After it was revealed Fox News hosts presented one opinion on the air during the 2020 Presidential Election, while privately admitting the claims for former President Trump and his legal team were false, many wondered if it would damage the network’s credibility. Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly doesn’t believe it will hurt at all.
O’Reilly asked his podcast audience if the information uncovered during the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against the network would change the way they viewed the channel. 85% of respondents in his poll said no.
“Most of these voters — in the poll — are Fox News fans. They like the network. Even though the network has done things that you can arguably say are wrong, that doesn’t matter to them,” O’Reilly said. “Because they have nowhere else to go. It’s either Fox — you can’t turn to others, because others are slanting the news in a democrat, left direction.
“Here’s the most important part about this: Fox News’ talent is so much better than CNN or MSNBC. Just from a performance level. A lot of people say ‘I’m not gonna give that up. I enjoy watching various programs on Fox News, and just because they did this, I’m not gonna stop watching’. I’m not gonna say whether this is right or wrong.”
The former Fox News host added that Fox News has been vilified by those guilty of the same crime.
“The hypocritical, corrupt press is just killing Fox News, which they always have. This gives them another weapon,” O’Reilly said. “Nevermind that the corrupt, left-wing media ran with the Russian collusion story when they knew it was bogus. Same thing. You may argue that the election is a bigger story — I would not dispute that — but there’s plenty of hypocrisy.”
