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His biggest success would come from hosting the ''The O'Reilly Factor''. His show was the highest-rated hour on any cable news channel, with over 2.5 million people watching the show each night and millions more listening to his radio show.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/23/60minutes/main645202.shtml Bill O'Reilly: "No Spin"], [[CBS News]] Transcript [[60 Minutes]] with Mike Wallace aired Sept. 26, 2004.</ref> ''The O'Reilly Factor'' was #1 on cable news for 15 consecutive years,<ref>Katz, A.J. (December 28, 2017). [http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/2016-ratings-fox-news-channel-is-cable-tvs-most-watched-network/315009 2016 Ratings: Fox News Channel is Cable TV’s Most-Watched Network]. ''TVNewser''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref> until O'Reilly was forced out from Fox in April 2017.<ref name="Elber2017">Elber, Lynn (April 20, 2017). [https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2017-04-20/oreilly-is-out-at-fox-but-influence-endures-career-too O'Reilly Is Out at Fox but Influence Endures; Career Too?]. ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref>
His biggest success would come from hosting the ''The O'Reilly Factor''. His show was the highest-rated hour on any cable news channel, with over 2.5 million people watching the show each night and millions more listening to his radio show.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/23/60minutes/main645202.shtml Bill O'Reilly: "No Spin"], [[CBS News]] Transcript [[60 Minutes]] with Mike Wallace aired Sept. 26, 2004.</ref> ''The O'Reilly Factor'' was #1 on cable news for 15 consecutive years,<ref>Katz, A.J. (December 28, 2017). [http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/2016-ratings-fox-news-channel-is-cable-tvs-most-watched-network/315009 2016 Ratings: Fox News Channel is Cable TV’s Most-Watched Network]. ''TVNewser''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref> until O'Reilly was forced out from Fox in April 2017.<ref name="Elber2017">Elber, Lynn (April 20, 2017). [https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2017-04-20/oreilly-is-out-at-fox-but-influence-endures-career-too O'Reilly Is Out at Fox but Influence Endures; Career Too?]. ''U.S. News & World Report''. Retrieved May 22, 2017.</ref>
===Evidence of O'Reilly being a hypocrite and poor moderator===
;Boulder High School Incident <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1sxi3t/bill_oreilly_gets_owned_by_a_kid/</ref>
:Bill invited 2 high school kids to have a discussion on an incident which happened in school which Fox News tried to use to their advantage. However, in the on course of the debate, Bill realized that Jesse Lange, one of the 2 students, was completely deconstructing Fox News' false reporting. In a desperate attempt to try and look credible, O'Reilly took a quote out of context, and tried to interrupt Jesse when he realized that he was being outclassed on live TV. Jesse Lange then pointed out O'Reilly's hypocrisy by taking a quote from his book, and was willing to read the whole paragraph, but Bill hastily stopped the debate and said the quote was out of context, even when Lange said that he would read the entire paragraph.
Bill then went so low as to call Lange a pinhead, when he realized that what very little credibility he had was completely shattered by an intelligent high school student.
Politically, O'Reilly claimed to be an independent, but it was later revealed that he was actually a registered [[Republican]] in Nassau County from 1994 to 2000. O'Reilly re-registered as an independent soon after.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971123/bio Biography], [[IMDB]]</ref>
Politically, O'Reilly claimed to be an independent, but it was later revealed that he was actually a registered [[Republican]] in Nassau County from 1994 to 2000. O'Reilly re-registered as an independent soon after.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971123/bio Biography], [[IMDB]]</ref>