THE FINAL FACTOR

Bill O’Reilly was fired by Fox News. The liberal left is celebrating. One can understand why he was fired, there just too many similar accusations. Advertisers were deserting the ship. But I predict we may look at this very differently in a couple of years. O’Reilly was on the air for 21 years and that is not an accident. He will not take on Fox News, because they are going to pay him a ton of money to prevent that. But that does not mean he will go down without a fight.

The first round goes to those people who shoved O’Reilly off the air. Don’t be so sure who wins round two. Round one was won in the court of public opinion. O’Reilly didn’t have a chance. Round two is likely to be fought in a court room where his accusers will have to come up with real evidence. That is a whole different ball of wax.

They say there are few things more dangerous than a cornered animal. But a person who feels he or she has nothing to lose is the most dangerous opponent of all. O’Reilly has lost his dream job and been publicly humiliated. He has to be seething with anger.

https://thinkprogress.org/oreilly-statement-mccarthyism-b03ca4e8f94d

His attorney, Marc E. Kasowitz has already written that O’Reilly has been subjected to a brutal campaign of character assassination. That is clearly true. Kasowitz said that his firm “has uncovered evidence that the smear campaign is being orchestrated by far-left organizations bent on destroying O’Reilly for political and financial reasons.” “That evidence will be put forward shortly and it is irrefutable.”

Those should be chilling words to those who are celebrating a successful witch hunt. The liberal left, always short on the uptake, viewed this as a desperate effort by Bill O’Reilly to save his job at Fox News. In reality it just may be the first salvo in the real war that is coming. Marc Kasowitz is one of the top trial attorneys in the country. He will be a formidable opponent. If you are one of those people who trashed Bill O’Reilly and are rejoicing in your great victory, now is the time to be afraid, very afraid.

TDM