2) What was most noteworthy about O'Reilly was the really visceral nastiness he brought to the airwaves. He loved to bully people with physical intimidation and what seemed like near threats of violence. This clip is from one of his many attacks on Dr. George Tiller.pic.twitter.com/TuMtsM2fME
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3) He had a history of these kinds of meltdowns on the set, though usually with the cameras off. Like this one from his days with 'Inside Edition.' "Fuck it, we'll do it live!" is now a cliche.pic.twitter.com/zlMpPW76bu
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4) On camera, though, he became noted for yelling and threatening people. Especially women. Especially women who challenged him.pic.twitter.com/EgpMbz1BrX
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5) The Tiller episode remained an open wound largely because he in fact had inescapable culpability in inspiring that murder. So his bullying reached its real apex when he invited
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6) Walsh had the final word -- a rarity on Fox -- when she nailed O'Reilly's ass to the wall for his role in helping inspire Jim David Adkisson's Knoxville church shooting rampage the year before. He had no answer but just to shut her down.pic.twitter.com/yPyz67Q3dI
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7) I know O'Reilly still pops up at Fox from time to time as a kind of elder statesman, ignoring that he was chased off by a
#MeToo
scandal. But his foul brand of misogyny no longer creates the stench it once did, and for that we are grateful.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/apr/20/bill-oreilly-downfall-fox-news-timeline-sexual-harassment …Show this thread
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It is fascinating how, aside from when his books pop up on a shelf, or the occasional trip through the archives, he mostly just vanished after he was removed, and without leaving any vacuum to speak of *or* being really directly replaced by any one person in particular
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He's been supplanted by Tucker Carlson's genteel white supremacy.
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I don't miss him, but things haven't exactly improved
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