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On the recordApril 18, 2017
I consider that it was a sexual harassment enterprise there at Fox. And the men there and Roger Ailes, this was a way of life for them. Powerful men with a lot of money, who would proposition women, take advantage of them.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters describes the culture at Fox News as one that normalized sexual harassment and exploitation of women.

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