'They don't respect women': Fox News producer says she was set up in Dominion case
by Conrad Hoyt, Overnight News Editor |
March 21, 2023 12:41 AM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/...p-dominion-case


Fox News sued one of its senior producers Monday over the $1.6 billion defamation claim it is fighting concerning allegedly knowingly broadcasting disinformation regarding the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Fox News's lawsuit came the same day that the producer, Abby Grossberg, who has worked with hosts Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo, filed lawsuits against the company, accusing Fox lawyers of attempting to coerce her into lying to investigators to protect top executives and slamming the television network for being misogynistic.

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According to Fox's lawsuit, Grossberg told the network last month that she intended to sue it for discrimination. Fox then said it was thus compelled to sue her on Monday to prevent the release of its legal maneuvers.

"Ms. Grossberg has threatened to disclose FOX News Media's attorney-client privileged information and we have filed a temporary restraining order to protect our rights," the network said in a statement, per NPR.

Following Grossberg's lawsuit filing, a Fox News spokesperson released the following statement: "FOX News Media engaged an independent outside counsel to immediately investigate the concerns raised by Ms. Grossberg, which were made following a critical performance review. Her allegations in connection with the Dominion case are baseless and we will vigorously defend Fox against all of her claims."

The way Grossberg put it, she and Bartiromo were meant to take the fall for Fox’s repeated airing of conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems and its supposed role in manipulating the results of the election. To her, that treatment was not an anomaly but rather a symptom and verification of Fox's pervasive culture of misogyny and discrimination.

"That's what the culture is here," Grossberg said on Monday, per the New York Times. "They don't respect or value women."

Grossberg said she and Bartiromo were not provided the necessary resources to vet the accuracy of claims against Dominion and even, on one occasion, were pressured not to fact-check a segment with Rudy Giuliani, according to the New York-based news outlet. -- excerpt, rest at link above --