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''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 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 hours on any cable news channel. 20 million people a week 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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| + | In October of 2004, O'Reilly was charged with sexual harassment, by a female Fox news producer, Andrea Mackris. Hours after Bill O'Reilly accused her of a multimillion dollar shakedown attempt, the plaintiff fired back, filing a lawsuit claiming that he subjected her to repeated instances of sexual harassment and spoke often, and explicitly, to her about phone sex, vibrators, threesomes, self-fulfillment, the loss of his virginity, and sexual fantasies. You'll find a copy of Andrea Mackris's complaint at http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html, an incredible page-turner that quotes O'Reilly, 55, on all sorts of lewd matters. Based on the extensive quotations cited in the complaint, it appears a safe bet that Mackris, 33, recorded some of O'Reilly's more steamy soliloquies. For example: his Caribbean shower fantasies; a Thailand sex show; threatenning Al Franken; and the climax of one August 2004 phone conversation. | ||
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Revision as of 21:15, July 11, 2007
Bill O'Reilly is a 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, 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 listen to him on radio stations. [1]
In October of 2004, O'Reilly was charged with sexual harassment, by a female Fox news producer, Andrea Mackris. Hours after Bill O'Reilly accused her of a multimillion dollar shakedown attempt, the plaintiff fired back, filing a lawsuit claiming that he subjected her to repeated instances of sexual harassment and spoke often, and explicitly, to her about phone sex, vibrators, threesomes, self-fulfillment, the loss of his virginity, and sexual fantasies. You'll find a copy of Andrea Mackris's complaint at http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html, an incredible page-turner that quotes O'Reilly, 55, on all sorts of lewd matters. Based on the extensive quotations cited in the complaint, it appears a safe bet that Mackris, 33, recorded some of O'Reilly's more steamy soliloquies. For example: his Caribbean shower fantasies; a Thailand sex show; threatenning Al Franken; and the climax of one August 2004 phone conversation.
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, especially falafel.
- 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.
References
- ↑ Bill O'Reilly: "No Spin" Transcript 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace aired Sept. 26, 2004.