Shocking O'Reilly Factor Cancellation a Blow to Freedom

On Wednesday afternoon, Fox News unleashed what could be the biggest bombshell of modern cable news television. After more than two decades of service, Bill O'Reilly, the host of famed "The O'Reilly Factor," was fired from the network. Recent allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct ultimately upended O'Reilly's phenomenal career.

The news comes as a crushing surprise to media insiders. For one thing, the O'Reilly Factor has been at the epicenter of multiple controversies, including prior sexual harassment claims. Yet each and every time, Fox News stood by their leading anchor. It's easy to see why those decisions were made. For a countless number of years, the O'Reilly Factor was the number one cable news program. Second place wasn't even close, and that was usually another Fox News broadcast.

According to the Los Angeles Times, reruns of the O'Reilly Factor bettered the live broadcasts of rival networks. A high profile example is CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," which draws about 1.4 million viewers on the initial broadcast. O'Reilly Factor reruns, on the other hand, average 1.65 million viewers, or an 18% discrepancy. That's pretty sad, demonstrating quantifiably the true unpopularity of the liberal agenda.

So it's more than a little odd that Fox News would jettison their prime asset. Apparently, the liberal agenda -- manifested in particular by feminists -- won out in a game of chicken with Fox. Rather than sticking to their guns as they had in the past, the suits calculated that the asset of the O'Reilly Factor no longer outweighed its liabilities.

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