Thomson Reuters (Mic) — Protesters gathered Tuesday outside Fox News’ headquarters in New York City to demand the company oust Bill O’Reilly, the conservative mouthpiece who’s been accused of sexually harassing multiple women. UltraViolet, the feminist grassroots group that organized the protest, also delivered a petition with 140,000 signatures calling for O’Reilly’s remaining advertisers to […]
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Fox News executives are reportedly debating whether Bill O’Reilly should keep his job
Evan Vucci/AP Fox News executives may be talking about giving Bill O’Reilly the boot. O’Reilly announced on his show Tuesday that he was taking a vacation, but New York Magazine cited four network sources who said Tuesday night’s program could be O’Reilly’s last on the network. “The assumption is that he’ll exit in a non-embarrassing […]
Bill O’Reilly laughs at ‘bizarre’ United Airlines incident where a passenger was dragged off of a flight
@JuddLegum/Twitter Fox News host Bill O’Reilly took to his show on Monday to weigh in on an incident involving a passenger that has rocked United Airlines. After playing the clip of a male passenger being forcibly removed by aviation police officers Sunday from United flight 3411, O’Reilly chuckled as he said to Fox News correspondent […]
Bill O’Reilly show down to just 7 advertisers amid growing sexual harassment scandal
Fox News’ top earner Bill O’Reilly is feeling the heat as advertisers continue to pull out of his show following reports that the right-wing host and 21st Century Fox have paid out $ 13 million in sexual harassment settlements against O’Reilly since 2002. O’Reilly’s latest alleged sexual harassment incidents were exposed by the New York […]
‘He’s taking my place’: Trump remarks on news coverage of sexual-harassment allegations against Bill O’Reilly
AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews President Donald Trump suggested that news coverage of sexual-harassment allegations against Bill O’Reilly was starting to outshine him. “You certainly covered O’Reilly big. … He’s taking my place. He’s taking my place,” Trump said in an interview with The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush published on Wednesday. Trump defended […]
Advertisers Are Ditching Bill O’Reilly Over Harassment Allegations
In a recurring segment on his show, The O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly likes to take on an “Unresolved Problem,” something he judges the media and national conversation at large to have glossed over without a close enough look. Now O’Reilly and his network are facing an unresolved problem of their own, in the wake of […]
Fox News reportedly paid out $13 million to women who accused Bill O’Reilly of sexual harassment
Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Fox News has paid millions to settle allegations of sexual harassment against ratings king Bill O’Reilly, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The Times uncovered settlements totaling $ 13 million that were paid out to five women, in exchange for the women agreeing not to file lawsuits against O’Reilly or speak […]
The Kremlin wants an apology from Fox News after Bill O’Reilly described Putin as ‘a killer’
Pavel Golovkin/AP Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were “unacceptable” comments one of the channel’s presenters made about President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. President Donald Trump. Fox News host Bill O’Reilly described Putin as “a killer” in the […]
‘You think our country is so innocent?’ – Trump asks after O’Reilly calls Putin ‘a killer’
The US is not as innocent as it may seem, according to President Donald Trump. When Fox News host Bill O’Reilly called Vladimir Putin “a killer,” Trump responded: “We’ve got a lot of killers.” In an interview to be aired ahead of the Super Bowl later on Sunday, Bill O’Reilly asked if Trump respects Russian […]