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    Fox News Forgets Its Own Sexual Harassment Problem And Again Attacks Victims

    Doha Madani
    HuffPostNovember 10, 2017
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    Fox News Forgets Its Own Sexual Harassment Problem And Again Attacks Victims
    Sean Hannity and Mercedes Colwin, a Fox News legal analyst, focused on the myth that women often lie about sexual harassment as they discussed Roy Moore’s alleged relationships with underage women.

    Sean Hannity and Mercedes Colwin, a Fox News legal analyst, focused on the myth that women often lie about sexual harassment as they discussed Roy Moore’s alleged relationships with underage women.  

    Moore, Alabama’s Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, is accused of pursuing teenage girls while he was in his early 30s, according to a Washington Post investigation published Thursday. In the article, four women detailed relationships with Moore while they were 14 to 18 years old. One woman, now 53, told the Post that when she was 14, Moore took her to his house and sexually assaulted her.

    Hannity and Colwin spent a portion of the segment focusing on false accusations, despite research that suggests only 2 percent to 10 percent of allegations are likely false reports. 

    ″Now, I know, and this goes back what you said, do people do it for money?” Hannity asked Colwin. “Do people do it for political reasons? Is that more common than people would think?”

    The segment was especially interesting given the history of sexual harassment claims, and victim blaming, at Fox News.  

    Fox tonight - which has fired multiple men for sexual harassment - hosted a segment trashing women who come forward to reveal sexual harassment. pic.twitter.com/MzdYDeC4gr

    — Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) November 10, 2017

    Colwin told the host that women “definitely” falsely report harassment more than people think.

    “Some jurors don’t believe it, because ... in their own lives there are people who have made these accusations for money,” Colwin said. “You see this time and time and time again.” 

    Studies suggest the opposite actually, showing that two in three sexual assaults will never be reported and that 70 percent of workplace harassment victims won’t speak up out of fear of retaliation.

    Colwin responded Monday to criticism of her remark about there are “very few” victims of sexual predators.

    Having considered the comments,especially my "very few and far between" remark which has regretfully caused tumult and pain, it was made in the context of civil cases of sexual harassment that I've handled as an attorney and as a judge.(6)

    — Mercedes Colwin (@MercedesColwin) November 12, 2017

    Several high-profile men at Fox News were forced out after coming under fire for sexual harassment allegations, including founder Roger Ailes and hosts Bill O’Reilly and Eric Boiling. The network has been accused of publicly attacking the victims who reported harassment claims, including former anchor Gretchen Carlson. 

    Megyn Kelly, once a star anchor at Fox News and another Ailes accuser, claims that she once reported Bill O’Reilly to superiors at the network but got no results. Kelly accused the network of publicly shaming victims during her new show on NBC’s “Today.” 

    “At Fox News, the media relations chief Irena Briganti is known for her vindictiveness,” Kelly said in October. “To this day, she pushes negative articles on certain Ailes accusers, like the one you are looking at right now.”

    “Irena is a valued colleague and she has our full support,” parent company 21st Century Fox responded.

    This article has been updated with responses from 21st Century Fox and Mercedes Colwin.

    • This article originally appeared on HuffPost.
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