Post by Logan on Apr 8, 2017 0:45:28 GMT -6
Trump sends sickening message to workplace sexual harassment victims
By Rex Huppke
Thanks to the president of the United States, we have now seen the structural support system that allows workplace sexual harassment to persist, writ large.
And it is sickening.
Responding this week to a New York Times report that Fox News and host Bill O'Reilly have settled five cases with women who claimed he sexually harassed them — with payouts totaling about $13 million — President Donald Trump cavalierly said: "I don't think Bill did anything wrong. I think he's a person I know well — he is a good person."
Trump has no evidence to support his assertion that O'Reilly did nothing wrong, unless he happened to be in the room at the moment of each alleged incident.
And, more importantly, the president has zero credibility on this issue.
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-trump-workplace-harassment-0409-biz-20170407-column.html
By Rex Huppke
Thanks to the president of the United States, we have now seen the structural support system that allows workplace sexual harassment to persist, writ large.
And it is sickening.
Responding this week to a New York Times report that Fox News and host Bill O'Reilly have settled five cases with women who claimed he sexually harassed them — with payouts totaling about $13 million — President Donald Trump cavalierly said: "I don't think Bill did anything wrong. I think he's a person I know well — he is a good person."
Trump has no evidence to support his assertion that O'Reilly did nothing wrong, unless he happened to be in the room at the moment of each alleged incident.
And, more importantly, the president has zero credibility on this issue.
Read more: www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/ijustworkhere/ct-huppke-work-advice-trump-workplace-harassment-0409-biz-20170407-column.html