# Appreciating Bill O'Reilly **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 12, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294 "2017-04-12T06:09:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/61 "2017-04-19T19:17:53Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > \*In a letter to employees, Rupert Murdoch and his sons Lachlan and James, who run 21st Century Fox, said the decision “ **follows an extensive review done in collaboration with outside counsel**.” \* > > I think the bolded part means the lawyers told them how much they were going to be sued for if he stayed on the air. Their exposure is much greater once they are aware of the past behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/62 "2017-04-19T19:22:49Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I never thought I’d say these words, but I won’t believe it until I hear it from Fox. [It’s being reported by Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/21st-century-fox-bill-oreilly-wont-be-returning-to-fox-news-channel-1492627732), which is owned by the Murdochs, just like Fox is. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/63 "2017-04-19T19:35:27Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@silenus](#): > > > > \*In a letter to employees, Rupert Murdoch and his sons Lachlan and James, who run 21st Century Fox, said the decision “ **follows an extensive review done in collaboration with outside counsel**.” \* > > > > I think the bolded part means the lawyers told them how much they were going to be sued for if he stayed on the air. > > Their exposure is much greater once they are aware of the past behavior. _Many_ advertisers had dropped the show, to the extent that it’s not making money. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/64 "2017-04-19T19:46:41Z")
From CNN: The embattled primetime host is widely disliked at Fox News and its parent company 21st Century Fox, both feared and loathed for his outsized ego and rude temperament, according to six current and former high-ranking sources at the company. Hmmm… widely disliked, outsized ego, rude, sexual predator – seems to have all the qualifications to Make America Great Again™. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/65 "2017-04-19T19:49:18Z")
Forget his old job at _Inside Edition_, maybe he can have Sean Spicers job. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/66 "2017-04-19T19:51:39Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > From CNN: > The embattled primetime host is widely disliked at Fox News and its parent company 21st Century Fox, both feared and loathed for his outsized ego and rude temperament, according to six current and former high-ranking sources at the company. > Hmmm… widely disliked, outsized ego, rude, sexual predator – seems to have all the qualifications to Make America Great Again™. I love that they said “six” sources. That’s a lot of high ranking people who don’t like you. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/67 "2017-04-19T19:52:26Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > _Many_ advertisers had dropped the show, to the extent that it’s not making money. This is the key. Bill-o could rape a puppy on live TV, and as long as there was a net profit for Fox, they would keep him on the air. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/68 "2017-04-19T19:56:02Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > \*In a letter to employees, Rupert Murdoch and his sons Lachlan and James, who run 21st Century Fox, said the decision “ **follows an extensive review done in collaboration with outside counsel**.” \* > > I think the bolded part means the lawyers told them how much they were going to be sued for if he stayed on the air. I’m sure they also discussed how much it was going to cost to kick him off the air. So, either way he is going to cost them money. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/69 "2017-04-19T19:57:34Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > [Fox News drops Bill O’Reilly in wake of harassment allegations](http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/04/19/fox-news-drops-bill-oreilly-in-wake-harassment-allegations.html). From your lips to Gods ears. Or from your fingers to Gods eyes in this case. I know what you meant, but I couldn’t help but imagine **Vinyl** and God doing a _Three Stooges_ bit. I blame the high levels of schadenfreude-laced mirth generated by the news in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/70 "2017-04-19T19:59:50Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > This is the more complete version of that particular blow-up: I believe that [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppum72Zqxq8) is the definitive version. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/71 "2017-04-19T20:03:31Z")
Well that piece of [Sheep Shit](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/bill-oreilly-is-officially-out-at-fox-news/2017/04/19/74ebdc94-2476-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_oreilly240pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.b96186eadd5d) is gone. Wonder how Fox “News” will spin this, if at all. Word around the camp fire is that goat felching Tucker Carlson will take over the spot. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/72 "2017-04-19T20:35:29Z")
I’ll wait for the O’Reilly/Hannity murder-suicide to crack open the Pappy. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/73 "2017-04-19T20:37:41Z")
Typical of the Liberal Media. Those communists the Murdochs are at it again. The Fairy News Channel is no different from all the others. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/74 "2017-04-19T20:55:52Z")
So it’s official? (Ahem) Fuck You, Bill O’Reilly! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/75 "2017-04-19T20:59:38Z")
MSNBC will probably hire him now. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/76 "2017-04-19T21:01:05Z")
Well, yeah. Them floors ain’t gonna sweep themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/77 "2017-04-19T21:06:10Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > It is my wish that, out of spite, he turns on Roger Ailes, under the principle of “If I’m going down, then we’re all going down!” > > That would be lovely. Fox booted Roger Ailes about six months ago. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/78 "2017-04-19T21:07:02Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Word around the camp fire is that goat felching Tucker Carlson will take over the spot. Why not put on one of those “Duck Dynasty” guys? The public wants a new face! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/79 "2017-04-19T21:36:38Z")
I hate to be a wet blanket but: He’s retiring at 70yo with millions of dollars. It’s hard to feel the schadenfreude on this one. Fuck wit that he is. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294/80 "2017-04-19T21:40:32Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > MSNBC will probably hire him now. QFT. Well done. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appreciating-bill-oreilly/784294.md?page=5)