>> SEVERAL WOMEN HAVE COME FORWARD IN SUPPORT OF ROGER
AILES AFTER GRETCHEN CARLSON MADE HER SEXUAL HARASSMENT
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM.
THESE THREE WOMEN SPOKE TO MEDIAITE
TO SHARE THEIR PERSPECTIVE AT
FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
THEY CLAIM ROGER AILES HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT
KIND, GENEROUS, AND PROFESSIONAL
WITH THEM.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT AFTER GRETCHEN
CARLSON CAME FORWARD WITH HER ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT, OTHER WOMEN FOLLOWED SUIT.
THESE THREE WOMEN ARE
CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT FOX NEWS.
THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY THEIR
PERCEPTION IS.
IT DOESN'T MEAN OTHER WOMEN HAVE NOT HAD
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AT FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
LET'S GIVE YOU
SOME OF THEIR STATEMENTS
PROVIDED TO MEDIAITE.
THE ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HOW WOMEN
AT FOX ARE TOLD THEY CAN'T WEAR PANTS.
THAT IS A STORY THAT
BROKE A FEW YEARS AGO.
IF YOU EVER WATCH FOX NEWS, THEY
USUALLY WEAR SHORT SKIRTS.
>> WOW.
ONCE I WORE PANTS.
THAT WILL SHOW THEM.
>> ANOTHER PERSON CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF ROGER AILES AND FOX
NEWS.
SHE SAYS THE FOLLOWING.
>>THE WHOLE STATION IS A LEG CAM.
YOU JUST GO ANYWHERE ON THE
INTERNET AND TYPE IN FOX NEWS LEGS.
BOOM.
IT IS NOT AN
ACCIDENT.
WE KNOW ONE OF THE FEMALE ANCHORS ASKED AT A SEXUAL
HARASSMENT TRAINING ASKED THAT SHE MUST WEAR A SKIRT AT WORK.
SO ALL THESE WOMEN TELLING YOU THERE IS NO SUCH POLICY ñ
THAT POLICY DEFINITELY EXISTS.
>> HARRIS FAULKNER SAID THE SAME THING.
I HATE DRESS CODES.
I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS.
I KNOW WHAT I SEE ON FOX NEWS
CHANNEL DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
IS WOMEN WEARING SHORT SKIRTS WITH
A CAMERA POINTING TO SUCH AN ANGLE WHERE YOU SEE THEIR LEGS.
LET'S GET TO OTHER EXPERIENCES
THAT THEY HAVE HAD.
>> ONE LAST THING, HARRIS FAULKNER ALSO SAID, " WE WANT
EYEBALLS ON THE SCREEN."
THAT IS AN ADMISSION OF WE ALL KNOW WE
ARE WEARING SHORT SKIRTS.
>> SHE SAID THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF OF COURSE WE ARE GOING TO BE
WELL GROOMED, WE WANT EYEBALLS
ON THE SCREEN.
BUT NONETHELESS LET ME MOVE FORWARD.
THERE WAS
SOME ACCUSATIONS AIMED TOWARDS STEPHEN DOOCY.
>> OKAY, BRING IT DOWN.
>> IF THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS, THAT IS FINE.
I WAS JUST THINKING
ABOUT PEOPLE THAT I ACTUALLY DO
LIKE.
I WOULD NEVER CONSTRUCT THOSE SENTENCES IN REGARDS TO
YOU.
I LIKE CENK, HE IS MY MENTOR, WE WORK TOGETHER FOR A
LONG TIME.
I DON'T BELIEVE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM.
IT JUST
SEEMS SO WEIRD AND DISINGENUOUS.
RELAX.
>> LOOK, THEY ARE SENDING THESE WOMEN OUT TO PLAY DEFENSE,
AND THAT IS NOT TO SAY IT'S NOT VOLUNTARY.
I DO BELIEVE THIS IS THEIR REAL OPINION.
>>I THINK SO AS WELL.
>> THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ROGER AILES DIDN'T DO IT TO OTHER
WOMEN.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES WITHIN
THE NETWORK.
IF THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE, I
AM GOING TO TAKE IT AT FACE
VALUE.
JUST BECAUSE SOME WOMEN HAD A PLEASANT EXPERIENCES WITH
A MALE COLLEAGUE DOESN'T MEAN THAT INDIVIDUAL DIDN'T DO
BAD THINGS TO OTHER PEOPLE.
>> IT'S LIKE SAYING CHARLES MANSON DIDN'T KILL ME, BUT HE
DID KILL OTHER PEOPLE.
IT IS NOT
A GREAT DEFENSE.
THEY ARE SAYING I AM A WOMAN, AND I HAVE NOT
EXPERIENCED THAT WITH ROGER AILES AND THAT IS FINE.
YESTERDAY I READ YOU THE SIX WOMEN THAT CAME OUT AGAINST HIM
WHO HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCE.
IN A LOT OF WAYS MUCH WORSE THAN GRETCHEN
CARLSON.
GRETCHEN CARLSON SAID HE FLAT-OUT PROPOSITIONED HER.
THE OTHER WOMEN TALKED ABOUT HOW HE WOULD TAKE OUT HIS GENITALS,
CHASE THEM AROUND THE ROOM,
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
YOU CAN READ THAT FOR YOURSELF, IT IS A NEW
YORK MAGAZINE.
THE DETAILS ARE GRUESOME.
THAT DOESN'T REALLY
MEAN ALL OF THE OTHER WOMEN SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T DO IT TO
THEM IS SOMEHOW WRONG.
>>IT DOESN'T CANCEL OUT WHAT HE COULD'VE ALLEGEDLY DONE TO OTHER
FEMALE EMPLOYEES UP A NETWORK.
JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE COMES OUT
AND SAYS THEY WERE A VICTIM OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT THE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE.
IT'S THE TYPE OF THING THAT
NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED.
GRETCHEN CARLSON IS SUING HIM AND IN ORDER TO GET ANYTHING OUT
OF THAT SHE HAS TO PROVE
DAMAGES.
SHE HAS TO PROVE SHE WAS SEXUALLY HARASSED.
WITH THAT
SAID, THEN COMING FORWARD AND SHARING THEIR OPINIONS IS FINE.
I STILL THINK ROGER AILES IS A DISGUSTING HUMAN BEING.
>> SIX WOMEN NOT INCLUDING GRETCHEN CARLSON OR THE OTHERS ñ
I DON'T THINK ALL THOSE WOMEN STRETCHING OVER ALL THOSE
DECADES ñ WHY WOULD THEY MAKE IT UP?
ONE OF THEM CAME OUT AND
SAID SHE WAS A REPUBLICAN
CONSERVATIVE AND ALL THAT SHE IS GOING TO GET IS CATCH A TON OF
HEAT.
THERE IS NOTHING TO GAIN, WHY WOULD ALL THOSE WOMEN MAKE
IT UP?
THERE IS ONE UNSETTLING THINGS ABOUT THIS AS WELL.
ONE
IS IS AN OLD FOX NEWS MOVE, YOU GET BLACK COMMENTATORS TO SAY
THE PROBLEM IS BLACKS.
NOW YOU HAVE THREE WOMEN THAT
COME OUT AND SAY HE'S NOT GUILTY.
WE ABSOLVE ROGER AILES FROM ANYTHING.
>> HE ALSO PUTS OTHER WOMEN AT THE NETWORK IN A WEIRD POSITION.
MEGYN KELLY HASN'T SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS YET.
>> I DON'T EVEN WANT TO NAME THE OTHER NAMES.
YOU KNOW WHO IS ON
AIR.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEM.
I FEEL A
LITTLE SICK THAT THEY ARE PUT IN
THE SPOT.
IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING THAT
HAPPENED TO THEM AT ALL.
THIS GUY ROGER AILES WHO HAS DONE
THIS OVER AND OVER FOR ALL THESE YEARS, HE IS THEIR BATH, NOW
THEY ARE PUT IN AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION.
IF YOU DON'T COME OUT,
AND THE OTHER FEMALE ANCHORS
CAME OUT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
AT THE SAME TIME IT IS WEIRD TO
RAISE HER HAND AND SAY I WASN'T
SEXUALLY HARASSED OR ASSAULTED.
IS AN IMPOSSIBLE SPOT FOR THEM.
ROGER AILES PUT THEM IN THAT
SPOT GOT IN MY OPINION, OBVIOUSLY THEY WILL HAVE TO GO
TO COURT AND FIGURE IT OUT, BUT RIGHT NOW THIS DOESN'T LOOK VERY
GOOD IF YOU ARE ROGER AILES.
THAT'S WHY HE IS THE ONE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THEM IN
THAT AWKWARD POSITION.
>> BY THE WAY, I HAVE TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING.
IF YOU ARE AN
EMPLOYEE AT FOX NEWS AND YOU
LOSE THAT JOB, OR YOU WALK AWAY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SPEAK
THE TRUTH, WHERE DO YOU GO FROM THERE?
>>NOWHERE.
THAT IS WHY THEY DON'T CROSS IT.
TO BE FAIR, IT
IS VERY SIMILAR AT MSNBC.
I HAD TREMENDOUS DISAGREEMENTS WITH
MANAGEMENT AT MSNBC.
THOSE WERE JUST POLICY AND DIFFERENCES.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH CABLE
NEWS.
IF YOU ARE ON MSNBC THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
THEY HAVE YOU BY THE BALLS.
>>THERE
ARE OTHER JOBS OUT THERE, BUT THEY ARE NOT LUCRATIVE.
>>THAT IS RIGHT.
THAT'S WHY ROGER AILES HAS THE KIND OF
POWER HE HAS.
IF YOU ARE AN
UP-AND-COMING REPORTER, OR NOT AND YOU COME INTO HIS OFFICE,
YOU ARE EITHER GOING TO GET THAT
JOB OR YOU ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO MILWAUKEE.
THAT IS ALL THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
OR YOU ARE EITHER GOING TO KEEP THAT
JOB OR FACE OF THE ABYSS.
CNN IS NOT LIKELY TO HIRE YOU.
WHO ELSE
IS GOING TO HIRE YOU?
YES, YOU CAN GET ANOTHER JOB, BUT YOU
WILL GO FROM A MULTI- MILLION-DOLLAR CONTRACT BACK TO
MILWAUKEE.
THAT IS WHY SOME OF THESE GUYS HOLD TREMENDOUS POWER.
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER, APPARENTLY SOME ARE
WILLING TO ABUSE IT.