Ousted Fox News executive strikes back
By DYLAN BYERS |
8/27/13 3:42 PM EDT
Grab the popcorn, because Roger Ailes and his former spokesman look set to go to war.
Brian Lewis, the Fox News communications executive who was fired and escorted out of his office last month, is punching back at his former boss, threatening to leak some of the private information about Ailes and Fox that he has been privy to for the past 17 years.
In a new statement, Lewis's lawyer says that Ailes and Fox News should be fearful of what secrets Lewis may reveal now that he is no longer bound by a confidentiality agreement.
"First, Brian Lewis no longer has any confidentiality obligation to Newscorp or Roger Ailes because of the false and malicious statements made by Fox to date," Judd Burstein writes in a statement provided to Gawker, a website that has long been a thorn in Ailes's side. "Second, Roger Ailes and Newscorp have a lot more to fear from Brian Lewis telling the truth about them than Brian Lewis has to fear from Roger Ailes and his toadies telling lies about Brian Lewis."
(WATCH: Roger Ailes on Fox News philosophy)
Lewis was fired on July 25 because of what 21st Century Fox representatives described as “financial irregularities” and breaches of contract. Lewis has yet to comment on the causes for his termination.
In a tamer statement last week, Lewis said it was "an honor and privilege to work for Roger Ailes the past 20 years and I wish nothing but the best for him and the great people at Fox News."
Read more about: Fox News, Television, Roger Ailes, Brian Lewis
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/08/ousted-fox-news-executive-strikes-back-171317.html?hp=r7
Brian Lewis, the Fox News communications executive who was fired and escorted out of his office last month, is punching back at his former boss, threatening to leak some of the private information about Ailes and Fox that he has been privy to for the past 17 years.
In a new statement, Lewis's lawyer says that Ailes and Fox News should be fearful of what secrets Lewis may reveal now that he is no longer bound by a confidentiality agreement.
"First, Brian Lewis no longer has any confidentiality obligation to Newscorp or Roger Ailes because of the false and malicious statements made by Fox to date," Judd Burstein writes in a statement provided to Gawker, a website that has long been a thorn in Ailes's side. "Second, Roger Ailes and Newscorp have a lot more to fear from Brian Lewis telling the truth about them than Brian Lewis has to fear from Roger Ailes and his toadies telling lies about Brian Lewis."
(WATCH: Roger Ailes on Fox News philosophy)
Lewis was fired on July 25 because of what 21st Century Fox representatives described as “financial irregularities” and breaches of contract. Lewis has yet to comment on the causes for his termination.
In a tamer statement last week, Lewis said it was "an honor and privilege to work for Roger Ailes the past 20 years and I wish nothing but the best for him and the great people at Fox News."
Read more about: Fox News, Television, Roger Ailes, Brian Lewis
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/08/ousted-fox-news-executive-strikes-back-171317.html?hp=r7
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