Nothing to do with his qualifications. They are opposed to donald trump pointing anyone to the Supreme Court. Kneneil gorsuch a good man. Its the democrats who are breaking the rules, what theyre doing is changing the 200 year status quo. The ironny is that you could have said the exact same things, regarding judge garland. That, of course, was president s garlands dom knee to fill the same vacancy who republicans refused to hold a single confirmation hearing, much less a vote. It was an unprecedented feet of obstruction. Which Mitch Mcconnell on the Campaign Trail later, one of my proudest moments. The Garland Affairs seem to have taught democrats a lesson about the up sides of obstructionism and now with engaged based marching the streets and turning up the town hall showing to posed any kind of cooperation whatsoever with this president ,
theres new in washington. Just four Democratic Senators came out against a gorsuch fill buster, facing tough reelection battles. Theyve vowed to c
viewership that needs to change and be more forward-thinking. is this about moving with the generation? well, the question for the mar do murdochs is where does the bottom line stop and the questions about the culture begin. if you re james murdoch, you really think that you need to clean up the culture there. after roger ailes was fired last summer, they said that they were cleaning house. this was a new environment that they were creating and women would never really be disrespected in the workplace there. but since that s happened, they have cut two deals on behalf of mr. o reilly and learned about a third that he had cut back in 2011. so the question inside fox that a lot of people that we ve spoke to have said is, well, has the culture really changed? what s different now than before ailes left. if ailes left, why doesn t mr. o reilly have to leave. those are questions that the mar do murdochs would have to answer to their employees and their employees have expressed
roger ailes probably the most powerful man in media leaving fox news in disgraces, although with quite a sizable severance package after a series of reports came out, allegation after allegation after allegation. what is the posture of fox towards o reilly now that there are five settlements on the record and possibly others as lawsuits now? we know mr. o reilly s contract has been extended. fox extended it knowing that he had reached many of these settlements. the important thing is that two of them have been reached since mr. ailes left. fox knew about those settlements when they extended his contract recently. so the question is and a lot of people havesked me but fox hasn t answered why is mr. o reilly being treated differently than mr. ailes. fox would you say the cases that were brought in recent months against mr. o reilly which he settled have any merit and they ve been able to dismiss them. do you want to respond to
we know mr. o reilly s contract has been extended. fox extended it knowing that he had reached many of these settlements. the important thing is that two of them have been reached since mr. ailes left. fox knew about those settlements when they extended his contract recently. so the question is and a lot of people have asked me but fox hasn t answered why is mr. o reilly being treated differently than mr.il. fox would you say the cases that were brought in recent months against mr. o reilly which he settled have any merit and they ve been able to dismiss them. do you want to respond to that? it s been since 2014 with andrea and what she went through where it seemed clear she had recordings about what he wanted to do in the shower with her all the way until the present. in any other company, bill o reilly would be fired.