In early April this year, The New York Times reported that O'Reilly had paid out some $9 million to Mackris. After a rocky back and forth that spanned a period of weeks, the two agreed to settle out of court, each party dropping their suit against the other. The same day O'Reilly brought his suit against Mackris, though, Mackris did the same, suing the host for alleged sexual harassment and claiming in court papers that O'Reilly's alleged behavior had created a "virulently hostile work environment through explicit, rampant, pervasive, and continued sex discrimination." Mackris sought $60 million in damages. Win McNamee/Getty Images News/Getty Imagesīack in October 2004, as the story goes, O'Reilly filed suit against former O'Reilly Factor producer Andrea Mackris for what he alleged was extortion. To be frank, the recent slew of allegations to which his lawyers were referring, and which may have contributed to O'Reilly's downfall, certainly weren't the first Fox News has been going to bat for the oppugnant host for years. orchestrated by far-left organizations" and claimed that O'Reilly had "been subjected to a brutal campaign of character assassination that is unprecedented in post-McCarthyist America." Romper's request for comment on the reasoning behind O'Reilly's alleged termination by Fox News was not immediately returned. In a statement to The New York Times a day earlier, lawyers for O'Reilly called the allegations a "smear campaign. "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 statement read.ĮARLIER: According to New York Magazine and the Daily Intelligencer's Gabriel Sherman on Wednesday, the Murdochs - chairmen of Fox News' parent company, 21st Century Fox (Rupert Murdoch is currently acting CEO of Fox News) - reportedly decided to oust O'Reilly following various allegations of harassment over a span of years, which had prompted a wave of major companies to pull advertising from the show. UPDATE: In a statement to various news outlets, including Romper, on Wednesday, 21st Century Fox, Fox News' parent company, confirmed that O'Reilly would not return to the network. Of course, the myriad justifications behind why O'Reilly is reportedly leaving may not be so secret any longer, but for a long time, they remained dormant beneath Fox News' otherwise glossy surface and O'Reilly's own high-powered, prime-time cable news talk show. That's the length of time that transpired between the first public allegations against Fox host Bill O'Reilly and the first rumors of his imminent departure from the news network that made him a household name. His philanthropic enterprises have raised tens of millions for people in need and wounded American veterans.Twelve years, six months, and five days. Kennedy School of Government.īill O'Reilly lives on Long Island where he was raised. He holds a history degree from Marist College, a master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University, and another master’s degree from Harvard's John F. O'Reilly received two other Emmy nominations for the movies "Killing Kennedy" and "Killing Jesus." He was a national correspondent for CBS News and ABC News as well as a reporter-anchor for WCBS-TV in New York City, among other high-profile jobs. He has been awarded three Emmys and a number of other journalism accolades. O'Reilly currently has 17 million books in print.īill O'Reilly has been a broadcaster for 42 years. In addition, he has authored an astonishing 12 number one ranked non-fiction books including the historical "Killing" series. His website is followed by millions all over the world. The iconic anchor of The O'Reilly Factor led the program to the status of the highest rated cable news broadcast in the nation for sixteen consecutive years. Bill O'Reilly's success in broadcasting and publishing is unmatched.
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