News Corp. now has a letter from Judith Regan saying
that Roger Ailes “did not intend to (tell her to lie).”NEWS CORP'S WEAK STATEMENT ON ROGER AILES:
Judith Regan's New Story Is That Roger Ailes Did Not Tell Her To Lie
Henry Blodget | Feb. 27, 2011, 11:32 AM | 685 | comment 6
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When the New York Times broke the story last week that Judith Regan had accused Ailes of this--and had a recording of the telephone call to prove it--News Corp. did not deny that it was Ailes on the tape.
Instead, News Corp said the following:
The spokeswoman, Teri Everett, said News Corporation had a letter from Ms. Regan “stating that Mr. Ailes did not intend to influence her with respect to a government investigation.” Ms. Everett added, “The matter is closed.”
Now, that's a very interesting statement.
Note what it does NOT say: It does not say that Roger Ailes did NOT tell Judith Regan to lie to the feds.
Instead, it says that News Corp. now has a letter from Judith Regan saying that Roger Ailes "did not intend to (tell her to lie)."http://www.businessinsider.com/news-corp-statement-on-roger-ailes-judith-regan-2011-2In other words, News Corp itself did not take a public position on what Roger Ailes did or didn't do. It is keeping its options open.Read more:
http://www.businessinsider.com/news-corp-statement-on-roger-ailes-judith-regan-2011-2#ixzz1FBN34K4PAND:
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/02/24/ailes_reportedly_told_employee_to_lie.html