August1991 Posted February 21, 2025 Report Posted February 21, 2025 IMHO, he is knowledgeable about America - slightly right. He knows America. Economics? He is often wrong. World affairs? He has a typical American view.. Quote
August1991 Posted February 21, 2025 Author Report Posted February 21, 2025 If foreigners want to know what Americans think, O'Reilly is a good source. Quote
Scott75 Posted February 21, 2025 Report Posted February 21, 2025 4 hours ago, August1991 said: IMHO, he is knowledgeable about America - slightly right. He knows America. Economics? He is often wrong. World affairs? He has a typical American view.. I've never been a fan, but I imagine that some of his criticisms of the left were right. Quote
August1991 Posted February 21, 2025 Author Report Posted February 21, 2025 1 hour ago, Scott75 said: I've never been a fan, but I imagine that some of his criticisms of the left were right. If I were a foreigner and wanted to know what Americans think, I would listen to O'Reilly. (I'd get rid of my Embassy except as a travel agency, lobbyist.) If I were an American who wanted to know about the world, foreign affairs, finance, economics - O'Reilly is usually wrong. Quote
Scott75 Posted February 21, 2025 Report Posted February 21, 2025 47 minutes ago, August1991 said: If I were a foreigner and wanted to know what Americans think, I would listen to O'Reilly. (I'd get rid of my Embassy except as a travel agency, lobbyist.) If I were an American who wanted to know about the world, foreign affairs, finance, economics - O'Reilly is usually wrong. I don't think that's fair though- I think O'Reilly may represent some on the right, but few if any on the left. Quote
August1991 Posted February 23, 2025 Author Report Posted February 23, 2025 On 2/21/2025 at 5:08 AM, Scott75 said: I don't think that's fair though- I think O'Reilly may represent some on the right, but few if any on the left. Disagree. O'Reilly is a good example of what many Americans think. He is clueless about economics, world affairs. But if any foreign embassy wants to know what Americans think, O'Reilly is a good source. 1 Quote
Scott75 Posted February 23, 2025 Report Posted February 23, 2025 (edited) 12 hours ago, August1991 said: On 2/21/2025 at 4:08 AM, Scott75 said: I don't think that's fair though- I think O'Reilly may represent some on the right, but few if any on the left. Disagree. O'Reilly is a good example of what many Americans think. I agree that he's a good example of what many Americans think. A 2008 Zogby poll found that he was the second most trusted news personality, after Rush Limbaugh, who has an even more conservative base than O'Reily, but I think it's good to remember that they still account for pretty small fractions of the total numbers: ** Survey respondents named Rush Limbaugh (12.5%), Bill O’Reilly (10.1%) and Tom Brokaw (8.5%) the most trusted names in news ** Source: https://www.imao.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/media_project_poll_info.pdf I think what's even more important is that people like O'Reily and Limbaugh are only representative of certain -type- of Americans. I think the following quote from O'Reily in 2006 says a lot: ** "It's the traditionalists who really want to keep the country pretty much the way it is," O'Reilly said. "Against the secular progressives who want drastic change. … They control the media." ** Source: https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2465303&page=1 I'd disagree with him that progressives control media, but I certainly agree with his view that he is against progressives, at least of the social type. I think a poll done in 2009 provides further evidence that conservatives are his main base. It didn't give an option for progressives, which is a shame, because I have thought of myself as progressive. Moderate can mean many things, but in O'Reily's case, I doubt it includes many progressives. Here's the poll results: ** A Pew Research February 2009 poll found that 66% of his television viewers identify themselves as conservative, 24% moderate, and 3% liberal.[6] ** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Bill_O'Reilly#cite_note-1 Edited February 23, 2025 by Scott75 Quote
August1991 Posted February 26, 2025 Author Report Posted February 26, 2025 On 2/23/2025 at 9:07 AM, Scott75 said: I agree that he's a good example of what many Americans think. Amazing post. Such is our world - circa 2025. 1 Quote
SpankyMcFarland Posted March 14, 2025 Report Posted March 14, 2025 (edited) A relative lent me this to read which I eventually got round to with great reluctance. I was surprised to find out how well-written and interesting it was and how graphically it described the awful events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. O’Reilly did have a co-author. Quote https://www.google.ca/search?q=killing+the+rising+sun&sca_esv=dd7a44d3a29c5988&hl=en&sxsrf=AHTn8zq3U-8cb0JpTE_I0yfyCQBX73sP6A%3A1741987533116&source=hp&ei=zZ7UZ-W5A9-a0PEP9r3wuA4&iflsig=ACkRmUkAAAAAZ9Ss3UFUATGDgKoocbM-l3U_pL25hnr2&ved=0ahUKEwil1PGgwYqMAxVfDTQIHfYeHOcQ4dUDCBo&uact=5&oq=killing+the+rising+sun&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IhZraWxsaW5nIHRoZSByaXNpbmcgc3VuMgUQLhiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHkjDOFCXD1jtNHABeACQAQCYAYIBoAGcEaoBBTExLjExuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIXoALhEqgCCsICBxAjGCcY6gLCAgcQLhgnGOoCwgIEECMYJ8ICCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFwgIOEC4YgAQYkQIY1AIYigXCAgsQLhiABBjRAxjHAcICChAuGIAEGCcYigXCAgoQABiABBgUGIcCwgILEC4YgAQYxwEYrwHCAhEQLhiABBjHARiYBRiaBRivAcICCBAuGIAEGNQCwgILEC4YgAQYkQIYigWYAwjxBRIQNND2Pvt2kgcEMy4yMKAH37EC&sclient=gws-wiz Some who contributed to this Wiki review were less impressed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_the_Rising_Sun Edited March 14, 2025 by SpankyMcFarland Quote ‘How small we make our worlds. Gather them in, tighten them up into little castles of fear.’
August1991 Posted June 29, 2025 Author Report Posted June 29, 2025 (edited) On 3/14/2025 at 5:28 PM, SpankyMcFarland said: A relative lent me this to read which I eventually got round to with great reluctance. I was surprised to find out how well-written and interesting it was and how graphically it described the awful events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. O’Reilly did have a co-author. ..... I have not read any of O'Reilly's books. And true, he has a co-writer. ==== He strikes me as the American equivalent of English-Canada's Pierre Berton. Years ago, in Quebec, we had Robert Rumilly. Edited June 29, 2025 by August1991 Quote
TreeBeard Posted January 9 Report Posted January 9 On 3/14/2025 at 2:28 PM, SpankyMcFarland said: I was surprised to find out how well-written and interesting it was and how graphically it described the awful events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. O’Reilly did have a co-author. I read a lot of WWI and II books and O’Reilly’s was grotesque and jingoistic. His descriptions of people dying were often of his own making, never from witnesses. His whitewashing of the Japanese internment camps was unsurprising. Quote
ironstone Posted January 13 Report Posted January 13 On 1/8/2026 at 9:31 PM, TreeBeard said: His whitewashing of the Japanese internment camps was unsurprising. It was a shameful action. Canada also had internment camps for the Japanese during that time and it lasted until 1949. It was Mulroney that issued a formal apology in 1988. Quote Beware the Brookfield industrial complex...
SpankyMcFarland Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 On 6/28/2025 at 11:37 PM, August1991 said: I have not read any of O'Reilly's books. And true, he has a co-writer. ==== He strikes me as the American equivalent of English-Canada's Pierre Berton. Years ago, in Quebec, we had Robert Rumilly. I would place Berton in a higher category. Quote ‘How small we make our worlds. Gather them in, tighten them up into little castles of fear.’
CareyA87 Posted March 7 Report Posted March 7 On 2/20/2025 at 10:44 PM, August1991 said: If foreigners want to know what Americans think, O'Reilly is a good source. Actually he is wrong everyday. Lies everyday. Quote
August1991 Posted March 11 Author Report Posted March 11 On 3/6/2026 at 8:11 PM, CareyA87 said: Actually he is wrong everyday. Lies everyday. Disagree. Strongly. Bill O'Reilly is an older Irish Catholic: Once Democrat, now sorta Republican. He's a Nixon/Reagan Republican. More important: O'Reilly understands America. ===== OTOH, I agree. O'Reilly is clueless about the rest of the world. Quote
CareyA87 Posted March 11 Report Posted March 11 3 hours ago, August1991 said: Disagree. Strongly. Bill O'Reilly is an older Irish Catholic: Once Democrat, now sorta Republican. He's a Nixon/Reagan Republican. More important: O'Reilly understands America. ===== OTOH, I agree. O'Reilly is clueless about the rest of the world. Again he still lies no matter what you claim. I'm leaving my Catholic faith once my parents are gone I am going to become a Reformed Christian. Republican and Democrat are the same. It's time to vote for a 3rd party. Quote
August1991 Posted March 13 Author Report Posted March 13 On 3/11/2026 at 5:45 AM, CareyA87 said: Again he still lies no matter what you claim. I'm leaving my Catholic faith once my parents are gone I am going to become a Reformed Christian. Republican and Democrat are the same. It's time to vote for a 3rd party. Disagree. If you want to know about American politics, O'Reilly is largely accurate. World politics? He is too often wrong. ===== As a Catholic, O'Reilly has a wonderful minority view of America. Quote
John Stone Posted March 14 Report Posted March 14 'We live in an age where truth really doesn't matter anymore' / O'Reilly Quote
August1991 Posted March 27 Author Report Posted March 27 On 3/14/2026 at 12:17 PM, John Stone said: 'We live in an age where truth really doesn't matter anymore' / O'Reilly If O'Reilly ever said that, show me the context. But he did say, "We'll do it live." Quote
John Stone Posted March 27 Report Posted March 27 4 hours ago, August1991 said: If O'Reilly ever said that, show me the context. But he did say, "We'll do it live." Sorry, don't do other folks homework........... 'We live in an age where truth really doesn't matter anymore' / astute. Quote
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