With only six days remaining in Bill O’Reilly’s vacation,
the pressure on the Murdoch family to decide the embattled
commentator’s fate is intensifying. Three sources with knowledge of the
discussions said that, while no final decision has been made, the
Murdochs are leaning toward announcing that O’Reilly will not return to
the air. Sons James and Lachlan have been arguing that O’Reilly needs to
go, say these sources, though their father, Rupert, has resisted that
outcome.
The prospect of dumping O’Reilly — once unimaginable — has gained steam this week due in part to street protests
outside Fox News headquarters and advertiser boycotts on O’Reilly’s
air. One network insider said Fox executives are alarmed by the severity
of the ad-revenue decline. “It’s worse than Glenn Beck,” the insider
said, referring to the advertiser revolt that helped derail Beck’s Fox
News career in 2011.
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Source: New York Magazine (via The Empire Report)
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