By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--April 24, 2017
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“Front and center on O'Reilly's website Saturday was a banner promoting the podcast, set for 7 p.m. ET: "Monday. The no spin news returns." During O'Reilly's highly successful run as host of "The O'Reilly Factor," he typically would begin each episode telling viewers: "You are about to enter the No Spin Zone.” “O'Reilly was ousted from Fox News on Wednesday. Speculation had been swirling that O'Reilly would be let go for some time after an investigation by the New York Times a couple weeks ago found either O'Reilly or Fox News' parent company, 21st Century Fox, paid five women a total of $13 million in exchange for agreeing to not pursue litigation or speak about their accusations of sexual harassment or other types of inappropriate behavior. The women, not identified in the report, either worked for O'Reilly or appeared on his show. The accusations date at least as far back as 2002.”
“He released a statement Wednesday praising Fox News, but said it was "tremendously disheartening" to be leaving "due to completely unfounded claims.” “Though Fox News removed O'Reilly's name from the name of the show after he was dismissed, the final episode of "The Factor" aired on Friday.The final episode of “The Factor” on Friday was a far cry from O’Reilly’s take-no-prisoners style. Monday’s replacement could be dubbed “The No Testosterone Factor” with O’Reilly replacement Tucker Carlson choosing as his guest the no-testosterone Caitlyn Jenner, who some claim is really Bruce Jenner in disguise. But by Friday it was already more difficult to find “The Factor” YouTubes on Fox—in fact as CFP and many others discovered you could now only find them by Googling them. "Bill O'Reilly was just murdered in cold blood by the liberal media," bestselling author David Horowitz says.
“O'Reilly was the most powerful voice in cable television and he treated Trump fairly and criticized the dishonesty of the anti-Trump media, says Horowitz, who had first warned of such attacks in his runaway bestseller “Big Agenda:President Trump’s Plan to Save America”. (News Max) “Horowitz noted that after Trump won Obama even made a cryptic comment, saying Fox News played a key role in defeating Hillary. “And O'Reilly was the #1 rated host! He had to be stopped, Horowitz argues. “In Big Agenda, Horowitz claims far left groups began funding an effort to use all the levers they could pull — big media, academia, government insiders, Democratic front groups — to stop Trump's conservative plan to drain the swamp and save America. “A key part of the plan, he says, has been to "take out" Trump allies in the media and conservative circles. "They dredged up years-old, unsubstantiated allegations to torpedo O'Reilly," Horowitz argues."
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