Frankie Cordeira Jr.

Description: Network sued again... In one instance the woman Jessica Golloher said Fox sent a male colleague in London to join her in Russia for coverage of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. She was instructed to serve as his Russian translator according to the lawsuit and told to piggyback onto and defer to his actions. When she complained a supervisor told her this is how we are doing this according to the lawsuit. Ms. Golloher also said that her supervisors failed to take meaningful action after she complained about a male colleague based in New York who she said was rude disparaging and treated her as incompetent often dictating word for word what he wanted her to say on air. Ms. Golloher also accused her supervisors in the suit of regularly denying her requests to report on the ground in foreign countries even though in some cases male colleagues were sent on similar reporting trips. The supervisors requested photos of her on reporting trips according to the suit and made comments on her appearance. Early last month a Fox News human resources executive emailed employees encouraging them to contact one of several individuals with complaints about workplace behavior. Less than two weeks later on April 17 Ms. Golloher emailed one of the contacts Michele Hirshman a lawyer at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison. The firm followed up but before she had a chance to reply and less than 24 hours after she sent the email the suit said Ms. Golloher was told her position was being eliminated because of budget concerns. Saying that assignments in Ms. Gollohers area of expertise were being given to freelancers instead the suit calls the reason for her dismissal entirely pretextual as it is apparent that Fox will replace Ms. Golloher. Fox News said in a statement: Jessica Gollohers claims are without merit. Her allegations of discrimination and retaliation are baseless. We will vigorously defend the matter. Ms. Golloher is represented by the Wigdor law firm which also represents two employees of The New York Times in a pending federal lawsuit against the company alleging age race and gender discrimination. In Britain Ms. Walsh and her lawyer Ms. Bloom will appear late Monday afternoon to tell Ofcom regulators about Ms. Walshs experiences with Mr. OReilly the former prime-time host who was ousted by 21st Century Fox on April 19. She has said that Mr. OReilly did not follow through on an offer to make her a network contributor after she declined an invitation to his hotel suite in 2013. Ms. Walsh has said that she is not seeking a settlement enabling her to publicly discuss her accusations against Mr. OReilly and her views about sexual harassment issues at Fox News. Ms. Walshs account of the episode was included in a New York Times investigation published last month which revealed that Mr. OReilly or the company had reached settlements with five women who had accused him of inappropriate behavior. In April Ms. Bloom wrote Ofcom officials. The similarities between the current harassment scandal and the phone-hacking scandal reveal the companys approach to business and management a lack of oversight intervention and decency she said in the letter referring to the 2011 scandal involving the Murdoch-owned News of the World. This week the Wigdor firm also outlined its clients complaints against Fox News in a letter to Ofcom. Wigdor has represented women in sexual harassment complaints against Fox News and is representing several current and former Fox News employees in a racial discrimination suit against the network. Continue reading the main story
By Frankie Cordeira Jr.
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