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Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly hosted The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News until 2017. He formerly worked as a television news reporter and has authored numerous books.

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Latest Fact-Checks By Bill O'Reilly

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Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on June 30, 2024 an X post:
Says as of June 30, “the decision has been made that (President Joe Biden) will quit the campaign.”
False
By Sara Swann • July 1, 2024
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 15, 2022 a video on his website:
“As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2022
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 16, 2016 an episode of "The O'Reilly Factor":
Says Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted, so the folks know, in Washington, D.C., to keep guns away from private citizens."
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 18, 2016
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 7, 2015 a commentary:
From 2014 to 2015, Austin’s "murder rate is up a whopping 83 percent."
Mostly False
By Philip Jankowski, W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2015
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 27, 2015 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor":
Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."
Mostly True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 30, 2015
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 20, 2015 a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor":
"I never said I was on the Falkland Islands."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 3, 2015
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 1, 2014 a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor":
"In 2012, 123 African-Americans were shot dead by police. ... Same year, 326 whites were killed by police."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 4, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 12, 2014 an interview with Howard Kurtz:
"When I go on Letterman" the "ratings go up."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • October 21, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 6, 2014 a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor":
Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 8, 2014 comments on Fox News:
"More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 2, 2014 a special broadcast on Fox:
Says he didn't tell viewers that the Obama campaign hid news about the motives behind the attack in Benghazi because Obama was running for re-election.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 4, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 9, 2013 a broadcast of the "O'Reilly Factor":
"The 'Denver Post' has actually hired an editor to promote pot."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 12, 2013
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 5, 2013 an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":
Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2013
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on September 28, 2011 an interview on "The Daily Show":
Says the federal government hosted a conference and "ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 4, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 26, 2011 a comment on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor":
Since 1965, the United States has spent "untold trillions" yet the poverty rate hasn’t budged.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 24, 2011 on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor":
"The right-to-work states have much lower level of unemployment than the union states do."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview with President Obama:
The majority of people in polls do "not support Obamacare."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • February 8, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 6, 2011 an interview with President Barack Obama:
Tells President Barack Obama that he also asked former President George W. Bush about how he felt about Americans hating him.
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2011
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 17, 2010 an online column:
"Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation  
False
By Robert Farley • July 23, 2010
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on April 13, 2010 a segment on the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor:
"We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. Nobody's ever said it."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2010
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Latest Fact-Checks About Bill O'Reilly

Liberals Are Cool
Liberals Are Cool
stated on March 17, 2013 an Internet meme:
"Q: What do these ‘Patriotic' Americans have in common? A: They are all Draft Dodgers."
Pants on Fire!
By Caryn Shinske • March 24, 2013
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