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This was too easy. Hopefully this doesn't get pulled with the reason being "no thanks." !!! "My new clothes is whack!" Seriously, this photo is not going to help her case.

A psychotherapist years ago introduced me to the term "bear hug." I'm not sure anymore exactly how she defined it (and I don't think she originated it), but I've used it ever since to describe those situations where you are powerless to get out of someone's grip, causing anger and often rage. This, I think, helps explain the sexual harassment suit leveled against Bill O'Reilly. The specifics of the suit — the actual complaint — are all over the Internet, and so I leave it to you to find the gamier allegations on your own. Suffice it to say that...

Loofah enthusiast says recordings will prove he was set upOCTOBER 20--Claiming that Andrea Mackris and her lawyers have intentionally transcribed secretly recorded conversations in a "misleading manner," lawyers for Bill O'Reilly and Fox News are seeking copies of these recordings, claiming that they will back up the cable news star's contention that he was set up by his former "O'Reilly Factor" colleague. After lawyers for Fox and O'Reilly filed the below court petition, a New York judge ordered Mackis and her attorneys to appear at a hearing Friday to disclose whether such tapes exist (and why they should not be...

O'Reilly just said "Iraq is a mess"

The O’Reilly Factor originally appealed to me because it was one of the very few semi-conservative prime time news programs on TV, but I now consider Bill O’Reilly to be far more liberal than conservative. For the past two years, I have regularly watched his show and frequently disagreed with his position on a number of issues. I put up with his misperceptions only because I considered it to be nothing more than that we had differences of opinion. However, when recently, he repeatedly attacked the legitimacy of the Vietnam War while attacking the Swift Boat Veterans credibility, I detected...

New Charges Filed Against Fox, O'Reilly NEW YORK (AP) - A Fox News Channel producer who filed a sex harassment lawsuit against talk show host Bill O'Reilly filed new accusations Tuesday, alleging she has lost her job because she complained to Fox about her alleged mistreatment. A lawyer for O'Reilly and Fox denied that Andrea Mackris has been fired or retaliated against in any way. Mackris, 33, said that by Sept. 29 she had told top executives of News Corp. (NWS), parent company of the Fox News Channel, about the alleged harassment and hostile work environment to which she was...

Forget the "No Spin Zone"--this battle's turning into Hardball. The producer who launched a sensational $60 million sexual harassment lawsuit against Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Channel has filed new charges against the talk-show host and the network, alleging they conspired to fire her "in direct retaliation" for speaking out about his supposed bad behavior. In an amended complaint filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, 33-year-old Andrea Mackris says she alerted Fox News by Sept. 29 about alleged sexual harassment by O'Reilly while working as an associate producer on his top-rated show, The O'Reilly Factor. Mackris originally contended the 55-year-old...

New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com Sweet on O'Reilly - pal BY ETHAN SACKS and ADAM NICHOLS DAILY NEWS WRITERS Tuesday, October 19th, 2004 Scandal-hit Bill O'Reilly's accuser had a crush on the talk show host and voluntarily engaged in "intimate" phone talks with him, according to a former friend of the woman. But at some point, the ex-pal said, O'Reilly's relationship with Andrea Mackris went sour - and she vowed to take her boss down in a juicy tell-all book. Restaurateur Matthew Paratore gave a sworn statement to O'Reilly's lawyers, saying he thought he had "something they should know."...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for conservative Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly said on Tuesday they believe a fellow employee accusing him of sexual harassment has recordings of calls between them and they are seeking a court order to obtain them. O'Reilly's accuser, Andrea Mackris, and her attorney have been ordered to appear for a hearing in New York state Supreme Court on Friday to divulge whether such tapes exist and "show cause" why they should not be opened to examination by lawyers for O'Reilly and Fox News Channel. A copy of the Nassau County judge's order obtained by Reuters...

If you're a regular viewer of Bill O'Reilly's show, you probably weren't so surprised by the lurid details in Andrea Mackris' sexual harassment suit, which alleges, among other things, that the host "babbled perversely" to her over the phone while enjoying an X-rated video. On air, O'Reilly has long demonstrated a fascination with pornography that borders on an unhealthy obsession.Whether interviewing X-rated actress and author Jenna Jameson (does she feel any responsibility, he asked, if a girl decides to go have "sex with three guys at one time?") or commenting on a Paris Hilton video (he said she "romped around...

As if O'Reilly doesn't have enough trouble stirring around him these days.... Last night on Factor he and Kerry biographer, Douglas Brinkley, had a smooch-fest to celebrate the paperback release of Brinkleys's Tour of Duty. Left unsaid, by both, was the fact that O'Reilly publicly praised Brinkley's book before its original, hardback printing. Can we say, "HUGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST"? In fact, the obviously love-struck Brinkley liked O'Reilly's thumbs-up so much they both agreed to publish....

NEW YORK (AP) - A Fox News Channel producer who filed a sex harassment lawsuit against talk show host Bill O'Reilly filed new accusations Tuesday, alleging she has lost her job because she complained to Fox about her alleged mistreatment. A lawyer for O'Reilly and Fox denied that Andrea Mackris has been fired or retaliated against in any way. Mackris, 33, said that by Sept. 29 she had told top executives of News Corp., parent company of the Fox News Channel, about the alleged harassment and hostile work environment to which she was subjected while working for O'Reilly's show, "The...

History has shown that the neutral position is the most dangerous position to take. Unfortunately for Bill O'Reilly, the host of Fox News' O'Reilly Factor and the target of sexual harassment lawsuit, his attempts at reasonableness are neither liberal enough for the hard left nor conservative enough for the solid right. Conservatives bite the hand that feeds them when they fail to recognize that O'Reilly, in his position as an independent moderate, provides the perfect doorway through which a maturing, political aficionado can pass as he discovers the dangerous liberal slant of the mainstream media. (Certainly, a budding neo-con does...

As if O'Reilly doesn't have enough trouble stirring around him these days.... Last night on Factor he and Kerry biographer, Douglas Brinkley, had a smooch-fest to celebrate the paperback release of Brinkleys's Tour of Duty. Left unsaid, by both, was the fact that O'Reilly publicly praised Brinkley's book before its original, hardback printing. Can we say, "HUGE CONFLICT OF INTEREST"? In fact, the obviously love-struck Brinkley liked O'Reilly's thumbs-up so much they both agreed to publish....

<p>October 19, 2004 -- The woman who's suing TV personality Bill O'Reilly for sexual harassment boasted she had written a book to "take [him] down" — months before she went back to work for him, a witness swore yesterday.</p> <p>Andrea Mackris also bragged that she was good buddies with O'Reilly's arch nemesis — Air America talk show host Al Franken, the witness said.</p>

Partial Birth Abortion Spin on Oreilly last night Did anyone watch last night, the segment with the Catholic who bought a full page add in the NYT? After a break, Bill read a statement sent from the Kerry camp: I can't quote exactly but Kerry won't support partial birth abortion because "health of the woman" has not been addressed. Here is my letter to Bill last night: Come on Bill! you call this the no spin zone! I know you won't read this and I know you won't comment either. But I feel better just saying it. Liberal Spin: Partial...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fox News Channel's star host Bill O'Reilly has canceled a series of TV interviews to promote his new children's book days after a former producer accused him in a lawsuit of sexual harassment, his publisher said on Monday. Reuters Photo   The normally outspoken conservative commentator scrapped appearances that had been scheduled for Friday on ABC's "The View" and HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," and for Monday on CBS' "The Early Show," Harper Entertainment spokesman Seale Ballenger told Reuters. Harper Entertainment and its HarperCollins parent are owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd., as is...

Well, grab me a loofah and toss me the phone! There is a certain irony in how Three Monkey Republicans – most noticeably those inhabiting supposedly conservative bastions such as Fox News, National Review and assorted cheerleader blogs – are reacting to accusations made recently against their Bill of preference. Whereas they could not get enough of All Monica, All The Time, (or, more recently, RatherGate), they appear to have rather less interest in Miss Andrea Mackris of Fox News and her lawsuit against The Freaky Factor, Bill O'Reilly. And yet, self-destruction by sexual impropriety is hardly uncommon among those...

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