FOX NEWS IS NOT HAVING A GOOD WEEK.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE LAWSUIT AGAINST BILL O'REILLY AND ROGER
AILES, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT THERE IS ANOTHER FORMER
EMPLOYEE, BY THE NAME OF JUDITH SLATER, THE FORMER
COMPTROLLER, WHO WAS ALSO DEALING WITH LAWSUITS DUE
TO RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION.
THERE ARE THREE WOMEN WHO HAVE FILED THIS SUIT AGAINST FOX NEWS
BECAUSE OF THEIR INACTION TOWARD THE COMPTROLLER.
TERESA WHITE, MONICA DOUGLAS, AND TICHAONO BROWN FILED A
LAWSUIT AGAINST THE NETWORK AND SLATER, ACCUSING THEM OF
RACIAL DETERMINATION.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SLATER: " WALKING DOWN
THE HALLWAY, IF YOU ENCOUNTER JUDITH SLATER, SHE WOULD
PUT OUR HANDS, YOU KNOW IN THIS MOTION, I GUESS MOCKING THE
BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT.
SHE REQUIRED US TO SAY GOOD NIGHT AT SIX OR WHATEVER
TIME YOU ARE LEAVING, AND INSTEAD OF SAYING GOOD
NIGHT, IT WAS HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT.
THAT WAS THE TIPPING POINT FOR ME."
ALL THREE PLAINTIFFS IN THIS CASE ARE BLACK WOMEN, JUDITH
SLATER IS WHITE, AND THEY SPOKE ABOUT THIS LAWSUIT ON GOOD
MORNING AMERICA AND WE HAVE A COUPLE CLIPS.
BEFORE WE GO TO THAT, AND WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS EVEN
WORSE, BUT IF MY EMPLOYER TOLD ME, NO, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, SINCE
YOU ARE BLACK YOU HAVE TO GO HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT, LOOK, I
DON'T BLAME THEM BECAUSE THEY HAD JOBS AND IT'S HARD TO GET A
JOB, IT'S TOUGH, BUT MAN, THAT'S SO NUTS.
THAT IS SODA GRADING, SO RIDICULOUS, THAT I CAN'T
IMAGINE IT.
BUT IT'S ABOUT TO GET MUCH WORSE.
I WANT YOU TO HEAR FROM THE WOMEN THEMSELVES.
AGAIN, THIS WAS ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA.
SHE WOULD OFTEN SAY ñ CALL ME OUT, CANCER GIRL.
ONE BOOB GIRL.
JUST IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS?
IN THE NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS, IN FRONT OF MY STAFF.
AND ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, YOU RAISED THESE ISSUES WITH
FOX'S GENERAL COUNSEL.
THAT'S RIGHT, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DIANE
REGARDING TO THIS BEHAVIOR, AND BASICALLY SHE IS
UNTOUCHABLE, SHE CANNOT BE FIRED BECAUSE SHE KNOWS TOO MUCH.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS, I WAS WONDERING WHY IN THE WORLD
WOULDN'T YOU FIRE THIS DESPICABLE PERSON?
NOW, I GET IT, FOX IS BUILT ON RACISM, SO PART OF THE
THINGS THAT SHE SAID, LIKE SAYING THAT BLACK PEOPLE
MISPRONOUNCE THEIR WORDS, THAT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
WAS RACIST, WELL THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY ON AIR AT FOX NEWS.
IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW,
IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEONE SUING MOTHER TERESA, YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M SAYING?
SO THAT PART I UNDERSTAND.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S STILL WRONG, AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT, IT'S
AGAINST THE LAW, AND YOU WILL AND SHOULD GET SUED FOR
HARASSMENT IF YOU DO THAT, BUT AT LEAST THAT PART IS
IMAGINABLE.
SOMEBODY SAYS CANCER GIRL TO A CANCER PATIENT, OR CALLS THEM
ONE BOOB GIRL BECAUSE THEY HAD CANCER AND LOST A BREAST?
HOW IS THAT NOT AN IMMEDIATELY FIREABLE OFFENSE?
HERE, AT THE VERY LEAST I WOULD PULL THEM ASIDE AND SAY
WHAT ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH WERE YOU THINKING?
AND IF THEY DID HAVE A GOOD ANSWER, THEY WOULD BE GONE.
BUT REMEMBER, ALL THE DIRTIEST ñ ALL THE DIRTY STUFF THAT'S
GOING ON INSIDE FOX NEWS, SHE KNEW TOO MUCH.
SO IF SHE KNOWS THE DIRTY STUFF, SHE HAS LEVERAGE OVER HER
BOSSES, THAT'S WHY THEY CAN'T REMOVE HER AND THAT'S WHY
SHE FEELS EMPOWERED TO SAY ANYTHING SHE WANTS.
I CAN MOCK YOU ALL I WANT, I CAN MAKE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS UP, I'M
UNTOUCHABLE BECAUSE I GOT DIRT ON THE BOSSES.
AND HONESTLY, FOX NEWS, ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT, AND
REMEMBER, WE KNOW WHAT THE LAWSUIT SAYS, WE KNOW WHAT THE
WOMEN ARE SAYING DURING THIS INTERVIEW, BUT BASED ON WHAT
THEY ARE SAYING, FOX NEWS REFUSED TO FIRE SLATER UNTIL
THEY CAME OUT AND WERE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY
INTENDED ON SUING.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY FIRED SLATER.
LET'S GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS, IN THEIR OWN WORDS.
SHE CALLED ME DOWN TO HER OFFICE ONE DAY, AND SHE WAS ACTUALLY IN
A MEETING WITH HER ACCOUNTING TEAM, AND SHE HAD THESE WORDS ON
POST-ITS, AND SHE SAID, I WANT YOU TO SAY THIS WORD, AND IT WAS
MOTHER.
AND THAT SHE PICKED UP ANOTHER ONE, AND IT WAS FATHER.
AND ASK, FIFTH, ALL OF THESE WORDS, AND I SAID WHY DO
YOU HAVE ME DOING THIS?
AND SHE'S JUST LIKE, BLACK PEOPLE CONTINUALLY MISPRONOUNCE
THESE WORDS, AND I HAVE A COUPLE BLACK PEOPLE ON MY STAFF,
AND IT IS WORDS THAT ARE ALWAYS MISPRONOUNCED ON MEETINGS,
AND SHE WANTS TO SEE IF I AS WELL MISPRONOUNCE THESE WORDS.
THE DEGREE TO WHICH THAT IS DEMEANING IS INDESCRIBABLE.
HOW CAN ANY DECENT HUMAN BEING ALLOW SOMEONE TO DO THAT TO
THEIR EMPLOYEES?
WELL, THAT PROCESS ñ THAT PRESUPPOSES THAT THERE ARE
ANY DECENT HUMAN BEINGS INSIDE OF FOX NEWS.
I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO INTERPRET THIS AS ME MAKING A CEASES
FOR HER, BECAUSE I THINK JUDITH SLATER IS A HORRIBLE PERSON
FOR TREATING INDIVIDUALS LIKE THIS, IF EVIDENCE PROVES
THAT SHE TREATED PEOPLE LIKE THIS.
BUT SHE IS A MISERABLE PERSON.
HAPPY PEOPLE, CONTENT PEOPLE DO NOT GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO
MAKE OTHERS MISERABLE.
SHE IS A MISERABLE, SAD PERSON.
THIS IS THE WHOLE THING I TELL MY KIDS, IF THERE IS A
BULLY IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE SAD INSIDE.
NO ONE WHO IS HAPPY GOES AROUND BULLYING OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
HOW DO YOU BULLY SOMEONE WHO SUFFERED FROM CANCER?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND, THAT DOESN'T REGISTER IN MY MIND, I
CAN'T FATHOM DOING THAT TO ANYONE, EVEN MY WORST ENEMY.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A SPECIAL DARKNESS IN YOUR SOUL, AND
CREATED PROBABLY BY SOME TRAUMA, MAYBE WE ARE OUT LIBBING
OURSELVES HERE.
DUE TO SLATER, IF ALL OF THIS IS PROVEN IN COURT, HAD TO
HAVE SOMETHING GO DISASTROUSLY WRONG IN HER LIFE TO TREAT
OTHER HUMAN BEINGS THAT WAY.
IT'S SO BAD.
LET'S HEAR FROM ONE OF THE PLAINTIFF IN THIS CASE, AND
HERE'S ONE OTHER PRETTY DISGUSTING, DEPLORABLE THING.
WHAT ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SHE COMES UP TO YOU AND ASK
YOU IF ALL YOUR CHILDREN HAD THE SAME BOTHER?
WE WERE IN AN ELEVATOR ONE DAY, AND SHE CAME UP, SHE SAW ME
WITH A BAG AND SHE WAS LIKE, OH, BIG BAG?
AND I'M LIKE, YES.
I'M JUST LIKE, I'M GOING TO TAKE MY FOOD HOME BECAUSE I
DIDN'T FINISH EATING IT, I'M GOING TO TAKE IT TO MY KIDS.
SHE'S LIKE, OH YOU HAVE CHILDREN?
I'M LIKE, I HAVE 3.
ALL BY THE SAME MAN?
AND I'M LIKE, YES.
I WAS SHOCKED.
WE WILL GO TO COURT TO SEE HOW IT IS PROVEN OUT, BUT THE
FACT THAT IT IS ALLOWED IS EVEN WORSE.
YOU CAN RUN INTO BAD PEOPLE, RACIST, YES, BUT FOR THAT TO BE
ALLOWED FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO GO ON IN A WORKPLACE IS UNREAL.
AGAIN, EVEN IF YOU PUT THE RACIAL STUFF ASIDE, FOR A BOSS
TO DEMEAN THEIR EMPLOYEES IN THAT KIND OF A SICK WAY, AND HER
BOSSES GO, NO PROBLEM WITH THAT, YEAH, KEEP CALLING HER ONE BOOB
GIRL, OH GOD, JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT FOX NEWS COULDN'T
GET ANY WORSE.
AND JUST TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE,
REGARDING HOW SLATER KNOWS TOO MUCH ABOUT THE COMPANY.
SHE WAS A 19 YEAR VETERAN AT FOX NEWS, SHE HAD BEEN THERE
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SO I'M SURE SHE SAW A LOT OF THINGS, I'M SURE SHE EXPERIENCED
A LOT OF THINGS, AND THAT WAS PUBLICLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
FOX NEWS WAS, YOU KNOW, IGNORING THE ISSUE AND WAS
COMPLETELY INACTIVE WHEN IT CAME TO DEALING WITH IT.
THIS KIND OF TOXIC ENVIRONMENT FOR 19 YEARS.
BY THE WAY, WHAT MIGHT SHE KNOW?
NOW WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO SPECULATION.
IF YOU ARE THE COMPTROLLER, YOU KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING,
AND IF YOU SOUGHT MONEY LEAVING FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
SETTLEMENTS, WHICH WERE NOT REPORTED PUBLICLY, WHICH IS
ILLEGAL, WHICH IS WHAT NEW YORK STATE IS PURSUING RIGHT NOW,
THOSE CHARGES MIGHT BE COMING AT FOX NEWS SOON, THAT'S WHAT WAS
BEING INVESTIGATED, AND IF YOU HAD ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION,
AND WE KNOW THAT HAPPENED AT FOX NEWS, THEN YOU CAN GO TO YOUR
BOSSES AND SAY, THE HEAD ñ HEY, LET ME TREAT BLACK PEOPLE ANYWAY
I WANT, LET ME DEMEAN ANYONE I WANT AND RUN ROUGHSHOD HERE,
BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE YOU TOOK THAT MONEY AND DIDN'T REPORT IT.
YEAH, AND I DON'T THINK SHE HAS TO BE THAT EXPLICIT ABOUT WHAT
SHE WANTS TO DO, SHE'S JUST GOING TO GET THAT PROTECTION BY
DEFAULT.
IF THERE IS SOME WRONGDOING AT FOX NEWS THAT SHE KNOWS
ABOUT, CAN USE AGAINST THE EMPLOYER.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT LED TO THIS CARTE BLANCHE, AND YOU GIVE
SOMEBODY AT FOX NEWS CARTE BLANCHE, THEN WATCH OUT.