Fox froze out media reporters it viewed as hostile, kept a 400-page dossier on Gabriel Sherman, a reporter writing a book about Fox and Ailes, and hired private investigators to obtain phone records of reporters, according to Sherman. When Fox anchor Bill O'Reilly was sued for sexual harassment, Fox went on the offensive. His accuser, Andrea Mackris, was called a "lunatic" in the New York Post, which shares an owner with Fox News, and O'Reilly counter-sued Mackris for extortion. The suits settled in 2004, with no apology and O'Reilly claiming he was real the victim. While 21st Century Fox is apologizing, Fox News has remained silent. Quartz's requests for a comment were forwarded to the parent company. In Carlson's case, Fox faced a problem it couldn't bully its way out of.