Fox Has Paid $60 Million So Far To “Extricate Themselves” From Roger Ailes’ Sexual Harassment

Anderson Cooper: “The Victim Of Harassment In This Case Is Being Given Severance Of $20 Million While The Perpetrator … Is Walking Away With $40 Million”

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From the September 6 edition of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360:

ANDERSON COOPER (HOST): It is interesting, Bill, and raises questions, the fact that the victim of harassment in this case is being given severance of $20 million while the perpetrator -- or alleged perpetrator of harrasment -- is walking away with $40 million. 

BILL CARTER: So essentially, Fox News is paying $60 million to extricate themselves from the ugliness of this man's behavior. You would think that's --

COOPER: But double to the guy who was the cause of the behavior --

CARTER: Yes. He gets twice as much.

Previously:

CNN's Stelter: Murdochs Found “Ailes Was Harassing Women In His Fox News Office" “For Years”

Fox Just Settled With Gretchen Carlson. Reporters Should Ask Trump About It.

Gretchen Carlson Isn’t Alone: A History Of Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Roger Ailes And Fox News