Bill O'Reilly 'mad at God' over sexual misconduct allegations

[FORD]

Bill O'Reilly has repeatedly blamed reports of sexual misconduct on a politically motivated media. On Monday, he admitted that he also blames a higher power.

"You know, am I mad at God? Yeah, I'm mad at him," O'Reilly said on the latest episode of his web series, "No Spin News." "I wish I had more protection. I wish this stuff didn't happen. I can't explain it to you. Yeah, I'm mad at him."

He then said that he derives perspective from the tribulations of others, including Kate Steinle, a woman who was allegedly shot by an undocumented immigrant who has been the subject of numerous O'Reilly commentaries.

O'Reilly's response to allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior has been consistent. He's emphatically denied the claims, insisting that his wealth and fame make him a target for such accusations. And he's denounced the press that has reported on the allegations -- and the ensuing settlements -- as corrupt and desperate to take him down.

But O'Reilly's comments on his show Monday evening, which came after the New York Times reported on a $32 million settlement he reached with a former Fox News colleague who accused him of sexual misconduct, might have represented his most dramatic claim for victimhood yet. At one point, he said of his adversaries, "If they could literally kill me, they would."

"If I die tomorrow and I get an opportunity, I'll say, 'Why'd you guys work me over like that? Didn't [you] know my children were going to be punished? And they're innocent,'" he said. "But then I think about people who have it much, much rougher than me. And you know, I'm a big mouth. I'm a target. They're not targets."

In the days following the Times' bombshell, O'Reilly has used social media and sympathetic media platforms to try to clear his name. Earlier on Monday, he went on a radio show hosted by Glenn Beck, also a former Fox Newser, who vouched for O'Reilly's character. O'Reilly has also directed his followers on Twitter to visit his official website for evidence designed both to exonerate himself and discredit others.

On Monday night, O'Reilly defended himself once again on his website with the latest edition of "No Spin News," which has served as his primary platform since he was ousted at Fox News in April.

The network sacked O'Reilly, who had reigned as the top-rated host on cable news for years, weeks after the Times reported on settlements that he, Fox News and the network's parent company 21st Century Fox -- together or separately -- had made with women who had accused him of sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior.

O'Reilly said Monday that the success of his web series and his latest book, "Killing England," as well as a recent appearance on Sean Hannity's Fox News program, prompted the Times to declare, "You know, we didn't kill him, so we've got to kill him again."

"So they came back with another bunch of garbage. I talked to them this time just to see the devil that I was dealing with," he said. "And I truly believe that these people at the New York Times are out to hurt people with whom they disagree. They don't want me in the marketplace. That's what this is all about."

O'Reilly said once again that he struck the settlements to protect his children, and that he wants the story "to go away." He plans on defending himself, but only on friendly platforms like Beck's show. On Tuesday, O'Reilly said he'll talk to conservative commentator Laura Ingraham, who will debut in Fox News' primetime lineup next week.

O'Reilly said he spoke to another Fox News personality, Sean Hannity, earlier on Monday.
"We're two Long Island guys, we've known each other for more than 20 years," O'Reilly said of Hannity. "So I was talking to him and you know, I said, 'Look I don't want to go on a tour or on the morning shows. I don't want to do any of this. All right. All I want to do is present what we have, get people to look at what we have, and make up your mind. Make up your own mind about it. That's what I'm trying to do here.'"

CNNMoney (New York)
First published October 23, 2017: 9:05 PM ET

[Seshmeister]

Creep also has some serious mental issues

[Seshmeister]

Bill O'Reilly is just one of the countless terrible men in media
Jill Abramson


There has been much discussion of late about a secret list called Shitty Media Men that has been circulating in private emails and on the internet. But the shittiest men in media have revealed themselves. That list begins with Bill O’Reilly.

Everyone should listen to his outrageous claims of victimhood on the New York Times’ podcast, The Daily. It is truly remarkable and more than galling to hear the self-justifications of a man who, with his ex-employer Fox News, paid out a staggering $45m to settle sexual misconduct cases with co-workers, underlings and others.

There is no hint of remorse in his voice. There is only cold fury at the two intrepid Times reporters who revealed the settlements last spring and again last week and the grotesque details of the sexual harassment complaints against him. The only pity O’Reilly expressed in an on-the-record, taped interview is for the “grave danger” and pain inflicted upon his own children.

There is still plenty of fear. There are still plenty of shitty men in the media.

After the reporters turned off the microphone they used in the interview, held in a small conference room at the office of O’Reilly’s lawyer, they kept recording on their phones. It was then that O’Reilly really let loose. “This is bullshit. It’s on you. It’s all crap,” he thunders at Michael Schmidt and Emily Steele. “This is horrible what I went through. This is crap and you know it. It’s politically and financially motivated.”

How could the Times possibly be accused of having political motivations when the paper had just brought down ultra-liberal, Democratic producer Harvey Weinstein?

O’Reilly was a uniquely powerful figure at Fox, king of the ratings and multimillionaire author (his new book, Killing England, still sits atop the Times’ bestseller list). It shouldn’t be forgotten that sexual harassment is often more about abuse of power than sex.

O’Reilly’s allegations are what’s crap. The biggest financial motivations belonged to him and Fox, which had recently lost another star, Megyn Kelly, to NBC. Kelly revealed on Monday that she was among the women who complained to Fox about Mr O’Reilly. Soon after the $32m settlement and knowing full well about it and the horrendous allegations of over 15 years of misconduct led to it, the Roger Ailes-tainted Fox nonetheless agreed to a new four-year, $100m contract.

The network only fired O’Reilly last April after learning the Feds were investigating the half-dozen sex cases involving him and after their lawyer told the Murdochs that the full scope of the O’Reilly settlements would surely be leaked to the news media. (The Times had already revealed $12m in settlements). Luckily for Fox, O’Reilly’s new contract had an escape clause allowing the network to terminate him for sexual misconduct.


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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/25/bill-o-reilly-fox-terrible-men-media

[Kristy]

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[Kristy]

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AND...


He promotes violence against women AND censorship.

[Seshmeister]

Yet, here you are slave SESH promoting violence against women by allowing porn in your site. As usual, your words says nothing...nothing at all.

There is no porn on this site and yet you still want to CENSOR it.

A couple of years now and you don't seem to be able to work out a cohesive ideology, if only you had lasted longer at college...

[Kristy]

Oh look everybody, the white male gets to define what porn is.

[Terry]

What I have trouble understanding is...well, maybe it's not so much trouble understanding it...I dunno...

Like, was it outside the realm of possibility for all these wealthy media types to just hire hookers/call girls/escorts? I suppose one can make the counter-argument that some (many?) sex trade workers are also subjected to abuse, particularly if they have a pimp and are therefore sex slaves to a degree. However, I tend to doubt ALL sex trade workers are doing that they do against their will.

Or is the form of the harassment secondary to these abusers? In other words, for the abusers, is the sexualized aspect of the harassment just a means to an end, the ultimate end being forced control/physical domination of a woman?

Surely Harvey Weinstein could have found a 'massage therapist' - and not in the form of a virtually enslaved young Asian woman - to either give him a handy or watch him masturbate, seeing as that is apparently what he is into, if it was just sexual gratification he wanted. Even as ugly as he is, I'm sure Weinstein wouldn't have had a shortage of aspiring young starlets readily willing to engage in those types of activities with him, in exchange for movie roles.

All of the above scenarios are hardly laudable, but at least they're not criminal in that Weinstein wouldn't have been forcing himself upon anyone in those scenarios.

When it crosses the line into assault, which is what Weinstein was doing (and is still assault even if the victim eventually relents)...I can't say it becomes less about sex to the victim, but I think for Weinstein it was a type of sexualized...violence against women.

It's not a shock that more and more of these men in positions of power in the entertainment world are being outed as abusers now that the floodgates have opened.

[FORD]

I'm sure Elliot Spitzer is laughing his ass off at the irony of all this bullshit. He may have paid way too much for his hookers, but at least he wasn't harassing his co-workers.

I hope Bernie appoints him Attorney General in 2020.

[Kristy]

*sigh*

Once again, the deluded Bernie brats refuse to accept reality.

Hey, maybe you and slave SESH can go on the road together. You know, talking about how high school never ended, you homoerotic obsession with a aging rock star that most people think is dead, but most of all you can speak on your white male burden of how you must redefine everything.

Best of luck.

[FORD]

[Kristy]

Ghey.

As usual.

[private parts]

Bernie........ in 2020........

[FORD]

[FORD]

For the record, I would also vote for Elizabeth Warren. The rest of that list? Not fucking likely.