We Are Witnessing The End Of Bill O'Reilly's Career

If only.....

I admit, I'm hoping it's the end of his career.

One can only hope. O'Reilly is starting to sound like Bill Clinton telling us his alibi all depends on what your definition of the word "is" is.

Clearly O'Reilly wanted his listeners to think that he was on the sidelines during actual combat between warring armies. No matter how dangerous the situation when soldiers fire into a crowd of angry protesters, it's not quite the same as being in the thick of battle in a real war zone.

The problem for O'Reilly is that, like Williams, he has been telling variations of his tale for years in several formats, all of which can now be referenced and fact-checked.

Fox News' viewers don't give two shits about journalistic integrity.

I will be hired by Faux News before they fire Billy boy. Are ya kidding me? My parents and several million other old timers LIVE for his show. And honestly, he isn't an anchor like BW anyway. He is the TV version of Rush Limbaugh, and editorial guy and a Repug mouthpiece(with a rare but occasional touch of good sense.)

it is my sincerest hopes that both Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh lose their jobs VERY soon, and that both are utterly unable to find any other jobs in the future.

The recent attack on Bill claiming his Falkland story was false has been disproven.

Welcome to the "Oh'Really? Factor"

Ha - good one r8.

R7= right wing shitstain!

R7, you are missing the point.

O'Reilly has portrayed himself over and over as a reporter whose mettle was tested under fire in combat situations "in the Falklands War."

He is now weaseling out of the fact that he was not in the Falkland Islands themselves and the combat he saw was "urban combat" involving civil unrest between guards, not battlefield soldiers, and protesters who were from the same side of the war as the guards. In short, Bill O'Reilly covered a riot, not a war. But the host who calls his show A No-Spin Zone has done an awful lot of spinning over the years to make his presence at a violent riot sound more like he was on the front lines of a shooting war.

when is the sky falling OP

Bill O'Reilly's audience don't care. They can't remember to get up when they need to take a crap.

That hypocrite Rush Limbaugh lost his hearing due to serious drug addiction, his audience couldn't care less. O'Reilly's audience does not care about integrity either.

No it hasn't, r7.

He claimed he saw combat in the Falklands. Yet he was 1200 miles away in Argentina. They had protests in Argentina but not a single fatality. It was more like a riot after a college football championship.

At least BriWi was behind the helicopter that got shot. BillO was nowhere near combat.

Lets be honest. Most of the Fox news audience don't give a shit about integrity and are too stupid to understand the meaning of the word.

As R13 stated - they also have one of these chairs or want one.

Bill O'Reilly could say anything he wants, his viewers don't care. Old conservative white people LOVE this guy, he's like their Jesus.

Played out. You can tell he's never been a team player.

Now that he's divorced from Maurenn McPhilmy (great low-class Irish name!), who is he dating?

Does he ever stop in at the Townhouse for a nightcap on the way home to Kings Point?

Wish he'd go to Dr. Pat Wexler for some treatment of those sun spots.

If his career is over (it's not unfortunately), wish the Weisslers would put him in Chicago as Billy Flynn, the lawyer.

O'Reilly's claims about his adventures in the Falklands are true! They happened in his novel!

Do you Media Matters/Center for American Progress staffers have a map?

Locate the Falklands, bitches.

David Corn wants revenge for Brian Williams.

We are witnessing the end of this insipid thread.

Brian Williams lied. Dan Rather lied. The rest is commentary.

O'Reilly is leaving Fox when they pry the microphone from his cold dead hands.

R21/23 child molesters who rimmed Bill O'Reilly after he ate a bowl of chili.

We can only hope, OP

This is a good thing. I hope this is it for him. He's desperate to be Howard Stern but he's not smart as Stern or interesting.

O'Reilly survived the whole sexual harassment thing but sweeping it under the rug and threatening anyone who dares to mention it (like the gals on The View).

This may be harder to run from because vets are pissed off. Since Fox supposedly supports the troops, let's see where this ride goes.

I'm enjoying it!

sadly I doubt this will affect his career

Fox loves him because he brings in the viewers over there

R21 turns out Dan Rather DIDNT lie. He was scapegoated and fired.

[quote]Dan Rather lied.

He didn't, actually.

R23 when straights comment on gay websites, maybe you ain't really straight

[quote]child molesters who rimmed Bill O'Reilly after he ate a bowl of chili.

More likely falafel.

These lies were known about a decade ago. Al Franken - Senator Franken - brought them up.

The Faux News people won't care. But he's been publicly humiliated so that's always good for something. Not enough for him to kill himself. But close enough.

How did Dan Rather's lawsuit go?

I agree with R34. This isn't the end of Bill O, but it's nice to see him squirm and try to weasel his way out of the lie. Bt as someone said earlier, he literally dared/forbid anyone to mention Andrea Mackris after the payout, and sure enough no one did. This will probably last only a few days at best.

FFS! What a cunt he is at R18's video. Unbelievable pile of angry, ranting shit that he is.

That's the sad part, r17.

I surely hope so.

[quote]Does he ever stop in at the Townhouse for a nightcap on the way home to Kings Point?

Where in Kings Point? I thought he lived in Manhasset.

They don't call him Bill O'Liely for nothing.

[quote]O'Reilly survived the whole sexual harassment thing but sweeping it under the rug and threatening anyone who dares to mention it (like the gals on The View).

Don't forget that he tried to get his local Long Island police to ivestigate and harass his ex-wife's new boyfriend who was a detective in the department.

[quote]The Faux News people won't care. But he's been publicly humiliated so that's always good for something.

There was a discussion about his Falklands problem on NPR today. He's probably pissed that it's still getting mentioned on national forums.

I wish we were, but he's not a news anchor so he won't be judged as strictly as was Brian Williams.

LOL! NPR is as partisan as FOX, only subsidized by taxpayers. You are no different than the "Faux" viewers.

NPR is so NOT partisan.

It always provides both sides of every story--almost annoyingly so.

Bullshit R45, utter bullshit.

R46 Sure it does. Just the fact that you say there are only two sides to a story belies your orthodoxy.

Bye-Bye, O'Reilly.

If Fox can gloat about Brian Williams' lie, they better put their money where their mouth is.

R47 → Not Juan Williams.

Brett Baier is the FNC equivalent to Lyin' Brian Williams. If you're hallucinating that you'll "get" O'Reilly in revenge.

Fox didn't get Williams. Stars & Stripes journalists. Soldiers don't like stolen valor liars.

Covering the Falkland war in Buenos Aires, after Argentina lost, was a -very- tense time. The Argies were pissed. Still are - ask the "Top Gear" crew.

Won't have revenge, girls.

[quote] Brett Baier is the FNC equivalent to Lyin' Brian Williams

He's the most vile of all, since he's a news anchor who's supposed to at least strive to be impartial.

Bill lied about playing football. There wasn't even a team at his school at the time. He lied about his education. He lied about his being a registered Republican. Al Franken outed all of it.

It's going to be a great day when Rush drops dead.

I hope this headline turns out to be a declarative sentence and not a question.

If he had low ratings he would be gone, not getting canned on the sexual harassment payout makes him think he is invincible. Can't stand his show, he cuts people off in mid sentence, like he is so important. Megyn Kelly is turning into the female version of Bill.

Time for R55 to downgrade to basic basic.

[quote]Covering the Falkland war in Buenos Aires, after Argentina lost, was a -very- tense time.

No doubt that's true. But to listen to Bill describe his experiences, it is clear that he wanted his listeners to assume that he was covering the actual fighting in the Falklands, not the protests over the fighting in Buenos Aires.

I've been shot at once and had a gun held at me once. I can't imagine forgetting either of those experiences or embellishing and falsifying and misremembering any others to claim other similar experiences.

Claiming false dangers under fire is not a normal thing to do. It is disordered and a sign of problems. I don't want my news from such people. It seems too obvious why.

CNN did a whole segment on this this past weekend lol

The Falklands was a naval event - do you even know where these islands are?

Brian Williams lied weeks ago. Military journalists called him on it.

Corn might want a get-even attack on O'Rielly. But O'Rielly isn't claiming stolen valor like Williams is.

Christ, that Blumenthal asshole lied about serving in Vietnam. Still got elected. The Williams story stuck because he presented himself as a journalist every Mon-Fri.

Too bad "journalists" like Corn and CNN aren't investigating the Nisman murder (by the Kirschner bitch's lacjeys) in Argentina. But that would be news, not another partisan hatchet job.

Hope Barney Frank and David Brock are taking care of you, little minions.

Brian Williams didn't claim to be particularly valorous.

R50, let me get this straight, covering the Falklands War was a tense time but covering the Iraqi war wasn't?

Bill O'Reilly has lied lied lied his whole career.

This is just another LIE and he should experience the same consequences Brian Williams has.

If you are not in combat, you are not in combat.

Don't lie about it and expect to get away with it.

R50, no one said Fox News "got" Williams but they sure gloated over the fall of a member of the "liberal" media.

See link of gloating

[quote]We Are Witnessing The End Of Bill O'Reilly's Career

We had a similar thread about six years ago when Rush Limbaugh's career ended. Note how we haven't heard from him since.

[quote]Brian Williams didn't claim to be particularly valorous.

Yet when David Letterman called him a "war hero" in front of an audience of millions, Williams made no attempt to correct him.

Do you suppose Williams "misremembered" the fact that he hadn't done anything heroic?

Stars And Stripes reported on Williams' lie that his helicopter was hit on enemy fire. His helicopter. In truth, was an hour behind.

People like R63 and Corn want blood for blood, Mafia style.

Unless you have O'Reilly saying "I was on a ship hit by an Exocet", while serving as anchor of a news broadcast, tough titties.

Brian Williams lied. Bill O'Reilly lied. Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rice, Powell, et al. lied.

But Dan Rather? He was sucker-punched, r21, with a copy of a true document, to which only the latter would the secretary swear to.

At the very least, this will clip O'Reilly's wings when it comes to any further vague claims of being a "combat veteran" among journalists.

'On the August 9, 2004 edition of his radio show, Westwood One's The Radio Factor, O'Reilly claimed that, "I was in a combat situation in Argentina during the Falklands War" and went on to liken his experience to that of veterans saying, "you veterans out there listening right now, you know exactly what I'm talking about here...'

'On the August 25, 2004 edition of his radio show, O'Reilly described going into combat as checking "the box," saying "you got to respect" people who "check the box" by going into combat. O'Reilly said of himself, "Now, I, your humble correspondent, did check the box. Not in Vietnam, but in El Salvador, in Falklands War, and in Northern Ireland. I checked that box. And I respect myself for checking the box"'

'On the November 20, 2012 edition of his Fox News program, O'Reilly responded to a viewer email saying, "Well, since I covered the Falklands War, Father, I've got a little soft spot. You're out in the middle of nowhere, believe me."'

The Falkland Islands are out in the middle of nowhere but he was never on them. He was in Buenos Aires which is certainly not out in the middle of nowhere. Obviously he was obscuring the facts in order to inflate his "war record."

O'Reilly: "I Was In A Combat Situation In Argentina ... You Veterans Out There ... You Know Exactly What I'm Talking About Here." On the August 9, 2004 edition of his radio show, Westwood One's The Radio Factor, O'Reilly claimed that, "I was in a combat situation in Argentina during the Falklands War" and went on to liken his experience to that of veterans saying, "you veterans out there listening right now, you know exactly what I'm talking about here. Adrenaline surges, your senses become very attune, much sharper than they are ordinarily, and you are locked in, focused in, on your survival and achieving the means of staying alive":

KEVIN (CALLER): Hey, yeah, I have to say real quick, I've been -- I've listened to interviews from the guy that was saved and from some of the other Swift Boat, the guys in these new groups that have come on talking about it.

And if you listen to interviews with the guy, he's not smearing the guy who got the, you know, who fell in the water, but he gave a rational, cognizant explanation what happened that day, and these boats are always in pairs and packs --

O'REILLY: Right.

KEVIN: -- so they're always trying to say well, no -- well, you weren't on Kerry's you -- you -- his Swift boat. You didn't have to be. You were 20 feet away on another one.

O'REILLY: All right, let me challenge that, Kevin, from --

KEVIN: Uh-huh.

O'REILLY: -- from personal experience.

KEVIN: Sure.

O'REILLY: I -- I was in a combat situation in Argentina during the Falklands War, OK?

KEVIN: Mm-hmm.

O'REILLY: And I can tell you when the Kool-Aid hits the fan, OK, nobody is locking in on anybody else. Nobody.

KEVIN: And you're right.

O'REILLY: OK, ad --

KEVIN: I know (inaudible; overlapping dialogue)

O'REILLY: -- adrenaline -- adrenaline surges and you veterans out there listening right now, you know exactly what I'm talking about here. Adrenaline surges, your senses become very attune, much sharper than they are ordinarily, and you are locked in, focused in, on your survival and achieving the means of staying alive.

You're not watching what happens in the boat next to year. You're not watching any of that. OK? You are -- you are zeroed in on your situation.

And that's why I am believing the guys that are sitting next to this Kerry, because the guys away from him, yeah, maybe somebody looked over, and yeah, but what probably happened was after the fact people talked. And that's what always happens. And then perceptions are shaped. But they're always ab -- they're never primary source perceptions.

Now, again, I don't have anything against these Swift Boats guys. They -- I'm sure they believe what they're saying. But I'm going to go with the guy in the water. I got to go with him. [Westwood One, The Radio Factor, 8/9/04, transcript via Escriptionist.com/Media Matters internal archives]

O'Reilly: "I Respect Myself For" Going Into Combat. On the August 25, 2004 edition of his radio show, O'Reilly described going into combat as checking "the box," saying "you got to respect" people who "check the box" by going into combat. O'Reilly said of himself, "Now, I, your humble correspondent, did check the box. Not in Vietnam, but in El Salvador, in Falklands War, and in Northern Ireland. I checked that box. And I respect myself for checking the box":

O'REILLY: You know, sometimes you have to boil it down to just that. He checked the box. Will you go into combat? He checked the box. You got to -- you got to respect that. I don't care who it is.

Even if it were one of the smear merchants, even if it were Michael Moore. If Michael Moore had checked the box -- yes, I will go into combat -- I would respect that. But, of course, Michael Moore did not check the box.

Now, I, your humble correspondent, did check the box. Not in Vietnam, but in El Salvador, in Falklands War, and in Northern Ireland. I checked that box. And I respect myself for checking the box. [Westwood One, The Radio Factor, 8/25/04, transcript via Escriptionist.com/Media Matters internal archives]

O'Reilly Suggests He Was "In A War Zone" In "Argentina During The Falklands War." On the November 17, 2004 edition of his radio show, O'Reilly used his experience to speak as an authority on "combat situation[s]." O'Reilly argued that "When you're in a combat situation you're wired, which means that you're not in a normal state. Your adrenaline is flowing, your senses are acute." He went on to say in his experience "in a combat situation," he "had to make a split decision in Argentina during the Falklands War," and "had to make a split decision on what to do when a guy had an M-16 pointed at my head from 10 yards away."

O'REILLY: And let me just tell you how this went down 'cause I've been in a combat situation. When you're in a combat situation you're wired, which means that you're not in a normal state. Your adrenaline is flowing, your senses are acute--you are, and this is everybody. If you've ever been in a life/death situation, and I've been in one 3 or 4 times, where I almost got killed. So, your whole body and your whole disposition changes. Because your senses are so heightened. This guy's the point man. He walks into a small room in a mosque where there are a buncha people on the ground. Okay? He doesn't know who those people are or what state they're in. The day before, one of his guys in his squad gets killed because he tries to remove a body that's bobby-trapped.

So, the guy's in there, he's the point guy. He walks in the room and he sees sudden movement from this guy on the ground and he yells out to warn his other guys. And, then he shoots the guy--because he's not going to wait to see if the guy's got a grenade--which he absolutely could have. Or, a pistol or whatever the guy--a bomb. He's not going to wait, nobody would wait. You don't wait.

This guy is in a war zone. He's illegal, he's in a mosque--shouldn't have been there in the first place. He's trying to kill you. Bang, he's dead. That's what happened. So, you're not--it's not like you're walking down the street in a rational state of mind and you're making decisions based upon data. It doesn't happen in a war zone. I had to make a split decision in Argentina during the Falklands War. I had to make a split decision on what to do when a guy had an M-16 pointed at my head from 10 yards away.

And, I had a second to make my decision. Do I run away, do I fall to the ground or do I talk to the guy? [Westwood One, The Radio Factor, 11/17/04, transcript via Escriptionist.com/Media Matters internal archives]

R67 It's not blood for blood but equal treatment.

If only Bill O'Reilly hadn't actually said he was in a combat situation, this could have all been avoided...

R70, yup O"Reilly is a liar.

What does Stars and Stripes say about him???

Drudge refuses to mention it after endless hysterical Williams headlines.

R45/48/50/60/67=rightwing shitstain.

Enraged Argies:

I dug up Jesse Helms and skullfucked him!

Oh boy.

O'Reilly lied about the suicide of JFK assassination figure:

Oh, boy.*

Fuck it. We're going to do this live!

O'Reilly's base is hard core Republicans. And you forget what they are capable of - Republicans have an rather uncanny and intriguing ability to #1 - attack Democrats/liberals for behavior that they themselves exhibit or excuse in other Republicans #2 - rewrite history in their minds and actually seem to fully believe their now fabricated history #3 - find evil NOT in the lie a Republican or conservative tells, but rather in the audacity of a Democrat or liberal for even questioning the lie, much less exposing it.

It's how most of them live day to day.

This is all over the media, and it's just getting worse and worse for him. He's not getting out of this one. He sealed it when he demanded that a premier network release footage which didn't back up his bullshit claims. He is going nuts on the air, threatening reporters. This guy was always nuts. Remember how obsessed he was with Al Franken, and how the Fox News police were going to take him out?

i tend to agree. the beginning of the end. his followers will always believe him, but advertisers are going to shy away. he will probably announce his retirement once all this dies down a bit and pretend like this has nothing to do with his decision.

Only advertisers can shut him down by stopping ad buys on his show. No $ = no o'reilly. They should have booted his azz after the sexual harassment suit. He can always hit the rids with BFF Dennis miller

This will not end well.

The media wants and needs the next Brian Williams, and O'Reilly has a paper trail a mile long. His humongous popularity just ups the scandal factor, and the media is not going to leave it alone. He's done.

I trust that deep down, O'Reilly knows he's stepped in it this time. This is a blow to his status even if it doesn't put a dent in his ratings or income. He has to know on some level that he's been exposed for over-selling his war record.

O'Reilly is now at that desperate stage in the game where he is declaring that the story is over. He knows it's slipping through his fingers. I hope they can keep it alive long enough to discredit him further.

[quote]We Are Witnessing The End Of Rush Limbaugh's Career

DL prediction from 1998.

Does anyone here remember when Bill O'Reilly was a gossip reporter on Fox's local Channel 5? I do.

I also remember a prime time show with Matt Lauer and a female co-host, it was called "PM Magazine", this was when Fox was called WNEW-TV in NYC.

Radio and newspapers are all covering O'Reilly's story. He doesn't come out on top in any of the coverage. Since Fox is all about spreading lies and disinformation, there's no doubt the braying jackass will continue to voice his bullshit for years to come.

oh please. Unfortunately I bet FOX will just be thrilled that more viewers are tuning in to his show given this scandal. You know they don't care about facts or legitimacy.

[quote]Frank Conniff ‏@FrankConniff: Bill O'Reilly's job is secure. Firing a Fox News host for lying would be like firing a Food Network host for cooking.

bill oreily is a harvart graduate. he is reallly smart. Rory was supposed to go to harvart but ended goin to Yalle. which is Ivvy league school.

When have lies on Fox News ever been a negative?

Now someone needs to hold Sean Hannity's feet to the fire over those "Support the Troops" concerts where Sean, his family, and his posse traveled all over the USA in regal style, billing the "charity" for their five-star lifestyle while donating next to nothing to the the wounded veterans.

What are the names of the companies that advertise on Bill O'Reilly's show?

I for one will be happy to fire off an email or two telling them that I will not be buying their product as long as they are advertising on the show of a proven liar!

Sponsors

Is Bill O'Reilly performing shtick?

Fox viewers will tune in to Bill O. to find out what this story is all about. So, no, he will not lose his job.

The apes will inherit the Earth.

Fox fire a liar? Hahahahaha!

Of course this is blood-for-blood.

Brian Williams lied about his helicopter being hit by s missile. "Stars And Stripes" military journalists called him out.

David Corn is out to get O'Reilly about coverage of a British-Argentine war. Revenge

If this is a thing, you know who's next?

Hillary. Her "we came under fire in Bosnia" problem is much worse than O'Reilly. Set a precedent with O'Reilly, and Hillary will be next.

Is there any dirt on Hannity? That's the asshole I really want to see go. And Limbaugh.

Dan Rather, Proven Liar, loses lawsuit over his October surprise ambush lies.

All those people who were pissed over what happened to Brian Williams would now rather make smart ass comments instead of directing their outrage to the FCC or where it would do the most good. And here you have someone who also stumped for the Iraq War and went so far as to label those who opposed it as consorting with the enemy. Someone who works for the channel that helped sell the Iraq War

This is the chance to start setting a precedent. They should not be allowed to get away with this because then you are sending the message loud and clear that FOX news is held to a different standard than everyone else.

Hillary's deception is well known. She is not in the "truth" business. O'Reilly claims he is. Different case entirely, and a silly empty threat. There is no GOP candidate for president who is not a confirmed liar.

The FCC doesn't regulate content not broadcast over the public airwaves, R103.

Corn's allegation are about the 1982 Falklands war. Williams presented himself as a journalist. O'Reilly is a commentator.

"get away with this", meaning what, exactly?

Fortunately or not, he will not lose his job. People watch him for his vitriolic response to the news rather than for the news itself. I am still laughing at the Sharpton/Comcast thread. Can't some government attorney get creative and charge him with extortion? He certainly hasn't used the spoils of his threats to pay his freakin' bills. How many liens are there now? His wages should be garnished, and his access to the White House should be ended until he can develop a veneer of integrity. He is a cartoon and I am astounded by his ability to collect so much money from corporations he threatens to call out as racist. Even if he had legitimate arguments, his arguable lack of morality makes me less inclined to support any cause with which he is aligned. I am also losing respect for any company who gets caught paying him.

R106 You came to the O'Reilly thread to talk about Sharpton because why. . . . . ?

Hillary is not in the "truth" business? Are you insane?

She's running for President. O'Reilly is a commentator.

R105 O Reilly presents himself as an advocate for pure truth. His show is a self proclaimed "No Spin Zone" where he proclaims 100% truth is told on a nightly basis.

As a commentator or whatever he wants to call himself, you can't have a show that purports to be honest yet have the host outright lie and embellish facts. When the commentator can't even be trusted to tell the truth about himself, then how can the viewer trust that the show is going to be truthful either?

Williams didn't publicly threaten violence on the journalist who exposed his lies like O Reilly did. According to the Huffington Post, one of a long string of incidents where he's threatened physical violence or "unhappy outcomes" to those who don't kiss his ass.

In short, he needs to go.

[quote]As a commentator or whatever he wants to call himself, you can't have a show that purports to be honest yet have the host outright lie and embellish facts.

Yes, you can. Are you totally unfamiliar with FOX?

R109 FOX news is not a textbook standard of journalism by any means. I really don't get the point you're trying to make other than getting in another clever one liner.

All I'm saying is don't bitch and moan about a right wing corporate owned media if you're not going to be bothered to do something about it when given the opportunity to change it. Even if it's just a tiny crack in the wall, it's something.

R111 Or "The NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams?

Our victory over O'Reilly will not come in the form of his losing his show. His fans knows he's a blowhard. They like him the way he is and so does his boss. O'Reilly's defeat will be the loss of face and the paranoia about never being sure which people stand by him and which see through him.

He's a pseudo-journalist who didn't make it in the real world of broadcast news. He has always been a buffoon and he knows it but now he knows that more people know that about him than ever did before.

Oh, and BTW, the previous poster had a good point about Hillary. She is truly in hiding and she has to remain hiding until this whole "Liar, Liar" drama plays itself out. You better believe her tale of ducking sniper fire in Bosnia is going to be bandied about by her opponents from now till Election Day.

[88]: You don't mean Bill Boggs, do you?

What was Bill O'Reilly's gossip beat then on Channel 5?

"bill oreily is a harvart graduate. he is reallly smart. Rory was supposed to go to harvart but ended goin to Yalle. which is Ivvy league school."

You made me laugh, thanks.

Short of a murder or a child molestation conviction, he'll keep his job.

[quote]Short of a murder or a child molestation conviction, he'll keep his job.

Like everyone else at FOX News, Lying is his job. He deserves a raise!

[quote]Short of a murder or a child molestation conviction, he'll keep his job.

What about falafel molestation?

[quote]The End Of Bill O'Reilly's Career

Silly drama queens. That old bigot will be on tv as long as faux noise is on the air.

The comparison with Brian Williams or Dan Rather is counterproductive to the aim of defending O'Reilly. If the point is that O'Reilly is like Williams or Rather than the punishment should also be the same.

You're all pissed because after all these years O'Reilly is #1, while the Liberals on the combined channels can't get anywhere his ratings.

O'Reilly pummeled President Obama in the Wednesday ratings.

3.1 million viewers.. 705,000 in the 25-54 demo(O'Reilly's biggest haul this calendar yr)

At the same time on MSNBC, Obama's interview pulled in a measly 907,000 viewers.... 129,000 in the 25-54 demo.

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People are just tired of hearing Obama talk.

That's all.

R121/122/123, you're an incredibly sad person. This is all you have in life and I pity you so much for actually bumping this thread just for this.

You're the same pathetic loser who'd claim that the left was "scared" of Palin when I was more than willing to donate to that dingbat's campaign just to see her run.

Seinfeld reruns beat the news networks. You're too stupid to understand what the word "progressive" means. Most of the people who lean left aren't sitting with their nana and pop-pop as they rub their feet while watching an antiquated medium like "television news" to get their information, like you clearly do. Are you really too dumb to figure that out? Hell, I don't even watch MSNBC.

[quote]705,000 in the 25-54

This is embarrassing. Sweetheart, we all know the commercials that play during FOX broadcasts and they're sure as hell not geared to the demo you're attempting to highlight. Most 25 year olds don't need ED meds or stairlifts.

BTW, I use the term "news" loosely in the case of that turd‐filled network which is actually an opinion‐based network. No news to be found as FOX themselves admitted in court.

Then what's a 129,000 in the 25-54?

Laughing my ass off R125!

You don't do a convincing argument for our side.

Are you perhaps HYUFD from last Nov. political season?

His ratings are through the roof. Hopefully this is a bunch of rubbernecks checking out the train wreck.

It should die down eventually and then we'll see if he is still revered.

R127, like I said, you're a genuinely sad person. I wouldn't give a shit if 129 people were watching MSNBC.

You're such a loser. Honey, even a comma is too complicated for you to master.

You're precisely who I expect to not only be defending FOX, but thinking you "get" to people with this nonsense. Like I said, you're the same loser who thought the left was scared of Palin when she was the "it" thing, when in fact most of us were begging for her to run. You people are nothing if not consistent when it comes to thinking the opposite of what is reality.

No one takes FOX seriously as a source of information except for the dullards who watch.

No one takes you seriously R129. You're just talking out your ass.

A conversation out of my ass is still far more stimulating than anything coming out of that empty gumball machine you call a head, R130.

Enjoy your evening of buying gold from William Devane, the poor bastard. I hear that's what he does now. Shills gold to the low IQ/scared, angry old people.

He's my boy! But Sean makes me tingle. Ole Roger (Ailes) knows how to pick 'em for Fox. My global media empire brings sunshine.

CNN's Reliable Sources Airs New Audio Disproving O'Reilly's JFK Story CNN's Brian Stelter On Higher Quality Recording Of O'Reilly Phone Call: "Clearly This Tape Shows He Was Not There"

The average age of a Bill O'Reilly viewer is 70-something. His audience is dying off rapidly.

We'll be stuck with O'Reilly for another dozen years. Truth and facts bounce right off FOX so it doesn't matter to them that he's a liar. He fits in with the rest of the group.

They only picked him because they already had dirt on him. You have to know how Murdoch & Co. operated...

Fox can't hire people who think telling the truth is important. They would never stick around.

Senator Franken must be getting a kick out of O'Lielly's public shaming. He called out Billo for his lies a lot of years ago.

Sure, Billo will keep his show for as long as the ratings are decent. He'll never outlive the disgrace of the lies he's told.

r96 that list of Bill O'Reily's sponsors is from around 2010 it lists Edward Whitacre Jr. as the chairman of GM and he left that position at the end of 2010.

WOW, saw this on a blog, no idea if it is true or not, "the median age of O'Reilly's viewers is 72"

I know the list of sponsors is outdated, but it's telling that his sponsors consist of companies, services and products, R140, that 72 year olds would use. Obviously, they know their audience.

O'Reilly's son looks like Harry Potter

Holy fuck - isn't he too old to have an adolescent son? Why are these old Conservative pigs such pigs? Which old hag of a wife did he trade in to make a new family with a new model?

O'Reilly's son crosses his leg like a future gay.

Update: He's back.

AOL: Disgraced TV host Bill O'Reilly in 'advanced' talks to make a comeback on cable news

Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly is reportedly eyeing a comeback on cable news, a little over a year after his ouster following the revelation that he and Fox News paid millions of dollars to settle sexual-harassment claims from women.

O'Reilly is reportedly in "advanced" talks to take an 8 p.m. slot — this time with Newsmax TV, a right-leaning network owned by Newsmax Media, according to Page Six. Newsmax streams for free online and is by CEO and editor-in-chief, Christopher Ruddy, who is also one of President Donald Trump's confidants.

In addition to O'Reilly, the network is also reportedly considering other former Fox News hosts, including Greta Van Susteren, and Eric Bolling; and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, who could be making his debut on a late-night political panel show.

[quote] AOL: Disgraced TV host Bill O'Reilly in 'advanced' talks to make a comeback on cable news

[quote] O'Reilly is reportedly in "advanced" talks to take an 8 p.m. slot — this time with Newsmax TV, a right-leaning network owned by Newsmax Media, according to Page Six. Newsmax streams for free online and is by CEO and editor-in-chief, Christopher Ruddy, who is also one of President Donald Trump's confidants.

So the Fox News crowd is now supposed to pay to see him on TV or crank up their outdated computers to watch him, for free, on their computer screen? Sounds more like some money laundering scam than an actual gig.