On Wednesday night, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly appeared at the 92nd Street Y for a conversation with Geraldo Rivera. While O’Reilly predictably cast himself into the role of the conservative Messiah, he seemed delighted to dish up all of the juicy details about the other Fox News talking heads. He said this:
“I’m an ombudsman for the folks,? O?Reilly replied, insisting he merely speaks truth to power. ?When they do bad things, I point them out.?
When Rivera asked him if Fox News, as a whole, treats Obama with the same fairness that it offered George W. Bush, O’Reilly answered pointedly that “it depends on the hour.”
Here’s the rundown, courtesy of New York Mag:
Fox & Friends:
?Doocy is an Obama basher,? O?Reilly admitted. ?The other two, [Brian] Kilmeade and Elisabeth [Hasselbeck], they’d rather whip up a souffl?.?
America’s Newsroom:
?Hemmer and MacCallum have no social agenda at all,? he said.
Happening Now:
?Jon Scott and Jenna Lee, no ideology.?
Outnumbered:
?Outnumbered or Outsmarted, I don’t know what it is. Those people ? I don’t know.?
Shepard Smith Report:
?Shep Smith is a liberal.?
Your World With Neil Cavuto:
?Cavuto, that’s a business show. Not an Obama fan.?
The Five:
?Bob Beckel, that’s an anti-Obama situation.?
Special Report With Bret Baier:
?At 6, we start to get into the signature shows. Bretty Baier, he’s not anti-Obama. His agenda isn’t to diminish the president.?
On the Record With Greta Van Susteren:
?Greta, who’s liberal.?
The O’Reilly Factor:
?I’m tough on everybody.?
The Kelly File:
?Megyn, not an ideologue. She didn’t come in with, ?I hate him.??
Sean Hannity:
?Then you have the Republican show with Hannity at 10. He’s a Reagan Republican.? Not O?Reilly, though, no way. ?I’m an independent,? he insisted. ?Right-wing radio, they hate me. I’m happy where I am. I don’t have any agenda to push.?
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