The War on Information

[Happy Monkey]

A minor battle in the war on information was won today. Bill O'Reilly was fired.

Colbert will be devastated, I'm sure.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

A minor battle in the war on information was won today. Bill O'Reilly was fired.

He cannot even go in and go postal on the boss? Boss got fired for doing the same thing. Worse, even his bosses long knew about it and the many $million payoffs.

[Griff]

He'll be in government before you can say, "Impeach the motherfucker."

[henry quirk]

Bill O's downfall has way more to do with his popularity and the popularity of FOX than with his supposed harassing behavior.

If FOX were small potatoes, if Bill O just a blip (or if he were a big commie on MSNBC) not a soul would give two shits if he hit on the ladies.

[tw]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

Bill O's downfall has way more to do with his popularity and the popularity of FOX than with his supposed harassing behavior.

Exactly. They used the resulting large sums of money to cover up and protect criminal behavior - for decades. And then promoted themselves as honest and ethical.

A trend more often found in extremists (who also use hate as a promotion tool). And less often among moderates.

[henry quirk]

Wow, didn't take you long to pipe in and ride coat tails.

For the record, folks: my trolling is in no way associated with TW's trolling.

We are independent (of each other) trolls.

[xoxoxoBruce]

He was canned to get the approval of a 15 Billion dollar merger in Europe.

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

He was canned to get the approval of a 15 Billion dollar merger in Europe.

Leaks from the Murdoch family say he was just fine with his employees actions (and resulting $millions of hush money). Murdoch had decided to let it all blow over. But his sons apparently view sexual assault as criminal activity that must stop. Apparently Rubert Murdoch's sons kept demanding a pragmatic approach. And are wielding more power. Fox executives and stars who routinely conducted sexual harassment and were exposed had to go.

Its no accident that criminal activity was most often in Murdoch businesses. As sons take more power, interesting will be how a corrupt culture changes. Does it start acting in a more ethical manner - as Bill Krystal of the Weekly Standard has openly discussed (or complained).