Fox News Puts Out Statement on Companies Pulling Ads from The O’Reilly Factor

As of this posting, CNN is reporting that the number of companies pulling ads from The O’Reilly Factor has gone up to 17, including Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Allstate.

The announcements come in response to the recent report of settlements to multiple women who accused O’Reilly of sexual harassment.

CNN received the following statement from Fox News Executive Vice President of Advertising Sales Paul Rittenberg, saying that the ad buys from the companies in question “have been re-expressed into other FNC programs”:

BREAKING: Statement from Fox News on the wave of advertisers pulling out of The O’Reilly Factor pic.twitter.com/sBcRqnTwVV

— Tom Kludt (@TomKludt) April 4, 2017

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