Billy O Reilly Sexual Harassment Scandal in Fox

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Just Heard on the News Bill O Reilly Sexual Harassment Scandal in Fox King Of Cable in the USA?

The_Valeyard

Suppose Bill Didnt 'factor' that in.

Winterlong

Donald says he is a nice guy. Must be true.

DrumSteve

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Just Heard on the News Bill O Reilly Sexual Harassment Scandal in Fox King Of Cable in the USA?

I cannot figure out this sentence.

I keep reading it but I just don't understand it.

biko

http://www.amny.com/news/bill-o-reilly-sexual-harassment-scandal-explained-1.13367681

More than a week after revelations emerged that Fox News and host Bill O’Reilly paid five women to settle sexual harassment claims, 21st Century Fox has asked a law firm to investigate at least one of the allegations.
The news comes as a number of major companies have pulled advertising from "The O’Reilly Factor."
Although O’Reilly, 67, insists the allegations are baseless and that he was targeted because of his fame, many have called for Fox to fire him.

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Winterlong wrote: »

Donald says he is a nice guy. Must be true.

Great Pst:D:)

py2006

what did he do or say?

Allinall

DrumSteve wrote: »

I cannot figure out this sentence.

I keep reading it but I just don't understand it.

If you take a deep breath and read it really quickly it makes sense.

You've got to shorten the wavelength, or something.

super_furry

You wouldn't get that from the likes of Pat Kenny! Sure he nearly melted into a puddle when he had to interview Pamela Anderson.

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biko wrote: »

http://www.amny.com/news/bill-o-reilly-sexual-harassment-scandal-explained-1.13367681

Five Women had been given sums of money totaling $13million by either fox news or 0 Reilly why would you give women money?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

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Great Pst:D:)

Nearly as articulate as the OP.

He's been in the frame for this before, I saw a thing on TV about a scandal in 2002 (I think), and the things he admitted to were insane. He even admitted saying that any woman who spoke up about him would wish she was never born. That was 15 years ago, separate to the ongoing scandal.

He's a vile man with what the Washington Post called a 'tenuous attachment to facts' even if it's all unfounded. He lied about and exaggerated his coverage of the Falklands War, turning himself into a journalistic hero, when he was pretty much the opposite.

He also thinks God controls the tides - because there's no other explanation!

ScumLord

One of the things that get me about these kind of scandals is the sponsors pulling out. As if those multinational corporations are the bastions of honor and integrity. They start pointing fingers while doing their best to profit at any cost.

Then he other media stations act like they're morally clean and the rest are scum when they're all the same profiteering gossip merchants. One of the worst things Trump ever did was make CNN look like a credible media company.

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please helpThank YOU wrote: »

Five Women had been given sums of money totaling $13million by either fox news or 0 Reilly why would you give women money?

Why do you think?

Alun

DrumSteve wrote: »

I cannot figure out this sentence.

I keep reading it but I just don't understand it.

Like pretty much everything 'please helpThank YOU' writes, to be honest.

Arghus

The man is undoubtedly an ass-hat, but he doesn't deserve to be destroyed by allegations.

Arghus

Arghus wrote: »

The man is undoubtedly an ass-hat, but he doesn't deserve to be destroyed by allegations.

Not even if they're true?

Arghus

Candie wrote: »

Not even if they're true?

That's the thing about allegations: we don't know if they are true or not.

super_furry

Arghus wrote: »

That's the thing about allegations: we don't know if they are true or not.

He doesn't seem to be too keen to let them go to court.

Arghus

Arghus wrote: »

That's the thing about allegations: we don't know if they are true or not.

I hope it goes to court at some point.

That way he'll either be cleared or the many women that have been paid off over the years will be cleared of the suspicion of opportunism.

Arghus

super_furry wrote: »

He doesn't seem to be too keen to let them go to court.

That isn't quite an admission of guilt to be fair.

Edit: I can think of numerous reasons why someone with a high media profile may not want to go to court, especially when potentially embarassing details of their sex life may come up. Even if they feel they might win their case, the reputational damage it might cause could make it a very pyrric victory in the long run.

That's not to say I like Bill O' Reilly, but just because he doesn't want to go to court doesn't automatically make him guilty.

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Arghus wrote: »

That's the thing about allegations: we don't know if they are true or not.

You are 100 per cent right what you say. and if he is Innocent the Truth will always Prevail . allegation is one thing. but this what people will say why did he give Money? its like Michael Jackson payout Money you better off going to court and proven your Innocent.

NeonSquares

I smell a cushty White House position in the works.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

NeonSquares wrote: »

I smell a cushty White House position in the works.

Absoultely. The last Conservative media nutjob to be "plagued" by sexual harassment accusations was rewarded with the Presidency.

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Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Absoultely. The last Conservative media nutjob to be "plagued" by sexual harassment accusations was rewarded with the Presidency.

True:eek:

pilly

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You are 100 per cent right what you say. and if he is Innocent the Truth will always Prevail . allegation is one thing. but this what people will say why did he give Money? its like Michael Jackson payout Money you better off going to court and proven your Innocent.

And there we have it!!! I was waiting. Sorry OP but you're driving me mad with constantly throwing out questions like this, waiting for someone to say innocent until proven guilty and then jumping up and own for joy.

We get it. You were accused of something.

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pilly wrote: »

And there we have it!!! I was waiting. Sorry OP but you're driving me mad with constantly throwing out questions like this, waiting for someone to say innocent until proven guilty and then jumping up and own for joy.

We get it. You were accused of something.

I Said About paying Money Looks Bad. Not The Not the Allegation any Fruit Cake Can Make Allegation even About You our Any Member Of Your Family our any One you Love for a matter of fact .

pilly

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I Said About paying Money Looks Bad. Not The Not the Allegation any Fruit Cake Can Make Allegation even About You our Any Member Of Your Family our any One you Love for a matter of fact .

I KNOW BECAUSE YOU KEEP TELLING US.

pilly

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I Said About paying Money Looks Bad. Not The Not the Allegation any Fruit Cake Can Make Allegation even About You our Any Member Of Your Family our any One you Love for a matter of fact .

You actually didn't read or understand what I said did you?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

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You are 100 per cent right what you say. and if he is Innocent the Truth will always Prevail . allegation is one thing. but this what people will say why did he give Money? its like Michael Jackson payout Money you better off going to court and proven your Innocent.

That's very optimistic. Very few people emerge totally "innocent" after a sexual harassment accusation - even if they clear themselves in court.

Luggnuts

The same people who defend O'Reilly and demand that the allegations be proven are the ones who flat-out say that Assange is a rapist even though Assange's alleged victims insist no rape ever took place.

O 'Reilly is a complete and utter liar and hypocrite and much like many conservative characters he preaches one thing for others whilst completely going against this credo himself. He thunders on about family values while (allegedly) sexually bullying female staff and makes lewd phonecalls to them. Wasn't he exposed admitting to an intern that he was on the phone with that he was masturbating himself with a loofah while talking to her? Just like Limbaugh who insisted everyone caught with a spliff should be banged up yet when he was exposed as addicted to Oxycontin then all of a sudden he was in favour of treatment.

Creepy.

Arghus

Luggnuts wrote: »

The same people who defend O'Reilly and demand that the allegations be proven are the ones who flat-out say that Assange is a rapist even though Assange's alleged victims insist no rape ever took place.

Not in my case. I'd say that O'Reilly is innocent until proven guilty and I'd say the same about Assange.

Somedude9

He's a nutjob

mzungu

Somedude9 wrote: »

He's a nutjob

Jaysus, there is a bit of the Patrick Bateman in there. No doubt about it.

nacho libre

Bill has been let go by Fox.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/business/media/bill-oreilly-fox-news-allegations.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Did not see that one coming. I'm guessing the sponsors spoke.

mikeym

Im sure The Donald will give him a job as an adviser

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Did not see that one coming.

Funnily enough, that's exactly what the woman who spoke to him on the phone while he masturbated said too.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

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Funnily enough, that's exactly what the woman who spoke to him on the phone while he masturbated said too.

Ashamed to say yhat made me lol...

BorneTobyWilde

He'll move to CNN

red ears

He is 67 he will probably just retire

Great to see that rightwing thug finally get his comeuppance. A bully and a sanctimonious hypocrite like all his class.

And how apt that Trump is supporting him...

Hank Scorpio

Tucker Carlson gets his prime time spot

kavanada

Feckin idiot. How on earth did he not know what 'Play us out' means?! He thought his colleagues were taking the piss or something.

I hate the way the States build up these characters into 'News Anchors' where their opinions count. Just read the news.

Your Face

I always got the impression Bill O Reilly was just playing a character and people bought in to it.

Chain Smoker

red ears wrote: »

He is 67 he will probably just retire

Not a chance, some fringe right wing media outlet will pay him HUGE money as their gateway to something resembling the mainstream.

Canis Lupus

Looking at his facebook page it's literally full of people (even women) saying they won't watch Fox anymore and they fully support him.

Minderbinder

I think he probably deserves to be fired for many things, even being a weirdo in this case but I'm struggling to see anything he did that is worth $13 million.

He asked one woman if she wanted to go to his hotel room and she declined. Then she didn't get a job at Fox. Is there more evidence to that or what?

I think if he wasn't a well known TV personality then no allegations would be made and these women wouldn't be chasing money.

Hank Scorpio

Some of the woman were sworn to silence with the payouts, there was a report in the NYTs he kept ringing one of them while jacking off on the phone. His books are great tbh, huge loss to Fox.

pjohnson

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Looking at his facebook page it's literally full of people (even women) saying they won't watch Fox anymore and they fully support him.

Probably same women who want Trump to grab them by thier pussy.

Shemale

He is a horrible ****.

If you have the time you should watch his interview with Bill Clinton, he tried to ambush him and Clinton was well able for him.