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[Hannity] Bill O'Reilly returned to Fox News to air his grievances and regrets with Sean Hannity
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The ousted Fox News host Bill O'Reilly defiantly returned to the
network Tuesday for the first time since he left earlier this year
amid sexual-harassment allegations going public, saying he should
have fought harder to stay.
In a lengthy conversation with host Sean Hannity on Tuesday, the two
hosts discussed at length their opinions on the news of the day,
criticizing the media as well as NFL players who protest police
brutality and racial injustice by kneeling during the national
anthem.
Though the two largely avoided the subject of O'Reilly's departure,
the former host lamented the advertising boycott that helped push
him out.
"You fought back when they came after you last spring," O'Reilly
told Hannity, who fended off an advertiser boycott. "I didn't, and I
should have."
O'Reilly also singled out Media Matters, one of the left-leaning
watchdog groups that pressured advertisers to abandon both programs
earlier this year.
"Did you know they threatened you and me if we did this segment
tonight?" O'Reilly said of Media Matters, which monitors and
publishes transcripts and clips of right-wing media. "These
totalitarians want to wipe out any speech with which they disagree."
.@billoreilly on mainstream media: "Not only do they want
to destroy #PresidentTrump, but anyone who voted for him."
#Hannityat9 pic.twitter.com/ddUH5kFmsY
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 27, 2017
O'Reilly was far more muted than he has been in previous interviews
about his departure from Fox News.
In an interview on Hannity's radio show earlier this month, O'Reilly
said he was focusing his efforts on a potential legal battle and
investigation to clear his name, referring to some claims of sexual
harassment against him as a "kind of defamation," though he hasn't
offered many specifics.
"What we're going to uncover is shocking," O'Reilly said.
O'Reilly has reemerged after several months of largely avoiding the
spotlight, apart from prescheduled appearances and social-media
images of his dog.
In promoting his new book, the former host has sat for interviews
with Breitbart News, The Hollywood Reporter, and NBC's "Today" show,
where he clashed with host Matt Lauer, who pushed back on O'Reilly's
claim that the revelations of sexual-harassment settlements by him
were a "hit job."
Despite reports that some employees at Fox News are not happy with
the ousted host's informal return to the network, Tuesday's
interview most likely won't be O'Reilly's last on Fox.
Asked by Hannity whether he'd return to the show, O'Reilly said he
needed to sell his book.
"I'll come back," he added.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
network Tuesday for the first time since he left earlier this year
amid sexual-harassment allegations going public, saying he should
have fought harder to stay.
In a lengthy conversation with host Sean Hannity on Tuesday, the two
hosts discussed at length their opinions on the news of the day,
criticizing the media as well as NFL players who protest police
brutality and racial injustice by kneeling during the national
anthem.
Though the two largely avoided the subject of O'Reilly's departure,
the former host lamented the advertising boycott that helped push
him out.
"You fought back when they came after you last spring," O'Reilly
told Hannity, who fended off an advertiser boycott. "I didn't, and I
should have."
O'Reilly also singled out Media Matters, one of the left-leaning
watchdog groups that pressured advertisers to abandon both programs
earlier this year.
"Did you know they threatened you and me if we did this segment
tonight?" O'Reilly said of Media Matters, which monitors and
publishes transcripts and clips of right-wing media. "These
totalitarians want to wipe out any speech with which they disagree."
.@billoreilly on mainstream media: "Not only do they want
to destroy #PresidentTrump, but anyone who voted for him."
#Hannityat9 pic.twitter.com/ddUH5kFmsY
— Fox News (@FoxNews) September 27, 2017
O'Reilly was far more muted than he has been in previous interviews
about his departure from Fox News.
In an interview on Hannity's radio show earlier this month, O'Reilly
said he was focusing his efforts on a potential legal battle and
investigation to clear his name, referring to some claims of sexual
harassment against him as a "kind of defamation," though he hasn't
offered many specifics.
"What we're going to uncover is shocking," O'Reilly said.
O'Reilly has reemerged after several months of largely avoiding the
spotlight, apart from prescheduled appearances and social-media
images of his dog.
In promoting his new book, the former host has sat for interviews
with Breitbart News, The Hollywood Reporter, and NBC's "Today" show,
where he clashed with host Matt Lauer, who pushed back on O'Reilly's
claim that the revelations of sexual-harassment settlements by him
were a "hit job."
Despite reports that some employees at Fox News are not happy with
the ousted host's informal return to the network, Tuesday's
interview most likely won't be O'Reilly's last on Fox.
Asked by Hannity whether he'd return to the show, O'Reilly said he
needed to sell his book.
"I'll come back," he added.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
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