Bill O'Reilly Out At Fox News

Bill O’Reilly has been forced out of his lucrative position as a prime-time host on Fox News, the company announced on Wednesday. The ouster comes after the disclosure of multiple settlements with women, involving sexual harassment allegations against him. Even the endorsement of his good friend President Trump couldn't save O'Reilly, who now joins former Fox boss Roger Ailes in the Bad Boys Club.

His ouster -- brought about by a total loss of support among corporate advertisers and new financial SEC irregularities at Fox, based on how the settlements were reported to stockholders as salary expenses ---  brings an abrupt and embarrassing end to O'Reilly's two-decade reign as one of the most popular and influential commentators in television.

“After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel,” 21st Century Fox, Fox News’s parent company, said in a statement. The host continues to deny all allegations against him. 

Ultraviolet O'Reilly Protest Hires NYC Plane To Fly “FOX: #DROPOREILLY, THE SEXUAL PREDATOR” Banner

Fox News star Bill O'Reilly is on a previously-scheduled two week vacation and won't be around to see the Manhattan flyover by women's rights group UltraViolet on Tuesday. The group will lead a protest with women survivors of sexual assault outside Fox headquarters on Tuesday, April 18th, preparing to deliver a petition signed by more than 140,000 people calling for O'Reilly's resignation.  In addition, the group has commissioned a plane to fly around Manhattan with a banner reading “FOX: #DROPOREILLY, THE SEXUAL PREDATOR.”

O’Reilly, who is scheduled to be on air again on April 24, has been under siege since a New York Times report surfaced stating that five women had received payments coming to about $13 million.  In exchange for the settlements, the women and their lawyers agreed not to pursue litigation or speak about accusations related to sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior by O’Reilly.  In a statement the star, host who just renewed his contract with Fox,  said his fame had made him a target, but that no complaint about him had ever been made through Fox’s human-resources hotline.

LA radio personality and author Wendy Walsh is at the center of the latest Fox News scandal, charging that O'Reilly propositioned her in a LA hotel in 2013 and then retaliated against her when she rebuffed him. Part of the New York Times interview, Walsh has no signed documents with Fox and is seeking no compensation or even a lawsuit.

The Washington Post writes that the Walsh allegation is potentially the most explosive of all, catching Fox News in a total surprise. Responding to O'Reilly claims that no one has ever called the recently-installed Fox News hotline to complain about him -- an action that would force an investigation -- the Walsh team went into action. 

In 2016, Fox News severed ties with Roger Ailes, who built the cable news channel to new heights of viewership and profitability, over the issue of sexual harassment. Now mounting pressures demand that O'Reilly leave the Fox boys club over his own soiled reputation. 

In an open letter to Fox News CEO James Murdoch, Ultraviolet warned that his network was cementing itself "as a company where rape culture not only thrives but is promoted to viewers."

The letter also states: "The lurid details of Mr. O'Reilly's crimes, and Fox News' role in protecting him while systematically destroying the women he has victimized, are disturbing yet completely unsurprising, We know firsthand that survivors of sexual crimes are silenced, shamed, and vilified by perpetrators and onlookers, and 21st Century Fox has gone as far as to protect O'Reilly from his accusers with monetary payouts."

Shonda Rhimes Joins National Board Of Planned Parenthood | 16 States Join Fight Against Ohio Abortion Law

Shonda Rhimes, the creative, business genius behind 'Grey's Anatomy', 'Scandal' and 'How To Get Away With Murder' will now become a voice for one of America's most trusted health care providers: Planned Parenthood. 

Already serving on the PP board out in Los Angeles, and now explaining her response when Planned Parenthood Federation of America president Cecile Richards called, Rhimes says she didn't hesitate. 

"When someone you really admire...calls on you to serve, you say yes," she explains. (It's mutual, says Richards: "I've been so, so impressed by everything she's ever done.") "The fact is that women's health is under fire right now," Rhimes says. "And so to me, it feels like it's important to help fight back."

"I just want to be of service," she continues. "And I'll do that any way I can."

The assault of the Trump Administration on Planned Parenthood is relentless, as is its expanded crusade on women's health clinics worldwide. Attorneys general from 16 states, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D)  joined a lawsuit challenging an Oho law that would deny state and federal funds to organizations providing abortions -- even though the suit acknowledges that no federal funds go to pay for abortions. Ohio wants to cut off any federal funds to pay for HIV tests, cancer screenings and infant mortality prevention. 

A federal judge blocked the law from taking effect last year, agreeing that it violated the First Amendment rights of two Planned Parenthood chapters in Ohio. The Ohio Department of Health appealed the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit.

The Ohio law focused on health care providers beyond Planned Parenthood. The Columbus Public Health Department warned last year that it would be unable to sign contracts with any of the city’s hospitals because they either provide abortion services, contract with clinics that do so or refer patients to other places where they can find such services, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.