# Professor Irving Schenkler discusses Fox News' response to the sexual harassment case against Roger Ailes

1 Faculty News July 20, 2016 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/fox-news-not-following-typical-script-in-response-to-sexual-harassment-case/2016/07/20/8ac14442-4eab-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html) -- "[Irving Schenkler](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/irving-schenkler), a clinical professor of management communication at New York University’s Stern School of Business, said many firms follow a standard protocol about who can speak to the media. Usually that’s someone in communications. Or, occasionally, a crisis public relations strategist. But 12 voices at once? 'It’s quite striking to see such a leaky corporate vessel in real time,' he said. 'This is not an example of well-calibrated managerial response to a crisis type of situation.'"

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