Pete Rose Committed Statutory Rape (according to court docs)

[Wonderful Monds]

Not trying to get political here but given Fox News' recent sackings of the late Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly, does Rose get a free pass from these accusations or do they let him go as well?

Ailes was part of a sexual harassment lawsuit brought on by Fox employees, so that was a little different. O'Reilly had to lose a bunch of advertisers first before he was gone.

Just don't think the story has enough legs. Plus I think Fox Sports is a separate part of the company from Fox News anyway, so how they operate might be completely different.

[Strikes Out Looking]

The most amazing thing about this thread is that it hasn't been locked.

[Chip R]

Ailes was part of a sexual harassment lawsuit brought on by Fox employees, so that was a little different. O'Reilly had to lose a bunch of advertisers first before he was gone.

I don't know. Right now, if you're putting Pete Rose on camera, you might as well stamp "sleeps with 14 year old girls" on his forehead. That can't be good. MLB may have a say in it as well.

Just don't think the story has enough legs. Plus I think Fox Sports is a separate part of the company from Fox News anyway, so how they operate might be completely different.

That's like saying ESPN is a separate company than Disney. Technically it's true but they are all owned by one company. Plus an accusation of statutory rape is far worse than an accusation of sexual harassment.

[The Operator]

I tend to agree with everyone who has said this should be moved to the Politics Forum, if it's going to continue at all.

Thanks.