>>> TONIGHT'S BREAKING NEWS ON BILL O'REILLY IS THAT HE'S GOING
ON VACATION.
ADVERTISERS FLEEING YOUR SHOW, GOING ON VACATION IS A MAJOR AND
IMPORTANT SIGN OF REAL WEAKNESS FOR O'REILLY WITHIN THE FOX NEWS
COMPANY. QUESTIONS ARE ALREADY BEING
RAISED TONIGHT ABOUT WHETHER BILL O'REILLY WILL EVER COME
BACK FROM THAT VACATION, TONIGHT BILL O'REILLY SPOKE WHAT MIGHT
BE HIS LAST WORDS ON FOX NEWS. >> I GRAB SOME VACATION, BECAUSE
IT'S SPRING AND EASTER TIME. LAST FALL I BOOKED A TRIP THAT
SHOULD BE TERRIFIC, NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHERE IT IS, BUT WE
HAVE A CONTEST ON BILL O'REILLY.COM, GUESS WHERE BILL
IS GOING. I'LL HAVE A FULL REPORT WHEN I
RETURN. >> HE'LL TELL US WHERE IT IS AS
SOON AS HE FIGURES OUT WHERE IT IS, JOINING US NOW GABRIELLE
SHERMAN.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A SUBJECT THAT'S BECOME INCREASINGLY
TALKED ABOUT, WILL HE BE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO HIS JOB, THE POWER OF
THAT DECISION WILL BE DECIDED BY THE MER DUCK.
-- AND. >> REALLY DROVE THE COMPANY TO
TRY TO BECOME A MORE MODERN OPEN AND FORGIVING PLACE AND THIS
BILL O'REILLY SCANDAL IS JUST A SIGN THAT NOT MUCH AS CHANGED.
JAMES IS PUSHING THAT, HIS FATHER, RUPERT IS RESISTING.
ALL OF THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE GOING TO COME TO A HEAD AND A
DECISION WILL BE MADE. >> 13 YEARS AGO WHEN THE FIRST
BIG CASE BROKE AGAINST BILL O'REILLY, AND THAT INCLUDED
AUDIOTAPES OF HIM ON THE PHONE WITH A WOMAN
WITH A WOMAN WHO HAD WORKED AT FOX NEWS WAS COMPLAINING -- SHE
IS THE ONE WHO GOT $9 MILLION. WHEN THAT CRISIS BROKE, I HAD A
HIGHLY PLACED FRIEND WITHIN THAT COMPANY WHO I SPOKE TO THAT DAY.
AND HE SAID IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RATINGS.
WHAT HE MEANT WAS, IT'S ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE RATINGS WHEN
BILL O'REILLY COMES BACK ON HIS SHOW AFTER THE SCANDAL BROKE.
AND THE RATINGS WERE STRONG WHEN HE RETURNED.
AND SO FOX DID NOTHING. HIS RATINGS HAVE BEEN STRONG
SINCE THIS SCANDAL BROKE. DO THE RATINGS NO LONGER RULE
THE OUTCOME HERE? >> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT. THE RATINGS IN THE ANDREA MACKER
SCANDAL HELD UP, THEY HELD STEADY AND IN SOME CASES BEGUN
UP IN THIS SCANDAL. THE DIFFERENCE THIS TIME, AS YOU
POINTED OUT AT THE TOP OF THE SEGMENT, ADVERTISERS ARE FLEEING
BILL O'REILLY'S SHOW. THEY CAN'T MONETIZE HIS SHOW AT
THIS POINT. THE SHOW HAS FELT A DIRECT
RESPONSE. MUCH LOWER COST ADS.
THE MURDOCHS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PROSPECT OF
HAVING BILL O'REILLY HAVING GOOD RATINGS BUT THEY CAN'T MAKE
MONEY OFF OF IT. FOX NEWS IS A LOYAL AUDIENCE AND
ABLE COMPANIES PAY HEFTY SUBSCRIBERFIES.
FOX I BELIEVE EARNS $2 PER SUBSCRIBER, THAT'S IN LARGE PART
DRIVEN BY O'REILLY'S POPULARITY. BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE A
GROWING CHORUS IN THE COMPANY SAYING LISTEN WE COULD PUT
ANOTHER HOST IN THERE AND START SELLING ADS AGAIN.
>> THEY SAW THE ADS GO UP AFTER MEGYN KELLY WAS REPLACED BY
TUCKER CARLSON. NO ONE SAW THAT COMING.
HE MAY NOT LOOK IRREPLACE NUMBER THAT LINEUP.
>> YOU WILL HAVE TO IMAGINE THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THE
MURDOCHS ARE GOING TO BE SCRUTINIZING THE RATINGS FOR THE
SUB TOOT HOST. >> LET'S GET LISA BLOOM IN HERE.
WE ARE JOINED BY LISA BLOOM, SHE IS THE ATTORNEY FOR WENDY WAUBL.
WENDY WALSH BROKE THIS CASE, THE O'REILLY STORY WIDE OPEN.
LISA, THAT'S BECAUSE YOUR CLIENT WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO COULD
SPEAK TO THE "NEW YORK TIMES" WHEN THEY DID THEIR MASSIVE
STORY ON THIS TWO WEEKS AGO BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT BOUND BY A
LEGAL AGREEMENT NOT TO SPEAK ABOUT BILL O'REILLY.
I WOULD LIKE YOUR REACTION TO THE SUDDEN ANNOUNCE MEMBER THAT
BILL O'REILLY IS GOING ON VACATION.
>> IT IS A COINCIDENCE, LAWRENCE, BECAUSE TOMORROW I'M
GOING ON VAC VACATION AS WELL. BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS I FOR SURE
AM COMING BACK TO WORK ON MONDAY.
AND BILL O'REILLY SHOULD NOT BE COMING BACK TO WORK ON MONDAY,
BECAUSE HE HAS SEXUALLY HARASSED SO MANY WOMEN.
WENDY WALSH HAS BEEN SO BRAVE THE COME OUT LIKE ANYBODY ELSE
SHE WAS SCARED. I TOLD HER I WOULD BE AT HER
SIDE IF SHE CHOSE TO DO THIS. SHE HAS DONE IT.
HASN'T ASKED FOR A DIME, SIMPLY TOLD HER STORY OVER AND OVER
AGAIN. WE HAVE TAKEN A NEW STEP JUST
ABOUT EVERY DAY AS THIS STORY PROGRESSED.
TODAY I SENT A LETTER TO THE STATE DIVISION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
IN NEW YORK WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE. THERE IS A LOT OF IT.
IT'S ABOUT 15 PAGES LONG ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT FOX NEWS
GENERALLY AND ABOUT BILL O'REILLY IN PARTICULAR AND I
ASKED THEM TO INITIATE THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION OF FOX NEWS.
TOMORROW I HAVE ANOTHER STEM. I HAVE MORE WOMEN CALLING ME.
I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE MURDOCHS, THIS IS NOT GOING
AWAY. IF YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO
BLOW OVER, IT'S NOT. >> IS ONE OF YOUR MESSAGES FOR
THE MURDOCHS THAT THERE WILL BE MORE WOMEN COMING OUT PUBLICLY
AGAINST BILL O'REILLY EITHER FILING LAWSUITS OR DOING
INTERVIEWS AS WENDY WALSH HAS DONE.
>> I THINK THAT THAT IS HIGHLY LIKELY LAWRENCE.
>> GABE, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE MURDOCH'S CONTACT CUE LUS?
LEASE AUDIO BLOOM PROMISING THERE WILL BE MORE?
>> CLEARLY THAT WILL GIVE MORE AMMUNITION TO JAMES MURDOCH AND
OVER SAYING THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEVER ENDING SCANDAL UNLESS WE
RIP THE BAND-AID OFF. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE
SAYING HE IS GOOD FOR OUR BUSINESS WE CAN RIDE THIS OUT?
>> I SAY THAT WOMEN'S RIGHTS MEAN SOMETHING, THAT OUR CAREERS
MEAN SOMETHING. BECAUSE THESE STORIES AREN'T
JUST ABOUT SEXUAL HARASSMENT. I DO THESE CASES EVERY DAY.
MOST WOMEN SAY I DON'T CARE ABOUT A COMMENT NOW AND THEN, I
DON'T CARE ABOUT A GUY ASKING ME OUT AND PROPOSITIONING ME.
WHAT I CARE ABOUT IS MY CAREER AND BILL O'REILLY IS ACCUSED
OVER AND OVER AGAIN NOT JUST OF PROPOSITIONING WOMEN BUT OF
GOING AFTER THEIR CAREERS WHEN THEY SAY NO, OF DRIVING THEM OUT
NOT ONLY OF FOX NEWS BUT OF TELEVISION.
WENDY WALSH ALLEGES SHE HAD A JOB PROMISED TO HER, SHE WAS
GOOD AT IT, SHE WAS ENTITLED TO. WHEN SHE DIDN'T GO BACK TO HIS
HOTEL ROOM SHE DIDN'T GET THAT JOB.
FOX NEWS TRIED TO GET RID OF ROGER AILES.
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