Comments on: Judith Regan’s bizarre complaint against News Corp.

By: rparloff

rparloff — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:13:37 +0000

To J. Cooper of Austin, Texas, and Jack, of Rockford, Illinois:
The WordPress blogging tool we use provides the Internet Protocol addresses of commenters. Each of your comments emanated from the same IP address — i.e., the same broadband account.
In the future, when you engage in a dishonest astro-turfing scheme, you should be sure to type in each of your comments from a different account. Borrow a friend’s or go to a Kinko’s.

By: EJ Furst, Phoenix Arizona

EJ Furst, Phoenix Arizona — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:58:05 +0000

A 100 Million dollar lawsuit is about the minimum it takes to make a civil lawsuit worthwhile anymore. That is because the trial judges routinely make the wrong decisions on the law, and the only way to remedy it is to take a $100,000.00 appeal on each issue. Even in appeal, in many states, you are faced with elected appelate judges who couldn’t make a living in the private sector because they don’t know law. They are intellectually incapable of being competent in this complex system. A man’s got to know his limitations, but those who confiscate judicial positions do not know their intellectual and character limitations. Yet they are shrouded in honor because they were elected as judge, in many cases in an unopposed election. The judicial system is, in large measure, what is causing the demise of this country. It is responsible for the tremendous violence in this country. It is responsible for the economic disaster that is unfolding before us. It is, I argue, anti-american.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:02:53 +0000

I read the first few pages of the complaint. You were being charitable, Mr. Parloff. I half-expected to read a rant on fluoridation. Regan seems to think she is king-unmaker.

By: gerard, sherman oaks, califfornia

gerard, sherman oaks, califfornia — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:20:08 +0000

You may call her accusations bizzare but the fact is this sort of “plotting” goes on all the Time particularly within News Corp- no surprise there really…

By: Sean NYC

Sean NYC — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:06:17 +0000

This woman generated about $120 Million a year for HarperCollins. To call her “crazy” or “nuts” is a bit laughable. Try “brilliant” and “savvy” and “effective”.

By: April nyc ny

April nyc ny — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:57:03 +0000

“I see some people are assuming I’m on the Fox payroll. For what it’s worth, I downloaded the complaint with high hopes of finding that Regan could throw something at News Corp. or FNC or Roger Ailes that would stick. Nothing would please me more.”
No, it’s clear you are on Fortune’s payroll Roger and that your claim of “nothing would please me more,” is a load of bull crap. That’s always Fortune’s/a Fortune writer’s response when the writer fails in their journalistic due diligence and readers/other journalists call them on it. Past is prologue with you lot. Fortune writers take the easy slam/low road time and again.
On another note, if News Corp found Regan so problematic over the years, such a wacko-nut like folks are calling her here, why did Rupert Murdoch give her carte blanche / her own imprint for so long? Why was she so enabled by Murdoch and for SO long Hmmm? Is it Because Murdoch is all about the $ and Judith delivered time and again? Or is it because he wanted to keep her happy for other more complicated reasons? Goodness gracious. There have been photos of Guiliani whispering into Murdoch’s attentive ears plastered all over any number of web sites lately. Regan’s no fool. She’s got more power at this point in time to go after them all. Timing is everything. She may well have enough to take any number of people down. Bernie’s going down for sure. She really doesn’t have a lot to lose at this point. The only reason Murdoch pulled the plug on the OJ book was due to the public outcry and disgust at both the project and HIM personally. He sure as hell signed off on it in the first place! If it’ll make $, Murdoch is there. Taste and class are not his strong suit.

By: Chris Foster, Birmingham, AL

Chris Foster, Birmingham, AL — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:49:12 +0000

I can’t wait til they release the phone tapes. Newscorp will be exposed! It’s just a matter of time.

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By: Jerry, Tacoma, WA

Jerry, Tacoma, WA — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:02:30 +0000

BOOM!!! This story just got 100% hotter. If what they’re saying over at Salon is true and Judy does indeed have the goods…it’s Sally-bar-the-door-time, baby. Fox News is going down. Hard. BOOM!!!

BARRETT: FOX NEWS CHIEF ROGER AILES WILL BE NAMED AS EXEC WHO TOLD REGAN TO LIE – COULD GET 5 YEARS
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/16/ailes/index_np.html

By: Ned blanco texas

Ned blanco texas — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:46:23 +0000

Well, I just git conected up to this here intanet. Mama she went in to town last week and wall mart was a havin a BIG sale. Then I git conected to Cnn and start a reading storys and stuff. This here story look to be like one of them city slicker lawyur jobs to me. cant imajine what this lady Judy done what was so bad to get wrote up like this and then have everbody type in about it and get all bothered. Just dont seam natual to me. Hell, let the woman alone sounds like she got in enough truble for one day.

By: J. Cooper, Austin, TX

J. Cooper, Austin, TX — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:17:26 +0000

Yeah Roger, it’s time to put up or quiet down. Will you apologize to Judith if it turn out she’s got a smoking gun and makes it public? After writing such a nasty piece (IMHO), I think you owe an answer to Judith, her fans, and your own readers. Or are you just a chicken?

By: Brenda, New York, NY

Brenda, New York, NY — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:13:31 +0000

Let’s see, she lost her career, she lost her reputation, she lost her married boyfriend, she lost the limelight, she lost her sense of what makes “good” reading with this lawsuit she obviously wrote. I think she is hoping and praying that this will get her a quick but small settlement … although I the News Corp have enough lawyers on retainer to keep this out of the Courts for as long as necessary. After the election, it will be worth zero.

By: Jack, Rockford, IL

Jack, Rockford, IL — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:25:16 +0000

Hey Roger! Please go on the record here. If it turns out Regan does indeed have the hard evidence that she claims (that News Corp started a campaign to destroy her reputation and credibilty because they were afraid of what she knows about Bernie Kerik and Rudy Giuliani) and she makes it public, will you appologize to her? Given what you wrote about her legal complaint, I think it’s a very fair question to ask you and one I hope you have the courage to answer.

By: Jerry,Dallas TX

Jerry,Dallas TX — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:51:28 +0000

HOW ABOUT THIS: this is the first blitz on a PR Campaign on her new expose! A book!!!!with the publication date around election time.

By: Mrs. Betty Bowers, Atlanta, GA

Mrs. Betty Bowers, Atlanta, GA — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:42:32 +0000

Isn’t there more than a whiff of extortion in a complaint seeking money that alleges that the defendant is afraid that the plaintiff will reveal certain information, information that is only coyly alluded to in the complaint?

By: J. Coombs, SLC, Utah

J. Coombs, SLC, Utah — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:37:05 +0000

Certainly the parties must have negotiated before Regan filed her lawsuit in court. Since News Corp has a lot of money with which to settle claims like these before they are publicized and since they didn’t settle with her but allowed her lawsuit to be filed, we can probably conclude that New Corp isn’t too worried about it. Whatever negotiating power Regan and her lawyers had BEFORE the lawsuit was filed, that power or bargaining position is now gone. I think News Corp’s attorneys will drag it out, make it miserable and expensive for her with tons and tons of discovery, and she’ll rue the day she ever filed it. Lawsuits aren’t fun. Now that a formal complaint has been filed, the work and the incurring of law fees begins. You also have to wonder what her damages are, if any. If she really has no damages, her lawyers certainly aren’t taking it on a contingency basis and it will cost her a lot of money to prosecute. It also remains to be seen whether News Corp will respond with counterclaims of its own. If they do, she’ll be paying her lawyers a lot of money to defend those as well. All in all, as I see it at this point, I personally wouldn’t want to be in her shoes. News Corp has a lot more money to pay lawyers than she does.

By: Paul, Berkeley, California

Paul, Berkeley, California — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:09:54 +0000

She wanted to spend more time with her family.
She made anti-semitic remarks.
Pick one.
Don’t like these?
How about
She’s crazy!

By: Mudhen Chris, Toledo Ohio

Mudhen Chris, Toledo Ohio — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:09:06 +0000

A tabloid journalist is fired and files a tabloid lawsuit.

They should have hired Bozo the Clown. At least when they fire him he would simply hit them in the face with a pie.

By: Nina - San Francisco CA

Nina - San Francisco CA — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:22:52 +0000

Sir, I’m quite “slackjawed” from reading your vitriol. Query the psychopathology of how ever this blog came into being.

By: B. Montgomery, Lakewood, CA

B. Montgomery, Lakewood, CA — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:40:43 +0000

Please “redact” my posting

By: Bill Montgomery, Lakewood, CA

Bill Montgomery, Lakewood, CA — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:38:27 +0000

Fair and balanced? I think not. Look up a case (1997) where Fox went after an employee for bringing up information about Fox looking into the privacy of their employees. Of course, he got hosed for trying to help them clean their own house. Hmmm.