knowledge of the facts of the situation. he was supportive of o reilly. o reilly was very supportive of him. he was a real maker of him. it reminded me when ailes put the glasses back on geraldo. ailes said you are a lawyer. not the guy on the stage with the nazis and chairs. it changed him. o reilly did that for trump. he brought him on and talked about serious things. making a case to his people. it wound up helping him. what does it mean? when trump decided to skip the fox news debate before the iowa caucuses, he went on o reilly s show. that is how he explained his view. o reilly to your point said wouldn t it make more sense for you to come on. he was speaking to him like a friend/counselor/priest/therapy. it is not what you see. trump genuinely liked o reilly. it was obvious to us two weeks
devastating report on at least $13 million fox news and bill o reilly paid to at least five women who brought sexual harassment claims bill o reilly. when the new york times story broke, advertisers started leaving o reilly s show. protesters then instantly activated on social media and elsewhere and convinced dozens and dozens of more advertisers to leave bill o reilly s show. and advertisers left every day. the voices of those protesters were heard by the advertisers. and today that voice of protest won. they rose up against bill o reilly and they won. the parent company of fox news issued this statement today. 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. much of the information in the
to fox news after his vacation. the wall street journal reports the company is preparing to cut ties with o reilly. we should note the journal and fox news do share the same parent company. the journal reporting lines up with cnn s earlier reporting that fox and o reilly are talking exit, something the o reilly camp denies. his feature is expected to be a focal points of a 21st century fox board meeting tomorrow. a final decision on o reilly s fate could come by week s end. revelations of multiple sexual harassments prompted a multiple advertisers withdraw from o reilly s show. another woman accused o reilly of racial and sexual harassment. she called the hr hotline. even though he shotted god is great in arabic when being arrested police say the man who gunned down three people in fresno california tuesday was motivated by hate not terrorism.
analyst heidi przybilla and daily news columnist, also, the media reporter for the washington post is with us. paul, let me start with you and the latest that we are learning. we ve got this statement that fox news has put out officially so we know he is definitely gone. how do we get here? this goes back to the beginning of the month as you mentioned with the new york times report. it exposed five settlement that s bill o reilly and fox had made to settle sexual harassment claims against hf the since then advertisers have left o reilly s show. the publicity has not stopped and the murdoch family which controls fox news decided that the bleed hg to stop and that s where we are right now with bill o reilly s long career at an end. surprising to you or not, given discussions you ve learned about in recent days? very surprising since fox news knew all about these sexual
budget. i promise, i m not going to hurt you with it. neil: you are nasty. you are not o reilly. neil: i dare you take that on o reilly s show. it s not right. how come you say that? neil: we re going to let john go. john stossel, thank you very much. all right. pope benedict swan tour continues but only thousands of catholics descending on the vatican enough? he is going back. save your prayers for what he does