“But I find that he stays focused on the issue at hand.”
As an example, she noted how in an early segment Wednesday evening, Mr. O’Reilly had directed a guest away from discussion of a possible connection between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign
and Russia, and toward his topic of choice: Whether the Obama adviser Susan Rice was, in the host’s words, “using her position with President Obama to surveil and hurt Mr. Trump.”
Ms. JaJack likes that Mr. O’Reilly has focused on the issues of illegal immigration
and the attack on an American diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, topics she believes other news organizations overlooked.
Is it going to be enough for me to say I’m not watching Bill O’Reilly anymore?”
Similar scenes played out across the nation this week, as fans of Mr. O’Reilly wrestled with the news, disclosed in a New York Times report last weekend,
that he had reached settlements totaling about $13 million with five women who accused him of harassment.
In interviews, other O’Reilly fans said the harassment claims would not sway
them from Fox News or Mr. O’Reilly, whether or not the allegations are true.
“If that occurred, I don’t agree with it,” Mr. Miller said of the harassment claims, suggesting
that an appropriate action would be a temporary suspension of Mr. O’Reilly.
Mr. O’Reilly, the star she calls her primary news source, beamed into the room, already
barreling into the questions of the day on “The O’Reilly Factor,” the nation’s No.
