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Tonight!! On The O'Reilly Factor! (Original Post) underpants Apr 2017 OP
A late season blizzard Zambero Apr 2017 #1
Too bad Job Stewart isn't still on the air.. whathehell Apr 2017 #2
I heard they were friends burnbaby Apr 2017 #4
Don't believe everything you hear. mac56 Apr 2017 #6
I thought it was odd burnbaby Apr 2017 #7
If you haven't seen the Stewart/O'Reilly debates, it's an entertaining watch on Youtube MrPurple Apr 2017 #19
Maher and Coulter are friends rpannier Apr 2017 #34
lol burnbaby Apr 2017 #3
tonight it's tucker carlson....an o'reilly wannabe spanone Apr 2017 #5
That's true bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #12
His politics may be aligned with O'Reilly NewJeffCT Apr 2017 #14
Tucker, Mr. Frozen Foods Heir, has bluster and bombast to match O'Reilly. And rude, obnoxious anneboleyn Apr 2017 #22
yeah Cosmocat Apr 2017 #26
No bowties! He's all growed up! JenniferJuniper Apr 2017 #32
Actually! Plucketeer Apr 2017 #8
Imagine Scarsdale Apr 2017 #18
CNN used to give air time to Candy Crowley & women who weren't traditionally good looking, MrPurple Apr 2017 #23
You're SO right with this Plucketeer Apr 2017 #30
It was deliberately part of Ailes' strategy at Fox MrPurple Apr 2017 #33
Tonight!! On The Factor: NoReilly Stinky The Clown Apr 2017 #9
Been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNG time coming. calimary Apr 2017 #10
My guess... kag Apr 2017 #17
I hear O'Reilly's doing podcasts now gratuitous Apr 2017 #20
He'll keep writing shitty books and speak at right wing events, he doesn't need the money MrPurple Apr 2017 #25
Yep Cosmocat Apr 2017 #27
At Last! The Way Things Ought To Be bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #11
HAH! That's the title of rush limbaugh's first book. calimary Apr 2017 #36
Sweet! HAB911 Apr 2017 #13
Some of that static is cosmic rays from the other side of the universe - much more enlightening. Towlie Apr 2017 #15
K AND R 47of74 Apr 2017 #16
So, I guess Dennis Miller is fucked now... MrPurple Apr 2017 #21
Miller's Black & White special is still one of my favs from the 90s. n/t bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #24
He used to call Branson, "Vegas for people without teeth". Now, that's his core audience. MrPurple Apr 2017 #29
Hilarious! calimary Apr 2017 #37
Yep - not even approaching funny anymore Cosmocat Apr 2017 #28
I'm waiting for Bill's latest book: Plucketeer Apr 2017 #31
You've entered the No Job Zone Bucky Apr 2017 #35

whathehell

(29,094 posts)
2. Too bad Job Stewart isn't still on the air..
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 11:23 AM
Apr 2017

He would have had a lot to say about Billo, not to mention Drumpf.

rpannier

(24,339 posts)
34. Maher and Coulter are friends
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 06:53 AM
Apr 2017

Stewart is friends with Dennis Miller
Dennis Leary is friends with Piscopo
AJ Ginsburg was friends with AJ Scalia

bucolic_frolic

(43,296 posts)
12. That's true
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 12:22 PM
Apr 2017

O'Reilly is just depreciated capital. Now replaced with the next drone
to continue the war on Democrats and truth.

NewJeffCT

(56,829 posts)
14. His politics may be aligned with O'Reilly
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 12:28 PM
Apr 2017

but, I don't see the dweeb in a bowtie approaching the O'Reilly level of bluster and bombast.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
22. Tucker, Mr. Frozen Foods Heir, has bluster and bombast to match O'Reilly. And rude, obnoxious
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 01:35 PM
Apr 2017

"Interview" tactics that are very similar to Hannity and O'Reilly -- he will loudly ask the same question over and over -- constantly shouting down the interviewee while claiming that they aren't answering the question. He also has a demonic laugh that he uses to punctuate his belittling of his guests -- "you know you are a liar. Admit it!" Wild laugh

Tucker is as obnoxious as O'Reilly -- just in a different way.

JenniferJuniper

(4,515 posts)
32. No bowties! He's all growed up!
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 02:07 PM
Apr 2017

Preppy dweeb won't cut it though, I agree. They'll find some other obnoxious sexist, racist slime who hasn't been caught sexually assaulting or harassing anyone. Yet.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
18. Imagine
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 01:15 PM
Apr 2017

if a woman in broadcast news looked anything like a beat up O'Lielly? Picture a woman with three chins, sparse hair, wrinkles up the kazoo, being given air time? Maybe he will invite $carah PayMe to co-host and boost ratings??

MrPurple

(985 posts)
23. CNN used to give air time to Candy Crowley & women who weren't traditionally good looking,
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 01:41 PM
Apr 2017

but Fox definitely hasn't.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
30. You're SO right with this
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 02:01 PM
Apr 2017

Occasionally some less-than-clear-desk-worthy female consultant will get on in a guest window box. But the women who command anchor-ships mostly have nice (and deliberatly visible) legs. What's more, I don't know if it's just me or are there an inordinate number of blonds in the news business?

MrPurple

(985 posts)
33. It was deliberately part of Ailes' strategy at Fox
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 03:00 PM
Apr 2017

TV in general does it, it's show biz. But, there's lots of stories about how the wardrobe rooms at Fox only had short skirts and they used far more revealing leg shots than any other network. Ex female employees and guests have talked about it. There hasn't been anyone remotely like Candy Crowley at Fox.

calimary

(81,500 posts)
10. Been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNG time coming.
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 12:16 PM
Apr 2017

All those years we've had to put up with his poison.

I'm sure he'll slither back into the spotlight again. I suspect his colossal ego won't let him go quietly.

kag

(4,079 posts)
17. My guess...
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 01:11 PM
Apr 2017

He'll run for president. Hey if one pussy grabbing, misogynistic, bigoted, idiot can win the Whitehouse, why can't another?

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
20. I hear O'Reilly's doing podcasts now
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 01:24 PM
Apr 2017

Not sure if his audience is computer-savvy enough to access him. But production costs are practically non-existent for podcasts, so O'Reilly can crank them out by the bushel barrel.

calimary

(81,500 posts)
36. HAH! That's the title of rush limbaugh's first book.
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 11:41 AM
Apr 2017

"The Way Things Ought To Be". In his own mind, anyway. Certainly didn't bother with such issues as this one, though.

MrPurple

(985 posts)
21. So, I guess Dennis Miller is fucked now...
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 01:27 PM
Apr 2017

He can do segments on Fox's other "news" shows, but his schtick was with O'Reilly. I actually liked his stand up in the 90s, before he became a right wing comic. He used to make fun of the kind of rednecks he appeals to now. It's hard to think of anyone who became more of a hack sellout.

calimary

(81,500 posts)
37. Hilarious!
Tue Apr 25, 2017, 11:45 AM
Apr 2017

Ahhh... Dennis Miller. How far one has fallen. I used to like him during his SNL days, but after that he switched his allegiance and rebranded himself as a limbaugh wannabe.

But I LOVE that Branson quote! And yeah, you're right. Now that's his core audience.

Cosmocat

(14,574 posts)
28. Yep - not even approaching funny anymore
Mon Apr 24, 2017, 01:46 PM
Apr 2017

but, there is a LOT of money to be made telling hateful people what they want to hear.

Smart move pocketbook wise.

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