O Reilly Analysis
Topher Carroll The O’Reilly Factor May 29, 2012
The O’Reilly Factor has a reputation for exerting a very conservative overtone, naturally many question whether the typical “news standards” are being followed.
The show leads off with a segment on Planned Parenthood and the presidential election, an issue where Bill O’Reilly has already indicated his stance that he is “pro-life”. When it comes to such partisan dividing issues, O’Reilly asserts his stance, and then goes on to further undermine the liberal stance. The problem is that O’Reilly portrays a bipartisan attitude but acts loyal to his favored Republican side.
In this first segment, O’Reilly tells the story of how Planned Parenthoods are starting to promote abortions done depending …show more content…
on the predicted sex of the child. He goes on to show a video of a Planned Parenthood worker’s advisement to a client that she get an abortion upon finding out the sex of her child was female. O’Reilly continues his outright conservative opinion on the matter, rejecting anyone who would even consider the violent act of killing an unborn human fetus, adding that they would have no morals.
One very admirable thing O’Reilly does is that he captions the message he is trying to make constantly, with every thing he boldly says, even bolder letters display his point every single slide.
There is no point in the show where you feel he is sending you mixed signals on his viewpoints on a certain topic.
“There is no question that Planned Parenthood is a pro-abortion outfit, which has been in trouble for years”, he goes on “Undercover videos have documented underage abortions, abortion advice associated with prostitution and now gender selection”. The problem is not that his words are unclear the problem is he pretends to be doing objective news with an all but obvious direction to it. Another important segment involves old Bill interviewing the potential VP Republican candidate Marco Rubio. O’Reilly almost immediately takes the form of somewhat of a big brother to Marco Rubio. There is a slide shown promoting the premiere of his new and upcoming book, “An American Son”, without even a mention of what the book is about. The clip ends in O’Reilly busting Rubio’s chops that if indeed he is offered the ticket as Mitt Romney’s running mate and the 2012 V.P., Rubio would feel a patriotic obligation to immediately take
it. The third segment of this show is a very comedic one with Dennis Miller, the radio talk show host. The two are very friendly with each other, Miller even refers to Mr. O’Reilly as “Billy”, it is very interesting to note that most of his guests either tend to already agree with O’Reilly and shares his views and values completely, or are the polar opposite – guests are brought on the show so that he can interrupt, find flaws in, and even humiliate them. When O’Reilly interviews a subject like Dennis Miller, who views are (as O’Reilly would say) ‘simpatico’ to his, the guest serves a role as a co-anchor, agreeing in a conservative manner to every question Mr. O’Reilly “interviews”. Bill O’Reilly is the epitome of entertainment-focused political cable programs, he is much better at displaying a theatrical talk show then he is at the actual news he is displaying.
The O’Reilly Factor has a reputation for exerting a very conservative overtone, naturally many question whether the typical “news standards” are being followed.
The show leads off with a segment on Planned Parenthood and the presidential election, an issue where Bill O’Reilly has already indicated his stance that he is “pro-life”. When it comes to such partisan dividing issues, O’Reilly asserts his stance, and then goes on to further undermine the liberal stance. The problem is that O’Reilly portrays a bipartisan attitude but acts loyal to his favored Republican side.
In this first segment, O’Reilly tells the story of how Planned Parenthoods are starting to promote abortions done depending …show more content…
on the predicted sex of the child. He goes on to show a video of a Planned Parenthood worker’s advisement to a client that she get an abortion upon finding out the sex of her child was female. O’Reilly continues his outright conservative opinion on the matter, rejecting anyone who would even consider the violent act of killing an unborn human fetus, adding that they would have no morals.
One very admirable thing O’Reilly does is that he captions the message he is trying to make constantly, with every thing he boldly says, even bolder letters display his point every single slide.
There is no point in the show where you feel he is sending you mixed signals on his viewpoints on a certain topic.
“There is no question that Planned Parenthood is a pro-abortion outfit, which has been in trouble for years”, he goes on “Undercover videos have documented underage abortions, abortion advice associated with prostitution and now gender selection”. The problem is not that his words are unclear the problem is he pretends to be doing objective news with an all but obvious direction to it. Another important segment involves old Bill interviewing the potential VP Republican candidate Marco Rubio. O’Reilly almost immediately takes the form of somewhat of a big brother to Marco Rubio. There is a slide shown promoting the premiere of his new and upcoming book, “An American Son”, without even a mention of what the book is about. The clip ends in O’Reilly busting Rubio’s chops that if indeed he is offered the ticket as Mitt Romney’s running mate and the 2012 V.P., Rubio would feel a patriotic obligation to immediately take
it. The third segment of this show is a very comedic one with Dennis Miller, the radio talk show host. The two are very friendly with each other, Miller even refers to Mr. O’Reilly as “Billy”, it is very interesting to note that most of his guests either tend to already agree with O’Reilly and shares his views and values completely, or are the polar opposite – guests are brought on the show so that he can interrupt, find flaws in, and even humiliate them. When O’Reilly interviews a subject like Dennis Miller, who views are (as O’Reilly would say) ‘simpatico’ to his, the guest serves a role as a co-anchor, agreeing in a conservative manner to every question Mr. O’Reilly “interviews”. Bill O’Reilly is the epitome of entertainment-focused political cable programs, he is much better at displaying a theatrical talk show then he is at the actual news he is displaying.