Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly didn’t hold back his opinion of how Fox News should have handled coverage when rioters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6th. O’Reilly, who left the network in 2017, accused hosts of downplaying the severity of the riot to viewers noting it was something that never would have happened while he was on the air.
The Hill reports:
“Fox News is a different place than it was when I was there,” O’Reilly said Tuesday evening while appearing on Dan Abrams’ primetime show on NewsNation. “I don’t follow it that that closely anymore, but when I was there, there was a discipline from management that diminishing the Capitol riot could never have happened. And I’ll state that firmly on the record.”
O’Reilly had joined Abrams’ program to discuss revelations this week that top hosts at Fox, including his former colleagues Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade, had been texting with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows during the riot, urging Meadows to convince former President Trump to do something to stop the attack.
“I wouldn’t have done it myself,” O’Reilly said of the text messages the hosts sent Meadows. “I would have asked the question, ‘Say, are you guys going to make a statement? What are you going to do? Looks like things are out of control?’ I don’t think I would have advocated; that’s not what journalists do. But it was in a very intense, quick-breaking situation. So I’m not going to condemn anybody here.”
Later, both Hannity and Ingraham defended their texts to Meadows.
“Both publicly and privately I said what I believe: that the Jan. 6 breach at the Capitol was a terrible thing. Crimes were committed,” Ingraham said during the next hour. “Some people were unfairly hounded and persecuted, but it was not an insurrection. To say anything different is beyond dishonest and it ignores the facts of that day.”
O’Reilly was also asked about Tucker Carlson recent docuseries about the Jan. 6 riot but refused to comment as he has not seen the special.
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Did Bill hear about Adam Schiff “tweaking” the text messages?
Frankly, most times I don’t understand this guy.
He’s not a liberal, I think?
More on the libturd side, my opinion.
O’Reilly is a conservative. I watch him on his podcast and he clearly tilts right. He referenced the issues in this article, which have been taken out of context. He does say Fox is not the same as when he was there but I have never heard him criticize any of the commentators on Fox. He has a good relationship with
President Trump and they are engaging n presentations in several venues in Florida and Texas. Articles about this are rife with misrepresentations because they want to demean the success of these interviews which have drawn thousands and thousands of people.
Bill is just saying a true journalist would have been asking the questions on air of what was happening instead of texting a White house person. That’s all. I don’t think he meant anything directed at the host who did text. He is correct that Fox is not the same as when he was there. He was always one of the more fair and balanced host.
I wasn’t sad to see Bill O’Reilly leave. Yes, his coverage was a bit odd – but his ego was off the charts!
When all is released, and said and done, it will all come back to crazy,n.piglosi, she is to blame for not letting Trump bring in the national guard, many times she turned it down. It’s time to blame the real problem, piglosi needs to be removed and locked up.
But when She thought it would be to her advantage, she had a wall around the capitol and thousands of National Guardsmen who were poorly fed and forced to sleep on the concrete in a Parking structure because she thought her Scrawny a$$ needed protection!
Do NOT forget that O’Really was FIRED from FOX because of his peccadillos. He worked his way back to the fringes and attempted to use his personal suaveness to REestablish credibility. Now, he finally is exposing his true identity – he considers himself our SAVIOR. And just like Fauci, he firmly believes he has the final answer to every situation. Guess we all should bow on the knee and shout “Hallelujah!”
Well Bill, maybe you should watch Tuckers special BEFORE you SPEW!!!
In what countries are People accused of insurrection, never charged, alienated from “Legal Representation” tortured by Correction Officers, Kept in solitary confinement, denied food, phone calls and kept in prison for almost a year?
One would never answer that question, The United States of AMERICA! Yet, Here we are
almost one Year to date with “POLITICAL PRISONERS” Without DUE PROCESS!
Very Much like a Dictatorial Banana Republic with more questions than answers except for a few Congresspersons that are doing the Asking! Illegal Immigrants and “REAL FELONS” have more “FREEDOM” than AMERICAN CITIZENS and all the democrats are worrying about is diversity,equality,Racism,and who’s going to pay off Student Loans under the guise of “Infrastucture”
Amen vinnie, amen!!!!!
Right on Vinnie !!!
Once again, O’Reilly thinks he’s relevant and knows it all.
Hey Joe, I agree with you.
Pooplosi has stacked the deck on the fake Jan 6 committee.
She needs to be investigated for all kinds of white collar crimes, along with her milk man looser, shifty shift and a host of other marxist scum bags.
I think O’rielly should stay off the spiked hot chocolate and condemn Commy Blumenthal.
I wonder if O’Reilly would have ventured to look into the fact that BLM and ANTIFA antagonist’s were bussed into the gathering to insight destructive behavior? I think he is a loose cannon.
The final analysis has not yet been delivered. Tiny slivers of information are oozing out and some of it suggests a setup orchestrated by antifa, BLM, Capitol Police and of course rogue democrats. I don’t believe true conservatives have the heart to do it.
Uh, seems Mr. O’Reilly has started to “tilt” to the left of center. Too bad. Does he think those on-going riots, smash & grabs are ok? Plus, doesn’t he know that the government could have prevented that if they had provided more security? Those in the “swamp” wanted it to happen. They are the reason it DID happen.
Yeah, they try to put this mess on Trump, but they need to put it on the right people.
LISTEN UP….GOD has a REASON for EVERYTHING. GOD Brings the GOOD Out of the EVIL SATAN Does. The Remaining FALLEN ANGELS on EARTH are SATAN’S Best SWORDFIGHTERS. The Rest have Been CAPTURED and PUT into GOD’S Private PRISON. From SamuraiQueen. 😄😄😄
Still believe the fbi had multiple cooperating witnesses (CW) within that crowd who incited and encouraged others to escalate the protest and enter the capital.
“SOME PEOPLE DID SOMETHING”
If only the group had been comprised of the same “peaceful protesters” who looted and burned down cities every night for months and months during the spring and summer of 2020…..then this whole January 6th thing would have been forgotten about…..just like The Pledge of Allegiance in Amerika’s public schools.
O’reilly is a hero in his mind.
He would have got it right, he always did. What a weirdo
He is immaterial, except with hannity. I think he is hannitys mentor.
They both did everything – hahahahahahaha.
O’Reilly doesn’t want take on Tucker because he would lose hands down.
That’s odd! I think Jan 6 has been over reported! It was a nothing burger! The destruction in our major cities was downplayed!