This dude has NOT hit rock-bottom in his DENIAL. "no wrongdoing by ANYONE"----meaning HIM while smearing that SHE *might* have. The endless cloaking himself in noble motives ---"I had to protect my family"--------FROM YOUR OWN ACTIONS, Denial-O'LIELLY!!!! So Faux didn't pay a penny, meaning AILES told him, "Suck it up, O'LIELLY, you stepped on your own dick." His DENIAL (spin) is BRAZEN. The best word to come out of this is his being an object of SCORN. It needs to be a SHUNNING.
Can he, with a straight face, EVER again say he looks out for the LITTLE GUY? The little guy who would be drawn and quartered for doing the same thing? Can he ever again excoriate Ludacris, the Mexican border, France, KERRY, Jesse JACKSON-----for supposed character flaws? Answer: Yes, the denial is THAT deep.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7578-2004Oct28.htmlO'Reilly told viewers, in language cleared by the lawyers, that there was "
no wrongdoing in the case whatsoever by anyone" -- ....
Describing himself as an "object of media scorn," O'Reilly told viewers: "On a personal note, this matter has caused enormous pain, but
I had to protect my family and I did. Some of the media hammered me relentlessly because, as you know, I am a huge target, as is Fox News. . . .
"The good news is that 'Factor' viewers and listeners seem to have given me the benefit of any doubt when some in the media did not. You guys looked out for me and I will never forget it. This brutal ordeal is now officially over, and
I will never speak of it again."
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10292004/news/regionalnews/31330.htmFinancial terms weren't disclosed, but
it's believed O'Reilly — and
O'Reilly alone — paid multimillions of dollars. ....
The settlement statement did not mention the Fox News Channel, which had filed suit with O'Reilly against Mackris and was named as a defendant with O'Reilly by Mackris.
That means the network was likely not involved in the deal. A spokeswoman for Fox declined comment. ....
During last night's show, O'Reilly said the case has "
made me the object of media scorn from coast to coast," ....
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-na-oreilly29oct29.story.... Veteran employment lawyer Debra Katz characterized
O'Reilly's remarks on his program Thursday as "
brazen" in their emphasis
that the host had been victimized by the situation. His extortion suit against Mackris, she added, trivialized the case by feeding into a "lousy sexual stereotype" of gold-digging women filing harassment claims against rich and powerful men.
But another lawyer said O'Reilly's
on-air remarks probably were hammered out during the settlement talks. The settlement "is the best result, in my view," said Laura Petroff, a lawyer at Winston & Strawn in Los Angeles who has litigated numerous sexual-harassment cases. "Otherwise, both of them will be dragged through the mud." ....
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