Article: O'Reilly, Accuser Air Their Cases; Fox News Channel Host Sees Career Threat in Harassment Suit [Correction 10/20/04]

Bill O'Reilly and the Fox News Channel producer accusing him of sexual harassment hit the airwaves yesterday in an increasingly ugly war of words as the anchor acknowledged that his career is on the line.

"I knew I was going to get vilified and vile stuff was going to be put out there," O'Reilly said in a telephone interview. "It's very embarrassing to have this stuff out there. Any human being would be depressed to see this. . . . This is the worst day of my life. . . . I have to protect the people closest to me. If I have to suffer, that's the way it has to be."

O'Reilly said he could not, on his lawyer's advice, address producer Andrea Mackris's accusations that he subjected her to ...

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