{"id":25992,"date":"2016-08-14T20:36:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T03:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=25992"},"modified":"2016-08-14T21:07:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T04:07:15","slug":"just-saying-ailes-jackpot-trumpets-exit-strategy-and-unethical-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=25992","title":{"rendered":"Just Saying: Ailes’ Jackpot, Trumpet’s Exit Strategy and Unethical Prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY RAUL HERNANDEZ<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Notebookventura@gmail.com<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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MURDOCH’S GOLDEN GOOSE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Former Fox chief Roger Ailes left his job with a $40 million golden parachute while the list of women claiming that he allegedly sexually harassed them keeps growing. In addition to the multi-million package, Ailes will serve as a paid consultant to Fox, according to Fox owner Rupert Murdoch.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Roger Ailes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ailes also ran a \u00a0clandestine operation in a backroom of Fox studios where he used the station’s budget to hire investigators to spy on his perceived enemies, including journalists, and spread vicious rumors about others.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was the kind of operation that the KGB would envy, and for years, it has been going on under the Fox banner of \u00a0“Fair and Balance” journalism.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of cleaning up the cesspool Ailes created and sending a strong message that sexual harassment wouldn’t be tolerated at Fox, Murdoch appointed two of Ailes’ staunch loyalists Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine to fill Ailes’ shoes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two of Ailes’ victims said they went to Shine to complain that Ailes was harassing them. \u00a0Nothing was done. Shine told one victim that Ailes was a “powerful” man, according to published reports by Gabriel Sherman in New Yorker Magazine.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So it will be more of the same at Fox.<\/span><\/p>\n

Murdoch’s launched an investigation into Ailes’ after the sexual misconduct allegations. It all sounds noble and deserving of applause. \u00a0But Murdoch was never interested in finding the truth, firing those responsible \u00a0and making sure it never happened again.<\/span><\/p>\n

First of all, Ailes is the goose that laid the golden egg and has made Murdoch billions of dollars, and\u00a0Murdoch is a businessman<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rupert Murdoch (Photo: Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

who measures everything\u00a0through the cold filter of cash-register eyes and bottomline of profit and loss statements.<\/span><\/p>\n

The investigated into Ailes alleged sexual harassment and secret backroom operations was done for three reasons: It is a PR stunt to make Murdoch seem like he going to overhaul a badly broken network; gauge the damage to Fox caused by Ailes in dollars and cents, in other words, the extent of Fox’s financial liability and third, to legally cover their corporate asses.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Case law states that once a company has been put on notice by employee that he or she was sexually harassed, a business has the duty to investigate and determine whether the incident occurred. \u00a0Failing to do isn’t a crime but that bit of information could land on the ears of unsympathetic jurors if a case goes to trial.<\/span><\/p>\n

People should understand that\u00a0corporation lawyers, first and foremost, know that their primary role is to protect the assets and fortunes of their masters from anyone perceived as a threat.<\/span><\/p>\n

So people who are being sexually harassed need to know their rights, seek legal advice if the problem worsens and not bank on their employer’s Human Resources Office to do something about the problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attorney Greg Ramirez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A friend and fellow writer who is an attorney in Ventura, California, Greg Ramirez, agreed to pen a column in 2014 about how to deal with sexual harassment. \u00a0I thought it was one of the best advice articles about this issue.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I urge employees to\u00a0read the article titled \u00a0“Sexual Harassment 101: Do\u2019s and Don\u2019t\u2019s for Employees in the Workplace.<\/a><\/strong>“<\/span><\/p>\n

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SURPRISING SEXUAL HARASSMENT STATS:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I always thought most of the sexual harassment in the workplace comes from supervisors and management. But I was wrong, according to the Association of Women for Research and Action<\/span><\/p>\n

Snapshot of Statistics from AWARE:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Their study on 500 respondents and 92 companies reported these findings:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Sexual Harassment is common in the Workplace<\/strong><\/span>\n