Bill O'Reilly here Monday, January 3, 2022.

You are listening to the O'Reilly update.

Happy New Year.

COVID surging, but hospital admissions remain low.

Cable News ratings plunge.

A Texas newspaper targets the teenage daughter of Ted Cruz.

A third of Americans say violence against the government is justified.

So ahead, a vivid example of why so many Americans despise the press.

But first new COVID cases of 4,000 percent since June.

The seven-day average stands at 450,000 infections every 24 hours.

Worst hotspots include New York City, Michigan, Florida.

Despite the rapid rise of the new variant, hospitalizations remain fairly low.

Americans dropping 25 percent compared to the summer.

Daily COVID deaths also down 50 percent in the last 12 months.

So, Omicron is not as dangerous as the previous COVIDs, but it is still a concern, obviously.

Cable News operations reporting a big drop in ratings.

Fox News still on top, despite a 34 percent decline in primetime viewers in 2021.

MSNBC down 28 percent CNN down a whopping 39 percent.

A poll published by Axio says half of Americans believe journalists mislead their audience

on purpose.

Six and 10 say news organizations are more concerned with profit than honestly informing

the public, which is absolutely true.

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