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Blue_Tires

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Mon Apr 3, 2017, 01:30 PM Apr 2017

***ANYBODY ELSE*** would have long since been fired...

Bill O’Reilly Thrives at Fox News, Even as Harassment Settlements Add Up

For nearly two decades, Bill O’Reilly has been Fox News’s top asset, building the No. 1 program in cable news for a network that has pulled in billions of dollars in revenues for its parent company, 21st Century Fox.

Behind the scenes, the company has repeatedly stood by Mr. O’Reilly as he faced a series of allegations of sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior.

An investigation by The New York Times has found a total of five women who have received payouts from either Mr. O’Reilly or the company in exchange for agreeing to not pursue litigation or speak about their accusations against him. The agreements totaled about $13 million.

Two settlements came after the network’s former chairman, Roger Ailes, was dismissed last summer in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal, when the company said it did not tolerate behavior that “disrespects women or contributes to an uncomfortable work environment.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment-fox-news.html


I mean, even ESPN eventually kicked out their repeat sexual harassment offenders...
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***ANYBODY ELSE*** would have long since been fired... (Original Post) Blue_Tires Apr 2017 OP
anyone else think this was about Trump? Skittles Apr 2017 #1
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