Joe Muto

Joe Muto, known as the "Fox Mole", is a former employee of Fox News known for his leaks of material from the company to Gawker.

Muto, a graduate of University of Notre Dame, started work at Fox as a production assistant in July 2004 and became an associate producer for The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly's show, in January 2007.

"The Fox News Mole" In April 2012, Muto started a column on Gawker, "The Fox News Mole," in which he leaked gossip and unreleased footage from Fox News. According to Muto, he wanted to quit Fox News and work for Gawker, but Gawker staff instead proposed that he remain at Fox and leak material to them. To prove he worked at Fox News, Muto sent Gawker two Fox News outtakes: one was a discussion of horses by Sean Hannity and Mitt Romney, and another was Newt Gingrich having his hair done by his wife. The outtakes were posted publicly. Gawker editor-in-chief John Cook criticized the sentence, accusing Cyrus Vance Jr., the district attorney of Manhattan, of trying to please Roger Ailes.

Muto wrote the book An Atheist in the FOXhole chronicling his experiences at Fox.