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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly stories: 49 news summaries

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OPINION

She Shouldn't Stand by Him

Spitzer takes backlash for taking wife along; reactions run along gender lines

Mar 12, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer is going up in flames, but Americans are wondering why his wife has to go with him:
  • The Los Angeles Times talks to angry people on the street, including one divorcee who insists, “She should’ve said, ‘This is your fight. ... You stand there and
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Hillary Clinton • prostitution • Bill O'Reilly • James McGreevy • Bill Clinton • Alan Dershowitz • Meredith Vieira • Eliot Spitzer • adultery • James Carville • Monica Lewinsky • Tucker Carlson • Kwame Kilpatrick • Silda Wall Spitzer • Linda R. Hirshman • Dr. Laura Schlessinger • Dina Matos McGreevey • Hendrik Hertzberg • Joe Scarborough • Mike Barnicle • William Bennett

CNN, in Comeback, Tops Fox, Boosts Profits

Exec Walton has overseen ratings comeback, doubled profits at cable icon

Mar 5, 08 5:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Five years after CNN’s fortunes were so low that Time Warner considered selling it, the cable news icon topped Fox News among 25- to 54-year-old viewers for the first month since 2001. The upstarts had CNN running scared for several years, but a new president has streamlined management, increased... More »

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Barack Obama • Time Warner • Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • Fox News • CNN • TV ratings • Lou Dobbs • News Corp • Jim Walton

OPINION

Fox's Fortunes Fall With GOP's

Ratings are aching, talking heads are losing access and CNN has more than caught up

Jan 31, 08 6:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Fox News soared eight years ago by hitching its star to Republicans in general and George W. Bush in particular; now that the president’s in decline and its one-sided approach is no mystery, the channel has hit the skids. Democrats' refusal to debate on Fox damaged its reputation—and... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Bill O'Reilly • Fox News • CNN • Roger Ailes

O'Reilly Frets Over Outing
of Wizard

Anchor concerned
that Potter pushes  gay-straight 'parity'

Oct 26, 07 7:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps worried that JK Rowling has opened the closet too widely, Bill O'Reilly has made Albus Dumbledore's outing a frequent topic this week, bemoaning the promotion of “parity for homosexuals with heterosexuals.” Calling the Harry Potter author a “provocateur,” the Fox anchor says adults are worried... More »

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Harry Potter • Bill O'Reilly • homosexuality • tolerance • Albus Dumbledore

O'Reilly's Rant Wasn't His Imus Moment

Comments were old-fashioned, sheltered—not racist, says Times blogger

Sep 26, 07 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The firestorm over Bill O'Reilly's statement that a Harlem restaurant was "exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks" may be overblown, writes New York Times blogger Mike Nizza. While liberal groups are gleefuly taking aim, Nizza says the conservative pundit was recounting a conversion and guilty of... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • race relations • Fox • Sylvia's • Twista • Ludacris • Snoop Dogg • Media Matters • Juan Williams • Anita Baker • Harlem

Gurus Rack Up Ratings With Love and Hate

Who is America's most-watched pundit? Not the politico that most might think

Sep 25, 07 7:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pundits—political and cultural commentators with big opinions—are today's media darlings and Nielsen lightning rods.  Forbes picks the loudest, most volatile and incendiary, i.e.: the ones we love to watch:
  1. Roger Ebert
  2. Bill Maher
  3. Bill O'Reilly
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Bill O'Reilly • Rosie O'Donnell • list • Roger Ebert • Al Franken • Bill Maher • Geraldo Riviera • pundits • Bill Maher Grid

Officer Resigns After Racist YouTube Rants

Columbus cop referred to blacks, Jews, Cubans, and illegal immigrants as "filthy"

Sep 15, 07 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Ohio patrol officer who made racially charged comments in homemade videos posted on YouTube resigned yesterday, the Columbus Dispatch reports. Susan Purtee, who was reassigned to desk duty after the videos drew national attention, will resign effective Sept. 22 and seek retirements from an unnamed disability. “Clearly, she... More »

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YouTube • Bill O'Reilly • police • racism • Susan Purtee • Barbara Gordon Bell • anti-Semitism

YearlyKos
Gets Ready
for Its Closeup

With big day tomorrow, Bloggers ponder their clout with Dems

Aug 3, 07 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bloggers contemplating the off-again, on-again appearance of Hillary Clinton at tomorrow's YearlyKos convention can't quite get over how much more respect—would fear be an exaggeration?—they're inspiring in Democrats this year, compared to the last go-round. Joe Gandelman at the Moderate Voice asks whether it means the Democratic center... More »

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media • Internet • online media • Bill O'Reilly • Chris Dodd • netroots • Daily Kos • YearlyKos • blogger • Election 2008 • Iraq war

O'Reilly: Time To Listen Up On Illegals

Research shows immigrants (legal or illegal) less likely to commit crimes

Apr 10, 07 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last week's smackdown between Fox foes Bill O’Reilly and Geraldo Rivera entertained millions of YouTube addicts but shed little light on the issue that was the subject of their screaming fight:  Do illegal immigrants increase crime? In fact, Harvard sociologist Robert J. Sampson tells Salon, immigrants both legal... More »

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immigration • YouTube • illegal immigrant • crime • Bill O'Reilly • Geraldo Rivera • Fox

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