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not only does this not seem like trivia, it essientially exists to smear o'reilly
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''The O'Reilly Factor'' is the highest-rated hour on any [[cable news channel]].  5 million people nightly watch the show and there are millions more who listen to him on radio stations.  <ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/23/60minutes/main645202.shtml Bill O'Reilly: "No Spin"] Transcript 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace aired Sept. 26, 2004. </ref>
 
''The O'Reilly Factor'' is the highest-rated hour on any [[cable news channel]].  5 million people nightly watch the show and there are millions more who listen to him on radio stations.  <ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/23/60minutes/main645202.shtml Bill O'Reilly: "No Spin"] Transcript 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace aired Sept. 26, 2004. </ref>
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Recently [[Conservative|conservatives]] criticized Billy O'Reilly [http://www.conservapedia.com/Fox_News_Channel#Fox_News_Channel_and_Homosexuality regarding his views in relation to homosexuality].
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Recently [[Conservative|conservatives]] criticized Bill O'Reilly [http://www.conservapedia.com/Fox_News_Channel#Fox_News_Channel_and_Homosexuality regarding his views in relation to homosexuality].
    
==Views on prejudice and racism==
 
==Views on prejudice and racism==
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* O'Reilly and [[Stephen Colbert]] have a friendly rivalry <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16698834/</ref>, even appearing on each others' shows.
 
* O'Reilly and [[Stephen Colbert]] have a friendly rivalry <ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16698834/</ref>, even appearing on each others' shows.
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* O'Reilly is often called a "name caller" and a study by Indiana University concluded that: "Our results show a consistent pattern of O'Reilly casting non-Americans in a negative light. Both illegal aliens and foreigners were constructed as physical threats to the public and never featured in the role of victim or hero."<ref>{{cite web|author = Indiana University|url= http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5535.html|title = Content analysis of O'Reilly's Rhetoric find spin to be a 'factor'}}</ref><ref>Mike Conway, Maria Elizabeth Grabe, and Kevin Grieves, "[http://journalism.indiana.edu/papers/oreillyjourstud07.pdf Villains, Victims, and the Virtuous in Bill O'Reilly's 'No-Spin Zone']," ''Journalism Studies'' 8:2 (2007).</ref>
      
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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