The Oh Really? Factor

Unspinning Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly

Peter Hart, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Robert McChesney

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Seven Stories Press,U.S.
01 August 2011

Films, movies & cinema; Popular culture; Media studies; Political science & theory

"Since emerging from tabloid-television infamy as the former host of Inside Edition, Bill O'Reilly has taken his brand of provocative rhetoric to the next level- from shock-TV to the No Spin Zone. Despite his outspoken support for Bush's tax cuts and a war with Iraq, and his attacks on everything from National Public Radio to ""welfare mothers,"" O'Reilly fashions his program, The O'Reilly Factor, as ""without an agenda or any ideological prejudices."" Presenting opposing viewpoints and likely to express views that occasionally diverge from the conservative orthodoxy, O'Reilly has styled himself as a straight-shooting man of the people, wary of the conservative label with which liberals would tag him. In The Oh Really? Factor, brimming with examples of O'Reilly's error, contradiction, and hard-right political tilt, Hart exposes the No Spin Zone as little more than clever marketing.

The Oh Really? Factor reflects hundreds of hours of research, fact checking, and analysis of the same evidence O'Reilly uses to support his claims. In this concise and compelling analysis of O'Reilly's views, Hart underscores this pundit's masked partisanship; adversarial stance toward unions, Blacks, immigrants, and gays and lesbians; and his kid-gloves treatment of the Right. Forming an important corrective, The Oh Really? Factor snags O'Reilly in his own spin."

By: Peter Hart, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
Foreword by: Robert McChesney
Imprint: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9781583226018
ISBN 10: 158322601X
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

PETER HART is the activism director at FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting), the national media watch group. He is also a co-host and producer of FAIR's syndicated weekly radio show, CounterSpin. He speaks to community groups and on college campuses, and has been interviewed by a number of media outlets, including NBC Nightly News, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Associated Press, and yes, the O'Reilly Factor. He lives in New York City.