Via Email & Mail November 18, 2016

Jay Wallace Bill O’Reilly Executive Vice President of News and Host, The O’Reilly Factor Editorial Fox News Fox News 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036 NY 10036 Jesse Watters John Stack Correspondent, The O’Reilly Factor, Senior Vice President of Newsgathering Fox News Fox News 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036 NY 10036

David Tabacoff Executive Producer, The O’Reilly Factor Fox News 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036

Re: Watters’ World: Chinatown Edition

Dear Mr. Wallace, Mr. Tabacoff, Mr. O’Reilly, and Mr. Watters:

On behalf of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), the National Bar Association (NBA), the National LGBT Bar Association (National LGBT Bar), and the National Native American Bar Association (NNABA), we write to express our indignation in the segment “Watters’ World: Chinatown Edition” and deep dissatisfaction in public statements that dismiss community concerns over the offensive nature of the segment.

Leaders from our organizations meet regularly to discuss issues of mutual concern and to advocate in support of our shared interests. Together, we represent the interests of almost 200,000 diverse lawyers, judges, law students, and 206 affiliate bar associations throughout the United States.

On Monday, October 3, 2016, Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor aired “Watters’ World: Chinatown Edition,” which featured Mr. Watters speaking with residents of New York City’s Chinatown—including some who do not appear to be native English speakers— with questions, National Bar Associations’ Letter Re: “Watters’ World Chinatown: Education” 2 many of which were only nominally related to the upcoming Presidential election and instead were based on racial and ethnic stereotypes. By way of example, and as noted by Liam Stack of the New York Times on October 6, 2016, “the nearly five-minute video was interspersed with references to martial arts and scenes of Mr. Watters getting a foot massage, playing with nunchucks and asking loaded questions that some residents appeared not to understand or couldn’t answer. Clips from well-known movies were sprinkled throughout the segment, including ‘The Karate Kid’ and ‘Chinatown.’” We found this segment to be highly offensive for its irresponsible use of these stereotypes and for its pejorative mischaracterization of Chinatown residents, immigrants, and limited English proficient communities.

We join a coalition of Asian Pacific American organizations, who call on Fox News to issue a written formal apology. We also encourage Fox News to take steps to increase understanding of implicit bias and to increase workforce diversity and inclusion as the American Bar Association and our associations are encouraging members of the legal industry to do.

Sincerely,

Eduardo Juarez Cyndie M. Chang President President National LGBT Bar Association National Asian Pacific American Bar

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Jennifer Weddle President Pedro Torres-Diaz National Native American Bar Association President Hispanic National Bar Association

Kevin Judd President National Bar Association