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Bolder and Fresher: O’Reilly Commits to New Book Sequel
- Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:37pm by
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NEW YORK (AP) — Yes, it is possible: Bill O’Reilly is getting bolder and fresher.
The author and host of Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” has signed with New York-based Henry Holt and Co. to write a sequel to his best-selling memoir “A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity.”
Holt announced Monday that “Bolder and Fresher: The Factor Years“ will come out in the fall of 2012 and will offer fans ”a behind-the-scenes look at their favorite TV show” along with O‘Reilly’s views on politics and culture.
O’Reilly has already committed to a second book this fall, “Killing Lincoln: The Assassination that Changed America Forever.” That book also is coming from Holt.
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:46pmWe all here seem to see how Bill has changed his tune to the far left middle. Makes you think if he jumped on some of that Spooky Dude Reporter Cash. In all the years. I have never seen Bill defend so many Left Statements. Now that statement is the True No Spin Zone.
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:17pmBill is totally spinning out of the arena
Report Post »mill
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:23pmgood luck o’reilley…i will NOT be buying the book
on the road he’s a no body without Beck.
We feel he has the viewers because of his time slot..only.
in fact we have gotten to where we don’t watch his show past the talking points.
Report Post »He’s too argumentative, “i;m right’, just mean….also, he is very obviously in Obama’s camp.
his whole attitude has changed over the past couple of years.
TOPOFTHEGAME
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:40pmHis faults out weigh his strengths
Report Post »BacktotheFounders
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:39pmO’Reilly was great several years ago before he started selling books. I think he started pulling his punches in order to sell more. He’s like the politicians who are always “reaching across the aisle.” There’a a reason, and it’s always money.
Report Post »SHASTADIANE1
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:30pmAs a long time O’Reilly fan, I think that he has tried to change the format of his show, because so many thought he was to confrontational, and to much of an attack dog. He’s had to worry about security for years. Maybe he is just tired of being so controversial as to have death threats all the time? He does a lot of good charity work, and though I swore if he EVER had Al Sharpton on The Factor I’d never watch him again, our TV is always tuned into the Factor each night. Remember folks Bill O’Reilly is NOT a Republican. He is a registered Independent. I don’t like his interupting folks and not letting them speak, but some of them I wish would just ship up anyway, like Alan Combs.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:38pmI’ve read some of his books The last one was so-so
Report Post »I appreciate ALL the MONEY he has donated to different charitys (ChrissyM has he ever raised any $ for our US troops?)
WEDNESDAY night on Bill O‘Reilly is a MUST Dennis Miller cracks me up Now O’Reilly has Jesse Watters going out and asking regular folks what they think about certain topics Watters went to Columbia University and it was scary how stupid those students were (but educational for me since I wouldn’t be caught dead on that campus)
Wish ya luck Bill with new book but I’m pretty BROKE
trolltrainer
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:55pmAh, Dennis Miller…Man I love him. I just get him I guess but he constantly cracks me up…
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:58pmHeh, the hamburger dude was a trip!
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:10pmI would watch the show again if Dennis Miller or Laura Ingraham took over the show. Bill is a staunch Liberal.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:19pmliberalsbedamned…No, O’Reilly is NOT a liberal. Colmes is not even a hard liberal, the liberals think he is too moderate! I would say O’Reilly is center-center right on MOST issues. He is your typical northern moderate. Staunchly Catholic/ anti-abortion he will not make many hard stands on any other issues. I can understand your dislike of him and that is okay. But he is far from being a liberal, or even a blue dog…
Report Post »rdperez
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:35pmGlad to hear this! I am listening to the book now, and it is a refreshing, side-splitting memoir of a different time. I grew up in NY, and can identify with many of the anecdotes. Plus, the way O’Reilly reads his own words is full of his patented sarcasm, excitement and gusto. Now, why won’t Glenn Beck read his own books?
Report Post »TOPOFTHEGAME
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:29pmI agree with most of you HERE. After this last interview with Obamadinejad, I‘ve had it with O’Reilly I watch The Judge now days. Remember WTP “we the people” have to back a presidential candidate that (1) the MSM hasn’t picked for us (2) candidate that does not go to Hartford or Yale. These Ivy League colleges are ALL part of the RULING CLASS
Report Post »Ronko
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:17pmWow how can anybody not watch Bill. He‘s one of the few people who is still honest and isn’t completely in the tank for Obama. O’Reilly is a realist and there is nothing wrong with that. I love watching the factor, although I don’t agree with everything that Bill says as some of the things that he talks about is giving way too much power to the govt. One of these days Glenn will convince him but I doubt it.
Report Post »Bob1943
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:11pmO’Reilly has no interest in finding out, “Who is Barry Soetoro?” I have no interest in O’Reilly.
Stopped watched Mr. Pinhead O’Reilly over a year ago…..don’t miss him a bit.
Report Post »hannahh
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:17amI don’t miss him one bit either, and I used to watch him faithfully.
Report Post »olduffer
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:07pmI’m torn…while I agree (and deplore because I’d like to hear their views) that he cuts people off I have to give him credit for his view that if he let Obama (for instance) bloviate he’d only get in 3 questions in an interview. But when he asks a guest a question, and then cuts them off or demeans (example Mary Kathryn Hamm) and doesn’t let them answer, it disgusts me…except Colmes. He’s a perennial over the top lefty. Got to hand it to FOX for all the babes though…O’reilly featuring them works.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 7:33pmThe last Sarah Palin interview comes to my mind. When he was very rude to her and kept talking over her, then later he claimed he had heard all that before. Surely she probably heard that question before also, and was not willing to change her opinion for Bill O‘Reilly just because he didn’t want that answer! If he didn’t want to hear it, he shouldn’t have ask. He most always tries to play gotcha with Palin.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 7:42pmAlso whether he admits it or not, he knows Palin is a genuine threat to his black buddy, Obama!
Report Post »LVNAmerica
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:00pmWe have watched less and less of Bill in the last year. I agree, his donation to great charitites is commendable – but he has worn out his welcome for us. Only thing he has going for him is great guest commentators (who he constantly interrupts). Good luck, Bill, with the book, but I won’t be buying or watching.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:37pmBill who
Report Post »Johnnyp1958
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:34pmBetter than TV, I thought this is a forum to speak your mind not a forum where if you disagree with me your comment on this story is directed at me. You can believe what you want , just leave me out of your thoughts , personally I don’t what you think
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:28pmDon’t be such a spoil-sport… inter-reaction with others is half the interest of following these forums… that’s why they have a “reply” button on here. Don’t take offense or be thin skinned about it. I‘ve spent some time on some of the liberal sites and they spend most of their comments attacking anybody that doesn’t swing hard left, and yet DARES to contradict them… very boring, repetitious, and mean spirited.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:30pmPS… If you don’t care what I (or others on here) think, then what are you here for?
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:33pmI am not interested in the obama apologist better known as bill o’reilly. He is a kiss ass to obama .His interview with obama was a joke i have seen tougher interviews by highschool principals.He never lets a guest finish a thought without putting in his two cents.I wish fox would load up oreilly on bus with alan colmes and just have it disapear
Report Post »sing it out
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:29pmYay! I love all his books and his show.
Report Post »Johnnyp1958
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:28pmI also forgot to mention O’rielly is an arrogant, pompous, and obnoxious self promoting carnival sideshow windbag.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:22pmHis successes will eventually lead to his failures, his elitism is showing more each day! He’s really kind of forgetting the folks and joining ranks with the Harvard crowd, especially the ones in the White House. Anyway I hope he’s enjoying his new audience! The real folks are feeling abandoned by him and are returning the favor. Thank you Mr. Bill for showing us, even good souls can be corrupted!
Report Post »Johnnyp1958
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:19pmThe moment O’reilly said that Obama is an American citizen I stopped watching him and fox news. Without a shred of proof as Obama being an American, he and Fox became the MSNBC for the right. Nobody ever brings up the fact that Obama is an illegal alien , Fox just goes along with this scam, this is the biggest story in the history of America and Fox avoids it.
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:27pmHow ridiculous. Not because you appear to be a birther, but simply because he has a view different from yours he isn’t worth watching? Good luck finding ANYBODY you agree with 100% of the time.
“Without a shred of proof?” So I guess the 2 Obama birth announcements O’Reilly found in 2 separate Hawaiian papers are just part of the “vast right wing conspiracy”? No wonder the Left finds it so easy to mock those of us on the right. I suppose you also believe 9/11 was an inside job and that we never landed on the moon? There are several reasons to be at odds with Obama. This is not one of them.
chickenlittle
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:12pmWhat I find absurd about your comment is that regardless of what O’reilly says or believes, you are going to stop watching the entire network?????? Sounds like you won’t have much left to watch except the Cartoon Network. And by the way, I happen to agree with the birthers for the most part… Anybody can place birth notices in newspapers (even false ones) with enough of a bribe and long range planning, so that part doesn’t prove anything to me. I personally think Obama is the virtual definition of “conspiracy.” … one that goes WAY back. And, the “certificates” Hawaii issued as proof are the same ones issued to parents of kids born overseas. Obama’s very first Executive order was one that officially prohibited release of any of his personal records… how suspicious is that? Anyway, good luck finding a network (cable or otherwise) that only espouses your views, all the time.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:44pmOne thing the web has revealed to me through the years…There are as many lunatics on the right as there are on the left…
As was said, you are more than welcome to your view, but good luck finding anyone who is going to agree with you 100%. Maybe it would do you some good to listen to some other views? I bet it would come as a shock to find out that politics is about compromise. That is the only way anything gets accomplished.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:11pmI find his attempt to use ‘pinhead’ and ‘patriot’ as buzzwords (self promoting… like he’s inventing new vernacular) to be too “cutesy” and sophomoric to be descriptive of serious topics. He‘s of late spending too much arrogant time talking over people I’d really like to hear speak. I bet his guests rarely get more than 60 seconds of actual talk time in most cases… the rest is Billy lecturing… Give me Miller and spare me the great relationship they have as friends.
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:07pmSOrry, I‘ve lost interest in O’Reilly. He’s too center Left for me
Report Post »texanpatriot
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:03pmThe content on the Fox Business Channel is too good to miss. O’Reilly is rude and talks over everyone. He seems to think that he is the only opinion in town.
Report Post »I too can’t watch except when he has Dennis Laura or Bernie on.
TumbleBumble
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:00pmI am put off by O‘Reilly’s arrogance. And the final straw for me was when he asked Glenn what nationality he was and Glenn responded by saying he was American. Mr. Bill had to throw that Irish in front of being American in describing himself. I cannot relate to people like that.
If I watch him, I‘ll catch the first rerun at 10 o’clock (central time), which is only once or twice a week. I’d love for him to get through his letters from viewers without ever mentioning a book he has written. Way too bold for me.
Report Post »mlivengood
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:59pmBill is becoming boring. It’s just a reactionary show, just like his books
Report Post »REETZBEE
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:56pmHis high opinion of himself is very annoying so I decided to change the channel and not watch anymore. Good luck on the book though and thanks for donating to the soldiers.
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:11pmI totally agree HE is ALL about HIM. He is a pin headed liberal.
Report Post »Dr. Insane O
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:40pmThat’s nice.
Now, how about a legit, hard hitting interview with the president of the USA?
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:04pmExactly… I have lost interest in O’Reilly… I don’t find him hard hitting so much as pompous. I really think he’s gotten too egotistical and lost touch with a lot of the views that got him where he is now. I like how his “mail section” always includes some person writing to say how awesome his latest book was.
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 4:27pmMr. O has never been one of favorites on Fox—everyone told me he was Conservative so I watched his show during the Obot election period—did not find a Conservative, but an Obot cheerleader and he has been that way until just a few months ago. His program is a totally waste for me as it is more about the host instead of the guests or the subject of the day. Then of course, there are Mr. Bill’s constant rude interruptions of the guests! When I want “junk” discussions, I can find that on Bravo and other networks—Bill lost his radio program in my area and he is losing viewers on TV!
Report Post »Moocephus
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:39pmSorry. My enthusiasm for OReilly has waned through the years. Wish him luck tho.
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:43pmAgreed. He is well past the point of being relevant. The true Conservatives have shown him to be a pseudo-intellectual whose bombastic nature covers up for his lack of research on a given subject. Beck’s dialogues with him are a good example of how little he really knows. Makes him look like a fool.
Done with him. Been done for a while.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:49pmHope he has luck with the book, I too no longer really bother to watch O’Reilly much.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 1:51pmI wish him luck. I have never read his books but would like to.One great thing that comes when he writes a book is so much of profits go to wonderful charities, Wounded Warriors, Hospitals for vets, and it is alot of money. I do appreiate his contribution.
Report Post »exdem
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:02pmBill lost me when he handled Hussien Obama with kid gloves along with some of his views lately. I do admire his charity work and wish him well.
Report Post »betterthantv
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:22pmSame here, I tune in from time to time. But it amazes me how out of tune O’Reilly has become. Even with all the evidence Beck has laid out, O’Reilly refuses to come to some obvious conclusions.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 2:32pmI now watch Judge Napolitano
Report Post »Hoosier Daddy
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:06pmI have yet to read any of BOR‘s books and I don’t consider my life empty and devoid of purpose. What’s wrong with me?
Report Post »A1955Rosie
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:09pmWho are you people making opinions yet state you watch him little? I’d say not entirely credible. I do watch O’Reilly. While I don’t always agree with him and find that he some times give much more latitude to some than I would….HE’S NOT PULLING HIS FOOT OUT OF HIS MOUTH! Not like we‘ve show barry and other’s doing. He’s not a Beck…BECK is Beck. He‘s no other than Bill O’Reilly who’s spent a life time on integrity and credibility in his service to “the folks.“ There are so many feathers that have been ruffled by him that you cold have ”down” for all. Yet none have been able to really discredit his work. I believe we need to start looking at people who come closest to what Beck spoke about. Morals, ethics, virtues…GIVING BACK….HELLO?
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:38pmO’Reilly is a blowhard…
That said, I still enjoy his show and his perspective. Many of y’all hate him because he is not “conservative” enough, I have even heard some call him a “RINO” which is just plain ignorant as he is not even a registered Republican…He does not try to hide who he is, or how he feels about issues. I find his perspective to at least be informative and something to think about even though I rarely agree with him and always seem to be on the side of Stossle, the Judge, Megayn Kelly or any of the other conservatives he has on. But you have to admit that he gives the left wing guests hell too. He has a way of getting to the meat of the issue, though I do agree that he also has a certain naivete about him…Kind of the old “baseball, apple pie, and mom” 50′s mentality that the president is always a patriot and the US will always triumph…He is looking out for the common guy BS…That side is irritating and it really comes out in his books. Bold Fresh was almost unreadable because of his sheer arrogance…
Ah well…He is what he is, I do not make any of these folks “heroes.” Some are more astute than others…I almost always agree with Krauthammer, I like Stossle’s view though he is not realistic…And Colmes is the biggest idiot alive…Beck eats O‘Reilly’s lunch…But they are all entertaining…And that is all really ask of any of them…
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:45pmOnly watch “ Mr Harvard” when Dennis Miller is on .
Report Post »dinadp
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:49pmI concur. I wish him the best but he’s nowhere as astute as Glenn. I always learn something from Glenn’s show – not so much with O’Reilly.
Report Post »rlnasra
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 3:54pmSame here. The show bores me now, especially the stupid ‘body language’ segments – an ego-stroking exercise if there ever was one. I complained about it a few times and they became more frequent, so I just stop watching.
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:08pmGonna have to go father than any of you. I think he has become a buttlicking liberal. I have watched him fall head over heals in the wrong direction. He is absolutely NOT up on hardly any situations except his on Grandoise. Too bad, he has such a loud mic. I would pay more attetion to him if he was HALF as criticle on the Liberal guests as he is on the conservative ones. As far as the TEA party people he gives off the impression that HE is too good for the Little People like them.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:13pmYep, I‘m pretty much over O’Reilly too. I mean really, who needs the others when we have Glenn? The others just hash over the same ol thing over and over. Yawn, I’ve found better.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:15pmI never really understood the transition from Inside Edition to a supposedly conservative talk show. What did he do to earn that spot, as a voice for conservatives?
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 4:51pmBill totally turned me against him when the Tea Party movement was in its infancy and he pooh-poohed them. He is not in touch with the common man because he fancies himself above them.
How often does he say that he’s a Harvard grad? Daily? Too bad it was an executive degree that is mighty expensive because it only attracts those who want to buy their way into a prestigious university.
Carl Rove is another one. Both are perfect examples of the Good Old Boy network. Huff and puff.
Report Post »smartypoop
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 5:50pmI am much less of a fan these days. Lots of other reading material to catch up on. I think Ill pass on this one.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 7:20pmNot a huge fan, but o.k.
Report Post »Large Eagle
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 9:26pmMaybe it will be how to give a soft ball interview so I can continue to beat Beck
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 1:43amI think O‘Reilly’s best days are behind him. He started out as bold and fresh, but has become more of a caricature of himself. Maybe it is possible to stay on the air too long because eventually it becomes all about you. When he on numerous occasions calls himself a humble man, I cringe because he obviously is just the opposite. He was really good at his job in his prime, but seems to have lost his edge and sense of fairness recently. His interview with Obama was tepid and fawning for the most part. It surely was not bold like he promised beforehand. The only time I watch him now is when Beck comes for a visit.
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