The O'Reilly Factor

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An example of O'Reilly's Talking Points Memo

The O'Reilly Factor (also often known as The Factor or The No-Spin Zone) was a Fox News television show hosted by political commentator Bill O'Reilly. This show was the highest-rated show in cable news. The show featured O'Reilly (or a guest host, usually Greg Gutfeld, Eric Bolling, Jesse Watters, Laura Ingraham, Mike Huckabee, or Juan Williams) and guests discussing major issues of that day.

Despite claims that O'Reilly was a conservative, a 2011 study showed that compared to the American population as a whole (which actually was relatively conservative), O'Reilly's views were actually in the political center of the population.[1] Interestingly, this was likely the reason his show was so popular.[1]

On April 19, 2017, Fox News broke ties with O'Reilly due to an alleged sex abuse scandal revolving around him.[2]

Segments

The show has many segments, some of which were eventually discontinued in favor of other segments.

  • Talking Points Memo—A daily segment where O'Reilly discusses a key issue in current events with his words appearing as a side note on the screen.
  • Top Story—Usually, O'Reilly has guests discuss the issue brought up in the previous Talking Points Memo section
  • Personal Story—O'Reilly invites someone who wrote a bestselling book, or has made the news in some way, or who has interviewed a newsmaker
  • Miller Time—A Wednesday segment where O'Reilly invites regular guest comedian Dennis Miller on the show. The discussion is generally a lighthearted one on several issues, accompanied with visual gags and movie clips.
  • Barack and a Hard Place—Monica Crowley and Alan Colmes discuss issues related to Barack Obama with O'Reilly
  • Watter's World—Jesse Watters goes out every other Monday and interviews younger people on a current issue
  • Pinheads and Patriots—Daily segment at the end of the program where people in the news are decided if they had done something good (patriot) or bad (pinhead).
  • Tip of the Day—It replaced Pinheads and Patriots, and in it O'Reilly gave a helpful tip to the audience
  • Factor Viewer Mail—O'Reilly reads bits of emails at the end of the program, often ones that have contrasting viewpoints on the last show
  • Word of the Day—At the last minute of the program, O'Reilly picks an obscure word to challenge the viewer to know or look up

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pollak, Joel B. (April 19, 2017). Bill O’Reilly’s Secret: He Was a Centrist, Not a Conservative. Breitbart News. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  2. ↑ Steel, Emily; Schmidt, Michael S. (April 19, 2017). Bill O’Reilly Is Forced Out at Fox News. The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
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