7 May 2017 12:20 pm
FOX News kept a known racist on the payroll for years.
So which is it?
In the same story that says that FOX denies the allegations, a FOX News spokesperson said, “We take complaints of this nature very seriously and took prompt and effective remedial action in terminating Judy Slater before Ms. Brown, Ms. Wright and Ms. Douglas sued in court and even before Ms. Wright and Ms. Douglas complained through their lawyer. "Judith Slater: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Eleven plaintiffs are now part of a racial discrimination lawsuit against Fox News, executive vice president of legal and business affairs Dianne Brandi and former controller and senior vice president of accounting Judith Slater.
On April 4, Monica Douglas, a credit and collections supervisor at Fox News, joined Tichaona Brown and Tabrese Wright in the lawsuit, which alleges they endured “years-long relentless racial animus at the hands of their white supervisor, Slater.”
New allegations, including mocking Douglas for being disfigured as the result of treatment for breast cancer, are included in the amended complaint.
“The allegations in the amended complaint make clear that Fox, at the highest levels, was on notice of Ms. Slater’s racist conduct for years and unfortunately did nothing about it,” said Jeanne Christensen, one of the lawyers representing the women.
So which is it?