Bill O’Reilly continued his media tour for his latest historical thriller Killing Patton, appearing on his own network talking about one of his favorite subjects: the media.
On MediaBuzz, host Howard Kurtz asked O’Reilly if he can now “drop the argument” that he is a “lonely outsider,” since he’s done interviews with the likes of David Letterman, Katie Couric and Jon Stewart recently.
“I bring ratings to those shows,” O’Reilly says. “So when I go on Letterman or the morning shows, the ratings go up. That’s why they have me on.”
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“At first, they tried to destroy me,” said O’Reilly of the “mainstream media.” “I’ve been here 18 years so they’ve given that up.”