WITH THE
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70'S.
>> PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN HAS
BEEN NEW CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING
ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE OFFENSIVE
UNWELCOME CONDUCT BY SOME MEN
TOWARD UNSUSPECTING WOMEN. OUR
FORMER COLLEAGUE AND GOOD
FRIEND DEBORAH JEAN SPEAKING
OUT AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
SHE'S HAD BACK TO THE BEGINNING
OF HER TELEVISION CAREER IN
JACKSONVILLE.
I FOUND OUT WHY SHE FELT SO
COMPELLED TO SHARE HER
EXPERIENCE NOW.
I HAVE.
>> IT STARTED OW OFF I DIDN'T
DECIDE TO WRITE AN EDITORIAL
FOR THE TIMES UNION IT STARTED
WHEN THE CARLSON STORY BROKE
AND IT BROUGHT BACK SO MANY
MEMORIES BECAUS
MEMORIES BECAUSE I STARTED ON
THE AIR IN JACKSONVILLE 40
YEARS AGO.
AND TO HEAR THIS STORY REPEATED
40 YEARS LATER THE.
>>Reporter: RETIRED NEWS
ANCHOR SAYS SHE FEELS IT'S TIME
TO SPEAK UP.
FORMER FOX NEWS ANCHOR GRETCHEN
CARLSON SEXUAL HARASSMENT
LAWSUIT AGAINST HER LONG TIME
BOSS ROGER AILS WAS A GRAPHIC
BUT POWERFUL INSPIRATION.
>> I HAD NO INTENTION OF
PUBLISHING ANYTHING.
I REALLY WROTE THIS BECAUSE I
NEEDED TO REMEMBER IT AND I
NEEDED TO EXPRESS MYSELF.
>>Reporter: WAS IT THERAPEUTIC
FOR YOU.
>> IT WAS.
MOST THERAPEUTIC PART WAS
TELLING MY 30-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER
ABOUT IT.
WHO SAID OH, MOM, THAT'S
FUNNY I RECENTLY WROTE ABOUT AN
EXPERIENCE I HAD, TOO.
>>Reporter: HER DAUGHTER LAURA,
>>Reporter: HER DAUGHTER
LAURA, PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
PHOTOGRAPHER WAS GRABBED BY A
DRUNK FAN AT AN EVENT AND KIS
DRUNK FAN AT AN EVENT AND
KISSED ON THE LIPS.
>> I SAID MY GOSH WHAT DID YOU
DO?
AND SHE SAID I PUNCHED HIM.
AND I SAID THAT IS FANTASTIC.
I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.
>>Reporter: IT WAS HER
AUTHENTIC REACTION.
HOW DARE YOU HOW DARE YOU.
LONG BEFORE SHE BECAME A MOM
BACK IN 1976 SHE STARTED HER TV
CAREER HERE.
SHE WAS HIRED AT CHANNEL 12 L
UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT.
>> BEING THE FIRST WOMAN
WEEKDAY ANCHOR I GOT A LOT OF
ATTENTION IN THOSE DAYS.
AND TY DIDN'T LISTEN TO THE NO.
1 RADIO SHOW IN THE MORNING
BECAUSE I FOUND IT VULGAR.
>>Reporter: TURNED OUT DENY
ARE WAS A CONSTANT SUBJECT OF A
POPULAR SHOCK JOCK ON WA P E
REIGN RADIO, THE GREAS MAN.
YOU.
>> PEOPLE WOULD SAY IT WAS
FUNNY OR LIKE WHAT A COMPLIMEN
FUNNY OR LIKE WHAT A
COMPLIMENT.
THIS GREASE MAN IS THE
SALIVATING AFTER YOU.
THAT'S A COMPLIMENT. NO. NO.
THAT'S NOT A COMPLIMENT.
>>Reporter: SO WHEN THE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AT CHANNEL
12 TOLD HE WANTED HER TO
INTERVIEW THE GREASE MAN.
>> I REMEMBER SAYI TO HIM
THIS DJ THE SAYS HIGHLY
OFFENSIVE INAPPROPRIATE THINGS
ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO REPRESENTS
THIS STATION ON THE AIR EVERY
NIGHT.
AND YOU ARE ASKING ME TO DO AN
INTERVIEW WITH HIM?
I SAID I CAN'T DO THAT.
AND HE SAID IF YOU ARE GOING TO
BE A WOMAN IN THIS BUSINESS,
YOU BETTER GET USED TO IT.
>>Reporter: AS A YOUNG
REPORTER, DEBORAH ENCOUNTERED
QUITE A FEW POWERFUL MEN A SHE
WENT ABOUT HER JOB.
USUALLY SHE JUST BRUSHED OFF
ANY UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENTS
SHE SAYS ONE STATE LEGISLATOR
ACTUALLY CHASED HER AROUND HIS
DESK HOLDING SILICONE BREAST
IMPLANTS.
>> IT WAS SO LUDICROUS.
SO LUDICROUS DON'T YOU WANT TO
FEEL THE SILICONE BREAST
IMPLANT.
IT'S A FORM OF POWER, ABUSE OF
POUVRMENT CAN I GET A RISE OUT
OF THIS YOUNG WOMAN.
CAN I GET SOME KIND OF REACTION
NOBODY WILL FIRE ME ANY MORE.
I HAVE A FABULOUS MARRIAGE.
I'M SO, SO FORTUNATE AND I HAVE
HAD A VOICE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THERE IS A WAY THAT I MIGHT
BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THOSE WHO
COULDN'T THAT'S WHY I FELT
ISSUED DO IT.
>>Reporter: FOR THE RECORD I
REACHED OUT TO THE GREASE MAN
SHOCK JOCK WHO KEPT RAWNING
COMMENTARY ON DEBORAH'S
APPEARANCE BACK IN THE 1980'S
AND TOLD ME ON FACEBOOK HE'S
RETIRED AND INFORM LONGER
ANSWERS QUESTIONS OR DOES
INTERVIEWS.
DEBORAH TOLD MEMOS REWARDING
THING OUT OF THIS IS THE
RESPONSE FROM 20 AND 30
SOMETHING, YOUNG WOMEN WHO
THANK HER FOR WRITING IT.
THEY SAY THOUGH THEYEN COUNT
THEY ARE TYPE OF BEHAVIOR ON
ONGOING BASIS AND WANTED TO
DRIVE HOME THIS POINT.
THIS IS A HUMAN ISSUE NOT A
STRIKE AGAINST MEN INSISTING WE
ALL NEED TO BE MORE CARING AND
CONSCIENTIOUS.
THE.
>> AS YOU KNOW I HAVE WORKED
WITH DEB 23 YEARS SIDE BY SIDE
AND I HAVE TO SAY SHE WAS
ALWAYS A PROFESSIONAL IN EVERY
SITUATION.
ALWAYS A PROFESSIONAL.
ALSO GRATEFUL TO SAY I HAVE
WORKED IN THE NEWSROOM BACK
THERE FOR 41 YEARS.
WE HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM
LIKE DEB DESCRIBED IN OUR
NEWSROOM.
I THINK IT'S PARTLY BECAUSE OF
THE FACT THAT FOR MANY YEARS
THE COMPANY WAS OWNED BY THE
CHAIR WOMAN OF THE "WASHINGTON
POST".
SOMEHOW WITHIN THE PAINT OF THE
WALLS THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR BY
ANYBODY MALE OR FEMALE IS NOT
TOLERATED.
>>Reporter: TRICKLE DOWN
ABSOLUTELY.
>> ON OUR WEB SITE WATCH MY
FULL UNCUT INTERVIEW WITH
DEBORAH AND FIND A LINK TO THE
EDITORIAL THAT SHE WROTE FOR
THE TIMES UNION.