Bill O'Reilly on How Howard Stern and The Washington Post Lost Their Audiences

Howard Stern's Audience Shift

• 💡 Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh were once the biggest radio stars, appealing to the working person with bombastic, entertaining styles.
• 🎯 Stern, initially seen as on the side of working people against elitists, shifted to become a Hillary Clinton supporter and turned against Donald Trump.
• 📉 This ideological shift, alienating millions of Trump voters and associating with celebrities, led to a decline in his Sirius ratings.
• 📌 O'Reilly contrasts Stern's audience loss with his own consistent focus on working people, which has maintained his audience.

The Washington Post's Ideological Decline

• 📰 Bill O'Reilly entered journalism inspired by Woodward and Bernstein, but now views The Washington Post as a left-wing publication.
• 📉 The Post has experienced a 61% decline in print subscriptions over four years, attributed to its anti-Trump stance.
• ⚠️ O'Reilly criticizes the Post's fact-checker for not reporting on perceived cognitive decline in Joe Biden, calling it a deceitful business practice.
• 🔍 He argues that the media's focus on hating Trump and pushing a partisan agenda, rather than fairness, has damaged its credibility and business model.

Media's Loss of Trust

• 🧠 O'Reilly believes the American people can recognize a phony or a bad product and will walk away, leading to the media's downfall.
• 🗣️ He criticizes Bob Woodward for his anti-Trump books, questioning why Trump cooperated with him, and highlights the press's tendency to misinterpret Trump's intentions, such as his economic policies.
• 🎯 The core argument is that media outlets that become too ideological, particularly against a significant portion of the population (like Trump supporters), alienate their audience and damage their business.
• 📚 O'Reilly promotes his new book, "Confronting Evil," available for pre-order.