The O'Reilly Update, December 18, 2020
Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis
Bill O'Reilly
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🗓️ 18 December 2020
⏱️ 12 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Bill O'Reilly, Friday, December 18, 2020. |
| 0:08.5 | You are listening to the O'Reilly update. |
| 0:10.2 | Here's what's happening today in America. |
| 0:13.6 | One week before Christmas, there is big trouble in media land. |
| 0:21.0 | Newsrooms across the country firing employees, newspapers, going bankrupt, TV ratings, down |
| 0:28.6 | double digits across the board. |
| 0:31.3 | According to the Pew Research firm, employment at media outlets down 23% this year, more than |
| 0:39.2 | 27,000 jobs have disappeared. |
| 0:42.9 | Last year, the entire business in the media consisted of 200,000 full-time employees. |
| 0:50.6 | Since President Trump's inauguration in 2017, ratings are down at MSNBC, NBC News, ABC |
| 0:58.0 | News, CBS News, CNN, about 17% for CNN. |
| 1:05.6 | Since election day, Fox News down big in the ratings. |
| 1:10.4 | So all the TV news operations are suffering. |
| 1:14.4 | The question then becomes what's causing the rapid decline? |
| 1:17.6 | The answer is simple. |
| 1:18.6 | It's all about money. |
| 1:21.0 | The bosses have made a choice. |
| 1:23.6 | They believe attacking or praising President Trump 24 hours a day was good for business. |
| 1:31.2 | But what happens when the president leaves Washington? |
| 1:35.9 | What will replace him on TV news? |
| 1:38.8 | Coverage of Joe Biden? |
| 1:40.8 | Come on. |
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