ARE FORCED TO ARM WRESTLE FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
GABRIEL SHERMAN TAUGHT SPOKE WITH MSNBC AND THIS IS WHAT
HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT.
>> JOY, THIS IS ASSISTED TIMETT PROBLEM AT FOX NEWS THAT
WAS CREATED BY ROGER AILES OVER MORE THAN TWO DECADES AND
OVERNIGHT, I REPORTED ON PENDING LITIGATION THAT IS GOING TO
BE FILED NEXT WEEK BY SEVEN MORE AFRICAN-AMERICANS EMPLOYEES
AT FOX NEWS WHO ARE CLAIMING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND I
OBTAINED A LETTER FROM THEIR ATTORNEYS THAT WAS SENT TO
FOX THAT DESCRIBED REALLY HORRIFIC ACTS OF RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION IN WHICH BLACK EMPLOYEES WERE FORCED TO
ARM WRESTLE FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF WHITE
EMPLOYEES IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT.
THE SOURCE OF
DESCRIPTIONS REALLY EVIDENT OF A CULTURE THAT IS ENTRENCHED AND
THAT HAS NOT CHANGED IN THE WAKE OF BILL O'REILLY'S DEPARTURE.
>> SO THE LEGAL NIGHTMARES CONTINUE FOR FOX NEWS.
WHAT I FOUND PARTICULARLY TROUBLING AND I WANT TO GET
A REACTION FROM YOU GUYS IS THE ENCOUNTER THAT THEY ARE
DESCRIBING AS SUBSTANTIVELY THERE WERE OTHER EMPLOYEES
THAT WERE PRESENT AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THERE IS A GROSS
CULTURE HERE GOING ON AT FOX NEWS, NO ONE WAS GOING TO SPEAK
UP AND SAY THAT THIS WAS WRONG BEFORE THIS LAWSUIT COMES OUT.
I THINK THAT TO ME IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN UNHEALTHY,
TOXIC WORKPLACE CULTURE THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF IT.
WOULD YOU AGREE?
>> I THINK WHAT IS SURPRISING IS HOW SURPRISED WE ARE.
THEY SAY SUCH VILE THINGS ON AIR, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
I GUESS EVERYTHING IS FAKE THESE DAYS SO MAYBE TO SOME
DEGREE IT'S ALL A PLATE OF THEM.
CAN THEY REALLY MEAN ALL THAT IT TURNS OUT NO, THEY DO MEAN IT.
THEY INVITE VILE PEOPLE TO WORK THERE THEY'VE CREATED A VILE
CULTURE TAUGHT THE REASON WHY I FIND IS STILL SURPRISING THAN
THE LESS IS BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, COUPLE YEARS AGO WE DID A SUPER
FUN ARM WRESTLING CONTEST HERE AT THE YOUNG TURKS.
WE
ALL PARTICIPATED BUT COULD YOU IMAGINE IF I CAME IN AND
SAID NO, ONLY JAYAR AND JIM WILL BE WRESTLING.
THEY ARE THE TWO AFRICAN-AMERICANS, I WANT
TO SEE THEM ARM WRESTLE.
1ST OF ALL, THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS
HERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE LIKE WHAT?
THAT IS SUCH A FOREIGN CONCEPT TO ME.
ARE YOU INSANE?
WHO WOULD DO THAT.
BUT IT HAS SEEPED IN AT FOX NEWS SO MUCH THAT EVEN THE
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT IS DOING IT THAT YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
AT THE TOP YOU HAVE ALL OF THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT BUT IT
HAS SEEPED IN SO MUCH OF THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT IS
LIKE OF COURSE, OBSOLETE.
>> BELLAMY GET A REACTION FROM YOU ON THE STORY.
>> THAT KIND OF THING I WOULD SAY, IT'S SIMILAR TO THE OTHER
STORY WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHERE IT IS LIKE WHAT YOU DO?
IF YOU ARE THE DECENT LEVELHEADED PERSON IN THAT
SITUATION
>> WORKING IN AN ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT ARE
>> YOU ARE IN ASSISTANT ON SOMEONE'S DESK.
THERE IS THE OTHER ANNOYING LEVEL OF IT TO SAY I AM AFRAID
THAT IF I BRING THIS UP THEN SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO ME
AND THAT IS WHY WE NEED TO NOT HAVE ANY OF THIS STUFF AT
WORKPLACES BECAUSE THE SAME WITH SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND WHATEVER
WEIRD GLADIATOR SYSTEM THEY DEVISED AT FOX NEWS IT
SEEMS THAT WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER IF IT WASN'T THAT WAY?
WOULDN'T IT BE AWESOME IF PEOPLE COULD JUST KIND OF BE A
WORK AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT STUFF?
SO OFTEN IS LIKE THE HIGHER-UPS SAYING I WANT TO PRESERVE THIS
COOL, FUN VIBE FOR ME TO TELL THESE JOKES AND ACT THIS WAY BUT
IT IS LIKE GIVE UP YOUR JOKES BECAUSE IT IS REALLY
NEGATIVELY AFFECTING OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS DIGEST SEEM SO WEIRD.
>> THERE WAS A TERM ANALYSIS ANOTHER STORY SHE SAID IT AM
GLAD WERE GETTING SOME DAYLIGHT ON THE STORIES THAT WE STILL
NEED TO GET THE FACTS, RENOUNCES ALLEGATIONS IN THE LAWSUIT BUT
IF THEY COME OUT TO BE TRUE THEN IT IS GOOD TO HAVE DAYLIGHT
SET ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FOX NEWS CORPORATION
BECAUSE IT IS NOT OKAY AND IT NEEDS TO BE CALLED OUT.
>> IF YOU GAVE ME THREE OPTIONS OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED AT FOX
NEWS THEN I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FICTIONAL ONCE IN THIS I
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PICK OUT WHICH ONE.
>> YOU WOULD DEFINITELY THINK THIS WAS THE MADE UP ONE.
>> ITíS DOGFIGHTING AND PEOPLE HAVE TO RUN NAKED TO THE
OFFICE TO THE BATHROOM.
NOW ALL BETS ARE OFF.
WHEN THERE IS A RACIST ARM WRESTLING OVER THE TOP
MOVIE HAPPENING THAT IS A PROBLEM.
>> IT REMINDED ME OF DJANGO UNCHAINED THE LITTLE BIT.
IT IS
REALLY GROSS IF IT'S TRUE BUT YOU WOULD'VE GUESSED WRONG ON
ALL OF THEM.
THERE WAS THE LADY WHO CALLED THE CANCER
SURVIVOR ONE-BOOB GIRL.
THERE WAS THE SAME WOMAN SAYING TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN
WORKERS THERE THAT EVERY DAY THEY HAD TO PUT THEIR ARMS
UP AND GO HANDS UP DON'T SHOOT BEFORE THEY LEFT.
TURNS OUT IF THEY ARE DEEPLY RACIST ON-AIR, THEY MIGHT
BE DEEPLY RACIST OFF AIR.