Fox News Forgets Its Own Sexual Harassment Problem And Again Attacks Victims

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sean-hannity-roy-moore-allegations_us_5a050814e4b0e37d2f3697c2

 

Sean Hannity and Mercedes Colwin, a Fox News legal analyst, focused on the myth that women often lie about sexual harassment as they discussed Roy Moore’s alleged relationships with underage women.  

Moore, Alabama’s Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, is accused of pursuing teenage girls while he was in his early 30s, according to a Washington Post investigation published Thursday. In the article, four women detailed relationships with Moore while they were 14 to 18 years old. One woman, now 53, told the Post that when she was 14, Moore took her to his house and sexually assaulted her.

Hannity and Colwin spent a portion of the segment focusing on false accusations, despite research that suggests only 2 percent to 10 percent of allegations are likely false reports. 

″Now, I know, and this goes back what you said, do people do it for money?” Hannity asked Colwin. “Do people do it for political reasons? Is that more common than people would think?”

The segment was especially interesting given the history of sexual harassment claims, and victim blaming, at Fox News.  

 

 

Matt McDermott 

 

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Fox tonight - which has fired multiple men for sexual harassment - hosted a segment trashing women who come forward to reveal sexual harassment.

7:43 PM - Nov 9, 2017 · Manhattan, NY

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Colwin told the host that women “definitely” falsely report harassment more than people think.

[CaliCat 3,957]

If the allegations were not true, Moore's lawyers would have already filed suit for libel. Smoke and fire. They often go together. 

 

Besides, Fox is such a joke.

Edited November 10, 2017 by CaliCat