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    J.K. TrotterJ.K. Trotter
    8/20/13 5:03pm

    Gabriel Sherman at New York says Brian Lewis did not want to sue Gawker over our Fox Mole story , but was overruled:

    In April 2012, I bumped into Lewis in North Carolina at a cocktail reception before Ailes delivered a speech to UNC Journalism students. Ailes had traveled down to Chapel Hill on News Corp.'s private jet with his handpicked biographer, Zev Chafets, and Lewis. It was a few days after the Fox mole story broke on Gawker.
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    “So, we’re gonna sue Gawker, and we might try and have him arrested,” Lewis said, referring to Joe Muto, the mole.

    “Why are you guys making such a big deal about this?” I said. “You’re a television network valued at $14 billion. Isn’t this punching down?”

    “Dude, I know. I was overruled,” Lewis said. “I told them, but I was told that legal would be handling this from here forward. I’m like, Okay.”

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      Tyrant BigglesJ.K. Trotter
      8/20/13 8:35pm

      Does this Drudge tweet have anything to do with it?


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        J.K. TrotterTyrant Biggles
        8/20/13 10:03pm

        Huh. Maybe!

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        Tyrant BigglesJ.K. Trotter
        8/21/13 6:45pm

        Rush Limbaugh thinks it does.

        http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/08/…

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      econdaveJ.K. Trotter
      8/20/13 4:06pm

      Sounds like he was fudging his expense account.

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        dvdoffJ.K. Trotter
        8/20/13 9:07pm

        Guarantee you he caught one of the interns blowing O'Reilly.

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          Craniestdvdoff
          8/21/13 12:07pm

          that would require O'Reilly having something on which to blow...

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          dvdoffCraniest
          8/21/13 12:57pm

          What? He's not of the biggest pricks you know of?

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        TheGizmofromPizmoJ.K. Trotter
        8/20/13 4:49pm

        Now how are they going to blame this on the liberal media...

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          Flm3454J.K. Trotter
          8/20/13 3:52pm

          Wow, Fox News firing someone for doing something dishonest?

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            HellephantJ.K. Trotter
            8/20/13 3:58pm

            Sounds like another large nutsack was cut loose today.

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              HoleyMoleyFoxJ.K. Trotter
              8/20/13 4:37pm

              Why not ask Joe Muto, the Fox News Mole? It's the least Gawker can do after getting him fired and leaving him without a job, plus it gives him a chance to plug his book.

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                BeeaybaysHoleyMoleyFox
                8/20/13 5:38pm

                How did Gawker get Joe Muto fired? I'm genuinely curious why that's your impression; I thought that Muto's own account was that he approached Gawker when he decided to be a mole until he got discovered and fired. (I can't find where I read that though, so if I'm misremembering, please tell me.)

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              corey3rdJ.K. Trotter
              8/20/13 3:50pm

              Must have pocket the last payoff to an O'Reilly producer.

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