Recently, a guest on a Tulsa Radio program accused Fox News' biggest personality, Sean Hannity, of sexual misconduct. As I mentioned yesterday:
Columnist, attorney, and former Fox News contributor Debbie Schlussel appeared on today’s Pat Campbell Show and accused Fox News Prime Time Host Sean Hannity of the same type of behavior that lead to Bill O’Reilly leaving the beleaguered network earlier this week. Among the allegations, Schlussel claims that while at an appearance in Detroit which they both attended, Hannity invited her back to his hotel room. Schlussel says that after she turned down his advances, she was not invited back on his program. “This kind of stuff is all over the place at Fox News and anything that has to do with Sean Hannity,” Schlussel said.
In a letter sent to the Huffington Post, Hannity said Schlussel’s claims were “100 percent false and a complete fabrication," and called her a “serial harasser who has been lying about me for well over a decade.” He also threatened to hire a “team of some of the finest and toughest lawyers in the country" to sue her for her very public accusations.
Prominent conservatives have been ousted from their positions recently over sexual issues. Roger Ailes, the head of the most powerful cable news network, is gone from Fox News, and Bill O’Reilly, the highest-rated cable news personality, is also gone. In light of this trend, Hannity accused Schlussel of being just one part of a larger “coordinated effort afoot to now silence those with conservative views.”
The truth has a way of emerging. Let's hope that this is settled once and for all very quickly.
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