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==Controversies== |
==Controversies== |
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:''Main article: '''[[Bill O'Reilly controversies]]''''' |
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Over the years, there have been some ongoing controversial issues highlighted in O'Reilly's print and broadcast work. |
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Over the years, there have been some ongoing controversial issues highlighted in O'Reilly's print and broadcast work. |
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===Hubcaps incident=== |
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In April 2003, O'Reilly hosted a fundraiser for Best Friends, a charity benefiting inner-city schoolchildren. O'Reilly was trying to fill time before an African-American singing group called the Best Men, was set to perform, and quipped "Does anyone know where the Best Men are? I hope they're not in the parking lot stealing our hubcaps." Some in the audience felt that it was a racially insensitive comment. O'Reilly said the remarks were a reference to a common prank in the 1950s, and the event had a 50's theme <ref>{{cite web| year=2003| publisher=[[FAIR]]| author=Hart, Peter| url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1147| title=O'Reilly's Racist Slurs--in Context}}</ref> <ref>{{news reference| firstname=Joel| lastname=Connelly| org=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]| url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/142329_joel03.html| title=In the Northwest: The hugely self-absorbed world of Bill O'Reilly| date=2003-10-03}}</ref>. |
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On a later episode of ''The O'Reilly Factor'' in a heated interview with [[Neal Boortz]] regarding the whites-only prom that was held in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], O'Reilly called Boortz a "vicious son of a bitch" after Boortz had insinuated that the only reason O'Reilly had condemned the prom was that he was trying to win sympathy after the hubcaps incident.[http://www.oreilly-sucks.com/transcripts/boortzvoreilly.htm] |
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===Peabody Award=== |
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In a February 10, 2001 speech at [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]] in [[Daytona Beach]], [[Florida]], O'Reilly falsly claimed that ''Inside Edition,'' a show he had previously anchored, had won a [[Peabody Award]]. After watching an airing of the speech a couple weeks later on [[C-SPAN]], [[political commentator]] [[Al Franken]] performed a search on [[Nexis]] and found three previous occassions dating back to August 30, 1999 where O'Reilly had repeated the false claim. Franken called O'Reilly for a statement and O'Reilly admitted he had made an error, correcting himself and stating that the show had won a [[George Polk Award]] and not a Peabody [http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/prev/prev90.html][http://www.lyingliar.com/lies/oreilly/peabodypolk.htm]. Further research by Franken revealed that the Polk award was given one year after O'Reilly's tenure at ''Inside Edition'' and for work O'Reilly had not been involved with [http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/polk/prev/prev90.html]) <ref>{{cite web| author=[[Rotten.com]]| url=http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/pundits/bill-oreilly/| title=Bill O'Reilly}}</ref>. |
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Franken called Lloyd Grove, a reporter for ''[[The Washington Post]],'' who called O'Reilly and asked him about his statements. O'Reilly offered an admission of error, saying "...So I got mixed up between a Peabody Award and a Polk Award...". Grove published the story on March 1, 2001 in his column "The Reliable Source".[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A6352-2001Mar1¬Found=true] |
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On March 8, Robert Reno of ''[[Newsday]]'' reported "O'Reilly also has repeatedly boasted of his Peabody Awards... Actually, he has never won a Peabody...he got it confused with the Polk Award...which had been won by "Inside Edition" ..." [http://maximumamerica.com/?cat=5642]. O'Reilly rejected the characterization and stated that he was misquoted and had never made the attribution of having personally won the award. On the March 13th edition of ''The O'Reilly Factor,'' during a discussion on "attack journalism" O'Reilly says of the incident: |
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<blockquote>Guy says about me, couple weeks ago, "O’Reilly said he won a Peabody Award." Never said it. You can’t find a transcript where I said it. You—there is no one on earth you could bring in that would say I said it. Robert Reno in ''Newsday,'' a columnist, writes in his column, calls me a liar, all right? And it’s totally fabricated. That’s attack journalism. It’s dishonest, it’s disgusting, and it hurts reputations.</blockquote> |
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Franken and his supporters summarize OReilly's inconsistinent responses differently: "O’Reilly had lied to cover up his mistake,”"[http://www.lyingliar.com/lies/oreilly/peabodypolk.htm]. |
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===Alleged liberal bias in the media=== |
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O'Reilly accuses the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[LA Times]]'', ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[BBC]], [[CBC]] and other major press outlets of leaning to the "political far-left" in their reporting. It is his view that these networks and publications undermine the Bush administration's [[war on terror]]. {{ref harvard|fox.oreilly.2005a|O'Reilly 2005a|none}} Also very critical of what he describes as "far-left" columnists, which has resulted in frequent back-and-forth debates between his show and their columns. In one such exchange O'Reilly characterized columnist Bob Herbert of the ''New York Times'' as a "terrorist helper" because of his criticism of the war in Iraq and his support of the ACLU <ref>{{cite web| year=2005| publisher=FOX News| author=O'Reilly, Bill| url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,163649,00.html| title=Those Who Help the Terrorists...}}</ref>. |
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Most recently, O'Reilly has begun posting the names of various media outlets that he considers to be "defamatory" on a page on his own website; this list includes the ''[[New York Daily News]]'', ''[[The New Yorker]]'', [[MSNBC]], and ''[[US News & World Report]]''. <ref>{{cite web| author=O'Reilly, Bill| url=http://billoreilly.com/pg/jsp/general/mediadef.jsp| title=A Message from Bill: Media Operations that Traffic in Defamation}}</ref> |
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===Citizen boycott of French goods=== |
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In March 2003, O'Reilly called for a [[boycott]] of [[France|French]] products and services sold in the United States, due to President [[Jacques Chirac]]'s stance on the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. In April 2004, he claimed “they’ve lost billions of dollars in France” as a direct result of his boycott, referring to “The Paris Business Review” as his source <ref>{{cite web| year=2004| publisher=Media Matters| author=G.W.| url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200405020006| title=FOX's O'Reilly fabricated evidence of success of purported boycott}}</ref>. However, no such publication exists <ref>{{cite web| author=Schweber-Koren, Raphael| year=2005b| title=O'Reilly again trumpeted "annoying" French boycott| url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200510270012| publisher=Wahington, D.C.: Media Matters for America (October 27)| accessdate=December 27 |accessyear=2005}}</ref>. On [[Comedy Central]]'s [[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]], [[October 18]], [[2005]], O'Reilly confirmed that the boycott is still in place, referring to the French as "our enemies". As late as February 2006 Bill O'Reilly said in his show that "those who supported us, like Britain and Denmark, should be rewarded. Those who did not, like France and Spain, must be held accountable". |
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===Opposing the ACLU=== |
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O'Reilly has stated that the [[American Civil Liberties Union|ACLU]] is "The most dangerous organization in America" <ref>{{cite web| year=2004| publisher=Media Matters| author=G.W.| url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200406080005| O'Reilly: ACLU is America's "most dangerous organization ... second next to Al Qaeda"}}</ref>, especially in their challenging of the Justice Department and the Department of Defense regarding the [[War on terror]]. He has also highlighted their pro-bono defense of [[North American Man/Boy Love Association|NAMBLA]], the North American Man-Boy Love Association, which is currently being tried for responsibility in the rape/murder of a young boy. O'Reilly's opposition to this group can best be summed up by his statement that, "Remember, it is the American Civil Liberties Union which is now behind all abortion on demand, euthanasia, and coming soon perhaps, infanticide for impaired babies" <ref>{{cite web| year=2004| author=Media Matters| url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200504200001| title=O'Reilly: The ACLU is "behind all abortion on demand, euthanasia, and coming soon perhaps, infanticide for impaired babies"}}</ref>. |
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===Jessica's Law=== |
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Another recurring theme in his work has been the implementation of harsher penalties on child sex offenders. O'Reilly has frequently pointed out poor judicial handling of some cases. Named in memory of Jessica Lunsford, who was abducted and sexually assaulted before being brutally murdered, "Jessica's Law" refers to the Jessica Lunsford Act passed in Florida that mandates a minimum sentence of 25 years and a maximum of life in prison for first-time child sex offenders. O'Reilly believes that this law will save lives and has called on constituents to write the governors of those states lacking these laws <ref>{{cite web | author=O'Reilly, Bill| year=2005c| url=http://www.billoreilly.com/outragefunnels| title=Protecting America's Children: Jessica's Law Report Card| publisher=New York: Bill Me, Inc. (d/b/a billoreilly.com, c/o Bell and Co, P.C., 535 5th Avenue, 21st Floor)| accessdate=December 27| accessyear=2005}}</ref>. |
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==="[[War on Christmas]]"=== |
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Since 2002, O'Reilly has been one of the chief proponents of the existence of a "[[War on Christmas]]" allegedly launched by secularists in America, who, he claims, are trying to strip the holiday of its religious meaning. He makes reference to lawsuits against public displays of traditional Christian symbols, such as nativity scenes, on public property, the exclusion of Christian groups from public celebrations, and the use of the words "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings" as official company policy of many national retailers <ref>{{cite web | author=O'Reilly, Bill| year=2005d| url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177670,00.html| title=The Yuletide Has Turned...| publisher=FOX News Network, LLC (foxnews.com, "Talking Points," December 5)| accessdate=December 27| accessyear=2005}}</ref>. Additionally, he was critical of the substitution of the greeting "Merry Christmas" with the more generic, "Happy Holidays" <ref>{{cite web | author=O'Reilly, Bill| year=2005e| url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177027,00.html| title=Merry Christmas, Maybe...| publisher=FOX News Network, LLC (foxnews.com, "Talking Points," November 29)| accessdate=December 27| accessyear=2005}}</ref>. Many of the cases that O'Reilly has cited to support his theory have been shown to be either false or inaccurate <ref>{{cite web| year=2006| publisher=Media Matters| author=S.G.| url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200601130013| title=O'Reilly repeated "Silent Night" falsehood}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web| year=2005| publisher=Media Matters| author=S.G.| url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200512210005| title=O'Reilly admits he falsely accused Plano of banning red and green clothing}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web| year=2005| publisher=Media Matters| author=J.B.| url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200512130005| title=O'Reilly falsely claimed that "spiritual" Christmas stamps are no longer being offered}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web| year=2005| publisher=Media Matters| author=S.G.| url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200512130007| title=O'Reilly's claim about Michigan town's opposition to Christmas colors is "flat-out not true"}}</ref>. |
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O'Reilly also took to the airwaves after Fox News revealed a poll showing only 42% of the public believed that the [[War on Christmas]] was real <ref>{{news reference| firstname=Dana| lastname=Blanton| org=FOX News| url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177355,00.html| date=2005-12-01}}</ref>, and stated: "And the secular progressives made great inroads over the past five years in demanding that stores, other commercial enterprises, towns, villages not say "Merry Christmas" or permit Christmas displays of any kind. And look, if you don't know that, if you don't believe that, don't listen to this program. You're a moron, and I don't say it with all due respect" <ref>{{cite web| year=2005| publisher=Media Matters| author=S.G.| url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200512210008| title=O'Reilly: "[Y]ou're a moron ... [i]f you don't believe" the "secular progressive movement" is behind "war" on Christmas}}</ref>. |
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===[[Al Franken]]=== |
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[[Image:Alfranken87.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Al Franken]] |
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The [[comedian]] and [[american liberalism|liberal]] political commentator wrote a book, ''[[Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them | Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look At the Right]]'', which featured an unflattering photograph of O'Reilly on the cover and a chapter devoted to him inside. The two had a heated argument over [[Al Franken|Franken]]'s repeated accusations regarding O'Reilly's previously acknowledged erroneous statements regarding a Peabody Award (see [[#Peabody Award|Peabody Award]] above) at a booksellers convention that aired live on [[C-Span]]. <ref>{{cite web| author=BookTV.org| year=2003| title= Al Franken, Molly Ivins, & Bill O'Reilly Panel Discussion & Call-Ins| url=http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segid=3630&schedID=196| publisher=National Cable Satellite Corporation (C-Span, June 8)| accessdate=December 27 |accessyear=2005}}</ref>. Franken spoke first and discussed the Peabody issue at length. During O'Reilly's rebuttal speech, Franken interjected and O'Reilly told him to [[#.22Shut_up.22_line|"shut up"]] repeatedly <ref>{{cite web|author=CBS News|year=2004|title=Bill O'Reilly: 'No Spin' |publisher=CBSNews.com (portions of interview with Mike Wallace from ''60 Minutes'', broadcast on September 26)|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/23/60minutes/main645202.shtml |accessdate=December 27 |accessyear=2005}}</ref> and, approximately twenty minutes after having told the audience that he never resorted to name-calling, referred to Franken as an "idiot" <ref>{{cite web| author=BookTV.org| year=2003| title= Al Franken, Molly Ivins, & Bill O'Reilly Panel Discussion & Call-Ins| url=http://www.booktv.org/feature/index.asp?segid=3630&schedID=196| publisher=National Cable Satellite Corporation (C-Span, June 8)| accessdate=December 27 |accessyear=2005}}</ref>. Fox later sued Franken and his publisher for using the words "fair and balanced" in his book's subtitle, claiming infringement of Fox News Channel's trademarked slogan, but the suit was dropped by Fox News Channel <ref>{{news reference| org=Associated Press| url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/08/12/entertainment/main567800.shtml| title=Fox News Drops Franken Lawsuit| date=2003-08-25}}</ref>. Franken refers to O'Reilly as "Bill O'Lielly" and O'Reilly refers to Franken as [[Stuart Smalley]], after an effete character the comedian once portrayed on [[Saturday Night Live]]. Franken's [[Air_America_Radio|Air America]] radio program, launched in 2004, was initially titled ''The O'Franken Factor.'' (Franken specifically named the program this way to provoke O'Reilly. The name was changed three months later to ''The Al Franken Show''.) |
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On June 20, 2005, O'Reilly called for Franken and all of his colleagues at [[Air America Radio]] to be prosecuted as traitors: "Everybody got it? Dissent, fine; undermining, you're a traitor. Got it? So, all those clowns over at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. Will you have that done, please? Send over the FBI and just put them in chains, because they, you know, they're undermining everything and they don't care, couldn't care less" <ref>{{cite web| year=2005| author=Media Matters| url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200506220006| title=O'Reilly: FBI should arrest the "clowns" at Air America Radio for being traitors}}</ref>. |
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===[[Jeremy Glick (author)|Jeremy Glick]]=== |
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On his televised program on [[February 4]], [[2003]], O'Reilly interviewed Jeremy Glick, a man whose father had been killed in the World Trade Center attacks. Glick had signed an anti-war ad that made comments relating the [[September 11 attacks]] to atrocities in Baghdad, Panama City and Vietnam. O'Reilly stated that Glick's actions offended him, and told his guest he doubted that Glick's father would approve of his anti-war stance. He began raising his voice, finger pointed several times at Glick, and told him to [[#.22Shut_up.22_line|"shut up."]] Glick defended his action in signing the anti-war ad by saying "The people of Afghanistan didn't kill my father." O'Reilly yelled back "Sure they did!" (Fifteen of the 19 terrorists on the four planes used on [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11]] were [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A14788-2001Oct30¬Found=true Saudi Arabian], however the [[Taliban]] regime in Afghanistan gave safe haven to the [[al-Qaeda]] terrorist group, which was self-credited for the September 11 attacks.) After the short and heated segment ended with O'Reilly giving the command to his staff to cut Glick's microphone, he apologized to his audience for the way things turned out, saying that "If I had knew [sic] that guy Jeremy Glick was gonna be like that I never would have brought him in here."[http://carpeicthus.livejournal.com/238893.html] |
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O'Reilly has since maintained that Glick remarked during the interview that [[George W. Bush]] orchestrated or had prior knowledge of the 9/11 attacks. While available transcripts do not support O'Reilly's claim, Glick did state in the interview that "Our current president now inherited a legacy from his father and inherited a political legacy that's responsible for training militarily, economically, and situating geopolitically the parties involved in the alleged assassination and the murder of my father and countless of thousands of others." [http://carpeicthus.livejournal.com/238893.html] Some of O'Reilly's supporters have pointed to this quote as a possible rationale for O'Reilly's claim. |
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===[[Weapons of mass destruction]]=== |
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On [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on [[18 March]], [[2003]], O'Reilly said "If the Americans go in and overthrow [[Saddam Hussein]] and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again." On [[February 10, 2004]], during a ''Good Morning America'' broadcast, O'Reilly said, "My analysis was wrong and I'm sorry. I was wrong. I'm not pleased about it at all...I am much more skeptical of the Bush administration now than I was at that time" <ref>{{cite web | author=Reuters| year=2004| url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20040210-0550-campaign-bush-oreilly.html| title=Conservative U.S. anchor now skeptical about Bush | publisher=Reuters (as published in The San Diego Union-Tribune, February 10)| accessdate=December 27| accessyear=2005}}</ref>. While he continues to support the U.S. presence in Iraq, he remains critical of how the Bush administration is handling some aspects of policy. He believes the U.S. is not relying enough on Iraqi military support and is critical of the administration's failure to secure Iraqi borders. He has also criticized the time it takes to train Iraqi security forces, as compared to U.S [[recruit training]]. |
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===[[Jane Fonda]]=== |
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O'Reilly continued to promote a discredited story that while she was visiting Hanoi during the Vietnam War, Jane Fonda passed secret notes from American prisoners of war to their Vietnamese captors, resulting in the POWs' torture and murder. O'Reilly pressed his case even as his guest, ''Reason'' magazine editor-in-chief Nick Gillespie, noted that "the story has been debunked." [http://mediamatters.org/items/200505180011] |
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However, after one of his guests urged him to invesigate the matter at [[snopes.com]], O'Reilly admitted that the claim had, in fact, been debunked, and admitted he was wrong for assuming otherwise. [http://mediamatters.org/items/200505190009] |
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===Military recruitment in San Francisco schools=== |
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On November 8, 2005, the voters of [[San Francisco]] approved [[Proposition I/College Not Combat]], a ballot measure that declared the city's opposition to "the federal government's use of public schools to recruit students for service in the military" <ref>{{cite web| author=San Francisco Department of Elections | year=2005| title=No Military Recruiters in Public Schools, Scholarships for Education and Job Training| url=http://www.sfgov.org/site/election_index.asp?id=33918| publisher=San Francisco Department of Elections | accessdate=December 27 |accessyear=2005}}</ref> In response, O'Reilly said on his radio show that federal anti-terror funds should be withheld from the city, and that the United States Government shouldn't respond to a terrorist attack if one were to occur there, to make the point the military needed to be supported by the entire country; saying, "You know, if I'm the president of the United States, I walk right in to [[Union Square, San Francisco, California|Union Square]], I set up my little presidential podium, and I say listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead. And if [[Al Qaeda]] comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it....We're going to say, “Look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the [[Coit Tower]]? Go ahead”" <ref>{{cite web|author=Garofoli, Joe| year=2005a| title=Talk host's towering rant: S.F. not worth saving| url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/11/11/MNGFMFMNV41.DTL| publisher=San Francisco Chronicle (November 11)| accessdate=December 27 |accessyear=2005}}</ref>. San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly responded, calling for O'Reilly's termination <ref>{{cite web|author=Garofoli, Joe| year=2005b| title=Local leaders unleash vitriol at O'Reilly TV host should be fired for comments about city, Daly says| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/11/12/COIT.TMP| publisher=San Francisco Chronicle (November 12)| accessdate=December 27 |accessyear=2005}}</ref>. O'Reilly refused to apologize, and claimed that his comments had been "obviously [[satirical]]" <ref>{{cite web | author=O'Reilly, Bill| year=2005f| url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176009,00.html| title=San Francisco... Part III| publisher=FOX News Network, LLC (foxnews.com, "Talking Points," November 18)| accessdate=December 27| accessyear=2005}}</ref> The proposition's author, [[Todd Chretien]], appeared on ''The O'Reilly Factor'' in response and stated that to the people of San Francisco, the issue was "no laughing matter." When asked about O'Reilly's comments, San Francisco Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] replied, "Consider the source." |
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===[[Cindy Sheehan]]=== |
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Over a year after her son Casey died, grieving mother turned anti-[[2003 invasion of Iraq|Iraq War]] [[activist]] [[Cindy Sheehan]] began a protest outside of [[Crawford, Texas]], where President [[George W. Bush]] was spending time at his [[Prairie Chapel Ranch]]. O'Reilly has made repeated derogatory comments about Sheehan's motives and intelligence. Early on, O'Reilly accused Sheehan of behavior that "borders on treasonous." <ref>http://mediamatters.org/items/200508120006</ref> |
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He later stated: "So it's obvious Cindy Sheehan has become a political player, whose primary concern is embarrassing the president. She is no longer just a protester. I don't think she ever has been, by the way." <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165862,00.html</ref> In an interview with [[Phil Donahue]] on September 23, 2005, O'Reilly referred to Cindy Sheehan as "clueless". <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170195,00.html</ref> He included her on his October, 2005 "Cowards List", which he described as comprised of "people who will not stand up and answer questions about their bomb-throwing statements." <ref>http://mediamatters.org/items/200510270013</ref> On January 4, 2006, he remarked, "She's run by far-left elements who are using her, and she's dumb enough to allow it to happen. It's not a vilification, it's a fact" <ref>http://mediamatters.org/items/200601060009</ref> |
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O'Reilly has been harshly criticized for a perceived double-standard on his treatment of Cindy Sheehan in comparison to his treatment of the family of [[Terri Schiavo]]. Critics argue that while he repeatedly attacked Sheehan's association with leftist groups whose rhetoric, at times, has been extreme, he gave a free pass to the family of Terri Schiavo, whom allied themselves with [[Randall Terry]] during their campaign to keep their daughter on a feeding tube. Randall Terry has at various times called for the execution of judges, abortion doctors, homosexuals and Democratic politicians, as well as for [[Michael Schiavo]] himself. <ref>http://mediamatters.org/items/200503220001</ref> |
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===Brown University SexPowerGod party=== |
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On November 14, 2005, O'Reilly aired footage of the [[SexPowerGod]] student party thrown by the Queer Alliance at [[Brown University]], taken by ''O'Reilly Factor'' producer Jesse Watters. O'Reilly claimed not to care what students do on their own time, and justified the segment by professing concern over student safety and the use of University funds.{{fact}} However, O'Reilly and Watters emphasized that the party was "out of control" and "pure debauchery," prompting accusations of homophobia and potentially damaging the reputations of the university and the students captured in the footage. He continued his criticism of Brown by calling university administrators "pinheads" and implying that their liberal policies took precedent over their commitment to student safety. He also asserted that many of the students at the party were on [[ecstasy (drug)|ecstasy]]. The apparent subtext of his coverage was moral outrage over sexually [[promiscuity|promiscuous]] behavior at a university seen as emblematic of northeastern liberal [[elitism]]. |
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===Controversy about boyhood home=== |
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O'Reilly has long noted his [[working-class]] roots as his inspiration for speaking up for average Americans, or what he calls "the folks." He often points to his boyhood home in lower-middle-class Levittown, New York as a credential. This has been the subject of much debate. Al Franken, the ''[[Washington Post]]'', and others have asserted that O'Reilly did not grow up in Levittown, but instead in a more affluent neighboring village, [[Westbury, New York|Westbury]]. The source the ''Post'' used for their assertion was O'Reilly's mother, who at the time a profile of O'Reilly was published in [[2000]] still lived in his boyhood home.[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62722-2000Dec12?language=printer] |
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O'Reilly has alleged that the ''Washington Post'' misquoted his mother [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/185118p-160369c.html]. O'Reilly has also placed a copy of the deed to the house on his website[http://www.billoreilly.com/images/PDF/deed.pdf][http://lyingliar.com/lies/images/deed.jpg], showing a postal address in Levittown. The deed shows his parents bought a new or nearly new home in [[1951]] in Levittown, the archetype for [[Suburbia|suburbia]]. The controversy arises from the fact that Levittown was redrawn into a squarish shape [http://www.nycroads.com/history/1960_metro-4/][http://lyingliar.com/lies/images/levittown.gif] to conform with the 11756 [[Zip Code]]). Zip codes were introduced in [[1963]], and after this time the home was located in [[Westbury]]. |
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===[[David Letterman]]=== |
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On [[January 4]], [[2006]], O'Reilly appeared on [[David Letterman]]'s [[The Late Show with David Letterman|late night program]] [http://www.youtube.com/w/Letterman-on-OReilly?v=Iix923o9lkU&search=letterman (Video)]. When O'Reilly began a discussion on the alleged [[War on Christmas]], Letterman replied, "I think that this is something that happened here, and it happened there, and so people like you are trying to make us think that it's a threat." Letterman accused O'Reilly of making up some of his claims on particular points on the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq|Iraq War]], and O'Reilly replied with, "Then I could write for your show." When O'Reilly attacked the motivations of [[Cindy Sheehan]], Letterman took exception, saying O'Reilly had never lost a family member in a war, and therefore O'Reilly could not speak for Sheehan's motivations. O'Reilly then asked how would those who did lose a member in the war, feel about Sheehan calling terrorists "freedom fighters". Letterman eventually said, "I might not be smart enough to debate you point-for-point, but I have the feeling that about 60 percent of what you say is crap." When pressed by O'Reilly to give examples, Letterman admitted, laughing, to never having watched his show. The next day on his television program, O'Reilly called Letterman "a card-carrying member of the secular progressive movement". |
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Previously in 2001, O'Reilly had said about Letterman and the show "The late-night program hosted by David Letterman is the toughest interview show on television. That's because Mr. Letterman is a smart guy who can spot a phony with telescopic accuracy and expects his guests to bring something to the table. If a guest begins to sink on this show, the bottom is a long way down" <ref>{{cite web | author=O'Reilly, Bill| year=2001f| url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21855| title=The Letterman experience| publisher=WorldNetDaily| accessdate=January 6| accessyear=2006}}</ref>. |
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==="Shut up" line=== |
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On [[November 15]], [[2002]], a viewer criticized O'Reilly's occasional interruption of his guests telling them to "Shut Up". O'Reilly responded to this statement contending that the "Shut up line has happened only once in six years". Appearing on [[CBS]]'s [[60 Minutes]], O'Reilly claimed that his research department reviewed every "Factor" episode since 1996 and had come to the conclusion that he said "shut up" six times. [[Slate.com]] author [[Jack Shafer]] documented 30 different programs where O'Reilly used the "Shut up" line at least once, 13 of which occurred before O'Reilly's contention. Shafer calculated that O'Reilly said the "shut up" line 200 times since his show premiered in 1996.[http://www.slate.com/id/2087706/] However, most of the "shut-up" lines documented are not directed at guests and are instead relegated to his commentaries. |
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===[[Terry Gross]]=== |
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On [[October 8]], [[2003]] O'Reilly appeared on the show ''Fresh Air'' hosted by [[Terry Gross]]. O'Reilly walked out of the show mid-taping after he complained that she was asking ''him'' tough questions, but didn't ask tough questions of [[Al Franken]], who had criticized O'Reilly in an interview two weeks earlier. |
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While [[NPR]]'s ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin criticised O'Reilly's manner and response during the interview, he agreed with O'Reilly that the interview had been biased: "''...it felt as though Terry Gross was indeed "carrying Al Franken's water," as some listeners say. It was not about O'Reilly's ideas, or his attitudes or even about his book. It was about O'Reilly as political media phenomenon. That's a legitimate subject for discussion, but in this case, it was an interview that was, in the end, unfair to O'Reilly.''"[http://www.npr.org/yourturn/ombudsman/2003/031015.html] |
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Despite the incident, Gross honored a prior agreement and appeared on the ''The O'Reilly Factor'' on [[September 21]], [[2004]] to promote her book. |
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===Neal Gabler=== |
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Known for his heated interviews and clashes with other media personalities, O'Reilly has entered into a feud with a fellow Fox News personality [[Neal Gabler]], a member commentator on [[Fox News Watch]]. In December of 2005, during the [[War on Christmas]] commentary by the network, Gabler attacked O'Reilly as well as [[John Gibson]] and [[Sean Hannity]] for what he perceived as their overzealous "demogagoue"-like attitudes. O'Reilly initially ignored Gabler with a few simple remarks, but has since called for Gabler to be fired and referred to him as a "smear merchant" and a "rabid dog".[http://mediamatters.org/items/200602210007][http://mediamatters.org/items/200512060002] |
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===[[Keith Olbermann]]=== |
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During a [[January 2006]] "Talking Points Memo," O'Reilly claimed that [[MSNBC]] was "taking cheap shots at FOX News on a regular basis...for some time" and noted that MSNBC's "cable operations are dead last [in the [[ratings]]]," saying "that is no excuse for unprofessional behavior." O'Reilly also claimed that FOX News has "good relationships with [[ABC News]], [[CBS News]], and generally [[CNN]].". |
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While O'Reilly gave no specific examples of MSNBC bashing FOX News, it is understood by most that he is referring to the [[MSNBC]] anchor [[Keith Olbermann]], the host of ''[[Countdown with Keith Olbermann]]''. ''Countdown'' is a news program airing opposite of the ''The O'Reilly Factor'' and frequently targets O'Reilly as the [[Worst Person in the World]]. On ''Countdown'' Olbermann had also previously initiated an unsuccessful campaign to "Save the Tapes". This campaign aimed to purchase taped phone conversations in which O'Reilly was accused of [[sexual harassment]]. |
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On February 22, 2006 O'Reilly initiated an online petition to have MSNBC's 8PM EST timeslot host replaced. The petition is in the form of a letter addressed to [[NBC]] chairman [[Bob Wright]] saying, "We, the undersigned, are becoming increasingly concerned about the well-being of MSNBC and, in particular, note the continuing ratings failure of the program currently airing weeknights on that network at 8:00 PM EST" [http://billoreilly.com/petitions/viewpetition?petitionID=45714]. Keith Olbermann, the current host of that timeslot, responded two days later on his ''Countdown'' program by playing O'Reilly's greatest hits and mocked the whole affair by joining MSNBC staffers in signing the petition to have himself removed. |
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O'Reilly's complaints towards MSNBC continue to not mention Keith Olbermann or his Countdown program. It has been reported that O'Reilly will dump the sound or cut the microphone if someone mentions Olbermann when they call in to his radio show. When one caller mentioned Olbermann, O'Reilly disconnected him and responded "we have your phone number, and we're going to turn it over to FOX security, and you'll be getting a little visit". [http://mediamatters.org/items/200603030010] Although ''The Radio Factor'' has no association with FOX News, at least one caller received a callback from somebody identifying himself as the director of FOX News security. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11698322/] It has been pointed out that it is fully within a caller's right's to mention a someone's name on air, but it's not within Bill O'Reilly rights to threaten a visit from law enforcement. |
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William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. (born September 10 1949) is an American journalist, editor, author, and syndicated columnist. While his work frequently appears on television, radio and in the print media, O'Reilly is best known as the host of the cable television editorial program The O'Reilly Factor, broadcast on the Fox News Channel. Between 2003 and 2005, it ranked among the most popular cable news programs, averaging 2.2 million viewers daily in 2005 [1]. The O'Reilly Factor offers O'Reilly's often strongly opinionated take on national and international events through his confrontational, self-described "no-nonsense" commentary and interviews.
O'Reilly also hosts a radio program syndicated by Westwood One entitled The Radio Factor, and has written five books. One is a novel, Those Who Trespass. The four non-fiction books, including The O'Reilly Factor and The No Spin Zone, have all reached number one on The New York Times Best Seller list. His views, and alleged conservative political ties, are frequent sources of controversy in various media outlets, including his own programs.
O'Reilly's fans and supporters point to his trademark "No-Spin Zone", cite his commitment to truth in commentary, his claim that he is "looking out for the folks", and that his reporting is "Fair and Balanced", similar to the catchphrase of the FOX NEWS network which employs him.
Detractors and those less enamored of Mr. O'Reilly cite various episodes of telling guests to "shut up" while shutting off their microphones. They note his $10 million a year salary with Fox News puts him out of touch with "the folks" he purports to speak for [1], and find suspect his abrupt settlement of a sexual harassment suit involving a former producer who had allegedly recorded repeated incidents of overt sexual solicitation.
Personal background
Private life
O'Reilly was born in New York City, to Irish Catholic parents William and Angela O'Reilly, from Brooklyn, New York and Bergen County, New Jersey respectively. His father was initially a bookkeeper, then later an accountant, and his mother was a homemaker. He and his family moved to a house built by William Levitt as part of the Levittown development on Long Island in New York [2]. In the early 1950's Levittown and William Levitt gained fame as examples of the mass produced suburban homes and neighborhoods Post-War america. In 1963 National zip codes were introduced [3], the borders between Levittown and neighboring towns were redrawn. The home is now situated in Westbury NY[4].
After graduating from Chaminade High School in 1967, O'Reilly attended Marist College, a small, co-educational institution in Poughkeepsie, New York. While at Marist, O'Reilly played punter[2] on the school's football team, and also was a columnist and features writer for the school's newspaper, The Circle. As an honors student majoring in history, he spent his junior year of college abroad, attending Queen Mary College at the University of London. [3] He played semi-professional baseball during this time as a pitcher for the Brooklyn Monarchs, leading him to try out to play for the American professional baseball team, the New York Mets. O'Reilly received his Bachelor of Arts in 1971.
O'Reilly married Maureen McPhilmy, a public relations executive, in 1995. They have one daughter, Madeline, born in 1998, and a son, Spencer, born in 2003. According to an October 2005 interview in Newsday, O'Reilly hired bodyguards and is very sensitive about the general public taking pictures of him, calling them "stealth paparazzi". [4] O'Reilly has requested that no photographs of his home or family be made public — citing a desire to protect his family's privacy and security.
Broadcasting career
After graduating from Marist, O'Reilly moved to Miami, Florida, where he taught English and history at a high school for two years. After leaving Miami, O'Reilly returned to school, earning a Masters in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University in 1976. While attending Boston University, he was a reporter and columnist for various local newspapers and alternative news weeklies, including The Boston Phoenix. O'Reilly did his broadcast journalism internship in Miami during this time, and was also an entertainment writer and movie reviewer for The Miami Herald.
O'Reilly's early television news career included reporting and anchoring positions at WNEP-TV in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he also reported the weather. At WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas, O'Reilly was awarded the Dallas Press Club Award for excellence in investigative reporting. He then moved to KMGH-TV in Denver, Colorado where he won an Emmy for his coverage of a skyjacking. O'Reilly also worked for KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon, as well as TV stations in Hartford, Connecticut, and in Boston, Massachusetts [5]. In 1980, he anchored his own program on WCBS-TV in New York where he won his second Emmy for an investigation of corrupt city marshals. He was promoted to the network as a CBS News correspondent and covered the wars in the Falkland Islands and El Salvador from his base in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1982). In 1986, O'Reilly joined ABC News as a correspondent on ABC World News Tonight. In three years, he appeared on the show over one hundred times, receiving two National Headliner Awards for excellence in reporting.
In 1989, O'Reilly joined the nationally syndicated Fox Network's Inside Edition, a tabloid-style current affairs television program. He started as senior correspondent and backup anchor for celebrated British TV host David Frost, and subsequently became the program's anchor. In addition to being one of the first American broadcasters to cover the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, O'Reilly also obtained the first exclusive interview with murderer Joel Steinberg and was the first national anchor on the scene of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
In 1995, O'Reilly was replaced by former NBC News and CBS News anchor Deborah Norville on Inside Edition and enrolled at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he received a Master's Degree in Public Administration. Upon leaving Harvard, Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of the then startup FOX News Channel, hired O'Reilly to anchor The O'Reilly Report, which aired weeknights. The nascent channel's most popular show was renamed to The O'Reilly Factor when it moved to a later time slot in 1998 since the host was the main "factor" of the show.
The O'Reilly Factor
O'Reilly's television show, The O'Reilly Factor, is routinely one of the highest-rated shows of the three major American 24-hour news channels (CNN, FOX News and MSNBC). The show is taped late in the afternoon at a studio in New York City and airs daily on the FOX News Channel at 8:00 PM Eastern Time.
On the air since the advent of the Fox News Channel in 1996, The Factor gained its popularity in the late 1990's through O'Reilly's reporting on the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal. [citation needed]
Political beliefs and point of view
Most of O'Reilly's views are self-described "traditional" beliefs, including his stances on American foreign policy (the war in Iraq), support for Bill Clinton's war on Slobodan Milosevic, support of low taxes, tightening border enforcement and support for civil rights and personal liberties.
Some of O'Reilly's more liberal viewpoints include his mild criticism of free-market economics in the oil industry and support for a windfall profits tax on oil companies, his criticism of some in the Religious Right, his support for civil unions (though he has criticized some countries for legalizing them[5]) and voter-decided marriage definitions (homosexual, polyamory, etc), and his opposition to capital punishment (although some say he has been inconsistent [6]). His conservative critics (and moderate supporters) also note that he opposes corporal punishment for children, has shown some support for gay adoption, and opposes prostitution on grounds of "laziness" rather than any moral problem with it [7]
O'Reilly disagrees with a common claim that he is a conservative, preferring to call himself a traditionalist and a populist. In his book The O'Reilly Factor, he describes his political affiliation this way: "You might be wondering if whether I'm conservative, liberal, libertarian, or exactly what... See, I don't want to fit any of those labels, because I believe that the truth doesn't have labels. When I see corruption, I try to expose it. When I see exploitation, I try to fight it. That's my political position."
O'Reilly describes much of his work as a non-partisan approach to politics and analysis. Some of his critics have noted that O'Reilly appears to have close ties to the Republican Party and other conservative groups, pointing out that his columns have been carried by the conservative/libertarian Townhall.com (they stopped appearing by 2004)[6], that his books are availiable from the Conservative Book Club[7], and that he has supported the Thomas More Law Center, an organization that litigates for a variety of conservative Christian causes.[8][9] O'Reilly's appearance at David Horowitz's conservative "Restoration Weekend" event, that took place in Absecon, NJ a week before the 2000 Republican convention, is also occasionally cited.[10]
In September 2004, the CBS news program 60 Minutes described The O'Reilly Factor as "must-see-TV for the conservative right." They noted O'Reilly is a "favorite of conservatives", such as Trent Lott and Newt Gingrich, who welcomed him "with open arms" at the 2004 Republican National Convention. O'Reilly has explained that some of these relationships were inadvertent on his part, such as when Republican Congressman Chris Shays asked him to speak at a charity benefit in Greenwich, Connecticut, without telling him that it was for a Republican-backed cause.
In addition, critics feel that The O'Reilly Factor too frequently features conservative commentators such as Gingrich, and spends most of its broadcast time criticizing Democratic politicians and left-leaning newspaper columnists who in turn spend a lot of their time criticizing him. O'Reilly defends his primary focus on the "far-left" and progressives because he feels that the "progressives, not conservatives, want to curtail the free speech of those with whom they disagree" [8].
60 Minutes, however, went on to suggest that some of O'Reilly's views "sound more like they're coming from a Democrat", noting his views on gun control and same-sex civil unions, the adoption of children by gay parents (which he supports as a "last resort"), and global warming (which he considers an established fact.) [citation needed]
O'Reilly opposes the estate tax, supports a flat tax, opposes homosexuals in the military, opposes affirmative action, supports intelligent design taught in public schools, domestic surveillance programs, banning most forms of abortion, deporting illegal immigrants, placing higher taxes on vehicles that consume more gas and using the American military to enforce the United States-Mexico border[citation needed]. He also vigorously opposed the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube, claiming that "no one should trust" Michael Schiavo [9], and has also vigorously defended controversial statements by Rick Santorum that homosexuality should be outlawed, saying that people who criticized Santorum for these statements are "the real haters, witch hunters and we're watching them very closely" [10].
He claimed that he was an Independent voter on his January 10, 2000 show. The New York Daily News reported on December 6, 2000, that he was registered as a Republican in Nassau County, New York from 1994 to 2000. O'Reilly then registered as an Independent for 2001. He claimed that Nassau County would now allow him to register as an Independent. The form did allow him to register with "no party affiliation" [11].
Though O'Reilly has stated that he does not endorse politicians for office, on the September 24 2005 edition of The O'Reilly Factor, he advised his viewers to vote for Republican Doug Forrester in the 2005 New Jersey gubernatorial election, suggesting that Jon Corzine, a Democrat, would not be as tough on child molesters [12]. O'Reilly also urged his listeners on The Radio Factor to vote against Democratic Senator Tom Daschle in the 2004 Senate election [13] In 2003, O'Reilly also urged his viewers on television and his listeners on the radio in California to vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 2003 California gubernatorial election [14]. Two years later, on the day of the citizen initiatives elections in California, as well as the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia, he urged his listeners to vote for the Republican governor's proposals on the ballot [15].
O'Reilly recently sided with parents who were against reinstating the transgendered teacher, Lily McBeth, to the Eagleswood Elementary School in New Jersey. In an O'Reilly Factor interview, Mark Schnepp, a parent at the school said the talk on the playground was "about how much it would hurt to have your penis cut off" [11].
Controversies
- Main article: Bill O'Reilly controversies
Over the years, there have been some ongoing controversial issues highlighted in O'Reilly's print and broadcast work.
Sexual harassment lawsuit
On October 13, 2004, O'Reilly sued former O'Reilly Factor producer Andrea Mackris, her lawyer (Benedict P. Morelli), and Morelli's law firm for what he claimed was a politically motivated extortion attempt against him. O'Reilly's lawsuit contended that Mackris had privately demanded more than $60 million (USD) to settle a yet to be filed sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News, O'Reilly, and Westwood One. A few hours after O'Reilly filed his lawsuit, Mackris filed her complaint against Fox, et al., alleging that, in numerous conversations, O'Reilly made inappropriate comments [16] [17]. Andrea Mackris's Verified Complaint filed on October 13, 2004 to the Supreme Court of the State of New York included what many presumed to be a partial transcript of their phone conversation. In it O'Reilly made sexually explicit statements involving a loofah and a falafel. [12] This has since been satirized by numerous individuals, publications and websites. [13][14][15]
On October 19, Mackris filed an amended complaint, providing further details of O'Reilly's alleged sexual harassment, asking for additional damages, noting no formal O'Reilly denial, and describing alleged actions of retaliation by Fox, et.al., for filing her original complaint. Mackris revealed a partial transcript of a telephone call (thought to be based on an unreleased audio tape [16] [17] [18]) in which O'Reilly allegedly made lewd sexual suggestions towards her. Fox contended that Mackris was still on payroll without appearance for over two weeks and moved for court permission to dismiss Mackris.
On October 28, Mackris' case was settled out of court when O'Reilly agreed to pay her an undisclosed sum [18]; both parties withdrew their claims of wrongdoing, and agreed to keep the terms of settlement confidential. After the case was settled, O'Reilly's only public comment was "this chapter is behind me and I will never talk about it again".
References
- ^ Nielsen Media Research (2005). "Nielsen Media Research; 2005 Competitive Program Analysis" (PDF).
- ^ Duffy, Don (1970). ""Campus Stuff" (The Circle)" (PDF). Poughkeepsie, NY: Marist College (Originally published in The Circle on November 19, 1970). Retrieved December 26.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Marist (2001). "2001 Commencement Program". Poughkeepsie, NY: Marist College, Office of Alumni Relations (Originally published in the May 19, 2001 Commencment Program). Retrieved December 26.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Gay, Verne (2005). "What's hate got to do with it?" (October 18 ed.). Newsday.
- ^ Malinowski, Scoop (November 8, 2004). "Get 2 Know Bill O'Reilly!". TheBioFILE.com. Retrieved September 9.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Schweber-Koren, Raphael (2005a). "Self-described death penalty foe O'Reilly attacked Atlanta prosecutor for not yet seeking death penalty in Nichols case". Washington, D.C.: Media Matters for America (March 16). Retrieved December 27.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Kincaid, Cliff (2002). "Shame on Fox News". Washington, D.C.: Accuracy In Media (December 19). Retrieved December 26.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Brown, Joseph (2005). "O'Reilly offered to spotlight "any far-right people who have shouted down" or called for a "boycott [of] somebody to shut them up"". Washington, D.C.: Media Matters for America (December 7). Retrieved December 27.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ O'Reilly, Bill and Davis, Lanny (2005). "Ex-White House Counsel Lanny Davis Says Congress & Bush Were Right to Act in the Schiavo Case". FOX News.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ O'Reilly, Bill (2003). "Senator Rick Santorum Under Fire". FOX News.
- ^ J.S. (2005). "O'Reilly falsely claimed he did not have option to register as an independent". Media Matters.
- ^ O'Reilly, Bill (2005). "Protecting the Kids in New Jersey..." FOX News.
- ^ G.W. (2004). "Self-proclaimed non-partisan Bill O'Reilly urged listeners to vote against Daschle in South Dakota; O'Reilly's Dem Convention preview: Daschle's "no good"; [[Nancy Pelosi|Pelosi]]'s a "nut"; [[Max Cleland|Max Cleland]]'s "strange"". Media Matters.
{{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help) - ^ O'Reilly, Bill (2003). "Would You Vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger?". FOX News.
- ^ O'Reilly, Bill (2005). "Election Day, 2005". FOX News.
- ^ TheSmokingGun.com (2004a). "O'Reilly: Female Aide in $60M Extort Bid". Courtroom Television Network LLC (appeared October 13). Retrieved July 11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ TheSmokingGun.com (2004b). "O'Reilly Hit With Sex Harass Suit". Courtroom Television Network LLC (appeared October 13). Retrieved July 11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Kurtz, H. (2004). "Bill O'Reilly, Producer Settle Harassment Suit". The Washington Post Co. (washingtonpost.com on October 29). Retrieved December 26.
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External links
Official links
Other links
- O'Reilly sues over attempted extortion
- O'Reilly sued for harassment
- O'Reilly debates Paul Krugman - QuickTime clip (56k, *200k)
- O'Reilly on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart October 2005 - Windows Media Player
- Mad Dog - Rolling Stone article