Bill O'Reilly

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Bill O'Reilly is a popular commentator and host of the show The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, which he calls the "No Spin Zone." O'Reilly often remarks that his personal political viewpoint is not captured by the modern Democrat and Republican archetypes and would rather call himself a "traditionalist." In this vein, he has expressed support for some positions not traditionally associated with his political supporters including anthropogenic climate change and civil unions for both heterosexual and homosexual couples. The hosts who fill in for him when he is not hosting, however, are all standard conservative Republicans, such as John Kasich, Michelle Malkin, and Laura Ingraham. (Tony Snow also had filled in a few times prior to becoming White House Press Secretary).

The O'Reilly Factor is the highest-rated hours on any cable news channel. 20 million people a week watch the show and there are millions more who hear him on radio stations.

Trivia

• O'Reilly and Stephen Colbert have a friendly rivalry, even appearing on each others' shows.
• O'Reilly is a big fan of Middle Eastern food.

• O'Reilly is mentioned many times in the New York Times best selling book: Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them," by Al Franken.
• O'Reilly attacks department stores like K-Mart, and Target for using the expression "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Chrismas" this is the issue however where news anchors go after they realize that they suck.
• O'Reilly has criticized the Daily Show with Jon Stewart's audiance, saying that they are "stoned slakers" however, it has been proven that Jon Stewart's audiance are more likely to succeed then O'Reilly's audiance. It is unfair to classify a whole group of people like that, that would be like someone saying everyone who watches the O'Reilly Factor is a jerk, that is untrue, some of O'Reilly's viewers are stupid and don't know what they are watching.
• Bill O'Reilly eats liberals