“And if that moron [Corn] doesn’t think it was a war zone in Buenos Aires, then he’s even dumber than I think he is.”
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Bill O'Reilly
William James O'Reilly Jr. is an American conservative commentator, journalist, author, and television host.
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Born 10 September 1949 · Q310953
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2026· 17 entries
“And if that moron [Corn] doesn”
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“You know when Sharpton and I walked in, it was like... big commotion and everything. But everybody was very nice. And I couldn”
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“Herbie is a true gentleman. His fame and his skill reflect the values of that have made this country great...It”
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“Reilly Factor that the reader”
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Published video “"He Doesn't Know!" — Bill O'Reilly Confront's Sen. Ossoff's Alleged LIES and INNUENDO”.
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Published video “Democratic Socialists & Woke TV? | August 17, 2026”.
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Published video “Communists Rebuked — Bill O'Reilly”.
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Published video “Why Did CBS Cancel Blue Bloods? — Bill O'Reilly & Kevin Wade”.
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Published video “Good News for the Trump Administration — Bill O'Reilly”.
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Published video “They Want to Blow It All Up! — Bill O'Reilly on the Democratic Socialist Agenda”.
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Published video “Bill O'Reilly's Communism Debate Challenge”.
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Published video “Bishop Robert Barron & Bill O'Reilly on Religion and Mass Migration”.
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Published video “Kamala Harris Leads the Polls for Dems? Really?!? — Bill O'Reilly”.
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Published video “Bishop Robert Barron on the Left's Embrace of Communism | Bill O'Reilly”.
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AOL: 'My Words Haunt Me': Bill O'Reilly Reveals Secret Conversation He Had With Trump Before Prez Attacked Iran
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RealClearPolitics: Bill O'Reilly: I Warned Trump In Private That Iran Would Be Difficult, "My Words Haunt Me Because It's Exactly How It Came Down"
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2024· 3 entries
Claimed: “Says as of June 30, “the decision has been made that (President Joe Biden) will quit the campaign.”” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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“[Stewart] will leave a void in the world of political satire. Undeniably, Jon Stewart was great at what he did. Whatever that was.”
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When Stewart returned to The Daily Show for the 2024 United States presidential election, he invited O'Reilly to appear on the show following the assassination attempt on former president and candidate Donald Trump
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2022· 1 entry
Claimed: ““As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”” — rated Mostly False by PolitiFact.
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2020· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly wrote a viral essay claiming the COVID-19 pandemic was caused by a Chinese bioweapon.” Incorrect Attribution.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Bill O'Reilly wrote a post claiming that the coronavirus was created as a bioweapon by the Chinese government.” Pants on Fire.
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2019· 2 entries
O'Reilly returned to radio with a daily 15-minute series The O'Reilly Update
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O'Reilly started a 15-minute radio show, The O'Reilly Update
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2017· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly was found dead on Long Island.” False.
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The New York Times reported that O'Reilly had agreed to pay Mackris about $9 million and that they would issue a public statement that there had been "no wrongdoing whatsoever"
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O'Reilly was dismissed from Fox News following a report by The New York Times that he had settled five lawsuits involving sexual misconduct
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2016· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “WikiLeaks revealed that Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly are covert Hillary Clinton campaign operatives.” Mostly False.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Bill O'Reilly was denied custody of his children because he physically attacked their mother.” Mostly False.
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2015· 4 entries
O'Reilly said on his show, "David Corn, a liar, says that I exaggerated situations in the Falklands War" and that he never said he was on the Falkland Islands
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David Corn from Mother Jones broke a story reporting a collection of inconsistencies of O'Reilly when recalling his experience covering the 1982 Falklands War
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O'Reilly briefly appeared on Stewart's final show as host of The Daily Show
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“David Corn, a liar, says that I exaggerated situations in the Falklands War”
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2014· 1 entry
Stewart debated him on the belief of white privilege
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2013· 2 entries
O'Reilly said on his show: "I was in a situation one time, in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands, (
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Appeared at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony where he gave tribute to jazz musician Herbie Hancock
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2012· 2 entries
Stewart joined O'Reilly in a debate for charity entitled, The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium at George Washington University
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On The O'Reilly Factor, he expanded, saying "I saw nuns get shot in the back of the head
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2011· 2 entries
Stewart described O'Reilly as "the voice of reason on Fox News", comparing him to "the thinnest kid at fat camp"
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And 2016 respectively, and junior producer Rachel Witlieb Bernstein settled with Fox in 2002 after accusing O'Reilly of verbal abuse
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2010· 2 entries
Famously appeared on The View, where they asked O'Reilly his opinion on whether to remove the mosque near the 9/11 memorial site
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Ludacris said he and O'Reilly had made amends after a conversation at a charity event
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2009· 2 entries
By Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist
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A "dance remix" of O'Reilly's rant was nominated for a Webby Award for "Best Viral Video" but lost to "The Website Is Down: Sales Guy vs
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2008· 4 entries
Awarded National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (2008).
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An outtake of O'Reilly ranting during his time at Inside Edition surfaced on YouTube
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Was presented with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Governors' Award at an Emmy awards show dinner
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Citing numerous inaccuracies in his reporting, MediaMatters for America awarded him its first annual "Misinformer of the Year" award
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2005· 2 entries
Periodically denounced George Tiller, a Kansas-based physician who specialized in second- and third-trimester abortions, often referring to him as "Tiller the baby killer"
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“seen guys gun down nuns in El Salvador”
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2004· 3 entries
O'Reilly and Mackris reached an out-of-court settlement in which Mackris dropped her sexual-assault suit against O'Reilly and O'Reilly dropped his extortion claim against Mackris
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O'Reilly sued Andrea Mackris, a former producer for The O'Reilly Factor, alleging extortion
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Responded to repeated requests for him to honor his pledge: "My analysis was wrong and I'm sorry
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2003· 1 entry
Promised that "[i]f the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean [of weapons of mass destruction]
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2002· 1 entry
O'Reilly called for all Americans to boycott Pepsi products, saying that lyrics of Ludacris (then appearing in ads for Pepsi) glamorize a "life of guns, violence, drugs and disrespect of women"
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2000· 2 entries
The Daily News in New York reported, however, that he had been registered with the Republican Party in the state of New York since 1994
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“The O'Reilly Factor: The Good, the Bad, and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life. Broadway Books. 2000-09-12. p. 12. ISBN 9780767905282. OCLC 731339075.”
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1998· 1 entry
O'Reilly and McPhilmy have a daughter Madeline (b. 1998) and a son Spencer (b. 2003).
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1996· 2 entries
And hosted the news commentary program The O'Reilly Factor until 2017
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Studied at John F. Kennedy School of Government (1996).
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1995· 1 entry
Former NBC News and CBS News anchor Deborah Norville replaced O'Reilly on Inside Edition; O'Reilly had expressed a desire to quit the show in July 1994
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1989· 1 entry
O'Reilly joined the nationally syndicated King World (now CBS Television Distribution)-produced Inside Edition, a tabloid-gossip television program in competition with A Current Affair
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1986· 2 entries
En route to covering the 1985–86 Hormel strike
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O'Reilly moved to ABC News, where, during his three-year tenure, he received two Emmy Awards and two National Headliner Awards for excellence in reporting
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1984· 1 entry
O'Reilly went to KATU in Portland, Oregon, where he remained for nine months, then he returned to Boston and joined WCVB-TV as reporter and columnist-at-large for NewsCenter 5
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1982· 3 entries
O'Reilly joined WNEV-TV (now WHDH) in Boston, as a weekday reporter, weekend anchor and later as host of the station's local news magazine New England Afternoon
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Became a CBS News correspondent, covering the wars in El Salvador on location and in the Falkland Islands from his base in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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“I was in a situation one time, in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands, (...)”
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1980· 2 entries
Became an anchor and correspondent for WCBS-TV in New York, where he earned a second Emmy Award
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O'Reilly anchored the local news-feature program 7:30 Magazine at WCBS-TV in New York
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1973· 2 entries
And earned a Master of Arts degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University
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From Boston University and a master's degree in public administration from the John F
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1971· 1 entry
Studied at Marist University, Bachelor of Arts (1971).
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1967· 2 entries
O'Reilly attended Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York
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Studied at Chaminade High School (1967).
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1951· 1 entry
His family moved to Levittown on Long Island
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1949· 2 entries
At Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Washington Heights, Manhattan to parents William James Sr
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Born 1949-09-10.
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