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What single word dominated the commentary about the strike in syria. the one word i heard the most was decisive. in times like these i find myself thinking about another set of decision makers. the media leaders and producers who decide what gets heard. because there are hawks and there are dogs and on tv and online, we need to hear from both. actually from all of them because there are a lot more than two sides here. proponents of military force. there are reluctance supporters. there are syria...

Audience, a very loyal fan base and we actually sent a reporter out to watch the ocho ray l"or factor" and our reporter watched the show with a woman who is a big fan of the show and she said she was conflicted about watching it but shes still loyal to him and to his show. >> so he doesnt have top advertisers, david, but he does have the audience. does that mean hes invincible? >> hes damaged but not necessarily mortally wounded. it depends whether or not there is sustained outrage but fox has b...

Roger ailes who was ousted this summer. its an interesting thing ive been making calls this week on this and during the ailes issue, murdoch senior said to his sons, you know if we settle this without a fight, were just going to invite more and more lawsuits. a and. >> which has happened. there have been more and more lawsuits and clearly implied that they accepted these lawsuits and allegations in the lawsuits. when trying to walk up the middle of the road, clearly what you have in any situatio...

Author in the country. >> thats true. >> they are the era to "the new york times" and to other people who hate fox and hate trump and that is where this kind of cloothis is an issue as much about politics as it is about sexual harassment. ill bring that back to the murdochs because within the murdoch empire, thats also where the clefs. you have murdoch who may, i think its inmaterial whether hes been a fan of bill ocho ray l -- oreillys or not and bill oreilly supports his company. >> in a big w...

Way other companies do. >> the point is actual hasexual harassment is against the law. you are not supposed to treat women like there in the work force. allegations or believed or not, this is an important issue and women deserve to be treated with respect in the workplace. >> additionally, there is a federal investigation going on into whether or not payments to some of these women settlements to keep allegations private and away from public eye were masked to keep them away from shareholders a...

>> it almost looks like a prank. you trying to trivialize this issue. >> we were astounded -- >> having the fast forwarding and things like that. >> i dont think you want to sit there and watch us be on hold for session minutix minutes. we fast forwarrded through the long hold periods. fox news said nobody ever called the hot line, i dont believe that to begin with but we decided to take them up and make a complaint against sexual harassment and retaliation against mr. oreilly. >> a former fox n...