...Judith Regan was fired by NewsCorp... Regan is quoted as saying there was a Jewish-led plot against her...
Well, we're tracking as Judith Regan says in the articles which follow, through her attorney, she said there was a cabal against her, not a Jewish-cabal, big difference.
We agree, big difference. One little word makes all the difference...
But now what we have is a situation where this will have to be litigated in court. And the mainstream media (or dinosaur media, all but Fox, according to Laura Ingraham) will now run with the angle, just like Fox by the way, that Judith Regan made a statement about a Jewish cabal against her...
IT'S WAR: Murdoch’s Company Releases Regan’s Anti-Semitic Remarks...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Actually, the Huffington Post title is inaccurate, as even the headline to the article linked reveals:
News Corp. Describes Fired Editor’s Remarks
By SHARON WAXMAN and RICHARD SIKLOS
Published: December 18, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/business/media/19regancnd.html?hp&ex=1166504400&en=6d6326a365daf358&ei=5094&partner=homepage
A full transcript of the notes containing the remarks hasn't been released...
Too bad it's illegal to record somebody without their knowledge. Well, it seems though we should all use our cell and land phones a bit more craftily when it becomes necessary and face the consequences.
New Dispute Over Firing of Publisher by SHARON WAXMAN and RICHARD SIKLOS
The News Corporation, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, released what it described as notes of a heated telephone conversation on Friday between Ms. Regan and Mark Jackson, a lawyer for HarperCollins, the corporation’s publishing division that includes the ReganBooks imprint.
According to the notes, Ms. Regan protested that the publishing house had not supported her during a firestorm last month over a confessional book by O. J. Simpson and a related television program, which the News Corporation canceled after public protests and growing unease among affiliate television stations.
“‘Of all people, the Jews should know about ganging up, finding common enemies and telling the big lie,’” Ms. Regan said, according to the notes Mr. Jackson made as the conversation unfolded; the notes were provided by Gary Ginsberg, an executive vice president of News Corporation.
According to the notes, Ms. Regan then said that the literary agent Esther Newberg; HarperCollins’ executive editor, David Hirshey; HarperCollins’ president, Jane Friedman; and Mr. Jackson “constitute a Jewish cabal against her.”
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OK, the pair were discussing controversy over an upcoming book Mickey Mantel...
this is just too interesting, hope it lasts a long time, will take our attention off whatever news we should be following like that NAFTA superhighway coming in the guise of a toll road near you!
Regan was fired after slur, News Corp. says
By Josh Getlin, Times Staff Writer
December 19, 2006
NEW YORK — Media giant News Corp. took the unusual step Monday of releasing notes of a conversation between one of its attorneys and former book publisher Judith Regan to show that she made anti-Semitic remarks that led to her firing.
Regan, meanwhile, hired Hollywood attorney Bert Fields to deny the allegations and vigorously contest her dismissal. Fields said the firing was the result of a long-running feud between Regan and her boss, Chief Executive Jane Friedman of HarperCollins, a News Corp. unit.
In its account of the conversation between Regan and HarperCollins attorney Mark Jackson, News Corp. said Regan had declared that Friedman and Executive Editor David Hirshey, along with literary agent Esther Newberg, "constitute a Jewish cabal against her."..
Excerpt continued
Regan was fired Friday, shortly after a phone call with the HarperCollins attorney to discuss a forthcoming "fictional biography" of the late baseball great Mickey Mantle, which had been drawing negative publicity for its salacious content.
Fields said Regan had indeed complained about a "cabal" formed against her within the company during the conversation. But he denied that she used the phrase "Jewish cabal."
"There's a big difference between those two statements," he added, "and we will demonstrate that in court." As for the other comment, Fields said, "I'm Jewish, and that statement to me seems in no way anti-Semitic."
Regan's rift with News Corp was sparked by reports that she had paid Simpson $3.5 million for a book and television deal. The book, "If I Did It," was billed as a hypothetical account of how the former football star might have carried out the 1994 slayings of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald L. Goldman. The TV project, a two-hour interview with Simpson conducted by Regan, was to have aired on Fox.
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch bowed to growing public protest and terminated the project after several television affiliates said they would not broadcast the program.
Fields, who said he had had a long business relationship and friendship with Regan, described her as "very angry and disappointed" about the termination and "the scurrilous charge" of making anti-Semitic comments, calling it "an attempt to smear her."...
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-fi-regan19dec19,1,646399.story?coll=la-headlines-entnews&track=crosspromo
Dec 19, 2006 7:08 am US/Central
O.J. Publisher Fired For Alleged Slur
(CBS News)
NEW YORK In an explosive telephone argument that led to her firing, publisher Judith Regan allegedly complained of a "Jewish cabal" against her in the book industry and stated that Jews "should know about ganging up, finding common enemies and telling the big lie."
A spokesman for Regan's former employer, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., told The Associated Press on Monday that the remarks were made during a conversation between Regan and HarperCollins attorney Mark Jackson, who took notes. At the time, the two were discussing the future of a controversial new novel about baseball star Mickey Mantle.
The spokesman, Andrew Butcher, released the comments in response to a threatened libel suit from Regan's legal representative, Hollywood attorney Bert Fields, who had called earlier reports of inappropriate remarks "completely untrue" and added that the publisher "didn't have an anti-Semitic bone in her body."...
http://keyetv.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_353081019.html
Regan lawyer plans lawsuit vs. HarperCollins: paper
Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:45am ET
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=peopleNews&storyID=2006-12-19T114551Z_01_N19237416_RTRIDST_0_PEOPLE-NEWSCORP-REGAN-DC.XML&WTmodLoc=EntNewsPeople_C1_%5BFeed%5D-2
Links via Drudge Report up today:
December 19, 2006
New Dispute Over Firing of Publisher By SHARON WAXMAN and RICHARD SIKLOSNew York Times
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 — With Judith Regan’s authors still reeling from their publisher’s abrupt dismissal, the sparring between the headline-making Ms. Regan and her former employer, the News Corporation, grew more intense, more personal and more specific on Monday over accusations that she had made anti-Semitic comments that prompted her firing.
The News Corporation, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, released what it described as notes of a heated telephone conversation on Friday between Ms. Regan and Mark Jackson, a lawyer for HarperCollins, the corporation’s publishing division that includes the ReganBooks imprint.
According to the notes, Ms. Regan protested that the publishing house had not supported her during a firestorm last month over a confessional book by O. J. Simpson and a related television program, which the News Corporation canceled after public protests and growing unease among affiliate television stations.
“‘Of all people, the Jews should know about ganging up, finding common enemies and telling the big lie,’” Ms. Regan said, according to the notes Mr. Jackson made as the conversation unfolded; the notes were provided by Gary Ginsberg, an executive vice president of News Corporation.
According to the notes, Ms. Regan then said that the literary agent Esther Newberg; HarperCollins’ executive editor, David Hirshey; HarperCollins’ president, Jane Friedman; and Mr. Jackson “constitute a Jewish cabal against her.”...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/business/media/19regan.html?ei=5065&en=ee2a98bb12bfe2ce&ex=1167195600&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print
Publisher allegedly cited 'Jewish cabal' By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer
Mon Dec 18, 6:59 PM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061218/ap_en_ce/books_simpson_publisher_2
Fired Editor’s Remarks Said to Have Provoked Murdoch
By JULIE BOSMAN and RICHARD SIKLOS New York Times, December 18, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/business/media/18regan.html?ei=5090&en=a98fba88beed6a30&ex=1324098000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print
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