Pretty much says it for me too.
He’s entertainment. Folks turn off their brains and watch in mesmerized silence.
If they gave the content any thought at all, they would switch channels and never come back during his hour.
Chet Curtis a long time newscaster, here in Boston, died a few days ago. He was one of the good guys. O’Reilly came up to Boston for the funeral and Howie Carr mentioned it on his show. Someone called in an asked what O’Reilly was really like and Howie said that what you see on TV is exactly who he is. From that remark, I automatically assumed that Howie thinks he’s an arrogant jerk. I guess he wasn’t much liked when he was on TV here.