I told him, "You shouldn't chortle. As the Bible says, 'Let he who has never harassed a woman throw the first stone.' "
O'Reilly is alleged to have said, when he took Mackris to dinner, that he had many women and if they didn't play ball with him he would have Fox News take care of them.
At the moment it is a "he said, she said" affair, unless there are tapes.
They can't be used in court but will be leaked to every newspaper except the ones belonging to Rupert Murdoch, who owns Fox News.
Phone sex should not be confused with obscene telephone calls, which are nonconsensual. They are as sick as junk calls.
I am waiting for the trial to begin. There is a possibility that O'Reilly may settle beforehand.
I watch him every night, but since the lawsuit he seems like a different talking head. The sneer is gone, the "holier than thou" look is no longer there, and he flip-flops on his opinions.
I predict that from now on, O'Reilly's lawyers will let him make only "fair and balanced" phone calls.
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