#MeToo?

“Over the past 18 months, at least 15 women have come out publicly with allegations of sexual harassment at Fox spanning decades. Of them, just one has landed a job in TV news, and at least five have failed to find any full-time employment. None of the women who filed sexual harassment claims against Fox have found jobs in news. Most haven’t been seen in the media in years.” 

—Yardena Schwartz, contributor, “Silence breakers speak out against news industry’s hypocrisy: Women who speak out about sexual harassment are often blacklisted by other news organizations,” Columbia Journalism Review, April 5, 2018.

• Editorial Comment: Sure, “Shame on Fox.” But shame on the rest of news business, too.

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