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Article: O'Reilly: You'll Still Have Me to Kick Around [Correction 10/30/08]
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- The Washington Post
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- October 22, 2008
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Bill O'Reilly has signed up for another tour of duty at Fox
News, saying that he decided "to put myself through all the attacks
and smears" for several more years.
The pugnacious pundit said that he signed the contract despite
what he sees as a constant assault on his reputation. "I couldn't
care less whether the establishment media respect me," he said
yesterday in an interview. "I feel they're corrupt. They, I'm sure,
resent me feeling that way."
Fox is expected to formally announce the four-year deal today,
and the decision by O'Reilly -- who will be paid more than $10
million a year -- was not unexpected. After re-signing Sean
Hannity and luring Glenn Beck from CNN's Headline News ...