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'President' Cruz's Priority: Console Reporters Who Have 'Checked Into Therapy'

By Randy Hall | June 9, 2015, 2:35 PM EDT

GOP presidential candidate and U.S. senator Ted Cruz took part in a town hall meeting sponsored by talk radio station WRKO in Boston and didn't hold anything back when responding to questions from host Jeff Kuhner. The Texas Republican joked that if ...

‘Killing Jesus’ Film Breaks Cable Channel's Ratings Record With 3.7 Million Viewers

By Randy Hall | March 31, 2015, 7:10 PM EDT

Sunday night's airing of Killing Jesus-- the three-hour event based on the book of the same name by Fox News Channel anchor Bill O'Reilly and co-writer Martin Dugard-- was watched by more than 3.7 million people, a new record for the National Ge ...

Bill O'Reilly Slams 'Haters' on Left and Right, Says Smearing Should Be 'Unacceptable'

By Randy Hall | February 26, 2015, 7:22 PM EST

Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly used Wednesday evening's edition of The O'Reilly Factor to hammer “haters on both sides” of the political divide during a segment entitled “Hating President Obama.” He began by stating: “At the height of ...

Jon Stewart Attacks Fox News: 'No One's Watching Them for the Actual Truth'

By Randy Hall | February 25, 2015, 8:28 PM EST

 After a week of vacation from serving as host of Comedy Central's Daily Show, Jon Stewart leaped into the fray on Tuesday about whether Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly was accurate about what happened while he was covering conflicts in a ...

Ex-CNNer Sesno: O'Reilly Allegation Nowhere 'Near on That Scale' of Williams

By Matthew Balan | February 20, 2015, 3:47 PM EST

On Thursday's CNN Tonight, former CNN correspondent Frank Sesno brushed aside David Corn's supposed expose of Bill O'Reilly's claims about his reporting of the Falkland War: " It's not a Brian Williams problem. I don't t ...

Fox News Declaring 'Holy War' Is 'Exactly What ISIS Wants,' MSNBC's Chris Hayes Claims

By Randy Hall | February 19, 2015, 7:49 PM EST

During Wednesday evening's edition of All In on MSNBC, host Chris Hayes attacked Bill O'Reilly and other anchors on the Fox News Channel for calling the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria a “holy war,” which is “exactly what ISIS ...

Stephen Colbert Rejoices Over Never Having to Watch Bill O'Reilly Again

By Randy Hall | December 17, 2014, 9:41 AM EST

During Monday night's edition of The Colbert Report on the Comedy Central cable channel, the faux conservative host celebrated the fact that “no one’s going to pay me to watch” the host of The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel “anymore, so ...

Sharpton Slams Ferguson Police Chief's Apology as 'Too Little, Too Late'

By Randy Hall | August 10, 2015, 4:19 PM EDT

On Thursday morning, Thomas Jackson-- the chief of police for the city of Ferguson-- released a video in which he apologized for many things, including the death of Michael Brown, the African-American teenager who was shot and killed by white police offic ...

Gayle King To O’Reilly: Why Do You Say Things With Such Certainty?

By Jeffrey Meyer | September 23, 2014, 11:42 AM EDT

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly appeared on Tuesday’s CBS This Morning to promote his latest book “Killing Patton” and was met with a barrage of questions for insisting that a mercenary army needs to be established to defeat the terrorist group ISIS. During t ...

State Dept. Press Deputy Sneers at O'Reilly Show For Having No 'Intelligence & Class'

By Tim Graham | September 4, 2014, 2:56 PM EDT

Fox News correspondent James Rosen has been investigated by Obama's Justice Department for being a "co-conspirator" and violator of the Espoinage Act. Attorney general Eric Holder even approved seizing Rosen's private e-mails. Now, Ros ...

Black NY Times Columnist Charles Blow Claims Bill O'Reilly Is True 'Race Hustler'

By Randy Hall | August 29, 2014, 11:27 AM EDT

During a segment on Tuesday evening's edition of The O'Reilly Factor, the Fox News Channel host stated he “does not, does not believe in white privilege. However, there is no question that African-Americans have a much harder time succeeding in ...

O'Reilly: Al Sharpton 'Almost Single-Handedly Has Corrupted NBC News'

By Kyle Drennen | August 27, 2014, 8:58 AM EDT

On his show Monday night, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly declared that MSNBC host and Ferguson, Missouri activist Al Sharpton "has become so controversial in America that it's hard to explain how a news agency, NBC, can even have him on the pa ...

O’Reilly Blasts Sharpton on Ferguson, Calls Him a ‘Charlatan’ Who ‘Only Cares About His Own Self-Aggrandizement’

By Curtis Houck | August 21, 2014, 12:43 PM EDT

On Wednesday evening, Bill O’Reilly returned from vacation to anchor his Fox News Channel (FNC) program live to discuss the situation in Ferguson, Missouri since the death of Michael Brown on August 9. In just over an eight-minute-long “Talking Points” se ...

Sherri Shepherd Dismisses O’Reilly and Maher During Final Appearance on 'The View'

By Randy Hall | August 12, 2014, 9:58 PM EDT

During Monday's edition of The View, Sherri Shepherd-- who had served as a co-host on the ABC weekday program for seven years-- gave an emotional farewell in which she declared she is “so thankful for the group of friends and family that I have made ...

O'Reilly, Mattera Clash Over 'Ambush Journalism' on Hillary Clinton's Role in Benghazi

By Randy Hall | August 31, 2015, 12:46 PM EDT

During the Wednesday evening episode of The O'Reilly Factor, Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly slammed conservative activist Jason Mattera's “ambush journalism” of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, calling it “unacceptable” to us ...