I don't much care who reported what or why but rather on the events themselves.

As to O"Reilly my impression has always been that he appeared condescending to the women he invited on his show and if that was the manner in which he treated them publicly then what was the guy like in private.

O"Reilly was top dog at Fox News, commanded a higher salary and otherwise dominated. It is not uncommon to understand, that familiarity breeds contempt. Nor is it uncommon for envy to bring competitors together for the express purpose of bringing the top dog down.

It is also not uncommon for a woman to take different responses from the same approach by different men .

It is indeed very easy for a woman to feign indignation fear revulsion, etc with one man and yet with another simply say "knock it off buster"

and no I am not making excuses for men, nor claiming sexual harassment doesn't exist . what I am saying is that each situation ought to be carefully reviewed to determine is validity.

The $32 million dollar settlement was with a prominent female attorney. Female attorneys can get down and dirty with the boys. There was a relationship between these two. It soured. I believe O'Reilly's arrogance got him in trouble and scorpions do what scorpions do. The amount of settlement represents the value Fox believed was needed vis a vis the revenue they would lose if this situation continued to be a distraction.

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