Tag Archives: Bill O’Reilly

Fox News Is Outraged by Nazi Analogies–and Other Big Lies

Posted on 01/21/2011 by Jim Naureckas

It is bizarre to see Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly denying that pundits from her network compare people to Nazis–contrasting this reticence to Rep. Steve Cohen (D.-Tenn.), who said calling healthcare reform a "government takeover of healthcare" was "a big … Continue reading →

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O'Reilly: The Real Problem Is MSNBC

Posted on 01/11/2011 by Peter Hart

Last night (O'Reilly Factor, 1/10/11), Bill O'Reillytalking to Brit Hume: O'REILLY: We have a network, an entire network that's built around attacking Fox News and right-wing people. That's all they do at MSNBC. They have nothing else. HUME: How's that … Continue reading →

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Rove, O'Reilly Combine Their Ignorance to Battle Jon Stewart

Posted on 12/22/2010 by Peter Hart

Last night on Fox News (12/22/10), Karl Rove and Bill O'Reilly attempted to defend GOP opposition tothe James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, whichwould providehealth care for 9/11 Ground Zero workers. In his final broadcast of the … Continue reading →

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Bill O'Reilly Defends Press Freedom–While Musing About Jailing Bill Moyers

Posted on 12/06/2010 by Peter Hart

Fox host Bill O'Reilly warned viewers on December 3 about "a disturbing development at the FCC": Commissioner Michael Copps has been criticizing the failure of the media to provide citizens with substantive political information and discussion. O'Reilly zeroed inon thesecomments … Continue reading →

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Fox News: The No. 1 Name in Murder Fantasies

Posted on 11/10/2010 by Steve Rendall

Bill O'Reilly's recent "joke" about decapitating Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank was only the latest example of a demented Fox News culture that permits on-air personalities to fantasize about assassination and other forms of violence against those deemed enemies of … Continue reading →

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O'Reilly Invents Muslim Silence on 9/11 Attacks

Posted on 08/20/2010 by Peter Hart

Fox News Channel continues to mislead viewers aboutthe "Ground Zero Mosque."On the August 18 broadcast of the O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly countered the argument that there would be no controversy over a Jewish or Christian house of worship by … Continue reading →

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Did Bill O'Reilly Get Someone Fired?

Posted on 08/17/2010 by Peter Hart

Boston TV newscaster Barry Nolan was outraged to learn back in 2008 thatFox host Bill O'Reilly was getting an award from the local chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. SoNolanmade flyers documenting various O'Reilly outrages and … Continue reading →

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Bill O'Reilly Still Reaching on Immigrants and Crime

Posted on 07/08/2010 by Peter Hart

At the top of his show last night (7/7/10), BillO'Reillynotified viewers that the Factor had "investigated"how much crime in Arizona is committed by undocumented immigrants,explaining: "What we found may surprise you." "Telling the truth in the illegal immigration controversy, that … Continue reading →

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O'Reilly Finds a New Way to Be Wrong About Immigration and Crime

Posted on 06/21/2010 by Jim Naureckas

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly has endorsed the draconian Arizona immigration law on the grounds that immigration has caused the state's crime to skyrocket–a claim that founders on the fact that crime in the state has actually gone down (FAIR … Continue reading →

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O'Reilly's Hypocrisy on Sarah Palin & Joe McGinniss

Posted on 06/04/2010 by Steve Rendall

Witless commentary and breathtaking hypocrisy are no strangers to Fox News, but Bill O'Reilly was in rare form on June 1. Discussing Joe McGinniss, the journalist who moved next door to Sarah Palin's family home in Alaska in order to … Continue reading →

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O'Reilly's Arizona Panic Continues

Posted on 05/19/2010 by Peter Hart

Fox host Bill O'Reilly continued his efforts to link Arizona's harsh immigration law to the non-existent immigrant crime wave. Last night (5/18/10), with Cathy Areu of Catalina magazine: O'REILLY: OK, so you would just sit there and just status quo … Continue reading →

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O'Reilly Speaks Out for Bias and Backlash

Posted on 05/05/2010 by Steve Rendall

You just never know what will set Bill O'Reilly off. Last night, it was a perfectly reasonable remark by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who, following the arrest of a Pakistani suspect in the Times Square car bomb plot, … Continue reading →

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O'Reilly's Non-Existent Arizona Immigrant Crime Wave

Posted on 05/04/2010 by Peter Hart

Fox host Bill O'Reilly searched around for a reason to support Arizona's harsh new immigration law, and seemed to settle on the fact that there is a crime wave in Phoenix (5/3/10): Arizona had to do something. In the capital … Continue reading →

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Tea Party Stupid and Racist? They're Not All Republicans, Says O'Reilly

Posted on 04/06/2010 by Jim Naureckas

Like Andrew Malcolm (FAIR Blog, 4/6/10), Bill O'Reilly (O'Reilly Factor, 4/5/10) has a bone to pick with how the "left-wing media" have representing the Tea Party movement. First, he complained, "Tea Party folks were labeled stupid, too dumb to understand … Continue reading →

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Beck: No to Censoring Foes, Yes to Violent Death

Posted on 03/31/2010 by Steve Rendall

Appearing on the O'Reilly Factor (3/25/10) to discuss being named by Joy Behar as one of the media figures the View panelist (3/22/10) says are inspiring hate among Tea Party activists ("There is a difference between free speech and hate … Continue reading →

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