
Did you know that Bill O'Reilly lost his job at Fox in April after The Times revealed the
existence of other settlements with women who had accused him of sexual
harassment or verbal abuse?
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| Lis Wiehl |
Did you know that The $32 million payout to Lis Wiehl is
far, far higher than any of the previously known settlements?
Did you know that O'Reily is
actively seeking a new TV commentary job -- meaning he could be
challenging Fox?

His camp believes the leaks about the Wiehl settlement
might be coming from Fox to hurt him.
Did you know that according to the newspaper's report, Wiehl's complaints "included
allegations of repeated harassment, a non-consensual sexual relationship
and the sending of gay pornography and other sexually explicit material
to her?"
Did you know that O'Reily struck a deal with Wiehl in January, right
before O'Reilly and Fox finalized an even bigger deal -- a
$25-million-a-year contract renewal?

Did you know that "When the company renewed Bill O'Reilly's contract in
February, it knew that a sexual harassment lawsuit had been threatened
against him by Lis Wiehl, but was informed by Mr. O'Reilly that he had
settled the matter personally, on financial terms that he and Ms. Wiehl
had agreed were confidential and not disclosed to the company," the
spokesman said?
Did you know that O'Reily "new contract, which was made at a time
typical for renewals of multi-year talent contracts, added protections
for the company specifically aimed at harassment, including that Mr.
O'Reilly could be dismissed if the company was made aware of other
allegations or if additional relevant information was obtained in a
company investigation," the spokesman added. "The company subsequently
acted based on the terms of this contract."
The new contract gave Fox an "out?"
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| Tucker Carlson |
Did you know that Fox exercised an option in the contract in April -- when the smaller settlement
payments were reported by the Times, many advertisers fled O'Reilly's
show, and the network decided to replace him with Tucker Carlson?
Did you know that the company now faces fresh questions about why it renewed
O'Reilly's contract at all, given that there were brand new allegations
of misconduct at the time the contract negotiations were taking place?
"Did you know that Wiehl wrote in an email to colleagues on January 18 after 15 years on the air as a legal analyst for Fox News, I have
decided to leave Fox to devote myself to my writing and other pursuits, The email was
obtained by CNN?
Now if you didn't know, now you know...
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