O’Reilly: Disney Will Be Forced To Take Over ‘The View’ Because Hosts Are ‘Peddling Hate’
Charlie Kirk Staff
12/06/2024

Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly criticized the decline of corporate media and various outlets on Thursday during a podcast, suggesting that shows like “The View” might need to be taken over by their network’s owner, which is Disney.
He highlighted that most of “The View” hosts—including Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro—have consistently defended Democrats such as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris throughout their campaigns. Speaking on the “Keeping It Real Podcast with Jillian Michaels,” O’Reilly argued that corporate media outlets like the Los Angeles Times, CNN, and MSNBC are failing due to their focus on hate, claiming that these networks are “directing” people to hate specific individuals and policies.
“Now, I think Fox, FNC, because I know everybody over there, has learned its lesson. A billion dollars might do that, but the others, I mean, they are peddling hate on MSNBC. I can’t figure it out because that’s Comcast. They’re killing their own brand. I know Lester Holt,” O’Reilly said. “He’s a solid guy. But he’s being tainted by Rachel Maddow.”
“I mean, and you can’t see that? Why are they permitting it? CNN went so far left, they’re trying to come back now. They even actually booked me for confronting the president. That shocked me and my people,” O’Reilly added. “But it’s easy to peddle hate. The haters get attention. They can get a small audience and they can make money. That’s why it’s happening.”
Michaels interjected, describing “The View” as “nothing but propaganda and vitriol,” which prompted O’Reilly to argue that the show has been harmful to the network.
“That has hurt ABC News because ABC News controls The View. So I’ve been on The View 20 times, but that was when Barbara Walters was there. That hatred didn’t exist. You still had Behar and Whoopi. You had them, but they were kind of not censored, but there was a different feel to it,” O’Reilly said.
“Now it’s like, your head’s going to blow off. They only have two million people watching them. Why does ABC News want to ruin their brand by this? So Disney is going to have to take The View over. That’ll happen pretty soon,” O’Reilly added.
“It’s all about emotion for the ladies. They live in a giant New York City emotion bubble. Living in a bubble is not good for anybody. So they hear every time, every place what they want to hear. They believe what they want to believe. It’s a comfort zone. It’s kind of like a little tranquilizer,” he continued.
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Since President-elect Donald Trump won the election in November, “The View” has experienced an increase in viewership, averaging 3.078 million viewers during the week of November 4, according to Variety.
However, despite this growth, corporate media still struggles to compete with the high engagement levels of independent shows like “The Joe Rogan Experience,” “The Megyn Kelly Show,” and “The Tucker Carlson Show.”
In November, Comcast announced plans to spin off several news and entertainment channels, including MSNBC, CNBC, USA, E!, Oxygen, and Syfy. The telecommunications giant made this decision after reporting a 53% decline in MSNBC’s ratings following Donald Trump’s election victory, according to the Daily Caller.