Discussion starter: Bill O'Reilly

Whats going on?  I missed the news last night, (have to get up @ 3:45 to train people) and I didn't find anything on the fox website, fill me in please.

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Well, it sounds like there's tapes... so I guess the question is not so much did he do it, but was she a willing partner who is now changing her tune (that's not normally something I'd say about a woman in a victim's position, but you have to wonder when she let it go on so long... just seems like there were lots of times where one would hang up rather than sitting an listening to him go on and on).

I don't think highly of the guy personally. Throw him to the dogs!

That is a GREAT show! It's the one thing that makes me really, really wish I had cable!

I don't disagree at all, but I just don't know. You don't have to be a shrinking violet to be very influenced by powerful people... but I can't see putting up with something like that for more than 5 seconds ('course, I'm kinda mean). Whether her allegations are true or not, if the tapes prove to be for real, I'll still laugh my arse off. Pervy Bill O'Reilly... LOL!

It certainly will be interesting.

Lara,

I completely agree with you. When I first read this story I thought, sounds like O'Reilly, You just know he's a letch. But c'mon woman, it takes two to have a phone conversation. She didn't HAVE to stay on the phone. She could have left. And at one point she did and then CAME back! I mean, what is the deal? Was she a victim or not? If someone was sexually harrassing me (which by the way happened to me before), it would take two seconds for me to realize my options. Option A: Figure out if the person is too powerful to topple. If so then I'd tell my superiors and then get the heck out of there. Option B: If he's a peon and not that powerful, I'd tell my boss and demand a better salary in exchange for no lawsuit and that the guy gets fired.

There are many things that I will tolerate but sexual harrassment is not one of them and I certainly wouldn't call someone who kept talking to me like that.

Well, according to the bits I read of the actual court documents (linked above), the phone conversations were more like O'Rielly soliloquys (hmmm, am I surprised that O'Rielly would soliloquy?!) and she did say stuff occasionally like "You're my boss, you shouldn't be talking like that." But lord knows what tone that was said in!? And apparently she called him because he was repeatedly leaving messages that made it sound work related.

Not saying I woulda hung in there, just saying we don't know her or all the circumstances. After some recent high profiles cases, I feel another unfair judgment made by the public and carried out in a court of law will scare any girl off from coming forward again.

I don't know if she did go to any supervisors or what she said back or anything. Being human, I went straight to the juicy bits so I could laugh at how pervy Bill O'Reilly is....

Edit: just wanted to add this editorial piece about O'Reilly http://slate.msn.com/id/2108355/

Yeah, a bit raunchy, eh? Here's one bit where she stand up to him (nothing dirty)

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris11.html

I'm in if I can bring my laptop....with wireless internet of course!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/28/lawsuit.oreilly/index.html

I can't help but think that some people in America today feel the need for fame, and only see two ways to get it: reality shows, or lawsuits against someone famous.  See also: Kobe Bryant.  I feel that both Bill and Kobe were wrong to initiate anything, considering they're married, but I think both accusers were greedy.