Former Executive Charges Al Jazeera America With Discrimination, Biased Coverage In Lawsuit

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by: Michael Calderone | Huffington Post

NEW YORK -- Shannon High-Bassalik, a former senior vice president at Al Jazeera America, filed a lawsuit Thursday against the network and a top executive charging “unlawful and discriminatory” treatment of employees.

In her federal lawsuit, filed in California, High-Bassalik alleged that the network “favored its Arabic and male employees, treating its non-Arabic female employees as second class citizens."

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