O’REILLY ACCUSES NY TIMES OF LIES AND SMEAR TACTICS

Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly dismissed as “lies and smear” the details in a New York Times report saying 21st Century Fox signed O’Reilly to a contract extension months after O’Reilly reached a $32 million sexual harassment settlement with longtime network analyst Lis Wiehl.

The settlement, revealed by the Times in an article Saturday, was one of several such deals involving O’Reilly. The controversial commentator was re-signed in February only to be dismissed by Fox in April after the Times reported on some of them.