The content of the O’Reilly Factor was recently analyzed and compared against “rhetorical techniques identified as elements of propaganda by the now-defunct research group Institute for Propaganda Analysis”. The findings indicate that host Bill O’Reilly called someone a name almost 9 times a minute.
New Yorker piece on Bill O’Reilly. “It’s hard to be straight-ahead if you’re essentially oppositional and the people you like are in power, if the guests you most want will not appear on your show, and if it’s nearly impossible to demonstrate the existence of the trends you have made it your mission to oppose.”
