Fox News Paid Ousted Exec $8 Million in 'Hush' Money: Gawker

[okaawhatever]

Source: Huffington Post originally from Gawker

We now know what it reportedly takes to keep a fired Fox News executive from spilling the beans on all the juicy inner workings at the network: about $8 million.

That's the figure that Gawker said Brian Lewis, the ousted former consigliere to Roger Ailes, was paid by Fox News in a recently uncovered settlement.

Gawker, which reported the figure on Monday, described the payment as "hush money." The site's report is just the latest in a long-running story of intrigue inside one of the most secretive and cutthroat companies in the media industry.

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[Blue Owl]

1. Rupert Murdoch couldn't buy an ounce of dignity with a blank check

n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Fuck, for 8 million bucks, he can have some of mine....

oh shit, it's all gone.

Damn.

[warrior1]

3. Millions of dollars and not say what we all know

They're a bunch of racist fucking douche bags.

[quakerboy]

10. Mayhap thats not the part he is being paid not to talk about

given all of the recent issues regarding bribes and whatnot, seems highly likely that thats not what he was paid to keep his mouth shut about.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Waterboarding?

[Heather MC]

5. I bet his options were take the money or be dropped down in a hole in the bowels of the Fox building

Just like on Scandal

[okaawhatever]

7. I say we send Huck after Ailes and Murdoch... nt

[Heather MC]

8. Oh he would very much like that!

I think a few carefully placed drill holes might make Murdock a little less of a douche

[okaawhatever]

6. The story says the Rebecca chick in England got closer to $20 million. It seems Brian Lewis didn't

spend enough time learning where the bodies were buried.

[47of74]

9. Oh how I wish Countdown hadn't been cancelled by MSNBC

Especially on nights like this. Keith's reaction would have been fucking gold. I'd record the episode and play it back until my DVR wore out.