anchor had you heard stories like that before reporter: i have not. i think that the key thing in all this right now is really what she s saying about the culture that she experienced at the network, what s she s bringing forward in her workplace suit i think everything else aside, a lot ofwhat we re talking about was material in terms of the dominion suit. going forward, the sensitivity that i m picking up on is about workplace culture and something that fox has really talked about addressing over years and years after previous suits involving roger ails, bill o reilly, that s the most material subject. to that point she describes something so chilling about tucker carlson s show, the anti-semitism, racism and the
chairman during the tea party era. you had big, wealthy donors funding the tea party in order to create a grass roots moment they could stay grass roots. at this point it s above them now. the base has gone out of control and no one what s historical, those donors moved on. they re not supporting half of this they now because of the changes in our campaign finance law with citizens united, they ve got they re dancing with their own operation. so they re not even really funneling that kind of money that we used to see into these organizations and these operations in candidates a lot of that is grass roots money. donald trump s dollars are coming from rank and file activists out there. if fox news doesn t have to admit that they lied about the election, if they can just pay it off that they did what the women who roger ails and others were harassing if all they have to do is pay money and bill that as a cost of doing business, who has the moral authority to tell this third of the
media political operative roger ails as a political operation, not a journalistic operation. and journalism mainstream journalism we think of our role as providing citizens with information so that they can make good choices about their life so they can be free and self governing. that s the public service. fox was founded as a propaganda network for conservative viewpoints. at the time, the you know, he may have been right. you certainly could have that voice on mainstream media. but fox became so powerful, it became the dominant voice. as the republican two things. as a republican party and conservatism moved way to the right, especially in the last decade or so, fox went with it.
fox has become a 24/7 sort of let us jump in here though, david. you have a lot to say. but, jonah, you worked there for 12 years. i wonder if you agree with how he s characterizing. that parts of the deposition that also stood out that was covered, murdoch asking the ceo susan scott to say something supportive about lindsey gram. we cannot lose the senate if at all possible. the word we. i wonder if you agree with the characterization this is how fox has always been. you were there for 12 years. do you think it changed? yeah. i mean, i agree with the professor. but i think that s overstated. roger ails was a nflawed human being. what he understood is the credibility of fox news as a network depended on the
and behind bombshell. the story about the scandal at fox news channel and the women who turned the tables on roger ails. am i witness w? yes. it s the 23rd letter in the alphabet. have 22 other women come forward since i spoke to you. the star of the film joins us live on new day.