Bill Maher, the HBO late-night host of “Real Time,” was criticized widely on social media after an interview with a Nebraska senator that aired Friday night where the host joked that he is a “house [expletive].”
Maher was having a back-and-forth with Sen. Ben Sasse,
R-Neb., and the senator invited the liberal talk-show host to visit his state.
“We’d love to have you work in the fields with us,” Sasse
joked.
Maher responded, “Work in the fields? Senator, I’m a
house [expletive].”
Some in the audience groaned and a few clapped. Maher
appeared to quickly reassure the audience and said, “No, it’s a joke.”
Sasse did not address the comment and the two moved on to
another subject. Sasse faced some criticism on social media for not quickly
condemning the host’s comments.
Deray Mckesson, an activist for Black Lives Matter, took
to Twitter, saying, “But really, @BillMaher has got to go. There are no
explanations that make this acceptable.”
The New York Times reported that the word was not cut out
during HBO’s rebroadcast at midnight.
Maher was criticized last month for comments he made
about President Trump and his daughter Ivanka.
Maher made his most recent controversial comments the
same week Kathy Griffin faced fallout for a video showing her posing with a
likeness of Trump’s severed head.
Edmund
DeMarche is a news editor for FoxNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @EDeMarche.
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The lawsuit against CNN and sister companies claims that
African-Americans receive lower performance ratings in evaluations.
By Eriq Gardner
Last December, CNN and
other Time Warner units were hit with a proposed
class action in Georgia federal
court. The named plaintiffs include Celeslie Henley, who says she
worked at CNN for seven years until she was allegedly fired after emailing
human resources about discriminatory treatment.
The lawsuit against CNN
and sister companies claims among other things that African-Americans receive
lower performance ratings in evaluations, that there are dramatic differences
in pay between similarly situated employees of different races and that the
promotion of African-American employees is blocked by a "glass
ceiling."
The complaint (see here) cites hiring and advancement statistics while
alleging that African-American employees have endured slurs from
superiors, including "It's hard to manage black people" and "Who
would be worth more: black slaves from times past, or new slaves?"
The case against CNN may
soon become bigger by many multiples.
That's because after the
defendants moved for dismissal or at least a more definitive statement about
specific allegations, also raising the prospect that some of the claims may be
barred by statute of limitations or by plaintiffs not exhausting administrative
remedies, the plaintiffs' attorneys told the judge of their wish to file an
amended complaint.
According to
a plaintiffs' motion to amend that was filed March 23, "Since
the filing of this action, counsels for the plaintiffs have been contacted by
more than 175 people, both former and current employees of the Defendant,
requesting to be members of the putative class action, all having similar complaints
of intentional racial discrimination, discrimination impact and discriminatory
practices employed by the Defendants."
The attorneys also write
that many of the potential members recently coming forward are within the
administrative process at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and
awaiting their 90-days right-to-sue letter.
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