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O’Reilly: Epidemic of disrespect due mainly to public schools

After years of calling his political opponents “pinheads,” Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Wednesday night lamented the decline of respect in the United States. He observed that a woman recently received 30 days in jail for cursing at a Wisconsin judge and giving him the finger. O’Reilly said the…

O’Reilly: Asians not liberal ‘by nature’ because they’re ‘industrious and hard-working’

Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” host Bill O’Reilly and producer Jesse Watters engaged in a discussion of the changing demographics of the U.S. and noted, with puzzlement, that many Asian-Americans are voting Democratic. According to Media Matters, O’Reilly suggested that this is surprising because “Asian people are…

Author Junot Diaz: Current GOP is ‘a shelter for a lot of messed up and toxic paradigms’

Junot Diaz, an MIT professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, appeared on Bill Moyers on Dec. 28, where the writer discussed among other issues the recent election. “Even the communities who came out to vote, I think, were shocked by their own numbers…

O’Reilly attacks ‘wimpy Christians’ for not freaking out about ‘war on Christmas’

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is turning against the Christians who he says haven’t been outraged enough about the so-called “war on Christmas.” On his Tuesday broadcast, O’Reilly asked evangelical Texas Pastor Robert Jeffress “why so many Christian leaders are silent when Christianity comes under attack.” “A lot of Christian…

The Increasingly Hysterical Attempts to Drum Up a War on Christmas

This entire rant by Bill O’Reilly and unnamed bald guest got a lot of play recently for the fact that gays and all those abortion-lovers are the ones supposedly behind the non-existence “War on Christmas”, but I’d like to take a moment to honor the “misanthropic atheists” part of all…

David Silverman: O’Reilly’s job is ‘to portray this horrible character’

American Atheist president David Silverman on Wednesday said Fox News host Bill O’Reilly had a very different personality on and off air. “This is all about money, this is all about ratings,” Silverman said on The David Pakman Show. “They bring me on because they think they’ll get more ratings…

Cenk to O’Reilly: ‘You might burn in hell’ over phony ‘war on Christmas’

After playing a series of clips featuring conservative talk show host Bill O’Reilly railing at guests on his show over the so-called “war on Christmas” debate Fox News recycles every year, Current TV host Cenk Uygur just couldn’t resist any longer. Explaining where the tradition of the Christmas tree comes…

O’Reilly: Obama doesn’t like Americans because blacks have ‘grievance against whites’

With less than a week to go before election day, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is suggesting that the president of the United States doesn’t like half of the country because African Americans have a “grievance against whites.” Conservative radio host Dennis Miller explained to O’Reilly on Thursday that President…

Matthews and O’Reilly have helium-filled debate for charity

Dueling pundits Chris Matthews and Bill O’Reilly introduced a new element to a debate between them Sunday night — helium. In an appearance on the “Night of Too Many Stars” benefit show organized by Daily Show host Jon Stewart, Matthews and O’Reilly agreed to square off in a discussion with…

O’Reilly post-debate: ‘I’m not going to name’ political assassins

Appearing Sunday morning on ABC News, Republican talk show host Bill O’Reilly refused to name people he referred to as “political assassins” during a Saturday night debate with comedian Jon Stewart. RELATED: Watch: Jon Stewart debates ‘mayor of Bullshit Mountain’ Bill O’Reilly “That’s kinda dangerous territory for anyone in political…