“But I find that he stays focused on the issue at hand.”<br />As an example, she noted how in an early segment Wednesday evening, Mr. O’Reilly had directed a guest away from discussion of a possible connection between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign<br />and Russia, and toward his topic of choice: Whether the Obama adviser Susan Rice was, in the host’s words, “using her position with President Obama to surveil and hurt Mr. Trump.”<br />Ms. JaJack likes that Mr. O’Reilly has focused on the issues of illegal immigration<br />and the attack on an American diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, topics she believes other news organizations overlooked.<br />Is it going to be enough for me to say I’m not watching Bill O’Reilly anymore?”<br />Similar scenes played out across the nation this week, as fans of Mr. O’Reilly wrestled with the news, disclosed in a New York Times report last weekend,<br />that he had reached settlements totaling about $13 million with five women who accused him of harassment.<br />In interviews, other O’Reilly fans said the harassment claims would not sway<br />them from Fox News or Mr. O’Reilly, whether or not the allegations are true.<br />“If that occurred, I don’t agree with it,” Mr. Miller said of the harassment claims, suggesting<br />that an appropriate action would be a temporary suspension of Mr. O’Reilly.<br />Mr. O’Reilly, the star she calls her primary news source, beamed into the room, already<br />barreling into the questions of the day on “The O’Reilly Factor,” the nation’s No.
