Bill O’Reilly Accusation Was FOX News Sex Scandal 1.0

2004 settlement only buried the scandal that exploded twelve years later

Manny Otiko

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Bill O’Reilly (The World Affairs Council/Flickr)

I’ve often written about the FOX News Channel sex scandals. But I mistakenly called the Big One in 2016, the one that kicked it off. I was wrong. The first sex scandal was the one involving Bill O’Reilly and producer Andrea Mackris in 2004.

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Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.