O’Reilly’s Claim of Ratings Record Is Shown to Be Laughably False
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O’Reilly’s Claim of Ratings Record Is Shown to Be Laughably False
Last week, the trade magazine “Broadcasting & Cable” interviewed Bill O’Reilly on the event of his 100th week as the top-rated cable news show. On Monday, Keith Olbermann had a field day with O’Reilly’s gaffes and misstatements, particularly including his delusion that being first for 100 weeks is a record.
First, the funniest, most embarrassing O‘Reilly mistake. Ms. Guthrie, “congratulations on 100 consecutive months as the top rated on cable news. That‘s quite an accomplishment in this day and age.”
Olbermann (imitating Ted Baxter as O’Reilly): “I don‘t think it has ever been done in any kind of TV milieu. We had our people research all programs going back to the ‘50s like “Gun Smoke” and things like that. Nobody has ever stayed on top this long.”
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