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NEWS ABOUT: Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly stories: 46 news summaries

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 'Race Hammers' 
 Crushed Rush 
 Deal: O'Reilly 

Limbaugh 'should sue' NBC, CNN for '1984 attack'

Oct 15, 09 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Thought police" in the media who have unfairly skewered Rush Limbaugh as a racist spoiled his bid to become an owner of the Rams, charged right-wing media maven Bill O'Reilly. Now that he's been dumped from the buyers' group after the controversy over his participation, Limbaugh should sue media... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Bill O'Reilly • Rush Limbaugh • right-wing media • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

 Beck: Prez Cares 
 More About 
 Fighting Fox 
 Than Afghan War 

Beck, Bill O'Reilly escalate Fox feud with the White House

Oct 13, 09 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fox anchors Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly went on the attack last night against White House accusations that their network is heavily biased against the president. "They’re more worried about the war on Fox than the actual war in Afghanistan,” snorted Beck at the beginning of his... More »

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Afghanistan • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Glenn Beck • cable news • President Obama

media melee

Fox: Tea Parties Not Covered
CNN: You Lie!

Ad sparks network
tea party war

Sep 19, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rival networks were quick to go on the counterattack after being accused by Fox of ignoring last weekend's tea party protests in the capital, Mediaite reports. A full-page Washington Post ad from Fox asked, "How Did ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC And CNN Miss This Story," prompting the... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • ABC • protests • Fox News • TV networks • CNN • Ricardo Sanchez • cable news • tea parties

 O'Reilly: 
 Stewart's 
 Off the Rails 

'Secretly liberal' Fox News strikes back

Aug 21, 09 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill O'Reilly hit back at Jon Stewart last night, saying the Daily Show host had gone "off the rails" with recent jokes about Fox News. Stewart Wednesday night sarcastically called Fox "secretly liberal," because commentators like O'Reilly are now doing all the things they attacked liberals for... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • liberals

 Fox News Set 
 for Best Year Ever 

Ratings soar with Dems in office

Aug 17, 09 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives may not have their preferred president, but they do have a preferred network: Fox News is on a roll, set for its best ratings year ever, the AP reports. Viewership is up 11% over last year—though the boom hasn’t come without controversy, with some critics suggesting that... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • Fox News • CNN • Glenn Beck • TV ratings

No Joke: O'Reilly Pens Essay Praising Obama

Fox host calls president an inspiration to
young Americans

Aug 7, 09 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill O'Reilly has written a glowing tribute to President Obama that will run in this Sunday's Parade magazine, Politico reports. The Fox host, who doesn't pull any punches when blasting the president's policies, holds Obama's life story and achievements up as an inspiration to young Americans in the essay, titled... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • President Obama

 What Truce? O'Reilly, 
 Olbermann Back in the Ring 

Olbermann calls O'Reilly 'worst'; O'Reilly attacks GE

Aug 6, 09 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The feud between Bill O’Reilly and Keith Olbermann continues, despite word of a peace deal: On Monday Olbermann said there was no truce and awarded O’Reilly the silver medal for “World’s Worst Person.” Then he gave the gold to Fox News honcho Rupert Murdoch. O’... More »

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media • Rupert Murdoch • Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • General Electric • SEC • feud • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • television news • President Obama

(Newser) - It took the intervention of a PBS peacemaker to halt the bitterest media fight of the decade, insiders tell the New York Times. Bosses at Fox and at MSNBC owner GE were fed up with Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly's long-running feud—especially after they started savaging each other's networks—... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • General Electric • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • talk show • Charlie Rose • Jeffrey Immelt • Countdown

OPINION

 'Smut-Merchant' 
 O'Reilly Plays 
 Naked ESPN Vid 

All the while complaining about the 'ultra-disturbing' nature of the whole thing

Jul 23, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly is building himself a reputation, at least in the Gawker offices, for self-righteously discussing “softcore porn on YouTube or underage strippers or whatever” while simultaneously running the “salacious clips” as he bemoans “the gross injustice.” It’s not surprising, then, that “the... More »

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entertainment • Internet • ESPN • crime • Bill O'Reilly • nudity • New York Post • video • Fox News • hotel • invasion of privacy • nude • naked • Erin Andrews

(Newser) - An advocacy group styling itself as the Latino MoveOn has infuriated both Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly, Joe Garofoli writes in the San Francisco Chronicle. The Berkeley online hub Presente is running a Spanish-language radio ad in Florida this week, urging GOP Rep. John Mica to rebuke Limbaugh's labeling of... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Rush Limbaugh • MoveOn.org • Hispanic • Sonia Sotomayor • Presente

(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly can’t figure out why African Americans would care about Michael Jackson’s death. “Michael Jackson has white children, and he chose to have white children,” he said on his show last night. “And the face deal, I don’t even want to... More »

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race • African Americans • Bill O'Reilly • race relations • Michael Jackson • white people

(Newser) - More evidence of Fox News' growing domination of cable TV: The network now has the top 10 programs in terms of total viewers, reports Mediabistro's TVNewser blog. Bill O'Reilly still leads the way, followed by Sean Hannity. Glenn Beck is in third, but his viewership of about 2 million is... More »

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television • cable TV • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • TV ratings • cable news

OPINION

Geraldo's OK
if You Kill a
Child Molester

Not that, on Fox News gabfest, he was encouraging you to

Jun 30, 09 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Geraldo Rivera wouldn’t mind if someone happened to kill David Earls. Not that he’s telling you to do it, or anything, Gawker notes. On Fox News last night, Rivera and Bill O’Reilly were grousing about the convicted child rapist who got just a 1-year sentence. O’Reilly,... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • Geraldo Rivera • child molestation • Fox News • child rape • David Earls

OPINION

 Actually, Beck Calms 
 the Lunatic Fringe 

With O'Reilly and Olbermann, lets wingnuts 'let off steam'

Jun 19, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck infuriates many liberals, but they should really be thanking him: His rhetoric tempers fringe sentiments and prevents violence, writes Reihan Salam for the Daily Beast. Talking heads like Beck and Bill O’Reilly “take unspoken anxieties very seriously,” giving voice to a “small and alienated... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • talk show • Glenn Beck • host

OPINION

 Right Fans 
 Flames of 
 Extremist 
 Fury: Rich 

Right-wing rhetoric complicit in rise of extremism

Jun 14, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - When a Fox News anchor cautions against the rising extremism of hate-driven Americans, as Shepard Smith did after the Holocaust Museum shooting, we should take note, argues Frank Rich in the New York Times. Unlike his fear-mongering colleagues, says Rich, Smith—not known for having an agenda—had "... More »

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Barack Obama • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • Frank Rich • domestic terrorism • culture wars • Shepard Smith • right-wing extremism

 Voight Takes 
 Obama-Is-Marxist 
 Rant to O'Reilly 

Even Bill O'Reilly doesn't agree with all his theories

Jun 10, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just in case you missed Jon Voight's speech at a Republican fundraiser where he accused a “weak” President Obama of thinking “he’s going to bring all the enemies of the world into a little playground where they’ll swing each other back and forth,” the actor... More »

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entertainment • Barack Obama • politics • Bill O'Reilly • socialism • celebrity • Jon Voight • conservatives • economic policies

OPINION

O'Reilly to Blame for Abortion Doctor's Murder

And I'll never appear on his show again, says pro-choice advocate

Jun 4, 09 7:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Abortion-rights advocate Mary Alice Carr has made many appearances on The O'Reilly Factor, to the anger of her progressive friends. But in an article for the Washington Post, Carr says she's through with the program—and blames Bill O'Reilly for the murder of Dr. George Tiller. "O'Reilly knew that... More »

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abortion • Bill O'Reilly • murder • Fox News • NARAL • anti-abortion activists • George Tiller

 Palin Ignores 
 McCain on Twitter 

She uses feed to clear up 'misquoting'

Apr 30, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin is following some fellow Republicans on Twitter, but she's not showing any love for former running mate John McCain.The Alaska governor is keeping tabs on Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly of Fox, David Gregory of NBC, George Stephanopoulos of ABC, and CNN, but not nemesis Katie Couric—... More »

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John McCain • social networking • NBC • Katie Couric • CBS • Bill O'Reilly • ABC • Fox News • Republican Party • CNN • Sean Hannity • George Stephanopoulos • Sarah Palin • Twitter • David Gregory • politicians

O'Reilly Crews Stalk, Quiz
His Enemies

Harassment accusations follow confrontations

Apr 16, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly is a believer in the power of the ambush interview. His producers have become expert at stalking victims, catching them in public places, and putting them on the spot, the New York Times reports. “When the bad guys won’t comment…we will find them,... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • journalism • Fox News

CNN Loses Ground in Primetime

Fox, MSNBC are
pushing longtime
rival into 3rd place

Apr 10, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The oldest cable news network is starting to lag behind both of its main rivals in primetime, Variety reports. In the first quarter of this year, CNN saw a 23% drop in the key 25-54 demographic and a 10% drop overall from 8 to 11pm. In particular, Campbell Brown's show... More »

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television • Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • CNN • TV ratings • television news • Campbell Brown • cable news • Headline News • HLN

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