O’REILLY MAY GO TO WOR IN RADIO FACEOFF

New York Post ^ | 01/16/2002 | JOHN MAINELLI

[Pokey78]

January 16, 2002 -- FOX News Channel stars Bill O

[OldFriend]

If I may be so crude so early in the morning.....but O'Reilly is a putz!

[OldFriend]

After begging my cable company for FNC for ages, I was so disappointed when we finally got our wish......in other words, it was a classic case of be careful of what you wish for, you might get it. First disappointment was O'Reilly...first impression that he was a blowhard. Not much other than Brit Hume worth watching on FNC.

As for Bob Grant, he does the best interviews on the radio, bar none. His phone calls I could do without. Too bad Rush doesn't have guests and Bob Grant doesnt do more monologues.

As for Hannity, he isn't one tenth as informed as Grant and often suggests a caller is lying because he, Hannity, isn't aware of the facts. Seems Sean thinks if he doen't know about something then it couldn't possibly have happened.

[okiedust]

OReilly is a guy with a good heart and sound character but who has huge blind spots. He has no idea, none about economics. He doesn't understand capitalism, investing, markets etc, and refuses all attempts to be enlightend Hannity has a superior mind, and frankly is wittier. I simply cannot see OReilly sustaining a radio show, when what he says has to carry the show. I don't know if he will have guests or not, but he is not the kind of guy to take phone calls, and play off those, he needs guests who know something, so he can either agree or knock them down. I just don't think he's attractive as a radio host.

regards

[OldFriend]

O'R came off such a fool when he went after the bias on NPR......hysterical because they wouldn't have HIM on!!! Sheesh, O'R, it isn't all about you!!!

[ken5050]

When I'm in the car in the afternoon, I'll usually tune in to Sean..howeverm radio stations these days run 5, 6, 7 consecutive minutes of commericials, so I'll usually jump over to Bob Grant.....actually, it'll be good to listen to BOTH Bill and Sean

[lawdude]

O'Reaaaaaallllllllly lost me as an avid fan when he declared that no one should drive an SUV. He lives in NYC where few people drive anything. I live in Arizona and have occasional need to haul STUFF. I also like to take back roads in the 70% US/State owned land of Arizona, on which NO taxes are paid and I have to foot the bill. Slightly run-on sentence...sorry.

Anyway, hauling kids, firewood, friends, etc is none of O's business and as long as I can afford the gas at market prices, what is his involvement? Why is it that those of us who have sweated our 'nads off, must cower in shame for our success?

[AZConcervative]

If I want to listen to someone who shares 99% of the same views as I, without question, I listen to Rush. However, while I do not agree with all that O'Reilly says, I do respect the fact that he says what he feels, popular or not. He advocates a return to morality and on that premise alone I say Go Bill!

[OldFriend]

Every trip out is a life or death experience around here.......the deer play dodge-em all the time. The deer are multiplying like rabbits thanks to the yuppies who moved in and then drove the farmers out with their constant complaints about the slow moving farm vehicles on the road, the smells from the farm, blah blah blah. Farmers had nuisance permits to shoot deer all year. That kept the numbers down.....now there are no farmers and the yuppies whine that killing bambi is bad bad bad.

Driving around in a little car is having a death wish. More than a few fatal accidents with deer each year and dozens and dozens of major damage accidents.

O'R figures if he doesn't need to have an SUV, then by golly, no one does. The man is just too self involved to be a good commentator.

[jackbill]

Cavuto was laying out the Enron spin

Hogwash. Neil was trying to tell O'Reilly, in as nice a way as he could, that when O'Reilly bought his Enron stock he most likely didn't know what business Enron was in. He (O'Reilly) had not done the "due diligence" that he should have, therefore he should not be surprised if he lost his shirt.

Investing ain't beanbag.

BTW, betcha Cavuto didn't lose money on Enron.

[Samizdat]

As for Hannity, he isn't one tenth as informed as Grant and often suggests a caller is lying because he, Hannity, isn't aware of the facts. Seems Sean thinks if he doen't know about something then it couldn't possibly have happened.

I gave him a couple of years and he still hasn't been able to utter the name Vince Foster. When Fox first went on the air, they had Rita Cosby do some pieces on the possible murder. Then nothing. Then O'Reilly confronted Ken Starr with the fact that several of Starr's investigators didn't think it was a suicide. Then nothing. I haven't watched H&C or O'Reilly for a few months now because I've given up on them.

[Bommer]

Who cares? Its one thing to be opinionated, its another to think that there is no way in hell that you could possibly be wrong. But lets look at what his radio show will look like:

Hi! I'm Bill O'Reilly. Thanks for tuning in. Today we'll continue my massive drive to get SUV's taxed. Then I'll complain how the Government it unjustly taxing us all to death. Them I'll whine about the massive Government bueracracy and how its not working. Then at the top of the next hour I'll demand that the Government take over the airlines. All this on my show today.

You know people, how any of you dullards can hope to survive without buying my new book, 'O'Rielly: I Know More Than You, Because I Have A TV And Radio Show'. I'm telling ya that you NEED this book. You and your family will suffer unless you buy it! Also no reading is complete without the new 'Radio Factor Boxer Shorts!' I mean these are so comfortable that you'll have to buy 2 pairs, one for you and one for your wife just to make your marrage work. And life is not complete without 'The Factor Colonic Home Kit'. These have been flying off the shelf and for you not to clean out your insides after my retoric and common sense crap disguised as genius cleans out your soul, is just unconsciable! So pick them up and also order the new 'Factor Early Home Pregnancy Test Kit!' We also have drink coasters as well as the new 'Factor Nose Hair Shavers' and 'Factor Anal Wart Extractors!' All this you need or you'll die!

Now for todays talking points....oh, I just did them. Buy my stuff because if I can't get enough of me, then neither can you!

[steve50]

I'll bet a lot of the brokers who were screaming buy didn't lose either. If these bums walk the DOJ is bought and paid for.

[doc30]

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.

[OldFriend]

The other day I listened for a few minutes and there was Hannity complaining about the 'obscene' profits the executives earned at Enron. He decided that they should be allowed to keep X amount of millions and the rest should go to the workers. At that point I turned off the radio.

The question about Enron is the accounting practices they used to state their fiscal health. If laws were broken, then they need to go to jail. If they were within the law, then we have a duty to see if changes can be made. My guess is that right now there are more than a few huge corporations waiting for the ax to fall on them. If the Enron execs misstated their financial condition in memos to their employees, that probably is a crime as well.

I simply refuse to react to the hysteria promoted by the lamestream talking heads who couldn't tell you what kind of business Enron was if their lives depeneded upon it.

[Cuttnhorse]

He has no idea, none about economics. He doesn't understand capitalism, investing, markets etc,

I would add he knows nothing about science either and constantly fumbles around when he is discussing the environment. That kind of leaves him as a political pundit without much more going for him.

[outinyellowdogcountry]

O'Reilly is not conservative. He is all over the place. Just because he is on Fox News Channel doesn't make him so. I think he is a hard hitter but the more I hear him, the more I see his inconsistencies. I don't think he has a foundation of belief. If anything, he is trying to be a populist, leaning strongly toward opportunist. Lately I have been listening to Hannity on the radio. I really enjoy his program. I doubt O'Reilly will be that easy on a captive audience's ear. Too shrill and stringent.

[Carolinamom]

Granted Enron and Anderson cooked the books. However, I have seen graphs on FR documenting the downward slide of Enron prior to this revelation. Were there no independent sources concerning the health of the company despite its own declarations?

[okiedust]

Yes, of course, that is another one of his ignorance outposts, which he fearlessly and resolutely defends. My gripe with OReilly is that he decides in advance of facts what the story is and will not examine them. It gets in the way of his performance. I'm with him in his ACLU/ Lamda fight, he has it right there, but on issues that concern scientific and economic knowledge, he can't get a real grip.

regards

[Mr.Clark]

WOR is the worst radio station in the New York area. It's almost like they are trying to be bad. O'Reill could get on WOR and whistle and would get higher ratings for the station.

[Clemenza]

I think O'Reilly jumped the shark when he decided to go after George Clooney. Personally, I find him to be the second-shrillest person on the right, after the extremely obnoxious Michael Savage.