Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, April 24, 2023

Episode Date: April 24, 2023

US Special Forces in Sudan, bullet proof cars growing in popularity, Charles Barkley’s new show, and a conservative boycott is working. Plus, Bill’s Message of the Day, cable news ratings are tanking…again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Monday, April 24th, 2023. Here's what's happening today in America. Special forces in Sudan, bulletproof cars, Charles Barkley's new show,

and a conservative boycott is working. That's all coming up. And then Bill will be here with your message of the day. But first, on Saturday, the president tweeted today, the United States military conducted an operation to extract U.S. government personnel from Khartoum, that's the capital of Sudan, in response to the situation there. It is reported that men in the Navy SEALs and the Army's third special forces group participated in the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Sudan.

Lieutenant General D.A. Sims, he said U.S. forces lifted off from Djibouti and landed in Ethiopia. The aircraft, including three Chinook helicopters, refueled in Ethiopia before, flying approximately three hours to Khartoum. The evacuation was conducted in one movement via rotary wing. The operation was fast and clean, with service members spending less than an hour on the ground in Khartoum. It's believed there are still 16,000 Americans in Sudan. It's one thing to be in Sudan, but what about cities here in America?

This is the sign of our country today. Armor Max is a company that makes bulletproof cars, usually for foreign diplomats. They started making cars for clients in Mexico during all the kidnappings there in the 90s. Then they started making bulletproof cars for clients in Nigeria and South Africa and the Middle East. And now they're filling orders for clients in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Memphis, Las Vegas. The CEO says it's been pretty shocking. I would say it really started about 18 months ago. It used to be politicians and CEOs, almost all international.

Now we're bulletproofing Honda Accords. The basic package to bulletproof your car is $38,000. CNN launching a new show featuring open. friend Gail King and Charles Barkley. It's a weekly one-hour show. It will launch this fall on Wednesday nights. Charles said, I want the show to be non-political. We don't want to say we're liberal, conservative, Republican Democrat. That's one of the things that's really ruined television in general. We'll see. This might be one of the first conservative boycotts I've seen actually working. The vice president at Bud Light, who decided to have Dylan Mulvaney, that's the 26-year-old

male who acts like a 12-year-old girl, do a commercial for them. She's now on a leave of absence. after an internal shake-up at the company. Bud Light says the company is taking steps that will help us maintain focus on the things we do best, brewing great beer for all consumers, while always making a positive impact in our communities and on our country. Go woke, go broke, you have to make it hurt, conservative. Stop letting them take you for granted. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast, Politics by Faith.

The great Bill O'Reilly is here with your message of the day. Next. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning, I'll bring you the stories that matter, plus the news people actually talk about, the juicy details in the worlds of politics, business, pop culture, and everything in between. It's what you want from the New York Post wrapped up in one snappy show. Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast, listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Monday, I was examining the TV ratings for cable news during the Fox defamation story

last week. And they were low. And it surprised me a bit, but when I thought about it, it made sense. So here is the breakdown. Essentially, Fox News viewers don't care about the story because Fox News itself did not cover it. And so the audience level, while not high last week, remained pretty much about the same. So anybody watching Fox News that wanted to hear about the defamation suit by Dominion

couldn't because Fox didn't cover it, but the audience didn't care. On the other side, the anti-Fox people, and that's about 95% of the corporate media, they went wild. You heard them. And they wanted blood in the streets of the Fox precincts. And when the settlement came, they were terribly disappointed that they couldn't put the Fox people through a legal pinata. Well, the liberal viewers on MSNBC and CNN didn't show up. So what does this tell us? It says that Americans on both the right and the left don't really care about media stories.

Doesn't pertain to their lives. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. you can reach me. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Name in town if you wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail. Gus Pullen, Houston, Texas. I've watched you since inside edition, Bill, and you have the best news program anywhere. I'd like to hear more about Ukraine. I can't see anything but Russia winning. Russia isn't winning. Russia is getting its butt kicked economically. In fact, there was an article in

a Wall Street Journal that said Russian millionaires have declined half. Believe me, the oligarchs over there are furious. You've got to be patient here, but Putin is not winning, and he deserves to lose. Bradley Rayfield, Apache Junction, Arizona. Why are so many people in the USA so obsessed for promoting gay and transgender people? Because they see them as underdogs. And the left, in particular loves the underdog, and then its virtue signaling to try to help them. That's what this is all about. Suzanne Estemler, Pembroke Pines, Florida, would you please tell us where we can read Victor Davis Hansen's column? Now I'm going to, Suzanne, this is for you, but for everybody. All you have to do, and even I know this, and I am the most internet illiterate person on the

earth, all you have to do is type in Victor Davis Hansen. on Google, hit the little thing, and he will pop up, and his columns will pop up for anything about him. So it's so easy now. It's one of the advantage of the machine. Catherine, it's frustrating to live in a world where so many have bad manners. This weekend, I noticed something.

There were many well-educated individuals who have no political concerns whatsoever. They're totally oblivious to what's happening. Absolutely, it's not a matter of poor or rich. It's a matter of me, me, me. me, me, me. If you're a narcissist, you don't care about anything else. In a moment, something you might not know. Hey, it's Sean Spicer from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to turn into my show

every day to get your daily dose inside the world of politics. President Trump and his team are shaking up Washington like never before, and we're here to cover it from all size, especially on the topics the mainstream media won't. So if you're a political junkie on a late lunch or getting ready for the drive home. New episodes of the Sean Spicer Show podcast drop at 2 p.m. East Coast every day. Make sure you tune in. You can find us at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. Now, the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know.

On this day in the year 1184 BC, the city-state of Troy fell to Greek invaders. After 10 years of brutal warfare, the conflict ended with one of the great acts of military deception in history. Here is the story of the Trojan horse. According to the ancient poet Homer, the Trojan War was a major conflict between Greece and the powerful city-state of Troy. The entire conflict began as a lover's quarrel. A fragile peace between the two entities fell apart when the Prince of Troy kidnapped Helen. The king of Sparta's wife. Uh-oh.

After assembling a mass of navy to bring the lady back, the Greeks descended on Troy. The invaders besieged the heavily fortified city, but were unable to break through its defenses. That siege raged on for more than ten years, if you can believe it. Frustrated by the stalemate, the Spartans finally devised a secret plan. to sneak soldiers into the city of Troy. Using wood from a tree grove sacred to the god Apollo, the Greeks crafted a giant hollow horse with the following inscription. Quote, we dedicate this offering to Athena for our safe return home.

Unquote. Well, hidden inside the hall of the wooden horse were 50 elite Greek soldiers. They waited until midnight to emerge. The soldiers then killed dozens of guards and opened the city gates. Troy was defeated. Thousands of men, women, and children slaughtered. The Trojans who survived were enslaved. Helen was ferried back to Greece and returned to her husband.

And here's something else you might not know. Today, thousands of tourists flocked to a small town in western Turkey. called Chalakali, a site historians believe is the ruins of Troy. Visitors can tour ancient temples, walk city streets, even climb inside a 65-foot wooden replica of the Trojan horse. Back after this. Power, politics, and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist, and the host of the brand- new podcast, Podforce One. Every week, I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's

most powerful disruptors, lawmakers, lawmakers, and even the president of the United States. These are the leaders shaping the future of America and the world. Listen to Podforce One with me, Miranda Devine, every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. you don't want to miss an episode. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly, no spin, just facts, and always looking out for you.