Mediagazer: That makes three. BMW North America spokesman just told me that in light of NYT investigation, it was suspending ads on The O'Reilly Factor (Emily Steel/@emilysteel)

10:20 AM ET, April 4, 2017

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Emily Steel / @emilysteel:

That makes three. BMW North America spokesman just told me that in light of NYT investigation, it was suspending ads on The O'Reilly Factor — That makes three. BMW North America spokesman just told me that in light of NYT investigation, it was suspending ads on The O'Reilly Factor

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