Sexual Harassment Storm Against OReilly and Fox Intensifies

Pressure continued to mount on Fox News on Tuesday to address harassment accusations against its top-rated host, Bill O’Reilly, as the National Organization for Women called for his ouster and five companies said they were pulling their advertisements from his show.

NOW has called for Mr. O’Reilly to be fired and for an independent investigation to be conducted into the culture at Fox News.

“Mr. O’Reilly’s case is part of a larger culture that condones the harassment and objectification of women at Fox News,” Terry O’Neill, president of NOW, said in a news release Tuesday. “Men like Mr. O’Reilly and Mr. Ailes will never be stopped as long as their behavior is allowed to continue, even supported, by their employer.” She referred to Roger Ailes, the former chairman and chief executive, who left Fox after he was accused of sexual harassment. Mr. Ailes has denied the accusations.

“For too long women have endured dangerous sexism at the hands of powerful men and powerful institutions,” Ms. O’Neill added. “Fox News is too big and too influential to simply let this go. Women have the right to go to work without facing harassment. Fox News apparently doesn’t get that basic concept.”

Also on Tuesday morning, three more advertisers — BMW of North America, Untuckit and Constant Contact — joined the list of firms who have said that they were withdrawing their ads from Mr. O’Reilly’s show, “The O’Reilly Factor.’’ BMW North America said the company had made the decision “in light of the recent New York Times investigation.”

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