Variety - The old-school newsroom culture of Fox News was laid bare last July when former anchor Gretchen Carlson sued Ailes personally for sexual harassment, asserting that she was fired after refusing his request for sexual favors. Within a month, after Fox News parent company 21st Century Fox initiated an internal investigation, Ailes was forced to resign as Fox News chairman-CEO, a swift fall from power that stunned the media industry.
Just last month, Ailes’ longtime star anchor, Bill O’Reilly, was also forced out of Fox News after 21 years because of a cascade of sexual harassment allegations.
The fallout from the Ailes and O’Reilly scandals has prompted ongoing investigations by the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Service on whether Fox News parent 21st Century Fox properly accounted to shareholders for legal settlement payments in connection with the harassment allegations.
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