ailes became “furious” when Rahman mistakenly walked into his office while looking for a colleague on the hall sometime in 2014. The suit suggests that Ailes believed Raham, who is from Bangladesh, was a terrorist because he was dark-skinned (Ailes reportedly believed he was targeted by Al Qaeda for assassination). The suit says, “Ailes ordered that a wall be constructed immediately in his personal office to act as a barrier to entry.” (Last year, Vanity Fair’s Sarah Ellison first reported on the existence of Ailes’s security door, and quoted sources speculating it was to hide Ailes’s sexual harassment.)
The filing asserts that Rahman and “a number of Black employees” in the accounting department had their security passes to the second floor revoked following the incident. “Thereafter, these humiliated employees were forced to get ‘escorts’ when they needed to speak to other employees on the second floor,” the suit says.
Ailes’s attorney, Susan Estrich, said they have yet to see the suit.
He was always shown respect -
ThaNubianGod wrote: »Why do black people who work for Fox News expect anything less than fuckery?
CNN has a racial lawsuit going too. Don't matter where you go really. Most people are just trying to raise their profile so it can lead to a better gig. Only major cable news anchor out there is Don Lemon, and we all know what that dude is about.
Wat he about -
blackgod813 wrote: »ThaNubianGod wrote: »Why do black people who work for Fox News expect anything less than fuckery?
CNN has a racial lawsuit going too. Don't matter where you go really. Most people are just trying to raise their profile so it can lead to a better gig. Only major cable news anchor out there is Don Lemon, and we all know what that dude is about.
Wat he about
Him ah batty man -
atribecalledgabi wrote: »You know....first I thought like thisCashmoneyDux wrote: »? them they knew what they signed up for. Zero sympathy.
But now I'm thinking thisShizlansky wrote: »So did they infiltrate to get it destroyed?
Fauxnews ain't gonna be around much longer. All this ? falling like dominoes. Ayles gone, oreilly gone, megyn kelly gone, Hannity next, network getting hit with lawsuits left and right...
Rupert ? somebody off. This coming right now
