Fox News confirms firing of top network adviser

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel has confirmed the termination of a high-ranking employee for what it described as "financial irregularities."

The network said Wednesday that executive vice president Brian Lewis was dismissed late last month. He had been a long-time lieutenant to Roger Ailes, the network's founder and chief executive.

A company statement said Lewis was fired after "an extensive internal investigation" turned up "issues relating to financial irregularities" as well as "significant breaches of his employment contract." No specific detail was released.

News of Lewis' firing was first published Tuesday by The Hollywood Reporter.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/entertainment/television/article/Fox-News-confirms-firing-of-top-network-adviser-4749758.php?cmpid=hpts

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[tabasco]

1. Getting caught was his real crime

Fox News worships liars and thieves.

[cstanleytech]

9. Dang, I wish there was an infinity symbol that I could add to the end of a + on the forum. nt

[TexasTowelie]

12. +∞

There's one.

[TexasTowelie]

14. I have Windows 7. To get to the character map I went to this file location:

C:\Windows\system32\charmap.exe

I selected the Cambria Math fonts to find the infinity symbol character. It's good to know these things when using various symbols not normally available on the keyboard like the §, © and ¢ symbols.

[cstanleytech]

20. LOL well done.

[Lint Head]

2. An employer is not supposed to say WHY someone is fired

per human resources federal relations. Unless a crime was comitted. Even then it's iffy.

[sharp_stick]

3. I'm surprised he's not

hosting a prime time show on Fox Business. I can only assume that didn't happen because he was caught too easily.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Roger Ailes fires his right hand man?

They make it sound like he was dipping into the petty cash but Brian Lewis was supposed to inherit the former
Nixon media adviser's job. (For all we know, it was Roger that told Nixon to go on "Laugh In".)

Do you suppose Roger has been seeing another, crazier Tea Party guy on the side?

[Mopar151]

5. I'd vote for fiddling his expense account

Like paying his household expenses, vacations, and the like on his co. credit card.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. I'm thinking SEC violations of insider trading.

[Mopar151]

18. Shorting NewsCo stock?

Every time Ailes has another stroke of genius........

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. Or when Rupert does.

[Rebellious Republican]

6. It was'nt because he got caught doing something wrong, he got caught stealing THEIR money!!!

You can pretty much do anything but steal from THEM, pure and simple.

[olddad56]

13. Thats only wrong if you are not an elected official.

[DainBramaged]

7. FAUX News confirms they are lying bigoted pieces of shit

[olddad56]

10. they had an advisor? You must have meant visor, like you wear when you play golf.

[6000eliot]

11. Organization that makes money from dishonesty fires executive for being dishonest.

Who would have thought?

[Rebellious Republican]

17. Wrong, being dishonest had nothing to do with it......

He was stealing THEIR money.

[marble falls]

15. I wonder if Fox will be covering this story.

[TexasTowelie]

16. They were, but they got lost finding the HQ on the map.

Remember this great graphic regarding the location of Egypt?

[RedCloud2]

21. It only took them three plus weeks to "report" it.

I guess they couldn't figure out how to blame Obama.

[TexasTowelie]

22. Heck, they are still trying to find a way to blame Obama

for Pearl Harbor and the Great Depression.

Welcome to DU, RedCloud2!