Jesse Watters the object of a struggle between Fox News and Bill O’Reilly

It was inevitable that following the divorce between Fox News and Bill O'Reilly, a custody battle would break out over Jesse Watters.  For years, fans of the network and O'Reilly have watched as the older veteran mentored a young up-and-comer on his staff that he took a shining to.  While others at Fox who did not get similar patronage from a bigfoot may have cringed, as an outsider, I enjoyed watching the process of mentoring unfold as Watters developed trademark gestures and expressions and as he honed his craft. Watters may have set the record for interviewing women in bikinis I felt some degree of concern for Watters when it was announced that O'Reilly was leaving.  There must be many jealous colleagues who covet his airtime now that his protector is gone and in bad odor among the surviving suits in management.  But the first sign of conflict came out of the speaking tour O'Reilly has run with Dennis Miller over the years. Ken...(Read Full Post)

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