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Editor’s note: Almost a decade after helping to bring down Roger Ailes, former Fox News hosts Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky remain silenced to varying degrees by non-disclosure agreements over what went down at the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet. As the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Sean “Diddy” Combs face new criminal sex charges in the courts, the Lift Our Voices co-founders advocate for new #MeToo Movement momentum and stopping predators from keeping the survivors of their crimes out of the public eye.

With the recent indictment of Sean “Diddy” Combs, yet another high-profile man has been credibly accused of horrific sexual assault and misconduct, paving the way for another major industry to have its #MeToo moment.

We have been here before.

In July 2016, one of us, Gretchen, was the first to file a sexual harassment complaint against then-Fox News CEO and chairman Roger Ailes, kicking off a reckoning about...

C-span coverage of Congress turned into a Jerry Springer-like spectacle of name-calling and insults on Thursday, as a verbal jab lobbed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-ga) triggered an extended period of outcry from several Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.

The purpose of the hearing was to consider whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt, a polarizing proposal that quickly made the proceedings raucous. But things got especially chaotic after Greene took a swipe at Rep. Jasmine Crockett over her “fake eyelashes.”

Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-ny) then stepped in to protest Greene’s remarks, telling her, “How dare you attack the physical appearance of another person.”

Greene responded, “Are your feelings hurt?”

“Oh, girl. Baby girl. Don’t even play,” Ocasio-Cortez responded.

Greene said that she would strike her words, but she declined to apologize.

For her part, Crockett got in a dig at Greene as...

A new Makers conference is less than a month away with a slew of notable names confirmed for the program.

The ninth installment of the event — produced by Makers, a Yahoo media brand and designed to foster a community focused on women’s equity in the workplace and beyond — will take place inside the Beverly Hilton on Feb. 27-29. It will feature a roster of women from the worlds of business, entertainment, tech, finance, policy and sports with the theme of “Making the Future Now.”

Confirmed for the program are Gwyneth Paltrow, Lift Our Voices co-founder Gretchen Carlson, comedian Leslie Jones, Studio One Eighty Nine Abrima Erwiah, actress and writer Riki Lindhome, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund president and CEO Alexis McGill, August co-founder Nadya Okamoto, TV host Michaela Pereira, actress Karen Pittman, Lift Our Voices co-founder Julie Roginsky, former Netflix marketing chief Bozoma Saint John,...

Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News host who sued the network for sexual harassment and won, will be the subject of a new documentary, “In Her Own Words,” which will examine the use of non-disclosure agreements to silence whistleblowers. The film will also chronicle the efforts of Carlson and Julie Roginsky to launch Lift Our Voices, a nonprofit initiative which is trying to eliminate NDAs and mandatory arbitration clauses from the workplace.

“In Her Own Words” will be made with Carlson’s full participation and collaboration, but in a sad bit of irony, the newscaster can’t address certain parts of her time at Fox News as she remains bound by the NDA that accompanied her settlement.

“It is time to tell my story,” said Carlson. “One-third of American workers are bound by NDAs. They cannot tell their own truths, they cannot tell their own stories. I hope that collaborating...

The story of Fox News whistleblower Gretchen Carlson is to be told in a feature documentary from Xtr.

The non-fiction studio is putting together In Her Own Words, which will tell the story of how Carlson and her Lift Our Voices co-founder Julie Roginsky started a movement to end the use of NDAs after her battle with the news network.

Directed by Cynthia Lowen (Bully), the film dives into the consequences of forced arbitration and NDAs, and how it can impact every facet of your life, from personal relationships to your future, with many victims forced to forever pay the price of a system that protects perpetrators. In addition to subjects Carlson and Roginsky, the film will explore the issue by following multiple subjects grappling with forced arbitration and NDAs.

In 2016, Carlson revealed on social media that he had left Fox News and filed a lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court against Roger Ailes.

Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson will discuss her fight against Roger Ailes in a new documentary feature, as well as her ongoing effort to end the use of nondisclosure agreements, or NDAs, in the workplace.

Though she remains bound by her own NDA, Carlson is fully participating and collaborating with the filmmakers of the documentary, which depicts her own activism along with the goal of reclaiming the narrative of her battle with Ailes. In 2016, Carlson’s allegations of sexual harassment resulted in her exit from Fox News and a settlement package in exchange for signing an NDA to not speak about Ailes or Fox News again.

The film, titled “In Her Own Words,” is directed by Emmy nominee Cynthia Lowen. The doc will dive into the consequences of forced arbitration and NDAs, examining how it can impact every facet of a person’s life, with many victims forced to...

Indie doc studio Xtr is at work on In Her Own Words, a feature documentary about Fox News Channel alums Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky and their campaign against Roger Ailes and the use of nondisclosure agreements.

The premium nonfiction producer has tapped Cynthia Lowen to direct the doc set to feature Carlson and Roginsky. The duo launched Lift Our Voices to stop companies from using NDAs to cover up incidents of workplace harassment and discrimination. In Her Own Words will be produced by Rebekah Shufelt, while Kathryn Everett, Bryn Mooser and Justin Lacob executive produce for Xtr.

Carlson’s allegations against Ailes led to his exit ...

Indie doc studio Xtr is at work on In Her Own Words, a feature documentary about Fox News Channel alums Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky and their campaign against Roger Ailes and the use of nondisclosure agreements.

The premium nonfiction producer has tapped Cynthia Lowen to direct the doc set to feature Carlson and Roginsky. They launched Lift Our Voices to stop companies from using NDAs to cover up incidents of workplace harassment and discrimination. In Her Own Words will be produced by Rebekah Shufelt, while Kathryn Everett, Bryn Mooser, and Justin Lacob executive producing for Xtr.

Carlson’s allegations against Ailes led to his exit from ...

Exclusive: Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is returning to the interviewer’s chair as part of a deal with Blumhouse Television, the studio behind Showtime’s The Loudest Voice. Carlson has partnered with the indie studio to develop an interview series which Blumhouse will produce.

The Golden Globe-nominated The Loudest Voice, which tells the story of Fox News founder and longtime chief Roger Ailes, depicts Carlson’s time at the network with Ailes, as well as her departure and the filing of her sexual harassment lawsuit against her former boss, which led to the eventual end of Ailes’ reign and precipitated the #MeToo movement.

Carlson is portrayed by Naomi Watts in The Loudest Voice, one of two high-profile 2019 screen takes on the Fox News sexual harassment scandal, along with the movie Bombshell, in which she is portrayed by Nicole Kidman.

Described as “an interview series that dares to ask...

While former ESPN commentator Jemele Hill hasn’t seen “Bombshell,” she still commented on its unimpressive box office showing on Twitter Thursday.

“I wouldn’t see this movie if the fate of humanity depended on it. Pains me to say that because I love the three lead actresses,” Hill tweeted on Thursday. “Fox News is a destructive, despicable force. Did they ever consider that the reputation of the network and Roger Ailes was too toxic?”

While “Bombshell” stars Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and Charlize Theron as three Fox News employees taking on the culture of the company under the now-disgraced Roger Ailes (played by John Lithgow), the timely subject matter and star-studded cast didn’t equal a box office smash. The film premiered on Dec. 20 and has generated $19.6 million domestically as of Jan. 2, on an estimated $32 million budget .

I wouldn’t see this movie if the fate of humanity depended on it.

Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News anchor who sued the late Roger Ailes and accused him of sexual harassment, says victim-blaming always follows whistleblowing and uses “the same myths as domestic violence.”

Carlson appeared on Sophia Bush’s “Work in Progress” podcast on Tuesday, where she discussed the cultural reaction to women’s whistleblowing and her new initiative, “Lift Our Voices,” which pushes for the end of non-disclosure agreements that prevent employees from discussing sexual harassment and assault.

Also Read: Gretchen Carlson, Julie Roginsky, Diana Falzone Create Advocacy Group Against Non-Disclosure Agreements

Bush observed what she called a “cognitive dissonance” in discussions of the #MeToo movement: “We act as though it’s a one-to-one kind of ratio, like, ‘You could have done more. You could have said more. Why didn’t you quit?'”

To which Carlson continued, “‘Why did you stay?’ They’re all the same myths as domestic violence.

Former Fox newscaster Gretchen Carlson today renewed her call for Fox to lift its non-disclosure agreements for employees.

Carlson voiced her complaints in an editorial in the New York Times. It arrives as the film Bombshell hits theaters tomorrow, dramatizing the efforts of women (including Carlson) to expose former CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. The Jay Roach film stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and John Lithgow,

“When I sued, I could have never known that my story and the stories of other women at Fox would turn into both a television mini-series and a film, and, more important, that I would be prohibited from speaking about these projects,” said Carlson in her Times editorial.

She noted that she initially felt like she won a victory by retaining the right to speak about harassment in general. “But had I known my complaint would help ignite such a profound...

After suing Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment in 2016, Gretchen Carlson wants to ensure that NDAs don't continue to stand in the way of exposing workplace misconduct. 

"At the time I felt all alone, but since then, many more women have found the courage to say enough is enough," said the former Fox host.

At The Hollywood Reporter's annual Power 100 Women in Entertainment event presented by Lifetime on Monday, Carlson announced the launch of the Lift Our Voices initiative, co-created with fellow Fox alumna Julie Roginsky.

The duo encouraged the ...

Gretchen Carlson, Julie Roginsky, and Diana Falzone — all former Fox News hosts or reporters — have created a new advocacy group to fight back against non-disclosure agreements or forced arbitration clauses in the workplace.

Lift Our Voices aims to “create a seismic cultural shift where all current and former workers and volunteers are able to speak truth to power without adverse consequences and fear of retaliation,” according to its website. To do so, the group is setting its sights on the aforementioned NDAs, forced arbitration clauses, and other confidentiality agreements that are often used in contracts to silence survivors of workplace sexual harassment.

Julie Roginsky, pictured in 2017. (Fox News)

“If there are companies that we feel are abusing their Nda process, to malign women or to protect a toxic work environment, we will build our digital army and we will send out a call to action to boycott their project,” Roginsky...

Gretchen Carlson, Julie Roginsky and Diana Falzone, each of whom sued Fox News Channel and/or Roger Ailes with accusations of sexual harassment, retaliation or discrimination, have launched a nationwide effort to end the mandatory use of non-disclosure agreements.

Lift Our Voices will seek to end NDAs, confidentiality provisions and forced arbitration clauses that the group says have prevented employees from publicly discussing and disclosing toxic workplace conditions, including sexual harassment and assault.

The announcement of the new organization arrives just as Jay Roach’s film Bombshell, starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and John Lithgow, is about to hit theaters later this month. The film dramatizes the real-life efforts of women at Fox News to expose then-ceo Roger Ailes for sexual harassment.

“Lift Our Voices believes that every workplace must treat everyone who walks through its doors with dignity and respect,” Carlson, Roginsky and Falzone said in a statement.

Julie Roginsky was optimistic walking into her first meeting with an agent after leaving Fox News in 2017. A charismatic Democratic strategist and daughter of Soviet dissidents, Roginsky supplied a rare progressive voice on Fox shows like The Five and Outnumbered. The agent, who represents major TV news talent, had been pursuing Roginsky heavily over the previous year, dangling the prospect of incredible opportunities at Fox and elsewhere. Roginsky seemed poised to transition from part-time commentator to one of the network's full-time co-host slots, a role that typically comes with a seven-figure salary and the promise of lucrative book deals and ...

Julie Roginsky was optimistic walking into her first meeting with an agent after leaving Fox News in 2017. A charismatic Democratic strategist and daughter of Soviet dissidents, Roginsky supplied a rare progressive voice on Fox shows like The Five and Outnumbered. The agent, who represents major TV news talent, had been pursuing Roginsky heavily over the previous year, dangling the prospect of incredible opportunities at Fox and elsewhere. Roginsky seemed poised to transition from part-time commentator to one of the network's full-time co-host slots, a role that typically comes with a seven-figure salary and the promise of lucrative book deals and ...

Former Fox News staffers are clamoring for the same release from non-disclosure agreements that NBCUniversal has granted its staffers regarding sexual harassment settlements.

Coming in the wake of Rachel Maddow’s announcement Friday on her MSNBC show that parent corp. NBCUniversal would allow former staffers to get out of their non-disclosure agreements, at least six former Fox News employees, including Gretchen Carlson, are asking for similar treatment. Carlson was the first woman at Fox to sue Roger Ailes, the former news director at Fox who was forced out by her disclosures. Carlson settled with the company in 2016, and her story is covered in the new film Bombshell.

“All women at Fox News and beyond forced to sign NDAs should be released from them immediately, giving them back the voices they deserve,” Carlson told Vanity Fair. “None of us asked to get into a workplace dispute. We simply had the courage...

Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has called on the network to release ex-employees from any non-disclosure agreements that were made with the network.

“All women at Fox News and beyond forced to sign NDAs should be released from them immediately, giving them back the voices they deserve,” Carlson told Vanity Fair in a piece published on Monday. “None of us asked to get into a workplace dispute. We simply had the courage to stand up and say something — but in the end it’s our voices no one can hear. Because of our NDAs, we can never say what is factually correct or incorrect about what happened to us at Fox.”

The appeal — Carlson is joined by former contributors and staffers like Julie Roginsky, Tamara Holder and Diana Falzone — also comes shortly after NBCUniversal announced via MSNBC host Rachel Maddow that it would release former employees who wanted to...

Exclusive: Ahna O’Reilly has boarded Jay Roach’s untitled Roger Ailes feature and will portray Fox correspondent Julie Roginsky.

Roginsky alleged in a lawsuit that she was denied a position co-hosting the mid-afternoon Fox News Channel show The Five after refusing to have a sexual relationship with network news boss Ailes. She was a political consultant who was a regular at Fnc starting in 2005. The co-hosting spot that Roginsky was passed over went to Geraldo Rivera, although the correspondent remained on rotation on another show, Outnumbered. Fnc settled with Roginsky in December of last year.

The Bron Studios financed movie written by Oscar-winner Charles Randolph, which is currently in production, follows the women who rallied against Ailes. The pic stars Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson, Margot Robbie as Kayla Pospisil, Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly and John Lithgow as Ailes. Lionsgate is currently negotiating to co-finance and distribute the movie stateside.

An attorney for Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky, two high-profile women who sued Fox News over sexual harassment accusations, mocked the White House’s hiring of former Fox News co-president Bill Shine.

“Bill Shine is the perfect person for the job of protecting a sexual abuser and liar,” Nancy Erika Smith told TheWrap on Thursday, referring to President Trump.

Trump tapped Shine on Thursday to serve as an assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for communications.

Also Read: Fox News Co-President Bill Shine Is Out as Scandal Claims Another Head

“He brings over two decades of television programming, communications, and management experience to the role,” the White House said in a brief statement announcing Shine’s appointment.

Shine’s tenure at Fox News was marred by allegations that he helped hide and facilitate sexual harassment by the network’s longtime president, Roger Ailes. Both Shine and Ailes...

Fox News has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former contributor Julie Roginsky for an undisclosed amount of money, TheWrap has learned. In her suit, filed in April, Roginsky had said that former network chief Roger Ailes kept her from a position on “The Five” after she refused to engage in a sexual relationship with him. Ailes “unlawfully harassed, discriminated against, and retaliated against Roginsky and sabotaged her career,” the suit read. Roginsky began appearing as a commentator on Fox News in 2004 and remained on-air as a contributor during much of her litigation. Also Read: Julie Roginsky Asks NYC Authorities to.

“Use of the term ‘alt-left’ gained ground quickly online (according to Google Trends charts) when conservative Fox News host Sean Hannity used the term in a debate with BuzzFeed writer Rosie Gray over media coverage of the so-called ‘alt-right’. Searches for the term spiked again directly after Trump used it in his 14 August 2017 press conference. It is unclear if Hannity himself coined the term, but we could not find widespread use of the term on Reddit or 4chan, a web form popular with the

‘alt-right,’ prior to his 22 November 2016 use of it.” – Alex Kasprak & Kim Lacapria,

Snopes.com, August 17, 2017

Alt-left?

Is that a keyboard command?

What it is, is a load of horse manure. Crap. Same as anything else that comes out of the mouthpiece of Il Tweetci The Mad known as Sean Hannity. He is the modern-day version of Joseph Goebbels, head of the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda,...

Julie Roginsky’s attorney sent letters to both the New York City Commission on Human Rights and New York City Corporation Counsel requesting an investigation of Fox News Channel’s treatment of women. Roginsky appeared on Fox News on Tuesday less than 24 hours after filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network, former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and current co-president Bill Shine. Shortly after appearing on the network, Roginsky sent this tweet: I have requested that NY authorities @Nycchr and NYC Corporation Counsel investigate treatment of women @FoxNews. pic.twitter.com/EQibzlalpO — Julie Roginsky (@julieroginsky) April 4, 2017 Roginsky did not address the lawsuit on air.

Eleven advertisers have withdrawn support from Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” after Saturday’s explosive New York Times exposé that revealed $13 million has been spent on sexual harassment settlements involving host Bill O’Reilly. Four automakers, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Mitsubishi have all pulled their adds from the show along with pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Consumer Care, Allstate, and T. Rowe Price, Untuckit, Constant Contact and Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, according to NBC News. Research firm Kantar Media told NBC News that “The O’Reilly Factor” made $446 million on advertising from 2014 to 2016. O’Reilly, the most-watched personality in cable news,...

Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly is under increasing fire after The New York Times reported that five women were paid a collective $13 million for agreeing not to file lawsuits or speak publicly about allegations that he harassed them. The revelations were the latest headache for Fox News, coming just months after cable network’s CEO and chairman Roger Ailes stepped down amidst similar claims.

Since the Times report over the weekend, one more woman has come forward with sexual harassment allegations against Ailes, and at least 11 advertisers have pulled ads from O’Reilly’s top-rated cable news show, The O’Reilly Factor.

Julie Roginsky appeared on Fox News less than 24 hours after filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network, former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and current co-president Bill Shine. The Fox News contributor made her usual, weekly appearance on “America’s Newsroom” at 10:43 a.m. Et despite claims released on Monday that Fox News, Ailes and Shine “unlawfully harassed, discriminated against, and retaliated against Roginsky and sabotaged her career.” Roginsky did not address the lawsuit during her on-air appearance. Also Read: Julie Roginsky Files Sexual Harassment Suit Against Fox News Roginsky was brought on to discuss former Obama National...

After a multimillion-dollar payout for Bill O’Reilly rocked Fox News Channel in recent days, former The Five contributor Julie Roginsky is now suing the cable newser, its ex-ceo Roger Ailes and current management for sexual harassment and retaliation for not attacking Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit last year. Fittingly, political consultant Roginsky is represented by Nancy Erika Smith, the same lawyer who represented Carlson in her successful action that saw the resignation of…...

Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network, former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and current co-president Bill Shine. TheWrap obtained the entire lawsuit, which claims that Fox News, Ailes and Shine “unlawfully harassed, discriminated against, and retaliated against Roginsky and sabotaged her career.” Roginsky is represented by attorney Nancy Erica Smith, who also represented Gretchen Carlson in her lawsuit against the network. Ailes stepped down in disgrace last summer after Carlson came forward with allegations that resulted in numerous women making similar claims. Also Read: Gretchen Carlson Tweets Support for Fox News Sexual Harassment Accusers Fox News did.

Fox News contributor and commentator Alan Colmes has died after a brief illness. He was 66.

America’s Newsroom co-anchor Bill Hemmer announced the news during Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox program.

“We have, yet again, some sad news to report here at the Fox News Channel,” said Hemmer. “Fox News contributor and frequent guest here in America’s Newsroom, Alan Colmes, has passed away.”

Colmes is survived by his wife, Jocelyn Crowley, who issued the following statement to the network:

“Alan Colmes passed away this morning after a brief illness. He was 66-years-old. He leaves his adoring and devoted wife,...

Friends and colleagues of Brenda Buttner, the Fox News personality who died at age 55 after a battle with cancer, are honoring the former Bulls and Bears host with heartfelt tributes and messages.

Fox News host Neil Cavuto was the first to memorialize his longtime colleague when he announced her death on his show, Your World, on Monday evening.

“She took stock of life much more than any stock in life. It’s what separated her from everyone else in this business. Not just dollars, you see, Brenda had depth,” Cavuto said. “Let it be known that Brenda Buttner made us...

A Fox News Channel panel discussion exploded on Friday when the guests battled over whether President Barack Obama has an obligation to negotiate with Congressional Republicans in order to end the government shutdown. Conservative talk show host Jason Mattera and Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky brawled over whether he should or the Gop should simply declare victory and pass a clean spending bill to reopen the government.

Fox News Channel contributor Julie Roginsky took a shot at President Barack Obama’s critics on Wednesday, particularly syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer. Roginsky said that Krauthammer has begun to appear reflexively opposed to any of the president’s proposals, regardless of their merit. She proceeded to diagnose Krauthammer as having come down with “Obama derangement syndrome,” a play on a charge that Krauthammer himself had leveled at President George W. Bush's critics in the last decade.

Thursday afternoon on Fox News' America Live, Megyn Kelly's panel debated Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's un-sourced allegations that Republican candidate Mitt Romney did not pay taxes for ten years. Former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen likened Sen. Reid's allegations to the age-old "beating your wife" logical trap, while former Democratic staffer Julie Roginsky defended the allegations as a politically "brilliant move."...