Bill O'Reilly tus yuam tawm los ntawm Hma liab xov xwm yog netting nws ib tug payout txog li ntawm $ 25 million, ob qhov chaw uas muaj kev paub qhia rau NBC News.
Cov yav tas los Hma liab xov xwm thauj tog rau nkoj inked ib tug tshiab plaub-xyoo daim ntawv cog lus lub hlis tas los guaranteeing nws ua hais tias npaum li cas txhua xyoo, raws li ib tug neeg uas paub txog hais tias deal. Daim ntawv cog lus puas tau tso cai rau tus hma liab hluav taws nws nyob rau hauv kev, yog hais tias controversy twb xyuas lub network, tus neeg ntxiv.
Nws severance tsis tau qhia tawm laj mej pej xeem, tab sis yog ib feem ntawm qhov kev pom zoo rau nws nyuaj txoj kev nrog niam txiv lub tuam txhab 21st Century Fox, New York magazine journalist Gabe Sherman ua ntej lawm hais HNUB NO.
Cov xov xwm tuam txhab tshaj tawm Wednesday nws twb xa me nyuam rov O'Reilly tus prime-lub sij hawm kev nom kev tswv punditry qhia, "Lub O'Reilly Factor," amid mounting kev sib deev kev ua phem liam ua los ntawm yav tas staffers thiab qhua.
Lub New York Times qhia ua ntej lawm no hli uas O'Reilly thiab nws bosses them txog $ 13 lab mus rau tsib cov poj niam nyob rau hauv pauv rau lawv tsis nrhiav sib foob los sis hais lus txog lawv cov kev.
Nyob rau hauv ib daim ntawv qhia nram qab no nws ouster, O'Reilly hais tias nws yog zoo siab rau nws kawg 20-plus xyoo nyob rau hauv lub cable network thiab dua tsis pom zoo qhov accusations.
"Nws yog lawg hlob hlob rau peb poob siab hais tias peb ua ib txoj kev vim tag unfounded neeg pab leg ntaubntawv. Tab sis hais tias yog tus tsis muaj hmoo muaj tiag muaj ntau yam ntawm peb nyob rau hauv cov pej xeem qhov muag yuav tsum nyob nrog niaj hnub no," hais tias O'Reilly, 67, ntxiv, "Kuv xav tias qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau Hma liab xov xwm Channel. "
Nws payout yuav tshwm sim rau yuav me dua uas muab rau yav tas los Hma liab xov xwm honcho Roger Ailes, uas resigned kawg lub caij ntuj sov tom qab ntsia tus kheej spate ntawm kev sib deev kev ua phem kev tsis txaus siab los ntawm cov poj niam staffers. Ailes - uas tau los ua tus channel lub founding CEO nyob rau hauv 1996, tib lub xyoo O'Reilly koom - reportedly tau txais $ 40 lab raws li ib feem ntawm nws kev sib cais daim ntawv cog lus. Ailes kuj tsis kam muab wrongdoing.
Thaum O'Reilly yog ib lub hnub qub ntawm lub network, coj nyob rau hauv hais txog 3.9 lab viewers ib hmo nyob rau hauv tsis ntev los no lub hlis, Sherman hais tias lub accusations ua heev npaum li cas - thiab txawm 21st Century Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch yuav tsis nrhiav pov thawj kom nws nyob rau.
"Tiag tiag no yog ib tug cua daj cua dub uas lub Murdoch tsev neeg xav huab cua, tab sis thaum kawg, lawv paub lawv yuav tsis," Sherman hais tias.
Early Thursday, ib tug giant daim ntawv loj loj ntawm O'Reilly tso tawm prominently sab nraum ntawm 21st Century Fox tus New York City chaw ua hauj lwm tau caij li.