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'''William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr.''' (born September 10, 1949) is an [[United States|American]] [[presenter|television host]], [[author]], [[syndicated columnist]] and [[political commentator]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,215827,00.html |title=FOXNews.com - Bill O'Reilly's 'Culture Warrior' - Bill O’Reilly &#124; The O’Reilly Factor |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=October 03, 2006 |accessdate=2008-11-21}}</ref> He is the host of the [[cable television|political commentary]] program ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' on the [[Fox News Channel]]. Considered a [[conservative]],<ref>{{cite news | last = Kurtz | first = Howard | title = Bill O'Reilly And NBC, Shouting to Make Themselves Seen? | pages = C01 | publisher = The Washington Post | date = January 15, 2007 | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/14/AR2007011401124.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Shelburne | first = Craig | title = Bill O'Reilly: Radio Should Play the Dixie Chicks | publisher = Country Music Television | date = May 10, 2006 | url = http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1531519/20060510/dixie_chicks.jhtml?headlines=true}}</ref> his views have been known to depart from conservative orthodoxy,<ref>{{cite journal | last = Lemann | first = Nicholas | title = Fear Factor | journal = The New Yorker | date = March 27, 2006 | url = http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/03/27/060327fa_fact }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Brit Hume | work = NewsHour with Jin Lehrer Transcript | publisher = [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] | date = January 31, 2002 | url = http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/cablenews/hume.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Bill O'Reilly: "No Spin" | work = 60 Minutes Transcript | publisher = CBS News | date = September 26, 2004 | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/23/60minutes/main645202.shtml }}</ref> and O'Reilly prefers to characterize himself as a "[[traditionalism|traditionalist]]".<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Warrior-Bill-O'Reilly/dp/0767920929]</ref> Prior to hosting ''The O'Reilly Factor'', he served as anchor of the entertainment program ''[[Inside Edition]]''. O'Reilly is the author of eight [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)#Books and other media|books]], and hosted ''[[The Radio Factor]]'' until early 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/12/05/2008-12-05_bill_oreilly_is_really_quitting_radio_gi.html|accessdate=2009-04-04|work=The New York Daily News|author=Hinckley, David|date=December 5, 2008|title=BIll O'Reilly is really quitting radio gig}}</ref>
'''William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr.''' (born September 10, 1949) is an [[United States|American]] [[presenter|television host]], [[author]], [[syndicated columnist]] and [[political commentator]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,215827,00.html |title=FOXNews.com - Bill O'Reilly's 'Culture Warrior' - Bill O’Reilly &#124; The O’Reilly Factor |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=October 03, 2006 |accessdate=2008-11-21}}</ref> He is the host of the [[cable television|political commentary]] program ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' on the [[Fox News Channel]]. Considered a [[conservative]],<ref>{{cite news | last = Kurtz | first = Howard | title = Bill O'Reilly And NBC, Shouting to Make Themselves Seen? | pages = C01 | publisher = The Washington Post | date = January 15, 2007 | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/14/AR2007011401124.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Shelburne | first = Craig | title = Bill O'Reilly: Radio Should Play the Dixie Chicks | publisher = Country Music Television | date = May 10, 2006 | url = http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1531519/20060510/dixie_chicks.jhtml?headlines=true}}</ref> his views have been known to depart from conservative orthodoxy,<ref>{{cite journal | last = Lemann | first = Nicholas | title = Fear Factor | journal = The New Yorker | date = March 27, 2006 | url = http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/03/27/060327fa_fact }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Brit Hume | work = NewsHour with Jin Lehrer Transcript | publisher = [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] | date = January 31, 2002 | url = http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/cablenews/hume.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Bill O'Reilly: "No Spin" | work = 60 Minutes Transcript | publisher = CBS News | date = September 26, 2004 | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/23/60minutes/main645202.shtml }}</ref> and O'Reilly prefers to characterize himself as an "[[extremist]]" who is always right, even though the former is far from true.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Warrior-Bill-O'Reilly/dp/0767920929]</ref> Prior to hosting ''The O'Reilly Factor'', he served as anchor of the entertainment program ''[[Inside Edition]]''. O'Reilly is the author of eight [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)#Books and other media|books]], and hosted ''[[The Radio Factor]]'' until early 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/12/05/2008-12-05_bill_oreilly_is_really_quitting_radio_gi.html|accessdate=2009-04-04|work=The New York Daily News|author=Hinckley, David|date=December 5, 2008|title=BIll O'Reilly is really quitting radio gig}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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===''The O'Reilly Factor''===
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{{Main|The O'Reilly Factor}}
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After Harvard, he was hired by [[Roger Ailes]], chairman and [[CEO]] of the then startup [[Fox News Channel]], to anchor ''The O'Reilly Report.''<ref name = "oreilly on rolling stone">[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/6417561/mad_dog/]Cloapinto, John. (2004-08-11). "Mad Dog", ''Rolling Stone''</ref> The show was renamed ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'', after O'Reilly's friend and branding expert [[John Tantillo]]'s remarks upon the "O'Reilly Factor" in any of the stories O'Reilly told.<ref name = "oreilly on rolling stone"/><ref>[http://blog.marketingdoctor.tv/2007/06/14/the-oreilly-factor-from-nickname-to-brandname.aspx" "The O'Reilly Factor: From Nickname to Brandname"] Marketing Doctor Blog. September 26, 2008. </ref><ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/6417561/mad_dog/" "Mad Dog"] Rolling Stone. August 11, 2004. </ref> The program is routinely the highest-rated show of the three major U.S. 24-hour [[cable television|cable]] news channels and began the trend toward more opinion-oriented prime-time cable news programming.<ref name=USA_ratings>{{cite web | author=Johnson, Peter |title=Cable rantings boost ratings | date=October 3, 2006 | publisher=USATODAY.com| url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-09-24-media-mix_x.htm | accessdate= June 21 | accessyear= 2007 }}</ref> The show is taped late in the afternoon at a studio in New York City and airs every weekday on the Fox News Channel at 8:00 p.m. [[North American Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern Time]].
After Harvard, he was hired by [[Roger Ailes]], chairman and [[CEO]] of the then startup [[Nazi Germany|Fox News Channel]], to anchor ''The O'Reilly Report.''<ref name = "oreilly on rolling stone">[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/6417561/mad_dog/]Cloapinto, John. (2004-08-11). "Mad Dog", ''Rolling Stone''</ref> The show was renamed ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'', after O'Reilly's friend and branding expert [[John Tantillo]]'s remarks upon the "O'Reilly Factor" in any of the stories O'Reilly told.<ref name = "oreilly on rolling stone"/><ref>[http://blog.marketingdoctor.tv/2007/06/14/the-oreilly-factor-from-nickname-to-brandname.aspx" "The O'Reilly Factor: From Nickname to Brandname"] Marketing Doctor Blog. September 26, 2008. </ref><ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/6417561/mad_dog/" "Mad Dog"] Rolling Stone. August 11, 2004. </ref> The program is routinely the highest-rated show of the three major U.S. 24-hour [[cable television|cable]] news channels and began the trend toward more opinion-oriented prime-time cable news programming.<ref name=USA_ratings>{{cite web | author=Johnson, Peter |title=Cable rantings boost ratings | date=October 3, 2006 | publisher=USATODAY.com| url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-09-24-media-mix_x.htm | accessdate= June 21 | accessyear= 2007 }}</ref> The show is taped late in the afternoon at a studio in New York City and airs every weekday on the Fox News Channel at 8:00 p.m. [[North American Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern Time]].


O'Reilly's radio program had 3.26 million-plus listeners and was carried by more than 400 radio stations.<ref>[http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2007/narrative_radio_talk_radio.asp?cat=8&media=9 The State of the News Media 2007].Annual Report on American Journalism,2007.</ref> According to the talk radio industry publication ''[[Talkers Magazine]]'', O'Reilly was #11 on the "Heavy Hundred", a list of the 100 most important talk show hosts in America.<ref>[http://talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=44 Heavy Hundred 2008] Talkers Magazine, June 2008.</ref> Conservative Internet news site ''[[NewsMax]]'''s "Top 25 Talk Radio Host" list selected O'Reilly to the #2 spot as most influential host in the nation.<ref>[www.newsmax.com/radio_hosts.cfm Top 25 Radio Hosts].NewsMax.com, July 1, 2008.</ref>
O'Reilly's radio program had 3.26 million-plus listeners and was carried by more than 400 radio stations.<ref>[http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2007/narrative_radio_talk_radio.asp?cat=8&media=9 The State of the News Media 2007].Annual Report on American Journalism,2007.</ref> According to the talk radio industry publication ''[[Talkers Magazine]]'', O'Reilly was #11 on the "Heavy Hundred", a list of the 100 most important talk show hosts in America.<ref>[http://talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=44 Heavy Hundred 2008] Talkers Magazine, June 2008.</ref> Conservative Internet news site ''[[NewsMax]]'''s "Top 25 Talk Radio Host" list selected O'Reilly to the #2 spot as most influential host in the nation.<ref>[www.newsmax.com/radio_hosts.cfm Top 25 Radio Hosts].NewsMax.com, July 1, 2008.</ref>

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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly, December 2006
Born (1949-09-10) September 10, 1949 (age 74)
New York City, NY, U.S.
EducationB.A., Marist College

M.A., Boston University

M.P.A., Harvard University
Occupation(s)columnist, Author, television and talk radio personality.
SpouseMaureen E. McPhilmy (two children)
Websitebilloreilly.com

William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. (born September 10, 1949) is an American television host, author, syndicated columnist and political commentator.[2] He is the host of the political commentary program The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel. Considered a conservative,[3][4] his views have been known to depart from conservative orthodoxy,[5][6][7] and O'Reilly prefers to characterize himself as an "extremist" who is always right, even though the former is far from true.[8] Prior to hosting The O'Reilly Factor, he served as anchor of the entertainment program Inside Edition. O'Reilly is the author of eight books, and hosted The Radio Factor until early 2009.[9]

Early life and education

O'Reilly was born in New York City to parents William James, Sr. and Winifred Angela Drake O'Reilly, from Brooklyn, New York and Bergen County, New Jersey.[10] His father was an accountant for the oil company Caltex. In 1951, his family moved to Levittown on Long Island.[11] He attended St. Brigid parochial school in Westbury. After graduating from Chaminade High School, a private Catholic boys high school in Mineola, in 1967, O'Reilly attended Marist College. While at Marist, O'Reilly played punter in the National Club Football Association,[12] and was also a writer for the school's newspaper, The Circle. An honors student, he majored in history.[13] He spent his junior year of college abroad, attending Queen Mary College at the University of London.[14] O'Reilly received his B.A. in History in 1971. He played semi-professional baseball during this time, as a pitcher for the New York Monarchs.[15] After graduating from Marist College, O'Reilly moved to Miami, Florida at age 21, where he taught English and history at Monsignor Pace High School for two years. O'Reilly later returned to school and earned an M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University. While attending Boston University, he was a reporter and columnist for various local newspapers and alternative news weeklies, including The Boston Phoenix. O'Reilly did his broadcast journalism internship in Miami during this time and was also an entertainment writer and movie critic for The Miami Herald. O'Reilly also earned a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. At Harvard, he was a student of Marvin Kalb.[16]

Broadcasting career

O'Reilly's early television news career included reporting and anchoring positions at WNEP-TV in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he also reported the weather. At WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas, O'Reilly was awarded the Dallas Press Club Award for excellence in investigative reporting. He then moved to KMGH-TV in Denver, Colorado where he won a Local Emmy Award for his coverage of a skyjacking.[17][18] O'Reilly also worked for KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon, as well as TV stations in Hartford, Connecticut (WFSB-TV), and in Boston, Massachusetts (WNEV-TV).[18]

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Bill O'Reilly in 1975 as the "Action Consumer trouble shooter" for ABC affiliate WNEP in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[19]

In 1980, O'Reilly anchored his own program on WCBS-TV in New York where he won his second Local Emmy for an investigation of corrupt city marshals. In 1982, he was promoted to the network as a CBS News correspondent and covered the wars in El Salvador and the Falkland Islands from his base in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He later left CBS over a dispute concerning the uncredited use in a report by Bob Schieffer of riot footage shot by O'Reilly's crew in Buenos Aires during the Falklands conflict.[20]

Inside Edition

In 1989, after serving as a correspondent for ABC World News Tonight, O'Reilly joined the nationally syndicated King World (now CBS) program Inside Edition, a tabloid/gossip television program in competition with A Current Affair.[21] He started as senior correspondent and backup anchor for British TV host David Frost, and subsequently became the program's anchor after Frost's termination. In addition to being one of the first American broadcasters to cover the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, O'Reilly also obtained the first exclusive interview with murderer Joel Steinberg and was the first television host from a national current affairs program on the scene of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

In 1995, O'Reilly was replaced by former NBC News and CBS News anchor Deborah Norville on Inside Edition. He then enrolled at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he received a Master's degree in Public Administration.

The O'Reilly Factor

Main article: The O'Reilly Factor

After Harvard, he was hired by Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of the then startup Fox News Channel, to anchor The O'Reilly Report.[22] The show was renamed The O'Reilly Factor, after O'Reilly's friend and branding expert John Tantillo's remarks upon the "O'Reilly Factor" in any of the stories O'Reilly told.[22][23][24] The program is routinely the highest-rated show of the three major U.S. 24-hour cable news channels and began the trend toward more opinion-oriented prime-time cable news programming.[25] The show is taped late in the afternoon at a studio in New York City and airs every weekday on the Fox News Channel at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

O'Reilly's radio program had 3.26 million-plus listeners and was carried by more than 400 radio stations.[26] According to the talk radio industry publication Talkers Magazine, O'Reilly was #11 on the "Heavy Hundred", a list of the 100 most important talk show hosts in America.[27] Conservative Internet news site NewsMax's "Top 25 Talk Radio Host" list selected O'Reilly to the #2 spot as most influential host in the nation.[28]

O'Reilly's life and career have not been without controversy. Progressive media watchdog organizations such as Media Matters and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting have criticized O'Reilly's reporting on a variety of issues, accusing him of distorting facts and using misleading or erroneous statistics.[29]

Beginning in 2005, O'Reilly periodically denounced George Tiller, a Kansas-based physician who specialized in second and third trimester abortions,[30] often referring to him as "Tiller the baby killer".[31] Tiller was murdered on May 31, 2009, allegedly by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion extremist.[32] Critics such as Salon.com's Gabriel Winant have asserted that O'Reilly's anti-Tiller rhetoric helped to create an atmosphere of violence around the doctor.[33] Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wrote that O'Reilly "clearly went overboard in his condemnation and demonization of Tiller" but added that it was "irresponsible to link O'Reilly" to Tiller's murder.[34] O'Reilly has responded to the criticism by saying "no backpedaling here ... every single thing we said about Tiller was true".[35]

O'Reilly is considered the main inspiration for comedian Stephen Colbert's satirical character on the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report, which features Colbert in a "full-dress parody" of The O'Reilly Factor. On the show, Colbert refers to O'Reilly as "Papa Bear."[36] O'Reilly and Colbert later exchanged appearances on each others' shows in January 2007.[37]

Political beliefs and public perception

Main article: Political views of Bill O'Reilly
See also: Criticism of Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)

On The O'Reilly Factor and on his former talk-radio program, Bill O'Reilly has focused on news and commentary related to politics and culture.[38] O'Reilly has long said that he does not identify with any political party.[39] On December 6, 2000, 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. When questioned about this, he said that he was not aware of it and says he registered as an independent after the interview.[40] During a broadcast of The Radio Factor, O'Reilly stated that there was no option to register as an independent voter. However, when the form was disclosed, it was discovered that there was a box entitled "I do not wish to enroll in party."[41] Despite being registered as an Independent, many view him as a conservative figure.[38][39] A Pew Research February 2009 poll found that 66% of his television viewers identify themselves as conservative, 24% moderate, and 3% liberal.[42]

In a 2003 interview on National Public Radio, O'Reilly said:

I'm not a political guy in the sense that I embrace an ideology. To this day I'm an independent thinker, an independent voter, I'm a registered independent... there are certain fundamental things that this country was founded upon that I respect and don't want changed. That separates me from the secularists who want a complete overhaul of how the country is run.[43]

Personal life

O'Reilly married Maureen E. McPhilmy, a public relations executive, in 1995. They have a daughter and a son. O'Reilly currently resides in suburban Manhasset, New York.[44]

On October 13, 2004, O'Reilly filed a preemptive lawsuit against Factor producer Andrea Mackris, her lawyer Benedict P. Morelli, and Morelli's law firm for extortion, contending Mackris had privately threatened to charge O'Reilly with sexual harassment unless he paid her more than $60 million (USD).[45] Later that same day, Mackris filed a complaint of sexual harassment against O'Reilly, contending that he had made sexually explicit phone calls, including a "vile and degrading monologue about sex."[46][47] O'Reilly denied engaging in any physical or sexual assault or "offensive touching." He also alleged that Mackris' motives were financial and political in nature. Both lawsuits were dropped after Fox News and O'Reilly agreed to pay Mackris an undisclosed settlement amount. According to The Washington Post, the deal likely involved a large payment to Mackris.[48][49]

Books and other media

O'Reilly has authored eight books:

  • Those Who Trespass. Novel.
    Bancroft Press, April 1998; reprint, Broadway Books, February 2004. 288 pages. ISBN 0-9631246-8-4.
  • The O'Reilly Factor: The Good, the Bad, and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life. Non-fiction.
    Broadway Books, September 2000; reprint, Broadway Books, March 2002. 224 pages. ISBN 0-7679-0528-8.
    Reached #1 on the New York Times' Non-Fiction Best Seller list.[50]
  • The No Spin Zone. Non-fiction.
    Broadway Books, October 2001; reprint, Broadway Books, March 2003. 208 pages. ISBN 0-7679-0848-1.
    Reached #1 on the New York Times' Non-Fiction Best Seller list.[50]
  • Who's Looking Out For You?. Non-fiction.
    Broadway Books, September 2003; reprint, Broadway Books, September 2004. 224 pages. ISBN 0-7679-1379-5.
    Reached #1 on the New York Times' Non-Fiction Best Seller list.[50]
  • The O'Reilly Factor For Kids: A Survival Guide for America's Families. Non-fiction.
    HarperEntertainment, September 2004; reprint, Harper Paperbacks, September 2005. 208 pages. ISBN 0-06-054424-4.
    Co-authored with Charles Flowers. Best-selling nonfiction children's book of 2005.[51]
  • Culture Warrior. Non-fiction.
    Broadway Books, September 2006. 240 pages. ISBN 0-7679-2092-9.
    Reached #1 on the New York Times' Non-Fiction Best Seller list.[50]
    Achieved more than one million copies in print in its first three months.
  • Kids Are Americans Too. Non-fiction.
    William Morrow, October 16, 2007. 160 pages. ISBN 0060846763.
  • A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir. Non-fiction.
    Broadway Books, September 23, 2008. 272 pages. ISBN 0767920929.

In addition, O'Reilly writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column that appears in numerous newspapers, including the New York Post and the Chicago Sun-Times.[52] According to the New York Post, O'Reilly has indicated that his next book (due out in 2010) will be about President Barack Obama, on the historical nature of his presidency, and the nature of his political agenda.[53]

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  4. ^ Shelburne, Craig (May 10, 2006). "Bill O'Reilly: Radio Should Play the Dixie Chicks". Country Music Television.
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