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Bill O’Reilly gave his first interview since his firing from Fox News in April on Glenn Beck’s radio show on Friday.Beck, while stating prior to the interview wouldn’t be about O’Reilly’s firing, nonetheless spoke to the former cable news powerhouse about his unceremonious dismissal. “Look, the entire ordeal was a hit job, and in the weeks to come, we will be able to explain some of it. It really has to do with destroying voices that the far-left doesn’t like. That’s the general tone,” O’Reilly said. O’Reilly went on to explain in vague terms “due to the legality,” of...

Fox host Bill O'Reilly loses custody of children amid abuse allegations Published time: 1 Mar, 2016 Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly lost custody of his teenage children over allegations of domestic abuse by his ex-wife. The New York Appellate Division unanimously ruled that O'Reilly's 13- and 17-year-old children should live full time with their mother, Maureen McPhilmy, who was married to the conservative commentator for 15 years. A 1,400 word opinion using anonymous names was issued by the court last week, but the media only figured out who it was this week. The ruling states it was the "clearly...

Bill O'Reilly says we should declare war on ISIS (I prefer to call them Daesh because they hate it) and faults Sen. Rand Paul for his "isolationaist" views on teh subject and for not favoring any action. What O'Reilly surely knows but chooses not to say is that it was Rand Paul who proposed the bill to declare war on ISISGo find a lufa somewhere. One can criticize Sen. Paul on any given issue or group of issues, but let's be honest in our criticism of Rand Paul and all the candidates and not attack them for what they have...

Okay, I know this is a vanity rant and I was prepared to let this issue go but Bill O'Reilly just keeps digging in with his spin in the no spin zone. Today, a caller took him to task for suggesting Shawn Hornbeck didn't escape because he was having fun. BOR shot back, calling the caller a liar and claiming that comment was taken out of context and being exploited by left wing sites. He claims that he was merely pointing out that Hornbeck didn't run when he had the opportunity to and that it was due to Child Sexual...

Joe Wilson, Iraq war supporter? The darling of the anti-war left may be working overtime to bring down the Bush administration for "outing" his CIA wife, but Wilson said Saturday that the White House was right to go to war over Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. "There was a lot of reason to be concerned about weapons of mass destruction in the hands of Saddam Hussein," he told WABC Radio's Mark Simone. "I always thought that he probably had chemical and biological weapons and biological precursors as well." Wilson said his primary policy difference with President Bush wasn't over Saddam's...

On Sept. 29, a messenger hand delivered a six-paragraph letter to the office of Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer of News Corp., the parent company of Fox News. The missive, with carbon copies going to Fox News Channel President Roger Ailes and two other top News Corp. executives, spoke in obtuse but ominous tones. Producer Andrea Mackris, 33, was identified simply as "a young woman employee of Fox." Bill O'Reilly, 55, was identified simply as "one of Fox's most prominent on-air personalities." Typed on the letterhead of Mackris attorney Benedict Morelli, the correspondence accused the cable TV star...