leaving t the o reilly factor and shifting to other parts of the network. the question is whether or not this is a broader change and the influence that the murdock children who were long suspicious of roger ailes. my friends managed to get this quote from matthew freud. i am by no means alone within the family or company being ashamed and sickened by roger ailes sustained disregard of the journalistic morals that we hold dear. do we make over the entire network? is anybody else in the family s crosshairs right now? i think you have to look at somebody like sean hannity and question whether or not his almost propaganda-like attitude and programs every night is going to be acceptable in the minds of the family, which is
deliberate deception or a snaf few or miscommunication between the pentagon and the white house. jeremy peters, you have enemies like north korea scratching their head trying to figure out what s going on. competency issue. part of it feels like an episode of veep. part of it feels like just a genuine miscommunication, misunderstanding. this is what i don t understand. so it s going there, right? right. so what s the big deal? cokie, that s what i was thinking yesterday. everybody was trying to figure out where it was charted. by the way, if the north koreans are a little confused. a great dizzy dean quote, in the end while he was a great pitcher. he said sometimes it s not a bad thing for the batter to think you re a little crazy. david ignatius said, sometimes it s not a bad idea to put the chinese back on their heels. nothing to it.
yesterday fox announced, quote, after a thorough and careful review of the allegations the company and bill o reilly have agreed that bill o reilly will not be returning to the fox news channel. the decision came after revelations from the new york times that he and fox parent, 21st century fox, settled multiple sexual harassment complaints to the tune of $13 million. o reilly put out a statement that reads in part, quote, it is tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to completely unfounded claims, but that is the unfortunate reality many of us in the public eye must live with today. i will always look back on my time at fox with great pride and the unprecedented success we achieved. with my deepest gratitude to all my dedicated viewers. i wish only the best for fox news channel. mike barnicle, this is more
clearly trying to shift the network. it s also confusing because he does it in russian. go ahead. it would be nice to think that fox news had fired bill o reilly for moral reasons. after roger ailes left the network last december, they continued to pay settlements in order to keep women quiet accusing bill o reilly of sexual harassment. i think what s behind this is rupert murdock wants to buy sky news in the uk. there s a review coming up in the middle of may and will look at, quote, whether the new owners are fit and proper. they didn t want sexual allegations in the same sentence as fox news. i love the fit and proper, first of all. i think it s a wonderful way of describing. but the fact that fit and proper is not appropriate to sexual harassment you can t be fit and proper and having sexual harassment, that s new. there may be ridiculous
the global times wrote chinese society would approve of severe restrictive measures that have never been seen before, such as restricting oil imports to the north if pyongyang engages in further provocative activity. a global times editorial said china can no longer with stand the continuing escalation of the north korean nuclear issue at his doorstep. it also warned north korea to be mindful of the american military action, quote, not only is washington brimming with confidence and arrogance following the missile attacks on syria, but trump is willing to be regarded as a man who honors his promises, the noble times wrote. they wrote as for china, the denuclearization of north korea is a priority that sits above