The reality is that we don’t know what O’Reilly did; advertisers’ money will still find its way to him; and his show may well survive. Now, I’m inclined to believe the five women discussed in last Saturday’s New York Times article — women whom O’Reilly and Fox News paid about $13 million. In the long run, the ad withdrawals may not even hurt O’Reilly, let alone Fox News. But because none of these women went to court — preferring, understandably, to take some monetary justice rather than lose years in scorched-earth litigation — we don’t know O’Reilly’s side. We don’t know what would come out on a witness stand, from him or them.

Source: Los Angeles Times April 06, 2017 19:28 UTC