CNN: Bill O’Reilly Says It’s ‘Tremendously Disheartening’ to Leave Fox

RUSH EXCERPT:
BLITZER: "We're following break news. Bill O'Reilly fired today from Fox News amid a sexual harassment scandal that caused advertisers to flee his show, his top-rated show. He's just put out a statement. The statement from bill O'Reilly. Let me read it. Over the past 20 years at fox News I've been extremely proud to launch and lead one of the most successful news programs in history which has consistently informed and entertained millions of Americans and significantly couldn't abuse beauted to building fox into the dom not news network in television. The statement adds it is tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to completely unfounded claims, but that is the unfortunate reality many of us in the public eye must live with today. I will always look back at my time at fox with great pride in the unprecedented success we achieved and with my deepest gratitude to all my dedicated viewers. I wish only the best for fox News channel. That's the statement from bill O'Reilly on this day that he was fired."