"The O'Reilly Factor" is losing advertisers after it was revealed five women have collectively received $13 million in settlements after accusing Bill O'Reilly of sexual harassment or inappropriate conduct. (Erin Patrick O'Connor/The Washington Post)Fox News host Bill O'Reilly has been hemorrhaging advertisers this week, and it turns out that the bleeding is even more extensive than it appears. [Bill O’Reilly’s problems just got real: Dozens of advertisers have dropped him]Next Day Blinds, for example, ran a commercial during Wednesday's episode but did not wish to. “As soon as we learned about the accusations against Bill O’Reilly, we instructed our media buyer to cancel our advertising on 'The O'Reilly Factor.' Unfortunately, our media buyer was unable to impact show.”Luke Lappala, a spokesman for Scottevest, said his company “cannot continue to advertise on 'The O'Reilly Factor' and directed our media buyer to pull all advertising from the program immediately.

Source: Washington Post April 07, 2017 15:24 UTC