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On the recordApril 18, 2017
Absolutely. And I'm very proud of what I understand took place. The sons of Murdoch are the ones that I'm told insisted that he had to go. And, they're trying to take this station into a new era. And so, I'm very pleased that they did that.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters expresses her approval of Fox News' decision to fire Bill O'Reilly and acknowledges the influence of the Murdoch family in that decision.

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