Former Al Jazeera employee sues network, alleging anti-Semitism, anti-Americanism

Washington Post ^ | 4/28/15 | Erik Wemple

[markomalley]

A former employee of Al Jazeera America has filed suit against the network for workplace retaliation, leveling a number of allegations that a manager engaged in discriminatory conduct toward women and made offensive remarks about Israel and the United States.

Matthew Luke started at Al Jazeera America in 2013 in New York City, prior to the network’s U.S. launch, and served initially as its supervisor of media and archive management. In his early days on the job, notes the complaint, Luke was a happy employee, working closely with Jeff Polikoff, who now holds the title of acting executive vice president of operations & technology. “Luke worked diligently to assist AJAM to prepare for the launch of its U.S. news network in August of 2013, and, along with the team that he managed, was instrumental in making that launch a logistical suc[c]ess,” notes the lawsuit.

[markomalley]

Al Jazeera, anti-Semitic, misogynist and anti-American??? Say it ain't so...

/sarc

[Darksheare]

Yeah, I like how he worked at a terrorist apolooist network and expected a different outcome.

[RginTN]

shocking!/s

[Loyalist]

I hold no brief for Al-Jazeera, but I think the doctrine of volenti non fit injuria gets them off the hook.

[yuffy]

My Dad refused to buy Al-Jazeera, because he heard it had ties to the Muslim brotherhood.

[fatnotlazy]

Hope Matthew gets his money before the network folds.

[MeshugeMikey]

[xrmusn]

Wouldn’t that be like me going to work for ‘Queer Nation’ and suing because EVERYONE took shots at straight white males?

This clown needs a visit from ‘Dr Obvious’.