Bill O'Reilly tried to talk Sinclair Broadcasting into giving him a job -- and got rejected: report

[DonViejo]

BRAD REED
01 NOV 2017 AT 10:56 ET

Disgraced former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly for months has been rumored as a possible hire by Sinclair Broadcasting, the right-wing media company that has forced local TV news stations to run pro-Trump content during their broadcasts. However, it seems that O’Reilly won’t be bringing his talents to Sinclair anytime soon.

Leon Lazaroff, a reporter on the media industry for The Street, writes that O’Reilly reached out to Sinclair about potentially getting a job earlier this year. However, Sinclair CEO Jeff Ripley said that the company wanted nothing to do with him.

Link to tweet

Earlier this month, O’Reilly was dropped by his own talent agency after it was revealed that he paid out a massive $32 million to settle just one of his many sexual harassment claims.

O’Reilly was fired by Fox this past April after a bombshell report revealed O’Reilly and Fox had in total paid out $13 million to five women who had accused him of harassment.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/bill-oreilly-tried-to-talk-sinclair-broadcasting-into-giving-him-a-job-and-got-rejected-report/

[dalton99a]

1. I'm sure he can live on the 100 million he's got in the bank

[MLAA]

2. At 32 million payoffs, he is a walking (lying, stinking etc) liability to any company

[Johonny]

10. Yeah, Bill's Bill is higher than just his salary

[MLAA]

11. Good one!

[NastyRiffraff]

3. He'll be reduced to financing his own podcasts

At least he SHOULD be. Hopefully everybody will shun him.

I'll not miss his annual "War on Christmas" bullshit, but someone else will surely fill that gap.

[dalton99a]

4. "Brought to you by Russia Today"

[octoberlib]

5. There are plenty of other right wing wackjobs they can hire.

[kskiska]

6. Killing O'Reilly

He's a miserable old bastard and it's just killing him that he's not on the air. I just wish that Hannity would face the same fate.

[Dulcinea]

12. In the name of all that is good and holy...

...PLEASE let Hannity be next. I truly despise that mofo.

[Kittycow]

7. Please don't return to Portland. K. Thanks.

Maybe TMZ will take him on ala his days on Inside Edition. Harvey Levin is palsy-walsy enough with trump for a leisurely personal visit at the White House, after all.

[DBoon]

8. wanna bet Russia Today hires him?

Nt

[gratuitous]

9. Wise move by any prospective employer

Not only are you going to have to meet O'Reilly's exorbitant salary demands, you're also going to be on the hook for any settlement proceeds based on what you know he's going to do to any female employees. And since you know going in that O'Reilly's prone to this sort of harassing behavior, the specter of punitive damages is also lurking.

[Gothmog]

13. Sinclair Broadcasting has standards?

I am actually surprised by this