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| Fox suspends conservative business analyst Charles Payne amid sexual harassment allegations |
| 2017-07-07 |
| [LA Times] Fox Business Network host Charles Payne has been suspended while 21st Century Fox investigates sexual harassment allegations made against him, the company confirmed Thursday night. Payne’s suspension was announced by Fox Business Network following his program "Making Money," and shortly after the Los Angeles Times first reported the investigation. "We take issues of this nature extremely seriously and have a zero-tolerance policy for any professional misconduct," a Fox Business Network representative said in a statement. "This matter is being thoroughly investigated and we are taking all of the appropriate steps to reach a resolution in a timely manner." Payne, who hosts "Making Money" on the network and appears on various other programs, has acknowledged what he described as a three-year "romantic relationship" with a married female political analyst who frequently appeared on Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel from 2013 to 2016. Payne admitted to the extramarital affair in a statement to the National Enquirer published Wednesday that included an apology to his wife, children and friends. That relationship is now being reviewed after the woman contacted Fox’s law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison last month to report her allegations of sexual misconduct. The woman, who worked for CNN last year, had a representative tell the firm she believed she was eventually blackballed from the network after she ended the affair in 2015 and tried to report Payne to top executives at Fox News, according to two sources familiar with her complaint. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Successful well paid guys tend to flirt with pretty girls. Pretty girls tend to be receptive to the attention even if the guy is a troll. Fox hired a lot of pretty girls, but well paid and smart pretty girls that are out of the league of the rich trolls flirting with them. Sexual harassment was predictable. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-07-07 13:54 |
| #6 As my old man used to say "Don't $hit in your own back yard." |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-07-07 13:22 |
| #5 The woman, who worked for CNN last year, had a representative tell the firm she believed she was eventually blackballed from the network after she ended the affair in 2015 and tried to report Payne to top executives at Fox News, according to two sources familiar with her complaint. What did she think was going to happen? The counter accusation is that she she had a nepotistic advantage during the time of their relationship in being brought onto the network, greatly enhancing her personal brand. This is the danger of having affairs with people we work with. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-07 13:13 |
| #4 Fox seems to be in the middle of a circular firing squad. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-07-07 11:33 |
| #3 I pretty much gave up on Fox shortly after Murdock's sons took over. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-07-07 07:35 |
| #2 They have to make themselves acceptable to their perceived audience. I don't watch any of it. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-07-07 06:39 |
| #1 The disassembly of conservative Fox News continues. A very sharp analyst. I hate to see him go. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-07-07 05:11 |