Didn’t much care about O’Reilly as years have gone by. Used to watch. Wishy-washy on almost everything so this doesn’t bother me.
Seemed together on the air. He did some good things especially for our vets. But behind the scenes I recall his marriage reached a nasty conclusion. I also imagine the arrogance and power of success could have brought him down. It seems like Fox was in an untenable position. I suppose we’ll never know for sure.
14 years ago he was on top of the world.
#1 rated TV show.
Hit book after hit book. Basically he was the face of Fox News.
Even a talk radio show that was besting Limbaugh in the ratings in a few markets.
Now....poof.
During the 2008 election, B O’Reilly was the king Obama-defender. All those accusations of him being born in Kenya were ridiculous. Having a stolen social security number from Vermont? “Ridiculous, there’s nothing there.” “Oh come on, he’s not an actual communist, that’s ridiculous.” Sure, it’s not like he ever admitted it himself (/sarc). A conservative pulling this kind of 180? It’s not too hard to figure out that O’Reilly was bribed or blackmailed, there’s no other explanation.