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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Megyn Kelly is reprehensible but I don't think I saw anyone actually doubting she was sexually harassed.The fact that so many people are doubtful of Blake tells me that it's not people disbelieving her just because they don't like her. They just genuinely don't think she was harassed.[/quote]

Who is "they" in this scenario?

But in any case, these are different situations because Megyn Kelly didn't even come forward with her allegations until there were numerous allegations against Roger Ailes circulating. There was a book in 2014 that alleged he'd offered a producer a quid pro quo (a job for sleeping with him) back in the 80s, but he denied it and kept his job and it blew over. Then Gretchen Carlson sued in 2016, and multiple women came out with allegations. Megyn Kelly's allegations weren't even made public until after Ailes had been forced to resign, because Carlson's lawsuit triggered an internal investigation that resulted in Fox deciding Ailes was too much of a liability.

Kelly only came forward when people were sure to believe her, because there were other women on the record and the tide of public opinion had already turned. But what of that producer in the 80s? A lot of people didn't believe her, or simply didn't think what happened to her was a big deal, because Ailes remained one of the most powerful men in news media even after that allegation. And it took Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit to force Fox to actually investigate and oust him -- had Carlson never sued, I do not believe Kelly would ever have come forward, and I think there would still be plenty of people today who would shrug about the allegations against Ailes and say "eh, it doesn't sound like he did anything that bad, Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson are awful anyway so who cares."[/quote]

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