I like Bill O’Reilly. He was the first person on any news analysis show that I ever saw who would challenge the lies of the left wing talking heads. I’ll always respect him for that.
HOWEVER, I also can plainly see that he lacks the ability to see outside his relatively narrow ideological boundaries. Sad, because if he could, he’d be a strong ally for us.
I guess you don't remember Rush Limbaugh's TV show back during the Clinton era.
he can never be a strong ally for us.
As soon as he takes a strong winning position he begins to backtrack, just to be fair.
I tend to agree with you. I like his “no spin zone” concept. I find myself hollering, “Ask him again!” at my screen during far too many interviews when a pundit sidesteps a question. Billo recognizes when they’re sidestepping and continues to drill down to get them to answer. After about three attempts, he usually points out that the interviewee refuses to answer the question.
Unfortunately, I still find myself hollering at my screen frequently during his program, only now I’m hollering, “Shut up, Billo!” Of course, he refuses to acknowledge that he’s an interrupting machine, insisting that he only does it when someone is spinning. Everyone knows this is just not so, but who can tell Billo anything?
Here’s my technique for watching his show: Pause your DVR and NEVER WATCH HIM IN REAL TIME! Usually about the time I sit down to watch his talking points at the beginning of the show, it’s already about 8 p.m. here in the Central Time Zone (where his show starts at 7 p.m.).
His TPM is almost always worth watching, but I can usually tell if he’s on his high horse by the first or second interview. If he’s in his über interrupting mode, I fast forward through the segment, check out the next one and continue fast forwarding as needed. I almost never watch the “Is It Legal?” segment as his mouth is constantly flapping. I find that the women’s attempts to get their points across before he starts talking over them to be extremely nerve-wracking. I’m not blaming them. They know they have to speed talk because, as day follows night, Billo’s going to talk over them. I notice that a lot of Billo’s guests feel the need to speed talk. It’s the price they have to pay for being on his show.
Anyway, this technique of fast forwarding through the irritating segments saves me time and aggravation. And sanity.
I am delighted that Megyn’s show is doing so well. Since I didn’t see her that often when she was on in the daytime, I was pleasantly surprised. Now I consider Billo to be the opening act for the main attraction. If given a chance to choose only one FOX program to watch during primetime, I choose Megyn’s.