Fox News trennt sich endgültig von Bill O’Reilly

FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE: Bill O’Reilly ist Trump-Fan und einer der bekanntesten Fernseh-Moderatoren Amerikas. Doch nun hat ihn sein Sender vor die Tür gesetzt. Der Grund sind schwere Vorwürfe von mehreren Frauen.

Der konservativ geprägte amerikanische Sender Fox News hat sich nach Berichten über sexuelle Übergriffe von seinem Kult-Moderator Bill O’Reilly getrennt. Das Mutterunternehmen des zum Imperium von Medienzar Rupert Murdoch gehörenden Senders bestätigte die Personalie. „Nach einer sorgfältigen Prüfung der Vorwürfe stimmen das Unternehmen und Bill O’Reilly überein, dass Bill O’Reilly nicht auf Fox News zurückkehren wird“, hieß es in einer Stellungnahme der 21st Century Fox am Mittwoch. » | Quelle: pach./dpa | Mittwoch, 19. April 2017

Fox News 'to Drop Host Bill O'Reilly' after Harassment Cases

BBC: Fox News is reportedly about to drop the country's top-rated cable news host, Bill O'Reilly, amid claims he sexually harassed female colleagues.

The Wall Street Journal - owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News - reports the network is "preparing to cut ties" with the presenter.

Pressure on Fox has mounted since recent reports that five women received $13m in payouts because of Mr O'Reilly.

More than 50 sponsors have withdrawn ads from his show, The O'Reilly Factor.

US media report that the board of 21st Century Fox will hold a meeting about the matter on Thursday.

According to New York Magazine, executives were holding emergency meetings on Wednesday morning to discuss how to get rid of Mr O'Reilly. » | Wednesday, April 19, 2017

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President Donald Trump is lending his support to Bill O’Reilly, as the number of advertisers boycotting the Fox News host’s program has increased to at least 52, following revelations that he and the network Fox News paid out $13 million to settle lawsuits by five women who accuse O’Reilly of sexual harassment and inappropriate sexual behavior. Other women have made similar accusations. In an Oval Office interview with The New York Times Wednesday, Trump said, "I think he’s a person I know well. He is a good person. … I think he shouldn’t have settled. 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." We speak to attorney Lisa Bloom, who represents Dr. Wendy Walsh, one of the women who has publicly accused Bill O’Reilly of unwanted sexual advances. She also represented Jill Harth, a Florida business associate of Trump who sued him for sexual harassment after he allegedly groped her at a business dinner and later attempted to sexually assault her in the empty bedroom of his daughter Ivanka.

Fox Losing More Advertisers After Sexual Harassment Claims Against O’Reilly

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Pressure mounted on Tuesday for Fox News to take action against its top-rated host, Bill O’Reilly, as a series of prominent companies pulled advertising from his show and a leading women’s rights group called for his ouster.

Following an investigation by The New York Times over the weekend that revealed multiple settlements over allegations of sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior by Mr. O’Reilly, the network faced a major advertising revolt as more than a dozen marketers said that they were withdrawing their ads from “The O’Reilly Factor.” Escalating the tension, the National Organization for Women called for Mr. O’Reilly to be fired and said an independent investigation should be conducted into the culture at Fox News.

“Fox News is too big and too influential to simply let this go,” Terry O’Neill, the president of NOW, said in a statement. » | Emily Steel and Michael S. Schmidt | Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Companies Pull Ads from Bill O'Reilly's Fox News Show

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly faces growing fallout over newly-revealed harassment allegations. Nearly 20 advertisers, including BMW, Allstate and T. Rowe Price have pulled commercials from his top-rated program. Anna Werner reports.

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