from talk show zbloefts international business machines o reilly has traded the no spin zone for the no job zone one car teenist young a gone groping sign on o reilly s door. bill o reilly was fired today. talk show audiences. fox news fired bill o reilly. seemed delighted. bill o reilly is out of fox. god bless you and everybody in the room, god bless us all. the host of the view then reminisced about the time they walked off the set after arguing with o reilly he sure had a way with words. well say you re a cocaine dealer and you kind of look like one a little bit. as do you. you look like a cocaine user. my mind, i think of you as a goon. i didn t hear a word she said, i was looking at the james brown wig. hey, bill, how you like my wig now? read one tweet. like magic, poof, bill o reilly
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to it if you think it s unfounded. you can t get into a fight with a waiter because it can end up on page 6. that s a whole different story. if someone accuses you of something this serious and you didn t do it, you fight like hell. go on. he would call that statement taking the high road, trying to keep his options open for the future. actually, he won t take responsibility for what he did. he knows what he did. he won t be contrite. he has never been and never will be in the no spin zone. he is the spin man. totally. and what he did with andrea mackris back in 2004 wasn t enough to get him fired. it took more women with additional courage to come forward. it was very different back then. right. andrea mackris worked for him directly. she wasn t a celebrity that was
building that is the unfortunate reality many of us in the public eye must live with today. he concluded by saying i will always look back at my time at fox news with great pride in the unprecedented success we achieved. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. reporter: bill o reilly is a fox news original, who got his start as a local news reporter. he later went on to report for both cbs and abc news. in 1989, o reilly joined inside edition, he anchored the show for six years, known for his big personality, even back then, o reilly also became known for his temper, on display in this video that went viral. i can t do it. we ll do it live. nope, we ll do it live! do it live! i ll write it and we ll do it
appear at the fox news channel. bill o reilly is leaving as of today after what our parent company, 21st century fox, an extensive review of sexual harassment claims, allegations that o reilly again today called completely unfounded. the decision was announced this afternoon by rupert, james, and markland murdock. howard kurtz is here with details. bill o reilly, the biggest star in the history of fox news, is leaving in the wake of mounting allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct. the news came this afternoon in a terse statement from 21st century fox, saying that after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, they have agreed that he will not be returning. o reilly, the top ranking hosting cable news is known for his combative, sometimes confrontational style. you are about to enter the no spin zone.