Fox News Finds Gawker Mole, Mole Refuses to Quit
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Andy Kropa/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Less than 24 hours after Gawker introduced “The Fox Mole,” an anonymous columnist who works for Fox News, the network told ABC News it figured out who the mole is and is now “exploring legal options.”
In statement to Mediaite, a Fox News rep said, “We’re exploring legal options at this time.”
Still, the mole’s column continues. In a post on Gawker on Wednesday afternoon, the mole wrote, “So Fox’s PR team has been telling people that they have ‘found’ me and are presently ‘exploring legal options.’ If Fox has smoked me out, it’s news to me. I’m still here. Back to work.”
The mole promised to deliver privileged information from Fox News’ headquarters. (The mole’s second post featured photos of the company’s bathrooms and a description of the “dreary” newsroom, where staffers are “constant worrying about an infestation from bedbugs, mice or some other vermin.”)
In Tuesday’s column, the mole explained that after years working at the conservative news network, “the final straw for me came last year.” The mole’s main point of contention: The Fox Nation, a news aggregator the mole described as “an unholy mashup of the Drudge Report, the Huffington Post and a Klan meeting.”
The mole knew the end was coming, but wanted to go down in flames: “I am leaving. Sooner rather than later, I’m guessing. But I can’t just leave quietly, can I? Where’s the fun in that?”
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