O'Reilly's the Big Winner

Make no mistake about it: Barack Obama isn't the only one who hit the jackpot last night.

We're actually going to get serious on this one. FOX News Channel has got to be celebrating today. Bill O'Reilly can have a field day with the new Prez, and there may be no one else on that field to challenge him.

MSNBC's decision to cheer on Obama worked during the election. Keith Olbermann's ratings and demos are definitely up. But here's the dilemma: MSNBC has squarely taken sides and courted an audience that now expects good news about the Prez elect. That's somewhat true about CNN as well. But here's the problem with TV -- viewers get bored with cheerleaders, even if they agree with them.

So what's O'Reilly gonna do? He's already got a huge lead in the ratings. Will he go for the jugular? He actually took our call today and said, "We are going to be the watchdogs. We don't know what Obama is going to do. It's my job to explain every move he makes, but I'm not going to nitpick him."

Here's what's interesting -- O'Reilly doesn't really have to attack if MSNBC and CNN throw softballs. Being somewhat neutral could end up actually looking edgy, and viewers like edgy.

One final thing. O'Reilly actually told us he kinda blew it with Bush. He said he never looked at the way Bush was handling the economy until it was too late.



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46. Fox News and Bill O'Reilly was the ONLY news outlet that was BALANCED. The ONLY outlet that presented issues regarding the president elect Barack Obama. Obama was a media darling and people drank the kool aId during the entire campaign. AS YOU ALL CAN SEE, FOX NEWS soared above the other news channels in the ratings. And that's because candidates are actually challenged and questioned. I still don't know the man who was elected to lead the USA. Nor do I know about his sketchy affiliations with DIRTY organizations. What I do know is that Obama should be given a fair chance. And for all you racist blacks who feel you are still owed reparations and are jumping up and down that a black man is now in office...........let's not forget his Mother was white. And he was raised by Caucasians. Ladies and gents, we have an official MUTT in the office! Hahaha.

Posted at 8:25PM on Nov 5th 2008 by blb818

47. I'm always fasicnated by anyone's opinion and persepective. I don't have to agree or disagreee and I enjoy the thought process. What I do fear is the Fairness Doctrine that might take Rush and Sean Hannity off Talk Radio...Agree with them or not the Fairness Doctrine is censorship. Censorship is dangerous my friends. Censorship is neither Freedom or Liberty. Beware.

Posted at 7:58PM on Nov 5th 2008 by chicken stripper

48. 4. Bill and Fox are the only fair and balanced news show. They do let both sides talk, when I watch CNN or MSNBC or the others they were in the tank for Obama. They were kissing his butt. I don't care to get along when the spread the wealth guy is in the White House. Military will have their spending cut by 25%. Watch out America - who will protect us. So I will watch Bill O'Reilly so I can get the truth!!!
Posted at 4:01PM on Nov 5th 2008 by Mary

Oh, we are going to be in for some fun times, alright. I'm getting my comfortable chair & popcorn ready now. First, we got stuck with McCain (too old but still better than Obama), then he picked Palin (inexperienced but still better than Obama). I wanted Romney from day one (an economic genius), but the press destroyed him because he is a Mormon, don't you know?. A MORMON CAN'T BE TRUSTED? BUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA CAN??? Are you kidding me? Oh, we are going to be attacked alright. Russia didn't waste any time threatening us TODAY. And the Muslims are just waiting for him to reduce the military to nothing & then . . . . like when Clinton reduced our military & CIA & FBI "because they had to rely on information from unsavory characters" (that was his excuse). So Bush is the new president & we get attacked in his first year. Do you think maybe they had been planning this for several years (during Clinton's term) And all those brave men & women who died in Iraq - FOR NOTHING! Oh, we are definitely going to see some CHANGE!

Posted at 9:14PM on Nov 5th 2008 by romil1

49. 31. I like O'Reilly. Fox is fair to both sides. MSNBC is strictly a channel run by psychotics, for psychotics. Olbermann is a man on the edge. Hate rules his pathetic life. Rachel Maddow is a female Olbermann, so no thanks. And I'm a democrat!
Posted at 5:39PM on Nov 5th 2008 by Happy Thanksgiving

Did you see Ben Affleck's impersonation of Olbermann on SNL last Saturday night? It was brutal & showed Olbermann up for the jerk he is!

Posted at 9:14PM on Nov 5th 2008 by romil1

50. Does anyone realize there is a Video on youtube, of Fannie Mae CEO calling Obama and the Dems the "Family" and "Conscience" of Fannie Mae. Wow talk about Obama blaming the republicans of causing all the problems. Obama has had his hands into alot of things and unfortunately they have not come out clean.

Posted at 9:01PM on Nov 5th 2008 by Tells the Truth

51. Don't be a bunch of rapscallions. God I love that word.

Posted at 11:00PM on Nov 24th 2008 by William James O'Reilly, Jr.

52. LOL I saw SNL last weekend and watched just because McCain was on, and I have to admit I enjoyed it immensly. McCain showed his human side and proved he has a great sense of humor, making fun of himself, not many people can pull that off, but he did. If Obama ever did that, he would have to censor himself rofl.

Posted at 9:42PM on Nov 5th 2008 by Tells the Truth

53. Mary:

You must be kidding!! FOX News is watched by more devout Republicans than any other station. Sure, they have Democrats appear on the show . . . Then watch how the newcasters rip into them. FOX is not fair, and I am sick of you Republicans boasting that. Hey, I know MSNBC is a bunch of cheerleaders. As I keep telling all the Republicans, watch all channels so you can get an impartial view.

As someone who holds three degrees, and worked for a decade as a professional reporter and teaches it, I recommend everyone read everything. Quit talking out of your a$$.

Most of you Republicans show how uneducated you are by the B.S. you spew online. Look at the Republicans for Obama Website so you can see why so many Republicans went for Barack Obama. For one, the group wanted someone who is intelligent. If John McCain or Sarah Palin have learned anything since college, it sure hasn't had anything to do with the English language. I am guessing that is why so many poor whites voted for them -- they could understand what the country bumpkins were saying. McCain and Palin in the white house would have sure been the dummying down of America, as had Bush.

Posted at 10:08PM on Nov 5th 2008 by Candy Barr

54. i am sorry but bill o'reilly did not help John Mc Cain not one bit. but helped obama. when the republican convention was on i had to watch the convention on cnn why because o'reilly was interviewing obama everyday for 4 or 5 days straight. i believe that was why John Mc Cain would not go on the o'reilly factor. it was a total insult to the Mc Cain campaign. he could have easily interviewed obama after the RNC but he did not. shame on O'reilly

Posted at 10:21PM on Nov 5th 2008 by bob

55. BillO the clown is the most biased azz on the airwaves! Who'd want to hear anything he has to say? He should be the ultra-spin zone.

Posted at 1:09AM on Nov 6th 2008 by Watchdog over here

56. i have been an O'reilly factor fan for a long time now but i have noticed lately that instead of looking out for the folks like he says he does he is trying so hard to be balanced for both sides i think he loses when you trys to be politically correct.

Posted at 10:23PM on Nov 5th 2008 by jim

57. SOMELIKEITHOT:

There are many reasons for the question you pose: For one, white slave owners -- who had children with their female slaves -- were able to keep their children working on the plantation because the children were considered Black. It also was a reason for America to keep Blacks from voting . . . Have you ever heard of the "grandfather clause"? If your grandfather was Black, you were Black so couldn't vote. Even different states labeled newborn children as Black or white depending on the race of the mother.

It's nice how everyone keeps saying Barack is an American, but do you really think that when you see other Blacks or half-Black people walking down the street.

There, too, are those who are half Black and half something else who tend toward their "other" heritage, as they see the benefits. Look at Tiger Woods. I love Tiger's wife, so I don't have a problem with who he married. (I think she actually loves him because many wives of professional athletes are knocked up as soon as they are married to make sure they can "hold on." She waited.) Whenever someone makes a racial comment about Blacks, Tiger speaks out, but at the beginning of his career, he dubbed his race as Caublanasian for Caucasian, Black and Asian.

Many times it depends on who your parents are . . . My parents are both half Black, half white. They grew up Black in the South, and raised my brothers and sister and I as Black in California.

Posted at 10:23PM on Nov 5th 2008 by Candy Barr

58. Anyone who thinks BillO the clown is fair and balanced is so brainwashed they've come unbalanced.

Posted at 1:08AM on Nov 6th 2008 by Watchdogoverhere

59. sparkys nemesis:

How much research did McCain do on Palin? That was a silly thing for you to say . . . Did it sound as if your party was prepared in anything it did during the last few weeks, or even throughout the campaign. Instead of discussing how it would perform if elected, the idiots were carried away with nonsense.

How in the hell did McCain come up with someone who transferred colleges six times. Alaskans are idiots, anyway. Ted Stevens -- the idiot Alaskan senator who was busted for not reporting all the free gifts he received -- is winning his election. Does that make sense? I guess so, since Alaska has one of the highest high school dropout rates in the country!!

Posted at 10:36PM on Nov 5th 2008 by Candy Barr

60. Yeah, imagine that! An entire media in the back pocket of a politician. Manipulating public opinion by only reporting fluff. Not vetting him. Not investigating his background at all (although, every life detail of the plummer put out for public consumption). Covering up for him, out right lying to protect him. To even think that anyone who has the ability to reason would even care to get their "news" from these sources is astounding. But just wait, once the media honeymoon is over and it soon will be, cause ole barry is too arrogant to give credit to his media minions for his sucess at duping the American public. Then my friends, we will see the media feeding frenzy ensue. All of a sudden new and startling and not at all flattering info will be miraculously unearthed. At least O'Reilly (like him or hate him) and a few other of his peers, had enough integrity not to grovel at the feet of, as oprah put it "THE ONE." Therefore, O'Reilly's credibility far surpasses any of the obama media lackeys by default.

Posted at 5:49AM on Nov 6th 2008 by IApproveThisMsg

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