Glenn Beck, founder of conservative media outlet The Blaze, offered former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly a job in an on-air interview Friday. The two are former colleagues at Fox News.
Beck left the network in 2011; Fox executives told Politico that he was losing sponsors, while Beck contends that he had "differences" with the network, including invoking his religious beliefs on-air. O'Reilly was fired earlier this year.
The offer came during a segment that saw O’Reilly praise Beck for having the foresight to leave Fox and control “his own destiny,” – unlike him. O’Reilly has claimed his firing was a “hit job” and that he was specifically targeted.
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In the interview, O'Reilly states that his firing has to do with "destroying voices that the far left doesn't like," not the allegations of harassment that led to $13 million in settlements paid out to his accusers since 2016.
Beck offered this in response to O’Reilly’s praise.
“I thank you for that, Bill, and I would like to say publicly ... it’s why I would like you to work for The Blaze. ... I could not get the cable coverage by myself because I’m not powerful enough, unless you have a giant corporation behind you. ... If we could unite our powers for good, as opposed to evil — but that’s another conversation.”
It’s not clear what “evil” Beck was referring to.