I was rummaging through my video archives the other day and realized that there is a formerly omnipresent voice who once ruled Fox News and who is not even remotely missed by anyone now, his absence from the airwaves a never-lamented, blissful reality: Bill O'Reilly. 
2) What was most noteworthy about O'Reilly was the really visceral nastiness he brought to the airwaves. He loved to bully people with physical intimidation and what seemed like near threats of violence. This clip is from one of his many attacks on Dr. George Tiller.
3) He had a history of these kinds of meltdowns on the set, though usually with the cameras off. Like this one from his days with 'Inside Edition.' "Fuck it, we'll do it live!" is now a cliche.
4) On camera, though, he became noted for yelling and threatening people. Especially women. Especially women who challenged him.
5) The Tiller episode remained an open wound largely because he in fact had inescapable culpability in inspiring that murder. So his bullying reached its real apex when he invited @joanwalsh on to confront her after she bravely called him out on it.
@joanwalsh 6) Walsh had the final word -- a rarity on Fox -- when she nailed O'Reilly's ass to the wall for his role in helping inspire Jim David Adkisson's Knoxville church shooting rampage the year before. He had no answer but just to shut her down.
@joanwalsh 7) I know O'Reilly still pops up at Fox from time to time as a kind of elder statesman, ignoring that he was chased off by a #MeToo scandal. But his foul brand of misogyny no longer creates the stench it once did, and for that we are grateful.
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