EEOC sues Fox for retaliating against reporter

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Fox News for retaliating against its reporter, Catherine Herridge, after she complained that she was discriminated against because of her age and gender, according to an EEOC complaint filed Thursday.

Herridge, whose short haircut and homeland security beat earned her the nickname “the terror pixie” from some of her Fox News colleagues, is a national correspondent on Fox. She joined Fox News in 1996 as the London correspondent, a job she had previously held for ABC News.
She was born in 1964, and has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard and a master’s in journalism from Columbia.

According to the complaint, in 2007, she made several complaints to Fox management alleging she had been discriminated against for her age and gender. Fox investigated but found no evidence of discrimination. The next year, the company asked her to sign a contract including language that she would not pursue further discrimination complaints, which she refused.

The suit alleges that the language in the new contract was retaliatory, and Herridge’s subsequent status as an “at-will’ employee caused her “considerable stress.”

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Dianne Brandi, the executive vice president for legal and business affairs at Fox News, questioned the timing of the suit. Earlier this week, Rolling Stone published an interview in which President Obama called Fox "destructive."

“The EEOC’s suspiciously timed press release is nothing more than a partisan statement about a politically motivated lawsuit,' she said in a statement. "The suit alleges Catherine complained to FOX News management she was being discriminated against due to her sex and age, and an internal investigation found her claims to be baseless. In fact, the EEOC’s press release conspicuously ignores that it dismissed 98% of her claims, including a retaliation claim, also finding them to be baseless. In its March 31, 2010 Determination, the EEOC specifically stated:

"With respect to Charging Party’s [Catherine Herridge] allegations that she was demoted, denied equal wages, denied assignments and denied promotion based on her sex, age, or in retaliation, or that a class of individuals was discriminatorily denied promotions, there is insufficient evidence to establish a violation of the statutes as to these allegations.’

Politico

Sure seems like Obama is using government agencies to target his enemy list.

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Earlier this week, Rolling Stone published an interview in which President Obama called Fox "destructive."

You want to know what's destructive dumbo?!!? How about the way you govern the land with your anti-American, anti-capitalism and socialist/marxist views. Now, that is destructive dumbo!