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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 05:03 PM
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Fox News: We report, We pesticide.
Fox News Management Is "Keeping People In The Dark" About Insecticide Incidents, Tipsters Allege
Multiple Fox News employees have told TVNewser that their bosses are not being forthcoming with information about recent insesticide sprayings that allegedly led to the hospitalization of an employee. The anonymous tipster who first described how production and technical personnel at Fox News Channel were exposed to diazinon, a neurotoxin class insecticide banned by the EPA for indoor use, sent a follow-up message to TVNewser this morning.

"Management is attempting to keep this quiet by compartmentalizing the issue and keeping people in the dark. We are attempting to shed light on the situation for several reasons, one of which is that diazinon -- which disrupts the nervous and endocrine systems -- is highly suspect in one of the female producers here having a child with Down's Syndrome. That is a major liability that no company, however noble their corporate mission may be, should be allowed to cover up and escape the liability for."

The tipster suggests that as the old adage says, the coverup is worse than the crime. The employee says that firing the managers who "knew about the ongoing use of illegal pesticides and not only did not inform dedicated employees of the risk, but were also extremely callous about employees' subsequent health problems," would be a good step towards accountability.

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http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/fox_news_management_is_keeping_people_in_the_dark_about_insecticide_incidents_tipsters_allege_22797.asp


"However noble their corporate mission?" :rofl:
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-21-05 09:06 PM
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1. You know, if they could just keep Tom DeLay away
they wouldn't HAVE this problem.

Then again, maybe they are just having a lot of trouble trying to kill all the roaches and vermin in the studios over there.

Hint to Fox: You will never be able to do it until you realize they are the ones HOSTING THE SHOWS.
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