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180: Eric Bolling

Sexual Harassment

Eric Bolling was a popular FOX News host of the weekday show The Specialists when he was suspended pending an investigation of a sexual harassment complaint. He was ultimately fired. He was accused of sending dick pics to two women at FOX Business Network and to another woman at FOX News. At least four people in addition to the recipients have seen the alleged photo.

179: Francisco Cortes

Sexual Harassment

Francisco Cortes was a vice-president at FOX News Latino and had worked at FOX since 2003. Tamara Holder filed a sexual harassment claim against him alleging he exposed himself and attempted to force her into performing oral sex in 2015. FOX settled with her along with other women who had made complaints about other FOX employees. Cortes was terminated after an internal investigation.

141: Bill Shine

Organizational Cover-Up

Bill Shine was Co-President of Fox News for twenty years where he spent his time covering up sexual harassment and misconduct before President Trump hired him as deputy chief of staff for communications where he would be doing the same thing. He resigned after just a few months, having little effect on all the scandals whirling around Trump.

120: Jason Miller

Poisoning

Jason Miller was a top adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016 and 2020. He was also a commentator for CNN. He had an affair with A. J. Delgado and they had a child, during a custody battle, she revealed that he had slipped an abortion pill to another woman whom he got pregnant. The…

119: Roger Ailes

Sexual Misconduct

Roger Ailes took away one lesson from Watergate and it wasn’t to avoid corruption. His insight was that Nixon could have gotten away with it if only the media was not out there telling the truth. Rupert Murdoch founded FOX News and made Ailes the CEO who set about creating the alternate reality that is…

92: Bill O’Reilly

Sexual Harassment

Bill O’Reilly is a professional blowhard whose certainty is greatest when he is most wrong. He has survived multiple controversies over his open racism. He settled a sexual harassment scandal in 2004 that led to many jokes about his love of loofahs. He was finally ousted for sexual harassment in 2017. Bill O’Reilly still has…

77: Scott Eller Cortelyou

Solicitation of a Minor

Scott Eller Cortelyou was a conservative radio personality in Colorado when he was arrested for graphic sexual conversation with a police officer posing as a child. KUSA: Radio Personality arrested a second time All Access: Cortelyou arrested again Denver Post: Cortelyou pleads guilty in sex case

70: E Ozwald Balfour

Child Rape, Rape, Sexual Assault

E Ozwald Balfour was a conservative radio host, founder of the Utah Republican Black Assembly, and a Utah Republican State Central Committee member, the latter even after he was arrested for sexually abusing women who applied for work at his media company. In the end, he pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 90 days…

29: Jon Matthews

Child Indecency, Sexual Misconduct

Jon Matthews was a conservative radio host who also wrote opinion columns for the weekly Fort Bend/Southwest Star. He was malicious in attacking political opponents such as calling the Sugar Land mayor Mayor Osama. In 2004, he pleaded guilty to indecency with an eleven-year-old child, a neighbor girl who came over to play with his…

50: Randall Casseday

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor

Randall Casseday was the Human Resources Director for the rightwing newspaper The Washington Times. The Washington Times claims “The Washington Times is the only newspaper where the moral issues of family and faith are proudly reported on the front page on a regular basis” Casseday was arrested in an undercover sting. He thought he was…