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bathroommonkey76

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Tue Apr 18, 2017, 04:38 PM Apr 2017

Bill O'Reilly On Chopping Block Amid Claim He Called Black Woman "Hot Chocolate" [View all]

What once seemed unimaginable now seems at least possible.

New York Magazine’s Gabriel Sherman reported Tuesday that the Murdoch family is “leaning” toward pulling Bill O’Reilly off of Fox News’ airwaves in the middle of growing pressure from advertisers and activist groups.

The report comes amid a separate claim by attorney Lisa Bloom that O’Reilly used to call a black woman who worked as a clerical worker at Fox News “hot chocolate” during her time at the network in 2008. The television host would reportedly make her feel uncomfortable in other ways as well.

“He would never talk to her, not even hello, except to grunt at her like a wild boar,” Bloom told The Hollywood Reporter. “He would leer at her. He would always do this when no one else was around and she was scared.”

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-oreilly-hot-chocolate_us_58f66fece4b0de5bac41a5cd?54f&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

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