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http://www.foxbghsuit.com/
Hidden Danger in Your Milk?
JURY VERDICT OVERTURNED
ON LEGAL TECHNICALITY
Welcome to the online news source for anyone who drinks milk or consumes other dairy products…and depends on the news media to report suspected health concerns accurately and honestly.
Here you will find behind-the-scenes details about how a large share of America’s milk supply has quietly become adulterated with the effects of a synthetic hormone (bovine growth hormone, or BGH) secretly injected into cows…and how pressure from the hormone maker Monsanto led Fox TV to fire two of its award-winning reporters and sweep under the rug much of what they discovered but were never allowed to broadcast.
After a five-week trial and six hours of deliberation which ended August 18, 2000, a Florida state court jury unanimously determined that Fox "acted intentionally and deliberately to falsify or distort the plaintiffs' news reporting on BGH." In that decision, the jury also found that Jane's threat to blow the whistle on Fox's misconduct to the FCC was the sole reason for the termination... and the jury awarded $425,000 in damages which makes her eligible to apply for reimbursement for all court costs, expenses and legal fees.
Fox appealed and prevailed February 14, 2003 when an appeals court issued a ruling reversing the jury, accepting a defense argument that had been rejected by three other judges on at least six separate occasions. CLICK HERE for more details on latest ruling. CLICK HERE to view how Fox13 reported the ruling.
The whistle-blowing journalists, twice refused Fox offers of big-money deals to keep quiet about what they knew, filed their landmark lawsuit April 2, 1998 and survived three Fox efforts to have their case summarily dismissed. It is the first time journalists have used a whistleblower law to seek a legal remedy for being fired by for refusing to distort the news. Steve and Jane are now considering an appeal to the Florida state Supreme Court.
The journalists happen to be married to each other and this website, created by their friend and former television news producer Jon Duffey, was posted on the day the whistleblower suit was filed. It continues to provide details of the suit and subsequent appeals, as well as recent developments regarding rBGH and other genetically engineered foods.
Click the buttons to the right to learn more about this lawsuit and the controversy surrounding milk and other genetically modified foods and how they are being covered in the media, learn what you can do to help, and even post your own thoughts on our Bulletin Board. New developments in the journalists’ lawsuit and the latest important news about BGH and GE foods and media coverage issues are posted regularly. You are invited to return often and click the blue box at the top of this page to keep up to date with these important issues.
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Sun Jan 02, 2005 3:03 pm
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http://www.thecorporation.tv/jane.php
COST RISES EVEN HIGHER FOR FOX NEWS WHISTLEBLOWERS: Jane Akre and Steve Wilson, featured in The Corporation. Here is an update on their struggle.
Also visit docback.org to read about Jane & Steve and their expose of Monsanto and how FOX treated them.
TAMPA (October 11, 2004) – The cost of doing the right thing and blowing the whistle on bad journalism at Fox Television is about to go even higher for two investigative reporters who once worked for the Rupert Murdoch-owned station in Tampa.
After winning an appeal of a jury verdict which found Fox pressured the reporters to broadcast what jurors unanimously agreed was a false, distorted, or slanted news report, the multi-billion-dollar corporation has sought court orders seeking nearly $2 million from its former journalists as reimbursement for some of the legal fees and defense costs Fox has spent on the landmark whistleblower case.
Although Florida judge Vivian Maye recently denied a motion to force journalists Jane Akre and Steve Wilson to pay $1.8 million in Fox legal bills, she has decided the two are still on the hook for nearly $200,000 Fox spent at trial and on appeal.
The whistleblowers, who are married, have already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of their life savings to pay their own lawyers and court costs in the battle that began shortly after the two were hired at WTVT in Tampa in 1996. They were fired by Fox a year later and filed their whistleblower suit in 1998.
Since filing the first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Akre has never again found full-time employment as a TV journalist, despite more than 20 years experience as an anchor and reporter in major cities and on CNN where she once anchored Headline News. Wilson works part-time as an investigative reporter for the ABC television affiliate in Detroit.
“If you ever wondered whether it’s true that no good deed goes unpunished, just look at what’s happened here,” Akre said.
“A jury of disinterested people decided this news organization that advertises itself to be fair and balanced pressured us to broadcast false and distorted news over the public airwaves,” said Wilson.
“Getting the verdict overturned on the grounds that lying on the air and distorting news reports is technically not against any law, rule or regulation only compounds the disgrace,” he added.
“Regardless of the success with Florida appellate justices who finally bought an argument rejected by three other courts on six different occasions, the jury decision in this case is a stink that will never wash off.
“Now its all about punishment and making an example to discourage the next Fox journalist who might have the audacity to challenge the next unethical order from these broadcasters who should not be allowed to watch television, much less own and operate stations around the country,” Wilson said.
[Editor’s Note: Akre and Wilson will appear Thursday, October 14, 2004 for a special Media Tank discussion about their experiences and how media consolidation is affecting what we see and hear in the mainstream media. They will also show clips of The Corporation, an award-winning film about corporate dominance in America today. The meeting is at 7:30pm at the University of the Arts Connelly Lecture Hall-Terra Building 211 South Broad Street, (between Walnut & Locust streets), Philadelphia.
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Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:39 pm
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I'd just like to point out:
FOX when converted into numbers with that silly ol' numerology is:
666
That should explain a lot.
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