Bill O Reilly Case Summary
Bill O’Reilly and Fox News, which is a newer news station compared to all the other top news outlets, seems to always be getting themselves in trouble whether it be with the law or simply bad public relations. It may be true that the company is not capable of getting itself in trouble, but rather the people of the company that are, but when a company creates an environment in which you feel as if there will be no repercussions it becomes easier to slip into a situation that you may not be able to get yourself out of (Blake 1). At Fox, it has become apparent that this is the case – especially when discussing the higher-ups in the company. Over the past 2 years, two of the most well-known names in rightward-leaning media, Roger Ailes and Bill
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He, too, was charged with multiple cases of sexual harassment and, much like O’Reilly, these women all had some type of tie with Fox. Naturally, after the CEO of a company is found guilty of a sexual harassment charge, there is a lot of backlash on the company (Huddleston 1). However, Fox could not take too big of a financial hit by handling the situation properly and getting Ailes disassociated with the company almost immediately after the case had arose. Nonetheless, however, Ailes continuously denied the allegations and when Fox issued his release statement, they also made no mention of the …show more content…
Then, people remembered when he falsified information about his coverage of the war in 2015 and there were no repercussions. O’Reilly was quoted saying things such as, “I was in a situation one time, in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands…” and, “Having survived a combat situation in Argentina during the Falklands war, I know that life-and-death decisions are made in a flash,” when the fact of the matter is that he was 1,200 miles away from the actual warzone covering a war protest (Waldman 1). Earlier that year, Brian Williams, who was working for NBC, also stretched the truth saying that he was in a helicopter that has taken fire when this was not the case (Wemple 1). NBC issued an immediate punishment and Brian Williams issued an immediate apology (Wemple 1). Fox News did nothing to reprehend O’Reilly for performing the same falsifying actions which was the first hint as to how the culture at Fox really
He, too, was charged with multiple cases of sexual harassment and, much like O’Reilly, these women all had some type of tie with Fox. Naturally, after the CEO of a company is found guilty of a sexual harassment charge, there is a lot of backlash on the company (Huddleston 1). However, Fox could not take too big of a financial hit by handling the situation properly and getting Ailes disassociated with the company almost immediately after the case had arose. Nonetheless, however, Ailes continuously denied the allegations and when Fox issued his release statement, they also made no mention of the …show more content…
Then, people remembered when he falsified information about his coverage of the war in 2015 and there were no repercussions. O’Reilly was quoted saying things such as, “I was in a situation one time, in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands…” and, “Having survived a combat situation in Argentina during the Falklands war, I know that life-and-death decisions are made in a flash,” when the fact of the matter is that he was 1,200 miles away from the actual warzone covering a war protest (Waldman 1). Earlier that year, Brian Williams, who was working for NBC, also stretched the truth saying that he was in a helicopter that has taken fire when this was not the case (Wemple 1). NBC issued an immediate punishment and Brian Williams issued an immediate apology (Wemple 1). Fox News did nothing to reprehend O’Reilly for performing the same falsifying actions which was the first hint as to how the culture at Fox really