TV audience increases as O'Reilly faces criticism of work

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

NEW YORK (AP) — More viewers have tuned in to watch Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly as he faces criticism for some of his past reporting.

His show, "The O'Reilly Factor," drew just over 3 million viewers Wednesday night. That's up 11 percent over the same day last year.

The Nielsen ratings company says O'Reilly had his largest audience since November among the 25-54 age demographic, the basis of most ad sales for news programming.

The audience among that younger demo was up 64 percent over last year for O'Reilly, who usually has a decidedly older audience.

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[Tripper11]

1. and the old addage - no such thing as bad press...

...rears it's ugly head once again.

[LiberalElite]

2. Billo's not going anywhere -until the audience dies off.

[RoccoR5955]

3. What the hell is with these idiots?

They must like watching train crashes and auto accidents too.

[cynzke]

5. Americans Love

Blood sports. Its like watching wrestling. They are tuning in to watch Billo explode.

[rurallib]

10. I was thinking death watch

if he doesn't explode or get fired the novelty will wear off quickly

[hedgehog]

19. That was my reaction. It's horrible, but you can't look away.

[Botany]

4. According to a piece in the NY Times the kind of pub Bill is getting feeds into the mindset of ....

.... O'Reilly viewers because they don't trust "the regular news," and he is being attacked by the
"liberal media" because he has the guts to fight the common folks.

[CincyDem]

6. He must be doing something right if the left hates him so much.

How many times have we seen this kind of mentality...judging a person through our view of his/her enemies.

It is the f'ed up logic of opinion rather than fact. The fact that Bill-o wasn't in a war zone, wasn't in front of a house where a suicide was committed, now seems to have not been in an LA riot. Those are all facts...and every propagandist worth their salt knows you don't bring a fact to an opinion fight.

[tularetom]

7. O'Reilly haters are watching in hopes of seeing an on air meltdown

It's now at the drip drip drip stage and every day he's lashing out at his critics. Everybody's a liar, they all have it in for him because he's so brave and manly. Everything they aren't.

The paranoia is getting stronger with each new revelation. Sooner or later he's gonna snap. Of course fox will never fire him but there's a very good chance of a spectacular public crash and burn and people don't want to miss that.

The ultimate reality show. O'Reilly babbling and drooling as he's led out of the studio in a straight jacket by the guys in white coats. A ratings bonanza that you gotta see.

[Botany]

9. You will never see a total on air melt down because O'Reilly tapes his show mid day.

Even his most off the cuff comment is scripted.

[kelliekat44]

8. Many of those tuning in really want to see O squirm. The ratings jump won't last long and it is

calling attention to the lies that FOX supports as a matter of policy. Give it time and this will hurt FOX in all the right places. I have hope.

[jwirr]

11. The younger group is tuning in to watch him fall. Instead it is actually helping him. IMO

[father founding]

12. what else do you need people

This proves we need an alternate and independent source of news" A project for a new american media ", if you will.

[packman]

13. Gotta admit - I turned him on yesterday

just to see if his pants were on fire or if his nose had grown. Alas, I was disappointed.

[freshwest]

14. His audience is not dying off, that's wishful thinking. They're not laughing at him. From the link"

The audience among that younger demo was up 64 percent over last year for O'Reilly, who usually has a decidedly older audience.

That's not about what's happened recently. Even COSTCO, which used to carry Moore, Franken and other liberal books and DVDs, is out of - or not carrying them when I'm looking to see which way the wind blows.

What I do see are Brillo's books regularly, and I see young professionals are buying his books with his spin on American history and who and what is right and wrong. They didn't have a liberal education that supported progressive values such as when I was in school. They are ready to take in what's offered.

The young are turning more conservative and that includes Libertarians, who claim to be the true liberals. Many of the demographics that some Democrats believe are going to carry the torch, are not going to do that because they're a product of a generation of media that is conservative. We don't want to hear it, but it's happening anyway.

The disinformation venue of CT that some claim defend liberal values, does nothing of the sort and is Bircher. That is as conservative as it gets. The memes go in deep into the mind and never come back out. They are a convert for life.

When the rich say they should get more speech and their votes mean more than the rest of ours do, this is what you get. The media sends out their messages and they will be taken in subconsciously or even consciously.

We are overwhelmed by the amount of money they have to influence our minds. Even here on DU, people whose replies follow the first one on a thread, who doesn't want to disagree with the OP or the other posters in order to get along. It's not that common, but I see it as a 'Me Too Ism.' The most fatuous assumption can be made in a thread, and no one dare say nay, but they don't think about the implications of said opinion piece based on media disinformation.

I've come to realize that people don't think that much any more, they only repeat and react as they hear things put out there. This won't end well.

[frylock]

15. I'm guessing that people are tuning in to watch Billo's inevitable meltdown

[Buzz Clik]

16. Uh, yeah. This thread is dedicated who all those who believed O'Reilly was in trouble.

Fox doesn't give a shit about the truth, and neither does Bill or his fans.

He got away with sexual harassment, he will get away with lying.

For all you who are convinced watching Fox has some sort of merit, this would be a good time to quit watching.

[candelista]

17. Exactly what I expected.

Just like Rush Limbaugh and his drug crimes.

[Politicalboi]

18. These same people bought his book for children

After being found guilty of sexual harassment, so I doubt this will cause any damage.

[RoccoR5955]

20. You mean the book with loofahs, and falafels

in the shower?
It's pretty much juvenile. But then again, isn't everything he spews out?