[Cabrera:] This latest headline blasted the front page of "The New York Times" this weekend, "Bill O'Reilly Thrives at Fox News Even as Harassment Settlements Add Up." This new report offers new accusations of sexual harassment against the Fox News star. Let's bring in CNN Senior Media Correspondent Brian Stelter joining me now. Brian, this issue of sexual harassment seems to be a cloud hanging over Fox News for some time now. What are the latest allegations?
[Brian Stelter, Cnn Senior Media Correspondent:] Yes. And this story gets to the issue of culture within, in this case, a newsroom. But at corporate culture, questions that would apply to any big company, in this case, a big media company. Of course, the conservative cable news channel, well known for stars like Bill O'Reilly. People tune in by the millions for O'Reilly's take on the news. But O'Reilly has quietly settled a number of cases over the years of women who accused him mostly of sexual harassment, in one case, verbal harassment of a nonsexual nature. "The New York Times" started to look into this late last summer. That was when the head of the network, Roger Ailes, had to step down. He had been sued for sexual harassment by ex-anchor Gretchen Carlson. Other women came forward saying Ailes had also put them in situations or trying to sleep with them and trying to take advantage of them. So Ailes leaves last summer and then "The New York Times" starts looking at O'Reilly. O'Reilly, back in 2004, had settled a lawsuit very publicly, a $9 million settlement with the ex-producer, but these other settlements were private. I think we can put on screen the examples "The Times" found. These are examples from 2002, all the way until 2016, just last year in the wake of the Ailes matter. You can see five women that received payments from O'Reilly totaling $13 million. Some of those, smaller sums; some of those bigger sums. There are also two other women, "The Times" describes, who have not received settlements but who have accused O'Reilly of improper behavior.
[Cabrera:] So how is O'Reilly and Fox News responding?
[Stelter:] I would say Fox is standing not right next to O'Reilly but standing near him, saying that he says there's no merit to these allegations, saying he supports the company's efforts to create a safe, friendly work environment for all employees, female and male. You know, this is a network that has had to rethink its human resources, had rethink the way it does business in the wake of the Ailes scandal.
[Cabrera:] Right.
[Stelter:] For example, they say they now have sensitivity training, sexual harassment training, new people in charge of those departments, things like that. But this O'Reilly issue goes to the heart of the matter because he's the biggest star on the network.
[Cabrera:] Exactly.
[Stelter:] And if now, still, there are women coming forward, saying they experienced harassment and yet he's still the host of the biggest show on the channel, it makes you wonder if the network is going ahead and accepting the fact that it can make lots of money from him and looking the other way when it comes to these allegations.
[Cabrera:] Brian Stelter, thanks for sharing some of that new insight with us. We appreciate it.
[Stelter:] Thanks.
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