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Originally Posted by Impugn
It is not a "news program" nor does it pretend to be. The Factor is an "opinion program" centered around "news items". It is clearly presented as such.
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No, it often pretends to be.. O'Reilly routinely claims to have "broken" various stories. If you're in competition with other news agencies to be the first to cover a story, you're trying to be a news program.
It is an opinion show, but O'Reilly has a news background and he fancies himself as a journalist as well as a bloviating know it all. He's incorportated the tabloid style of 'Inside Edition' into "The Factor" and it shows. He's created an entertaining show as a result. O'Reilly has about the same journalistic legitimacy as the 'Colbert Report'.