I think Ken Briggs is talking about the FOX viewership -- that, had it not been for the financial impact, FOX could have "weathered" the storm and kept O'Reilly. When found unworkable, he had to go. Even an Ayn Rand stellar personality cannot simultaneously be so credibly accused by so many women and still boast of his Catholic faith. (I heard him once bolster his catholicity by telling us he was once an altar-boy.) He walked away from FOX much enriched and with a group of FOX fans who will continue to buy his books. Let us hope that the court cases go forward and win large awards from the courts.