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Lachlan was aligned with his father, but then aligned with his brother. the three are fighting, it goes on to say. rupert has told people, he does not want to fire o reilly because it would make it appear he was forced into a decision by the new york times. that last line, i thought was really telling. no question that s true. both aspects of it. rupert standing by o reilly. one of his sons wanting to get rid of o reilly, and lack lan somewhere in the middle. murdoch is, one, a newspaper man, and two, he s always viewed himself as an outsider. he s an outsider to the new york times. he challenged the new york times with the wall street journal the same way he used fox news to challenge cnn. his the idea that he would have to capitulate, that he would have to give up his biggest asset because fox news reported on many accusations that rupert murdoch was already familiar with, i think that really rubs him the wrong way. we also had a protest outside ....
Enter the no-spin zone. reporter: as the embattled star of fox news faces a firestorm over alleged sexual harassment, the president is coming to his defense. in an interview with the the new york times president trump said i think he s a good person. fox news is facing growing calls to fire o reilly. and nearly 50 companies have pulled their ads from the show. o reilly paid five women almost $13 million in settlements over claims of sexual harassment. the president now says perso. the president now says personally i think he shouldn t have settled. because you should have taken it all the way. i don t think bill did anything wrong. it s not the first time he s defended a fox titan. last summer, when former ceo roger ailes faced multiple allegations of sexual harassment, candidate trump defended his friend. they re saying these horrible things about him. it s very sad. because he s a very good person. reporter: but just a month before the election it was trump ....
Well o you re reelly moving this thing. we ve got 12,000 retweets in three minutes on this tweet that i just sent, which is hey, bill o reilly please sue me, too, because i believe wendy walsh. we have to riley factor on that tweet. it will get to bill o reilly. he s going to see that number. bill o reilly is running scared tonight and advertisers are running scared from the show. the latest count is at least 1,500 have abandoned bill o reilly s show. about the $13 million in settlements paid by fox news and bill o reilly in sexual harassment cases. they re calling on fox news to fire o reilly and for the network to launch an independent investigation into its culture of sexual harassment. for the second night in a row, ....
The latest count is at least 1,500 have abandoned bill o reilly s show. about the $13 million in settlements paid by fox news and bill o reilly in sexual harassment cases. they re calling on fox news to fire o reilly and for the network to launch an independent investigation into its culture of sexual harassment. for the second night in a row, the famously combative thin-skinned o reilly was too terrified to say a word about the two days of extensive reporting in the new york times about his costly behavior in the workplace. joining us now, the man who wrote the book on fox news, gabriel sherman, editor at msnbc contributor. he s the the new legal ....