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5 'And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.
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{{Infobox person
| name = Bill O'Reilly
| image = Bill O'Reilly at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = O'Reilly at the [[World Affairs Councils of America#Individual councils|World Affairs Council of Philadelphia]], September 30, 2010
| birth_name = William James O'Reilly, Jr.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|9|10}}
| birth_place = [[New York City|New York City, New York]], U.S.
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| occupation = [[Columnist]], author, [[television|television personality]], [[Talk radio|talk radio personality]]
| years_active = 1975–present
| alma mater = {{nowrap|[[Marist College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>{{nowrap|[[Boston University]] ([[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|MA]])}}<br>{{nowrap|[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])}}
| salary = $20,000,000 (2010)<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=November 8, 2010|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/01/power-list.html |title=Newsweek's Power 50: The List |date=November 1, 2010 |newspaper=Newsweek}}</ref>
| networth =
| spouse = Maureen E. McPhilmy<br>(two children)
| residence = [[Manhasset, New York]]
| website = [http://www.billoreilly.com billoreilly.com]
| footnotes =
}}


6 But when you pray, go to your private room, shut yourself in, and so pray to your Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.
'''William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr.''' (born September 10, 1949) is an American [[presenter|television host]], author, [[syndicated columnist]] and [[political commentator]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,215827,00.html |title=FoxNews.com – Bill O'Reilly's 'Culture Warrior' – Bill O’Reilly &#124; The O’Reilly Factor |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=October 3, 2006 |accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> He is the host of the [[cable television|political commentary]] program ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'' on the [[Fox News Channel]], which is the most watched [[United States cable news|cable news]] television program on American television.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155,00.html|title=Bill O'Reilly's Bio|accessdate=2009-08-09|date=April 29, 2004|publisher=Fox News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2009/07/fox-news-dominates-july-contest-bill-oreilly-again-tops.html|title=Fox News dominates July ratings; Bill O'Reilly again tops – and Nancy Grace makes impressive gains|accessdate=2009-08-09|date=July 28, 2009|work=The Orlando Sentinel|author=Boedeker, Hal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2009/narrative_cabletv_audience.php?cat=1|publisher=Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism|title=The State of the News Media|accessdate=2009-08-09|year=2009}}</ref> During the late 1970s and 1980s, he worked as a news reporter for various local television stations in the United States and eventually for [[CBS News]] and [[ABC News]]. From 1989 to 1995, he was anchor of the entertainment news program ''[[Inside Edition]]''.


7 'In your prayers do not babble as the gentiles do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard.
O'Reilly is widely considered a [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] commentator,<ref>{{cite news | last = Kurtz | first = Howard | title = Bill O'Reilly And NBC, Shouting to Make Themselves Seen? | pages = C01 | publisher = The Washington Post | date = January 15, 2007 | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/14/AR2007011401124.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Shelburne | first = Craig | title = Bill O'Reilly: Radio Should Play the Dixie Chicks | publisher = Country Music Television | date = May 10, 2006 | url = http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1531519/200605%7C10/dixie_chicks.jhtml?headlines=true}}</ref> though some of his positions diverge from conservative orthodoxy (in particular his opposition to the [[death penalty]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Brit Hume | work = NewsHour with Jin Lehrer Transcript | publisher = [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] | date = January 31, 2002 | url = http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/cablenews/hume.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Bill O'Reilly: "No Spin" | work = 60 Minutes Transcript | publisher = CBS News | date = September 26, 2004 | url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/23/60minutes/main645202.shtml }}</ref>). O'Reilly characterizes himself as a "[[Traditionalist conservatism|traditionalist]]".<ref name="npr" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Beck |first=Glenn |url=http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Warrior-Bill-O'Reilly/dp/0767920929 |title=Culture Warrior (9780767920926): Bill O'Reilly: Books |publisher=Amazon.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref> O'Reilly is the author of ten [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)#Writings by O'Reilly|books]], and hosted ''[[The Radio Factor]]'' until early 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/12/05/2008-12-05_bill_oreilly_is_really_quitting_radio_gi.html|accessdate=April 4, 2009 |work=The New York Daily News|author=Hinckley, David|date=December 5, 2008|title=BIll O'Reilly is really quitting radio gig}}</ref>


8 Do not be like them; your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
==Early life and education==
O'Reilly was born on September 10, 1949, at [[Columbia Presbyterian Hospital]] in the [[Washington Heights, Manhattan|Washington Heights]] section of [[Manhattan]] to parents William James, Sr. (deceased) and Winifred Angela Drake O'Reilly, from [[Brooklyn]], New York and [[Teaneck, New Jersey|Teaneck]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite book| last =Kitman| first =Marvin| title =The Man Who Would Not Shut Up: The Rise of Bill O'Reilly| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=h_njnLUvjvQC|publisher =[[Macmillan Publishers]]| year =2008| page =154| isbn =9780312385866 }}</ref><!-- NOTE: please discuss changes to this information on the article's talk page first, and you must provide any alteration with references.--> Bill O'Reilly's ancestors on his father's side lived in [[County Cavan]], Ireland since the early eighteenth century, and those on his mother's side were from [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 17.</ref> The O'Reilly family lived in a small apartment in [[Fort Lee, New Jersey]] when their son was born.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 13.</ref> In 1951, his family moved to [[Levittown, New York|Levittown]] on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite news|title=A Conversation With Bill O'Reilly|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/02/sunday/main4563979.shtml|publisher=CBS News|date=November 2, 2008}}</ref> O'Reilly has a sister, Janet. He attended St. Brigid parochial school in [[Westbury, New York|Westbury]] and [[Chaminade High School]], a private Catholic boys high school in [[Mineola, New York|Mineola]]. His father wanted him to attend Chaminade, but Bill wanted to attend [[W. Tresper Clarke High School]], the public school where most of his closest friends would attend.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 25.</ref> Bill O'Reilly played [[Little League]] baseball and was the goalie on the Chaminade varsity hockey team.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', pp. 28–33.</ref> During his high school years, O'Reilly met future pop-singer icon [[Billy Joel]] whom O'Reilly described as a "hoodlum." O'Reilly recollected in an interview with [[Michael Kay (sports broadcaster)|Michael Kay]] on the [[YES Network]] show ''[[CenterStage (TV show)|CenterStage]],'' that Joel "was in the Hicksville section – the same age as me – and he was a hood. He used to slick it [his hair] back like this. And we knew him, because his guys would smoke and this and that, and we were more jocks."<ref name="web.yesnetwork.com">{{cite web|url=http://web.yesnetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100406&content_id=9099200&vkey=1&oid= |title=Centerstage O'Reilly Quotes |publisher=Web.yesnetwork.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref>


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After graduating from high school in 1967, O'Reilly attended [[Marist College]], his father's choice.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 33.</ref> While at Marist, O'Reilly played punter in the National Club [[American football|Football]] Association,<ref>{{cite web |author= Duffy, Don| title="Campus Stuff" (''The Circle'')|url=http://library.marist.edu/archives/Circle/1970/1970-11-19.pdf |publisher=[[Marist College]] |date=November 19, 1970 |accessdate=May 12, 2008 |format=PDF}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and was also a writer for the school's newspaper, ''The Circle''. An honors student, he majored in [[history]]. He spent his junior year of college abroad, attending [[Queen Mary, University of London|Queen Mary College]] at the [[University of London]].<ref>{{cite web | author=Marist | title=2001 Commencement Program| publisher=[[Marist College]]|date=May 19, 2001| url=http://www.marist.edu/alumni/oreillyb.html | accessdate=May 12, 2008 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061209200736/http://www.marist.edu/alumni/oreillyb.html |archivedate = December 9, 2006}}</ref> O'Reilly received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[history]] in 1971.<ref name="Fox News Bio">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/bios/talent/oreilly/|title=Bill O'Reilly|publisher=Fox News|accessdate=December 12, 2009}}</ref> He played [[semi-professional]] [[baseball]] during this time, as a pitcher for the New York Monarchs.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', page 51.</ref> After graduating from Marist College, O'Reilly moved to [[Miami, Florida]] at age 21, where he taught [[English studies|English]] and history at [[Monsignor Edward Pace High School|Monsignor Pace High School]] from 1970 to 1972.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 65.</ref>{{Dubious|date=December 2011}} O'Reilly returned to school in 1973<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 67.</ref> and earned a [[Master of Arts (postgraduate)|Master of Arts]] in [[broadcast journalism]] from [[Boston University]].<ref name="Fox News Bio"/> While attending Boston University, he was a reporter and columnist for various local newspapers and alternative news weeklies, including ''[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Boston Phoenix]]'', and did an [[internship]] in the newsroom of [[WBZ-TV]].<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 70.</ref> During his time at BU, O'Reilly also was classmates with future radio talk show host [[Howard Stern]] whom O'Reilly noticed because Stern was the only student on campus taller than he.<ref name="web.yesnetwork.com"/> O'Reilly also earned a [[Master of Public Administration]] from [[Harvard University]]'s [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]]. At Harvard, he was a student of [[Marvin Kalb]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Posted by Patrick |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/television/oreilly_im_mad_as_hell_and_im_not_acting_95868.asp |title=O'Reilly: "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not acting." – mediabistro.com: FishbowlDC |publisher=Mediabistro.com |date= |accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref>

==Broadcasting career==
O'Reilly's early television news career included reporting and anchoring positions at [[WNEP-TV]] in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]], [[Pennsylvania]], where he also reported the weather. At [[WFAA-TV]] in [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Texas]], O'Reilly was awarded the Dallas Press Club Award for excellence in [[investigative journalism|investigative reporting]]. He then moved to [[KMGH-TV]] in [[Denver, Colorado]] where he won a local [[Emmy Award]] for his coverage of a [[skyjacking]].<ref name=FoxBio1>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155,00.html Bill O'Reilly's Bio] ''Accessed August 2006''</ref> O'Reilly also worked for [[KATU|KATU-TV]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], as well as TV stations in [[Hartford, Connecticut]] ([[WFSB-TV]]), and in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] ([[WNEV-TV]]).
[[File:Bill O'Reilly as the "Action Consumer trouble shooter" .jpg|thumb|right|Bill O'Reilly in 1975 as the "Action Consumer trouble shooter" for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WNEP]] in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0301061billo1.html |title="Bill O'Reilly, Big Pimpin': At 26, the future Fox News star just wanted out of Scranton" via heirs of an O'Reilly correspondent |accessdate=September 26, 2007}}</ref>]]
In 1980, O'Reilly anchored the local news-feature program ''7:30 Magazine'' at [[WCBS-TV]] in New York. Soon after, as a WCBS News anchor and correspondent, he won his second local Emmy for an investigation of corrupt city marshals. In 1982, he was promoted to the network as a [[CBS News]] correspondent and covered the wars in [[El Salvador]] and the [[Falkland Islands]] from his base in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. He later left CBS over a dispute concerning the uncredited use in a report by [[Bob Schieffer]] of riot footage shot by O'Reilly's crew in Buenos Aires during the Falklands conflict.<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/03/27/060327fa_fact "Fear Factor – Bill O’Reilly’s baroque period"], Nicholas Lemann, ''The New Yorker'', March 20, 2006</ref>

O'Reilly joined [[ABC News]] as a correspondent in 1986. He delivered a eulogy for his friend Joe Spencer, an ABC News correspondent who died in a helicopter crash on January 22, 1986 en route to covering the [[Hormel]] meatpacker strike that day. ABC News president [[Roone Arledge]], who attended Spencer's funeral, decided to hire O'Reilly after hearing his eulogy.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', pp. 123–124.</ref> At ABC, O'Reilly hosted daytime news briefs that previewed stories to be reported on the day's ''[[World News with Diane Sawyer|World News Tonight]]'' and worked as a general assignment reporter for ABC News programs, including ''[[Good Morning America]]'', ''[[Nightline (U.S. news program)|Nightline]]'', and ''World News Tonight''.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', pp. 127.</ref>

O'Reilly has stated that his interest and style in media came from several CBS and ABC personalities including [[Mike Wallace (journalist)|Mike Wallace]], [[Howard Cosell]], [[Dick Snyder]] and [[Peter Jennings]].

===''Inside Edition''===
In 1991, O'Reilly joined the nationally syndicated [[King World]] (now [[CBS]]) program ''[[Inside Edition]]'', a tabloid/gossip television program in competition with ''[[A Current Affair (U.S. TV series)|A Current Affair]]''.<ref name="Fox News Bio"/> He became the program's anchor after the termination of [[David Frost (broadcaster)|David Frost]].<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 137.</ref> In addition to being one of the first American broadcasters to cover the dismantling of the [[Berlin Wall]], O'Reilly also obtained the first exclusive interview with murderer [[Joel Steinberg]] and was the first television host from a national current affairs program on the scene of the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]].

Former [[NBC News]] and [[CBS News]] anchor [[Deborah Norville]] replaced O'Reilly on ''Inside Edition'' in 1995; O'Reilly had expressed a desire to quit the show in July 1994.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 148.</ref> He then enrolled at the [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] at Harvard University in September 1995,<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', p. 150.</ref> where he received a [[Master's degree]] in Public Administration.<ref name="Fox News Bio"/> His graduate thesis, which he researched in [[Singapore]], was titled ''Theory of Coerced Drug Rehabilitation''. In his thesis, O'Reilly asserted that supervised mandatory drug rehabilitation would reduce crime, based on the rate of prison return for criminals in [[Alabama]] who enrolled in a such program.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', pp. 154–155.</ref>

===''The O'Reilly Factor''===
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After Harvard, he was hired by [[Roger Ailes]], chairman and [[CEO]] of the then startup [[Fox News Channel]], to anchor ''The O'Reilly Report'' in October, 1996. <ref name = "oreilly on rolling stone">[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/6417561/mad_dog/]{{dead link|date=October 2011}}</ref> The show was renamed ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'', after O'Reilly's friend and branding expert [[John Tantillo]]'s remarks upon the "O'Reilly Factor" in any of the stories O'Reilly told.<ref name = "oreilly on rolling stone"/><ref>[http://blog.marketingdoctor.tv/2007/06/14/the-oreilly-factor-from-nickname-to-brandname.aspx" "The O'Reilly Factor: From Nickname to Brandname"] Marketing Doctor Blog. September 26, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/6417561/mad_dog/" "Mad Dog"] Rolling Stone. August 11, 2004.</ref> The program is routinely the highest-rated show of the three major U.S. [[24-hour news cycle|24-hour]] [[United States cable news|cable news]] television channels and began the trend toward more opinion-oriented prime-time cable news programming.<ref name=USA_ratings>{{cite news | author=Johnson, Peter |title=Cable rantings boost ratings | date=October 3, 2006 | publisher=USATODAY.com| url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2006-09-24-media-mix_x.htm | accessdate= June 21, 2007 }}</ref> The show is taped late in the afternoon at a studio in New York City and airs every weekday on the Fox News Channel at 8:00 p.m. [[North American Eastern Standard Time Zone|Eastern Time]] and is rebroadcast at 11:00 p.m.

Until early 2009, O'Reilly hosted a radio program that had more than 3.26 million listeners and was carried by more than 400 radio stations.<ref>[http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2007/narrative_radio_talk_radio.asp?cat=8&media=9 The State of the News Media 2007].Annual Report on American Journalism,2007.</ref> According to the talk radio industry publication ''[[Talkers Magazine]]'', O'Reilly was #11 on the "Heavy Hundred", a list of the 100 most important talk show hosts in America.<ref>[http://talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=44 Heavy Hundred 2008] Talkers Magazine, June 2008.</ref> Conservative Internet news site ''[[NewsMax]]''’s "Top 25 Talk Radio Host" list selected O'Reilly to the #2 spot as most influential host in the nation.<ref>[www.newsmax.com/radio_hosts.cfm Top 25 Radio Hosts] NewsMax.com, July 1, 2008.</ref>

O'Reilly's life and career have not been without controversy. [[Progressivism in the United States|Progressive]] media watchdog organizations such as [[Media Matters for America|Media Matters]] and [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]] have criticized O'Reilly's reporting on a variety of issues, accusing him of distorting facts and using misleading or erroneous statistics.<ref name="fair.org">{{cite web|last=Hart |first=Peter |url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1108 |title=Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, "The "Oh Really?" Factor: Bill O'Reilly spins facts and statistics," Peter Hart, May/June 2002 |publisher=Fair.org |date= |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref>

After the [[September 11 attacks]], O'Reilly accused the [[United Way of America]] and [[American Red Cross]] of failing to deliver millions of dollars in donated money, raised by the organizations in the name of the disaster, to the families of those killed in the attacks.<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25667 "Fight the power"], Bill O'Reilly, WorldNetDaily, December 13, 2001</ref> O'Reilly reported that the organizations misrepresented their intentions for the money being raised by not distributing all of the 9/11 relief fund to the victims.<ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/10/30/171728.shtml "Red Cross Diverts Donations From Sept. 11 Victims"], Kevin Curran, NewsMax.com, October 31, 2001</ref> Actor [[George Clooney]] accused O'Reilly of misstating facts and harming the relief effort by inciting "panic" among potential donors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1016211,00.html |title=George Clooney Bites Back at Bill O'Reilly - Asia Quake 2004, Bill O'Reilly, George Clooney : People.com |publisher=People.com |author=Sharon Cotliar and Stephen M. Silverman |date=November 7, 2008 |accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref>

Beginning in 2005, O'Reilly periodically denounced [[George Tiller]], a [[Kansas]]-based physician who specialized in second and third trimester [[abortion]]s,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/us/01tiller.html?_r=1 | work=The New York Times | title=Abortion Doctor Shot to Death in Kansas Church | first1=Joe | last1=Stumpe | first2=Monica | last2=Davey | date=June 1, 2009 | accessdate=April 1, 2010}}</ref> often referring to him as "Tiller the baby killer".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/us/02blame.html?scp=1&sq=%22Tiller+the+baby+killer%22&st=nyt | work=The New York Times | title=Doctor’s Killer Is Not Alone in the Blame, Some Say | first=Brian | last=Stelter | date=June 2, 2009 | accessdate=April 1, 2010}}</ref> Tiller was murdered on May 31, 2009 by Scott Roeder, an [[anti-abortion]] activist.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/06032009/news/nationalnews/anti_abortion_zealot_charged_with_murder_172293.htm | work=New York Post | title=Anti-Abortion Zealot Charged With Murder | date=June 3, 2009}}</ref> Critics such as [[Salon.com]]'s Gabriel Winant have asserted that O'Reilly's anti-Tiller rhetoric helped to create an atmosphere of violence around the doctor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/31/tiller/ |title=O'Reilly's campaign against murdered doctor &#124; Salon News |publisher=Salon.com |date=2009-05-31 |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref> Jay Bookman of the ''[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'' wrote that O'Reilly "clearly went overboard in his condemnation and demonization of Tiller" but added that it was "irresponsible to link O'Reilly" to Tiller's murder.<ref>{{cite web|author=5:38 pm June 1, 2009, by Jay |url=http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/06/01/dont-smear-oreilly-with-tiller-assassination/ |title=Don’t smear O’Reilly with Tiller assassination &#124; Jay Bookman |publisher=Blogs.ajc.com |date=2009-06-01 |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref> O'Reilly has responded to the criticism by saying "no backpedaling here ... every single thing we said about Tiller was true".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/02/AR2009060200889.html | work=The Washington Post | title=Let's Take a Deep Breath | first= | last= | date=June 2, 2009 | accessdate=April 26, 2010}}</ref>

In early 2007, researchers from the [[Indiana University]] School of Journalism published a report that analyzed O'Reilly's "Talking Points Memo" segment. Using analysis techniques developed in the 1930s by the [[Institute for Propaganda Analysis]], the study concluded that O'Reilly used [[propaganda]], frequently engaged in [[name calling]], and consistently cast non-Americans as threats and never "in the role of victim or hero."<ref>{{cite web|author = Indiana University|url= http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5535.html|title = Content analysis of O'Reilly's Rhetoric find spin to be a 'factor'}}</ref><ref>Mike Conway, Maria Elizabeth Grabe, and Kevin Grieves, "[http://journalism.indiana.edu/papers/oreillyjourstud07.pdf Villains, Victims, and the Virtuous in Bill O'Reilly's 'No-Spin Zone']," ''Journalism Studies'' 8:2 (2007).</ref> O'Reilly responded, asserting that "the terms '[[conservative]],' '[[Liberalism|liberal]],' '[[Left-wing politics|left]],' '[[Right-wing politics|right]],' '[[Progressivism|progressive]],' 'traditional' and '[[centrism|centrist]]' were considered name-calling if they were associated with a problem or social ill." The study's authors claimed those terms were only considered name-calling when linked to derogatory qualifiers.<ref name="LATimes-Conway">Mike Conway, Maria Elizabeth Grabe and Kevin Grieves, [[Los Angeles Times]], [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-conway16may16,0,3767872.story?coll=la-opinion-center ''Bill O'Reilly and Krippendorff's Alpha''], May 16, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2007.</ref> Fox News producer Ron Mitchell wrote an op-ed in which he accused the study's authors of seeking to manipulate their research to fit a predetermined outcome. Mitchell argued that by using tools developed for examining propaganda, the researchers presupposed that O'Reilly propagandized.<ref>Mitchell R, [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-mitchell9may09,0,3143633.story?coll=la-opinion-center "Stop Calling O'Reilly Names"], ''LATimes.com (Opinion)'', May 10, 2007, Accessed May 10, 2007.</ref>

O'Reilly is the main inspiration for comedian [[Stephen Colbert]]'s [[Stephen Colbert (character)|satirical character]] on the [[Comedy Central]] show ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', which features Colbert in a "full-dress parody" of ''The O'Reilly Factor''. On the show, Colbert refers to O'Reilly as "Papa Bear."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/10/22/News/The-Real.Colbert.Talks.At.Lisner-3046562.shtml |title=The real Colbert talks at Lisner – News |publisher=Media.www.gwhatchet.com |date= |accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref> O'Reilly and Colbert exchanged appearances on each others' shows in January 2007.<ref>{{cite video |people = [[Stephen Colbert (character)|Stephen Colbert]], Bill O'Reilly. |date=January 18, 2007 |title = The Colbert Report |url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/81003/january-18-2007/bill-o-reilly |format = flv |medium = television series |publisher = [[Busboy Productions]] |location = New York, NY |accessdate=May 07, 2009 }}</ref>

Speaking on ABC's ''[[Good Morning America]]'' on March 18, 2003, O'Reilly promised that "If the Americans go in and overthrow [[Saddam Hussein]] and it's clean [of weapons of mass destruction]...I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again." <ref name="cd-wmd-clean">[http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views04/0225-10.htm "Bill O'Reilly's 'Apology': Still Spinning in the 'No Spin Zone'"] by Peter Hart, [[Common Dreams NewsCenter]], February 25, 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=7251 "Devil in the Details: He Is the Eggman"] by Heidi Pauken, ''[[The American Prospect]]'', March 1, 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.flakmag.com/books/mybad.html "My Bad: 25 Years of Public Apologies and the Appalling Behavior That Inspired Them"] by Paul Slansky and Arleen Sorkin, ''[[Flak Magazine]]''.</ref><ref>[http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3062 "Iraq and the Media"] Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.</ref> In another appearance on the same program on February 10, 2004, O'Reilly responded to repeated requests for him to honor his pledge: "My analysis was wrong and I'm sorry. I was wrong. I'm not pleased about it at all."<ref name="cd-wmd-clean">[http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0225-10.htm "Bill O'Reilly's 'Apology': Still Spinning in the 'No Spin Zone'"] by Peter Hart, [[Common Dreams NewsCenter]], February 25, 2004.</ref><ref>[http://www.seattlepi.com/tv/160422_oreilly13.html "Bill O'Reilly admits he was wrong about Iraq"] , ''[[Associated Press]]''.</ref> With regard to never again trusting the current U.S. government, he said, "I am much more skeptical of the Bush administration now than I was at that time."

On May 10, 2008, O'Reilly was presented with the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] Governors' Award at an [[Emmy]] awards show dinner.<ref>{{cite news|last=Horton|first=Scott|title=How Bill O’Reilly Got a Critic Fired|url=http://www.harpers.org/archive/2010/08/hbc-90007521|newspaper=Harper's Magazine|date=23-08-10}}</ref>

==== Sexual harassment lawsuit ====
Andrea Mackris, a former producer for [[The O'Reilly Factor]], sued O'Reilly for [[sexual harassment]] on October 13, 2004, seeking $60 million in damages in response to a lawsuit O'Reilly filed previously that day charging Mackris for extortion, alleging that she had threatened a lawsuit unless he paid her more than $60 million. In her allegations against O'Reilly, Mackris claimed two types of legally cognizable sexual harassment claims that are not based upon physical contact: ''[[quid pro quo]]'' and ''[[hostile work environment]]''. In her lawsuit, she filed a 22-page complaint with the Supreme Court of the State of New York<ref name=Mackris_complaint>{{cite web |url = http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/oreilly-hit-sex-harass-suit |title = O'Reilly Sex Harassment Suit: Andrea Mackris 22 page complaint filed with the New York Supreme Court. Complaint no. 04114558 |publisher = [[Courtroom Television Network]] LLC |work = [[The Smoking Gun]]|date = 2004-10-13 |accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref> and produced quotations from alleged explicit phone conversations between herself and O’Reilly in which he "advised her to use a vibrator and told her about sexual fantasies involving her".<ref name=CBS>{{cite web |url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/20/entertainment/main650282.shtml |title = O'Reilly Settles Sex Harass Suit |publisher = [[CBS|CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS)]] |author = Lauren Johnston |date = 2004-10-28 |accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref> On October 15, 2004, Fox sought judicial permission to fire Mackris, but she was never dismissed. On October 19, 2004, Mackris filed an amended complaint seeking further damages for illegal retaliatory actions by O'Reilly, Fox News, and the [[News Corporation]]-owned newspaper, ''[[The New York Post]]''.<ref name=TSG>{{cite web |url = http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/funny/oreilly-hit-sex-harass-suit |title = O'Reilly Hit With Sex Harass Suit: Female coworker details lewd behavior of Fox News star |publisher = [[Courtroom Television Network]] LLC |work = [[The Smoking Gun]]|date = 2004-10-13 |accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref> On October 28, 2004, O'Reilly and Mackris reached an [[out-of-court settlement]] and dropped all charges against each other. According to several published reports, as part of the settlement, O'Reilly likely paid Mackris millions of dollars, but the terms of the agreement are confidential.<ref name="settleoct28">{{cite web |url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7578-2004Oct28.html |title = Bill O'Reilly, Producer Settle Harassment Suit |accessdate = 2011-02-12 |author = Howard Kurtz |authorlink = Howard Kurtz |date = 2004-10-29 |work = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

==Political views and public perception==
{{Main|Political views of Bill O'Reilly}}
[[File:BillOReillySept2010.jpg|thumb|right|O'Reilly in September 2010]]
O'Reilly has long said that his inspiration for speaking up for average Americans are his [[working-class]] roots. He has pointed to his boyhood home in [[Levittown, New York]] as a credential. In an interview with ''[[The Washington Post]]'', O'Reilly's mother said that her family lived in [[Westbury, New York|Westbury]],<ref name="lifeoforeilly">{{cite news | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A62722-2000Dec12?language=printer | work = [[The Washington Post]] | title = The Life of O'Reilly | first = Paul | last = Farhi | date = 2000-12-13 | accessdate = 2007-03-04 }}</ref>{{Dead link|date=July 2009}} which is a few miles from Levittown. Citing this interview, then [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] talk-show pundit [[Al Franken]] accused O'Reilly of distorting his background to create a more working-class image. O'Reilly countered that ''The Washington Post'' misquoted his mother,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/news/col/story/185118p-160369c.html | work = [[New York Daily News]] | title = Gloves of fairness are off | date = 2004-04-18 | accessdate = 2007-03-04 | first = Bill | last = O'Reilly }}</ref>{{Dead link|date=July 2009}} and he said his mother still lives in his childhood home, which was built by William Levitt. O'Reilly placed a copy of the house's mortgage on his website; the mortgage shows a Levittown postal address.<ref>{{cite web |title= Form LL-65 |url= http://www.billoreilly.com/images/pdf/deed.pdf |date= |work= County Trust Company |publisher= billoreilly.com |accessdate=16 July 2009}}</ref> O'Reilly has also said, "You don't come from any lower than I came from on an economic scale"<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.observer.com/node/52060 | work = [[The New York Observer]] | title = Fox News Superstar Bill O'Reilly Wants to Oppose Hillary in 2006! | first = Jason | last = Gay | date = 2000-10-09 | accessdate = 2007-06-19 }}</ref> and that his father--a currency accountant for an oil company--<ref name=Facts>{{cite web|title=The Facts on O'Reillys Background|url=http://www.oreilly-sucks.com/spinfacts01.htm|accessdate=29 September 2011}}</ref> "never earned more than $35,000 a year in his life." [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]] has calculated that adjusted for [[inflation]], $35,000 in 1978 would be worth over $90,000 in 2001 dollars.<ref name="fair-oreillyness">{{cite news | url = http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1070 | title = Bill O'Reilly's Sheer O'Reillyness | first = Seth | last = Ackerman | coauthors = Peter Hart | work = Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting | accessdate = 2007-03-04 }}</ref> O'Reilly responded that his father's $35,000 income only came at the end of his long career.<ref>{{cite book | first=Bill | last=O'Reilly | year=2003 | title=Who's Looking Out For You? }}</ref>

On ''The O'Reilly Factor'' and on his former talk-radio program, Bill O'Reilly has focused on news and commentary related to politics and culture.<ref name="sandiego">{{cite news|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20040210-0550-campaign-bush-oreilly.html|title=Conservative U.S. anchor now skeptical about Bush|accessdate=April 4, 2009 |date=February 10, 2004|publisher=''The San Diego Union-Tribune''|work=Reuters}}</ref> O'Reilly has long said that he does not identify with any political party.<ref name="fair">{{cite web|url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1070|title=Bill O'Reilly's Sheer O'Reillyness|date=July/August 2001|accessdate=April 4, 2009 |publisher=Fair.org|author=Ackerman, Seth and Peter Hart}}</ref> On December 6, 2000, The ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]'' in New York reported, however, that he had been registered with the [[United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] in the state of New York since 1994. When questioned about this, he said that he was not aware of it and says he registered as an independent after the interview.<ref>{{cite news
| last =Ingrassia
| first =Michele
| title =He's Living the Life of O'Reilly
| publisher =''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]''
| date=December 6, 2000
| url =http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2000/12/06/2000-12-06_he_s_living_the_life_of_o_re.html
| accessdate=April 21, 2009 }}</ref> During a broadcast of ''The Radio Factor'', O'Reilly said that there was no option to register as an independent voter; however, there was in fact a box marked "I do not wish to enroll in party."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200510030001 |title=O&#39;Reilly falsely claimed he did not have option to register as an independent |publisher=Mediamatters.org |date=October 3, 2005 |accessdate=November 21, 2008}}</ref>
Despite being registered as an Independent, many view him as a conservative figure.<ref name="sandiego"/><ref name="fair"/> A Pew Research February 2009 poll found that 66% of his television viewers identify themselves as conservative, 24% moderate, and 3% liberal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1102/limbaugh-audience-conservative-men|title=Limbaugh Holds onto his Niche – Conservative Men|date=February 3, 2009|accessdate=April 4, 2009 |publisher=Pew Research Center}}</ref> A November 2008 poll by [[Zogby International]] found that O'Reilly was the second most trusted news personality after Rush Limbaugh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imao.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/media_project_poll_info.pdf|title=Zogby Poll Finds the Internet Today’s Most Trusted News Source|date=November 20, 2008|accessdate=October 1, 2010|publisher=The IFC Media Project}}</ref>

In a 2003 interview with [[Terry Gross]] on [[National Public Radio]], O'Reilly said:
{{cquote|I'm not a political guy in the sense that I embrace an ideology. To this day I'm an independent thinker, an independent voter, I'm a registered independent... there are certain fundamental things that this country was founded upon that I respect and don't want changed. That separates me from the secularists who want a complete overhaul of how the country is run.<ref name=npr>{{cite news|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1459090|title=Bill O'Reilly|last=Gross|first=Terry|date=8 October 2003|work=Fresh Air from WHYY (npr)|accessdate=April 09, 2009 }}</ref>}}

On a September 2007 edition of ''[[The Radio Factor]]'', while having a discussion about race with fellow Fox News commentator and author [[Juan Williams]] about a meal he shared with [[Al Sharpton]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Nox Solutions |url=http://billoreilly.com/blog;jsessionid=33ACA2334DD2726B8B743E9684498D29?action=viewBlog&blogID=-514007249730622364 |title=Audio broadcast of Radio Factor 9/19/2007 |publisher=Billoreilly.com |date=2007-09-25 |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref> O'Reilly said he "couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between [[Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem|Sylvia's restaurant]] and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship." He commented that no one in Sylvia's was "screaming M'Fer, I want more iced tea."<ref>{{cite web|title=O'Reilly surprised "there was no difference" between Harlem restaurant and other New York restaurants|url=http://mediamatters.org/research/200709210007|publisher=Media Matters for America|date=September 21, 2007|accessdate=December 12, 2009}}</ref> He further added that "I think that black Americans are starting to think more and more for themselves, getting away from the Sharptons and the [[Jesse Jackson|Jacksons]] and people trying to lead them into a race-based culture. They're just trying to figure it out. 'Look, I can make it. If I work hard and get educated, I can make it.'"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270001?f=h_latest |title=CNN's Roland Martin on O'Reilly comment: "[L&#93;ast I checked, I didn't hand over my brain to Rev. Sharpton" |publisher=Media Matters for America |date= September 27, 2007|accessdate=2008-11-19}}</ref> [[Roland S. Martin]] of [[CNN]] said that the notion that black people are just now starting to value education is "ridiculous" and that the notion that black people let Sharpton or Jackson think for them is "nuts".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0709/25/ltm.01.html |title=CNN.com – Transcripts |publisher=Transcripts.cnn.com |date= |accessdate=2008-11-19}}</ref> O'Reilly responded, saying, "It was an attempt to tell the radio audience that there is no difference black, white, we’re all Americans. The stereotypes they see on television are not true."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediamatters.org/research/200709260003|title=O'Reilly: "<nowiki>[T]</nowiki>he far-left smear website Media Matters ... feeds the defamation out to the public"|date=September 26, 2007|publisher=Media Matters for America|accessdate=December 12, 2009}}</ref> O'Reilly said, "Media Matters distorted the entire conversation and implied I was [[racism|racist]] for condemning racism."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298120,00.html |title=FoxNews.com – CNN Goes Over to the Dark Side – Bill O’Reilly &#124; The O’Reilly Factor |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=September 26, 2007 |accessdate=2008-11-19}}</ref> [[Juan Williams]] said the criticism of O'Reilly was “rank dishonesty” and that the original comments "had nothing to do with racist ranting by anybody except by these idiots at CNN." Williams went on to say it was "frustrating" that the media try to criticize anyone who wanted to have an honest discussion about race.<ref name="foxnews1">[http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Sep26/0,4670,TVOaposReillySylviaaposs,00.html FoxNews.com – Bill O'Reilly Says He's Being Smeared – Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=November 2008}}</ref>

==Personal life==
O'Reilly married Maureen E. McPhilmy, a public relations executive. They met in 1992, and their wedding took place in St. Brigid Parish of Westbury on November 2, 1996.<ref>Marvin Kitman, ''The Man Who Would Not Shut Up'', pp. 156–157.</ref> They have a daughter, Madeline, (born 1998) and a son, Spencer, (born 2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808461887/bio |title=Bill O'Reilly Biography |publisher=Movies.yahoo.com |date=1949-09-10 |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref> O'Reilly currently resides in suburban [[Manhasset, New York|Manhasset]], New York.

==Controversy==
===Ludacris===
On August 27, 2002, O'Reilly called for all Americans to boycott [[Pepsi]] products,<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last=Noah |first=Timothy |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2078577/ |title=Whopper of the Week: Bill O'Reilly. – By Timothy Noah – Slate Magazine |publisher=Slate.com |date=2003-02-14 |accessdate=2010-12-01}}</ref> saying that [[Ludacris]]' lyrics glamorize a "life of guns, violence, drugs and disrespect of women".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28916 |title=Singing a different tune |publisher=Worldnetdaily.com |date= |accessdate=2010-12-01}}</ref> The next day, O'Reilly reported that Pepsi had fired Ludacris.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

Three years later, this would be referenced again in the song ''[[Number One Spot]]''.

In an interview with [[RadarOnline.com]] in 2010, Ludacris stated that they had made amends after a conversation between the two at a charity event.<ref>{{cite web|last=Harling |first=Danielle |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10814/title.ludacris-and-bill-oreilly-make-amends |title=Ludacris And Bill O’Reilly Make Amends |publisher=Hiphopdx.com |date=2010-03-11 |accessdate=2010-12-01}}</ref>

===Akon===
Political commentators [[Michelle Malkin]], [[Laura Ingraham]], and O'Reilly criticized [[Akon]] for "degrading women."<ref>Malkin, Michelle. [http://michellemalkin.com/2007/05/03/look-whos-promoting-a-vulgar-misogynist/ Look who’s promoting a vulgar misogynist], MichelleMalkin.com, May 3, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.sohh.com/articles/article.php/11592 Pulse Report], ''SOHH.com'', May 11, 2007.</ref> Malkin uploaded commentary about Akon to YouTube, using footage from music videos and the Trinidad concert, and [[Universal Music Group]] then forced its removal by issuing a [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] takedown notice.<ref>Malkin, Michelle. [http://www.michellemalkin.com/archives/007446.htm "Akon's record company abuses DMCA to stifle criticism on YouTube"], MichelleMalkin.com, May 3, 2007.</ref>
The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] joined Malkin in contesting the removal as a misuse of copyright law, citing [[fair use]].<ref>[http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_05.php#005245 "Malkin Fights Back Against Copyright Law Misuse by Universal Music Group"], ''Electronic Frontier Foundation'', May 9, 2007.</ref> In May 2007, UMG rescinded its claim to the video, and the video returned to YouTube.

===Joy Behar/Whoopi Goldberg===
On October 14, 2010, [[Joy Behar]] and [[Whoopi Goldberg]] walked off the set of ''[[The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]'' after they both disagreed with statements made by O'Reilly, specifically O'Reilly's statement, "Muslims killed us on 9/11."<ref>{{cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen! |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25uyFwWPOZg |title=YouTube – Bill O'Reilly Gets Whoopi Goldberg & Joy Behar to Walk Off The View |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2010-10-14 |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref> Barbara Walters then told the audience, "We should be able to have discussion without . . . walking off stage."<ref>{{cite web|last=Hammel |first=Sara |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20434198,00.html |title=VIDEO: Whoopi Goldberg & Joy Behar Storm Off The View – The View, Bill O'Reilly, Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg |publisher=People.com |date=2010-10-14 |accessdate=2011-08-05}}</ref>

==Writings by O'Reilly==<!-- This section is linked from [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)]] -->
O'Reilly has authored ten books:

*{{cite book |title= [[Those Who Trespass]]|last= O'Reilly|first=Bill |year= 1998|publisher=Bancroft Press |location= |isbn= 0-9631246-8-4}}
*{{cite book |title=The O'Reilly Factor: The Good, the Bad, and the Completely Ridiculous in American Life|last= O'Reilly|first=Bill |year= 2000|publisher=Broadway Books |location= |isbn=0-7679-0528-8}} (Reached #1 on the New York Times' Non-Fiction Best Seller list.)<ref name="hawes">[http://www.hawes.com/no1_nf_d.htm New York Times Best Seller; Number Ones Listing; Non Fiction By Date], Hawes.com</ref>
*{{cite book |title= The No Spin Zone|last= O'Reilly|first=Bill |year= 2001|publisher=Broadway Books |location= |isbn= 0-7679-0848-1}} (Reached #1 on the New York Times' Non-Fiction Best Seller list.)<ref name="hawes" />
*{{cite book |title= Who's Looking Out For You?|last= O'Reilly|first=Bill |year= 2003|publisher=Broadway Books |location= |isbn= 0-7679-1379-5}} (Reached #1 on the New York Times' Non-Fiction Best Seller list.)<ref name="hawes" />
*{{cite book |title= [[The O'Reilly Factor For Kids: A Survival Guide for America's Families]]|last= O'Reilly|first=Bill |year= 2004|publisher=Harper Entertainment |location= |isbn= 0-06-054424-4|coauthors=Charles Flowers}} (Best-selling nonfiction children's book of 2005)<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.billoreilly.com/pg/jsp/general/billbio.jsp|title=Bill's Bio|publisher=BillOReilly.com}}</ref>
*{{cite book |title= [[Culture Warrior]]|last= O'Reilly|first=Bill |year= 2006|publisher=Broadway Books |location= |isbn= 0-7679-2092-9}} (Reached #1 on the New York Times' Non-Fiction Best Seller list;<ref name="hawes" /> Achieved more than one million copies in print in its first three months)
*{{cite book |title= Kids Are Americans Too|last= O'Reilly|first=Bill |year= 2007|publisher=William Morrow |location= |isbn= 0060846763}}
*{{cite book |title= [[A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir]]|last= O'Reilly|first=Bill |year= 2008|publisher=Broadway Books |location= |isbn= 0767920929}}
*{{cite book |title= [[Pinheads and Patriots]]: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama|last= O'Reilly|first=Bill |year= 2010|publisher=William Morrow |location= |isbn= 0061950718}}
*{{cite book |title= [[Killing Lincoln]]: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever |last= O'Reilly|first=Bill |year= 2011|publisher=Henry Holt and Co.|location= |isbn= 0805093079|coauthors=Martin Dugard }}

In addition, O'Reilly writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column that appears in numerous newspapers, including the ''[[New York Post]]'' and the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''.<ref>BillOReilly.com, [http://www.billoreilly.com/pg/jsp/general/newspapercolumn.jsp ''Newspaper Column List''], Accessed January 8, 2007.</ref>

==References==
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5 'And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they love to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them. In truth I tell you, they have had their reward.

6 But when you pray, go to your private room, shut yourself in, and so pray to your Father who is in that secret place, and your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.

7 'In your prayers do not babble as the gentiles do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard.

8 Do not be like them; your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

matthew 6 5-8

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