Uh-Oh! Now Dad's Involved

A week ago, FTVLive told you that Fox News had fired  Jerusalem-based foreign correspondent John Huddy at the same time his sister, Juliet Huddy was on Megyn Kelly's NBC show to talk about the culture at Fox News. 

Now, John Huddy Sr, the dad and a dear friend of Roger Ailes is crying foul.

Speaking to the Daily Beast John Huddy Sr. did not mince words about Fox News and the Murdochs'. 

“It’s so arrogant that they do it not a month after Juliet’s television appearance, but they do it in perfect synchronicity,” said John Huddy Sr., the father of 48-year-old Juliet and 40-year-old John, in an exclusive interview with The Daily Beast. “They [Fox News management] did it to send the message, ‘You fuck with us, we’re going to do everything we can to hurt you.’”

Huddy said he is especially angry at the Murdochs, who he believes have been calling the shots regarding his son’s termination. Quoting his late friend Ailes, Huddy said: “Rupert Murdoch is not an ideological person and he’s not a classic conservative or a Reagan conservative. He’s a guy who’s interested in only two things: money and power.”

Huddy added: “Rupert Murdoch would crawl over his dying mother to fuck his sister if he could raise his revenue by five percent.”

The younger Huddy has retained New York attorney Douglas Wigdor, his sister’s lawyer as well, in connection with potential claims against his former employer arising from his termination.

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