• The Washington Post, Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:19 AM

Fox news has signed up Bill O'Reilly for another tour of duty. The pugnacious pundit says that he signed the contract despite what he sees as a constant assault on his reputation. The deal is for four years at more than $10 million a year.

After re-signing Sean Hannity and luring Glen Beck from CNN in recent weeks, Fox has now solidified a conservative lineup that has kept the channel's ratings high. "The O'Reilly Factor" has been the top-rated program in cable news for nearly eight years, averaging more than 4 million viewers nightly since last month.

As part of the deal, O'Reilly also will probably give up his syndicated radio show, which has been considerably less successful than his TV program.

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