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1/ Demonizing on-air language about Muslims, immigrants and other minorities led News Corp.'s chief compliance officer to quit in 2017, he tells NPR in his first public comments on his ex-employer. n.pr/2UQ1ldR
2/ Joseph Azam, a former senior vice president for the Fox News parent, says the rhetoric sickened him.

"Scaring people … creating, like, a fervor — an anxiety about what was happening in our country. It fundamentally bothered me on a lot of days.” n.pr/2UQ1ldR
3/ Azam, a son of Afghan refugees, says leaving News Corp. was a matter of principle, and he worried about the impact the anti-Muslim rhetoric could have on his family.

"It worries me that … what's being put out into the universe could actually create a lot of risk for them."
4/ Azam's public remarks to NPR arrive after a slew of controversies for Fox News and its hosts Jeanine Pirro and Tucker Carlson. n.pr/2UQ1ldR
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