{{BLP sources|date=May 2017}} {{short description|American journalist}} {{Infobox person | image = Diana Falzone - TRL.jpg | caption = Falzone in 2008 | image_size = | name = Diana Falzone | birth_place = [[West Milford, New Jersey|West Milford]], [[New Jersey]], U.S. | alma_mater = [[New School]] (2005) | occupation = Journalist | children = 1 }}
'''Diana Falzone''' is an American journalist. Falzone is a contributing reporter for ''[[The Daily Beast]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/diana-falzone/ |title= Diana Falzone|website=The Daily Beast|accessdate=12 April 2021}}</ref> and her work has also been seen in Vanity Fair, Vice News and Buzzfeed. She is a former reporter for [[Foxnews.com|FoxNews.com]] and the former host of Fox411.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/business/media/fox-news-diana-falzone-lawsuit.html|title=Diana Falzone of Fox News Files Discrimination Lawsuit|last=Bromwich|first=Jonah Engel|date=2017-05-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-05-02|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bna.com/fox-news-ditched-n57982087386/|title=Fox News Ditched Reporter After Health Disclosure, Lawsuit Says|website=[[Bloomberg BNA]] |access-date=2017-05-02}}</ref> She is a former host of [[Maxim magazine|''Maxim'' magazine]] and [[Sirius XM Indie]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9T_uBgAAQBAJ&dq=Diana+Falzone+maxim+magazine+host&pg=PA27|title=The New Picasso: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Concept Musical (A Romantic Musical Thriller)|last=Sloate|first=Jonathan David|date=2014-08-03|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=9781312335493|language=en}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Falzone grew up in the [[New Jersey]] township of [[West Milford, New Jersey|West Milford]], and graduated from [[The New School]] in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in [[psychology]].{{Primary source inline|date=May 2017}}
==Gender and disability discrimination lawsuit against Fox News== In January 2017, Falzone wrote an article published on the Fox News website revealing that she suffered from [[endometriosis]], a condition that rendered her infertile: "It was just days after my 33rd birthday when my doctor delivered the worst news of my life: I will likely never have a child and fulfill my greatest wish of being a mother.... When hit with the news that I am infertile, I could not stop crying. And not only was it very unlikely I'd ever conceive, my health was in jeopardy."<ref name="deathandtaxesmag.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/328202/diana-falzone-sues-fox-news-endometriosis-sex-appeal/|title=Diana Falzone kicked off Fox News because of endometriosis diagnosis|date=1 May 2017|website=deathandtaxesmag.com|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref> Falzone alleges that she sought Fox News' approval to publish an article before publication.<ref name="deathandtaxesmag.com"/>
In May 2017, Falzone filed a lawsuit against Fox News in [[New York State Supreme Court]] alleging gender and disability discrimination, and alleging that she had been banned from taking part in on-air activities at Fox News three days after the article was published.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fox-news-channel-diana-falzone-lawsuit-1202404666/|title=Fox News Web Personality Diana Falzone Sues Network for Gender Discrimination|first=Brian|last=Steinberg|date=1 May 2017|website=variety.com|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref> Falzone further alleged that after the article ran, a supervisor informed her that senior network executives [[Bill Shine (television executive)|Bill Shine]] and Jack Abernethy had banned her from ever appearing on FoxNews.com, and that she was not permitted to host her own shows, conduct her own interviews, appear on Fox TV, or do voiceovers, and that she should look for another job.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="deathandtaxesmag.com"/> Falzone alleges that she filed a formal complaint of discrimination through the 21st Century Fox hotline, but Fox declined to put her back on the air or otherwise redress her complaint.<ref name="auto"/> Her attorneys argue in the complaint that the revelation regarding Falzone's infertility, "detracted from her sex appeal and made her less desirable" in the eyes of the "male-dominated senior management of Fox News."<ref name="deathandtaxesmag.com"/><ref name="npr.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/01/526429448/fox-news-president-bill-shine-resigns|title=Fox News Co-President Bill Shine Resigns|website=[[NPR]] |access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>
Fox News Co-President [[Bill Shine (television executive)|Bill Shine]], who was named in Falzone's complaint, resigned from his position at Fox News in May 2017.<ref name="npr.org"/>
On March 8, 2018, it was made public that Falzone's case against Fox News had been settled and she had left their employment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/03/08/media/fox-news-settlement-diana-falzone/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309063506/http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/08/media/fox-news-settlement-diana-falzone/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2018|title=Fox News settles gender discrimination suit with female reporter, her lawyer says|first=Oliver|last=Darcy|website=cnn.com|date=8 March 2018 |access-date=10 March 2018}}</ref>
Falzone gave birth to a baby boy on 5 August 2018.<ref name=foster18>{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Sheena |title=Former Fox News Reporter Diana Falzone Welcomes Baby Boy |url=https://www.endofound.org/former-fox-news-reporter-diana-falzone-welcomes-baby-boy |access-date=15 March 2019 |work=The Blossom |publisher=Endometriosis Foundation of America |date=13 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
==Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump story== In the March 11, 2019 issue of ''[[The New Yorker]]'', [[Jane Mayer]] reported Falzone had obtained proof that Trump had engaged in a sexual relationship [[Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal|in 2006 with Stephanie Clifford]] ("Stormy Daniels"), but [[Ken LaCorte]] told her the story was killed because "Rupert wants [[2016 United States presidential election|Donald Trump to win]]. So just let it go."<ref name=FoxTrumpPropaganda>{{cite journal|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house |title=The Making of the Fox News White House; Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda? |author=Jane Mayer |author-link=Jane Mayer |issue=March 11, 2019 issue |website=NewYorker.com |date=4 March 2019 |access-date=6 March 2019 }}</ref> Falzone later discovered that the ''[[National Enquirer]]'' had made a "[[catch and kill]]" deal regarding Daniels for Trump, and Fox did not run that either. The story remained unknown to the public until a year after [[First inauguration of Donald Trump|Trump became President]], when ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' news broke of Trump's alleged [[Hush money|payoffs]] as compensation to Daniels for her agreement to a non disclosure agreement, and then-Trump attorney [[Michael Cohen (lawyer)|Michael Cohen]]'s criminal attempts to conceal them as legal fees.<ref name=FoxTrumpPropaganda />
On March 14, 2019, NBC News reported that Falzone "plans to tell [[United States Congress|Congress]] about allegations that the outlet [Fox News] tried to stop her from reporting on the Stormy Daniels controversy during the 2016 election, citing an exception to a [[Non-disclosure agreement|nondisclosure agreement]] she signed", in response to a request from [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform|House Oversight Committee]] Chair [[Elijah Cummings]] that she talk to committee investigators and provide documents.<ref name=melber19>{{cite news |last1=Melber |first1=Ari |author1-link=Ari Melber |title=Bucking NDA, ex-Fox News reporter plans to tell Congress about outlet's role in Trump hush money story |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/bucking-nda-ex-fox-news-reporter-plans-tell-congress-about-n983561 |access-date=15 March 2019 |work=NBC News |date=14 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Falzone's lawyer stated that her client would comply with the committee request, noting that a government inquiry "trumps an [[Non-disclosure agreement|NDA]].... No NDA can prevent anybody from participating in a government investigation".<ref name="griffiths19">{{cite news |last1=Griffiths |first1=Brent D. |title=Former Fox News reporter's lawyer: 'We'll comply' with House request for documents about Trump and Stormy Daniels |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/14/diana-falzone-trump-fox-news-1222399 |access-date=15 March 2019 |work=[[Politico]] |date=14 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations]]
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== External links == * [http://www.foxnews.com/person/f/diana-falzone.html Fox News: Diana Falzone] * [http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/index.html Fox411]
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