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While I am all for self confidence and confronting spin with truth, IMO O'Reilly has become so strident lately that I no longer tune in to his program. Apparently he lost some big bucks in the Enron fiasco and completely lost his self control with Neil Cavuto the other day when Cavuto was simply trying to educate him about the market.

Meantime, O’Reilly insists there’s still no network radio deal - and won’t be - until he’s sure Limbaugh’s hearing will improve following cochlear implant surgery last month. (Doctors say it’s a very good possibility.)
"I don’t want to be accused of exploiting that situation," O’Reilly said.

Stung by what he called "vicious" criticism that his radio debut was timed to take advantage of Limbaugh’s deafness, O’Reilly ordered an immediate halt to radio negotiations before Thanksgiving.

Anyone who has listened to Rush knows that he has compensated completely for his hearing loss. Bill just got cold feet! He didn't want people saying that he lost out to a deaf guy!

I have cut my view time of FOX down significantly. I think that O'Reilly has become 'full of himself'. Don't watch him. Don't watch Rivera. Don't watch Juan Williams. Certainly won't watch Greta. I am fed up with Alan Colms. Don't watch them. So much for 'fair and balanced'. FOX is looking more and more like CNN. IMHO.

I wrote Oreilly an email addressing just that along with the way he handled the attorney for the New York fireman.Did you happen to see the look in his eyes while addressing Cavuto and the attorney?Oreilly has done a good job and brought a lot of attention in areas that need it but I believe he is becoming a fanatic and power hungry.Also I mentioned what Brent Bozell had said to him on that same show and I believe Bozell to be correct in his thinking about FOX going after CNN & MSNBCs also rans.I never watched SEXY Paula when she was at FOX and I wont watch the Clinton talking heads Susteran and Rivera.If FOX is not careful their ratings will drop drastically I believe.

Here's what I wrote on another thread, which I'd like to share: Hannity is a rock solid conservative. O'Reilly repeatedly says he's not a conservative, and he's not! O'Reilly takes shots at Rush, too. And I can tell he listens to both Rush and Hannity on the radio, because I find him repeating word-for-word some of their points in a way that can't come from any other source. And I thought O'Reilly was going to take on Rush? I guess he lost his nerve. This guy is starting to believe his own self-serving press and he's letting his cable ratings cloud his thinking. I always see it reported that O'Reilly's number 1 in ratings. Well, who is he up against? Brian Williams -- big deal. Hannity defeated Rivera, then Fox hires Rivera. Hannity goes head-to-head with Larry King, and ties or beats King on most nights, too. If O'Reilly goes head-to-head with Hannity on the radio, Hannity will knock (the "non-conservative") O'Reilly down a couple of notches. GO SEAN GO!

Apparently he lost some big bucks in the Enron fiasco and completely lost his self control with Neil Cavuto the other day when Cavuto was simply trying to educate him about the market.

I saw that interview and must disagree with you. O'R's point was that an investor cannot be educated regarding his investments if the company publishes false statements. Investing in the stock market is not risk free. It's an entirely different matter when the company takes advantage of investors through deceit.

From what I gathered from Cavuto's arguments is that the stock market is a pure "buyer beware" environment, that an educated investor should have foreseen the Enron collapse through their own research and those people that did invest in Enron should accept that their investment could collapse and accept the loses. He dismissed entirely the argument that an investor is not properly educated if the company is cooking the books.

"Apparently he lost some big bucks in the Enron fiasco and completely lost his self control with Neil Cavuto the other day when Cavuto was simply trying to educate him about the market."

Did you hear O'Reilly tell Cavuto to "be quite" the other night? I was stunned. O'Reilly needs to go down in flames.

"While I am all for self confidence and confronting spin with truth, IMO O'Reilly has become so strident lately that I no longer tune in to his program. Apparently he lost some big bucks in the Enron fiasco and completely lost his self control with Neil Cavuto the other day when Cavuto was simply trying to educate him about the market."

"...self-confidence and confronting spin with truth .." is one thing. But O'Reilly stridently puts his *personal* opinions out there on subjects he knows little about, and wants people to accept it as "truth". He gets mad when people refuse to give his ill-informed, uninformed, ignorant, emotion-driven opinions (on subjects like the market, religion, etc.), equal weight with sound-minded, learned ones.

O'Reilly, "the populist" made the statement in June or July last year that "A little Socialism is a good thing".

I wrote him and said that I agree if it is only done within one's family, or within one's church, where the pooling / sharing of resources is VOLUNTARY. I asked him to clarify his "Socialism" statement. Haven't heard either a public or private clarification yet.

His appeal is mainly to victim / dependent mentalities. They think he respects them. On the contrary .... like all arrogant elitists .... he despises them, thinks they're stupid, and that they should be damn glad to have someone like him "looking out for them".

I went from religiously watching O'Reilly every night for months when he first started to religiously staying away from his program for the past six months. His self-promoting act becomes tiresome after awhile, especially with his lack of knowledge. OTOH I was able to put up with Hannity for only about a month. There is no there there.