The O'Reilly Factor
A daily summary of segments aired on The O'Reilly Factor. A preview of the evening's rundown is posted before the show airs each weeknight.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
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Stossel Matters Segment
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A Struggling Middle Class
Guests:Stuart Varney & Susan Ochs
"A new study says that working and middle class Americans are falling behind their counterparts in Canada and even some in Western Europe when it comes to salaries...The uber-liberal New York Times says it's because managers and executives are taking all the money leaving little for the workers...Talking Points submits that the socialistic trend is the real problem with wage growth in America...
"In the real world, it is still possible for hard-working Americans to prosper. I oversee a thriving business thanks to the infrastructure Fox News provides...Because we are profitable, we are able to pay our workers good money...
"Developing a skill set and a hard work ethic is not being encouraged in this country. Instead, the idle talk is all about inequality - that the system is rigged, telling working Americans that they are victims. Therefore, some don't strive as hard as they might."
Ochs emphasized that it's important to recognize that people who are employed and working hard are still seeing stagnant wages. She stressed that corporate profits are improving while wages are at their lowest level.
Varney relayed that when he moved to America you got a job, worked hard, bought a house, and had a family - this pushed you into the middle class. But as he sees it, that work ethic has now been reversed under Obama.
According to the Factor, President Obama thinks the system is rigged against certain categories of people, but all of his social engineering has not helped the economy.
Is the Web Helpful or Harmful?
Guest:John Stossel
Fox Business is airing a special tomorrow night examining the issue of social media versus your privacy and prosperity.

The Factor cited a statistic that there are now 176 million mobile addicts.

Stossel warned that the biggest problem is privacy - when you're on these devices, there are data brokers who know what you're looking at and they sell your information.

The Factor doesn't have time for Facebook and doesn't understand the purpose of it, but his primary concern is that kids don't pay attention to their lessons because they're doing this instead.

Stossel: "You call it addiction; I call it empowerment that makes the world better."
The Obama Admin and Drug Offenders
Guests:James Rosen & Carl Cameron
Started under Hillary Clinton, the Quadrennial Diplomacy & Development Review is completed every four years at State Department to evaluate how the department is doing. When asked during a press briefing, a State spokesperson couldn't come up with a major accomplishment under the Clinton State Department.

Rosen opined that this is a serious problem for Clinton. He submitted that he has closely examined her legacy and even her closest advisors answer in vague terms when asked what she accomplished. Bringing Iran back to the table to accomplish sanctions is the best they can come up with.

To be fair, the Factor put forth that the Iran deal is, in fact, a big accomplishment, but he admitted that, in general, Secretary Clinton didn't do much but gallivant around the world.

Switching gears, the Factor asked Carl Cameron for an update on Eric Holder and Obama trying to sell the idea that hard drug dealers are not committing violent crimes.

Per Cameron, the Justice Department has outlined new guidelines for qualifying for clemency, which could put thousands of drug prisoners back on the streets.
Gender Equality Debate
Guests:Leslie Marshall & Kate Obenshain
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly wrote a piece arguing the so-called pay gap between men and women isn't a bad thing because if women started making more money than men, they'd have a hard time finding suitable mates.

Obenshain concurred that women look to marry men who are more successful. She claimed this is a fact that's been proven in multiple studies.

Marshall called those women gold-diggers. She maintained women don't make as much money as men, which logically means more women are marrying men who make more money. The Factor pressed Leslie - does she believe the research that women would rather have a mate who makes more money than them? Leslie insisted most women would prefer to be treated equally in the workforce.
Rocky Mountain High
Guest:Dennis Miller
Some debris has washed up in Western Australia, but it doesn't look like it's the missing plane. The Factor wanted to know if Miller has lost interest in this ongoing story.

Miller professed that unless he hears the plane has landed safely and everyone is back with their loved ones, he doesn't want to hear any additional grisly, morbid details about the Malaysian plane. The Factor, however, countered that this isn't just about morbidity - there's a mystery element driving this story.

About the kid who stowed away to Hawaii in the wheel well of a plane, Miller said the kid was reportedly in a hibernation state during the flight. He joked that he suspects the kid was in that state before he even got into the wheel well.

Jesse Watters visited a Denver pot festival. While Miller believed Watters shouldn't have lectured parents for bringing their teen kids, he thought maybe this will be the rebirth of our economy. The Factor excitedly concurred that straight kids will rule over all the stoners and revive our country!
Wild Stories!
Guest:Martha MacCallum
39-year-old Denise Keessee, an Oregon teacher, is convicted of sexual abuse for having inappropriate relations with a 16-year-old boy in her special education class.

Confounded, the Factor wondered why this insane stuff keeps happening when there is no rational reason.

On another topic, PETA is objecting to the fact that real eggs were used during the White House Easter egg hunt. Martha explained PETA's beef - 14-thousand little egg lives are tragically ended every year on the White House lawn.

The Factor asked if PETA has ever been to a diner. He also worried that if we can't eat chickens or eggs, it won't be long chickens overtake the Earth. Martha contended that PETA loses any credibility they had wasting time on this particular issue.
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39-year-old Denise Keessee, an Oregon teacher, is convicted of sexual abuse for having inappropriate relations with a 16-year-old boy in her special education class.

Confounded, the Factor wondered why this insane stuff keeps happening when there is no rational reason.

On another topic, PETA is objecting to the fact that real eggs were used during the White House Easter egg hunt. Martha explained PETA's beef - 14-thousand little egg lives are tragically ended every year on the White House lawn.

The Factor asked if PETA has ever been to a diner. He also worried that if we can't eat chickens or eggs, it won't be long chickens overtake the Earth. Martha contended that PETA loses any credibility they had wasting time on this particular issue.
Check out Bill in The WSJ!
In the Wall Street Journal online edition, Jason Riley suggested that Bill O'Reilly ought to be considered the first black prime time cable news host for using his platform to speak about the problems facing the black underclass. Check out the piece here!