Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, December 6, 2022

Episode Date: December 6, 2022

Voters in Georgia return to the polls, The CDC urges folks to bring back the facemask this Christmas, Time Magazine names the finalists for ‘Person of the Year,’ A new survey reveals the road rage capital of the USA. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, what happened to 60 Minutes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

O'Reilly here, Tuesday, December 6th, 2022. You are listening to The O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. Voters in Georgia, return to elect a senator. The CDC urging folks to bring back face masks this Christmas. Time magazine names the finalist for Person of the Year. New survey reveals the road race. capital of the country. Also ahead, what has happened to 60 minutes? But first, residents in Georgia

casting another ballot for U.S. Senate. Latest polls show Democrat Raphael Warnock with a six-point lead over Republican Herschel Walker. Neither candidate passed a 50% threshold last month in Georgia. A win by Warnick would pad the Democratic majority in the Senate, 51%. 49. Both campaigns have spent $10 million in the past four weeks. The CDC once again urging residents to wear masks inside. A dangerous combination of the flu, COVID, and other respiratory diseases is causing a spike in hospitalizations. Doctors say the latest strain of COVID, 10 times more transmissible than the other variants. Cases in California, New York, York, Texas, up 25% compared to the summer, but down significantly since last January.

Time magazine listing their contenders for Person of the Year. They are Chinese dictator Xi, United States Supreme Court, all of them. Elon Musk, Liz Cheney, Ukraine President Zelensky, philanthropist, McKenzie Scott, protesters in Iran, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Last year's winner, you may remember, was Elon Musk for his work on electric cars and space travel. Newsweek ranking the worst cities in America for road rage. Towns are judged by violent altercations and intentional collisions. Top of the list this year, LA, Chicago, New York,

Houston, but the most place for road rage drivers, Washington, D.C. Make sense, right? Folks looking to avoid a fight should go to Louisville, Kentucky. They have the most congenial drivers in the country. In a moment, what is going on with 60 minutes? Right back. 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, newsmakers 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. Time now for the message of the day. When folks asked me, which journalist influenced you the most? I always say Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes. He was the best, in my opinion.

I got to know him. I'm not going to say he was a mentor, but we would go back and forth about stories and my commentaries. Wallace was whipsmart, honest, and a guy that I wanted to be like. Now, 60 Minutes debuted on CBS in September, 1968, and Wallace was the host. Based on ratings, 60 Minutes is the most successful program in TV history since it was moved into its present Sunday night time slot in 1975. The average viewership in 2006 was 179.

million. This year, 8 million. More than a 50% drop. As with so many other news agencies, 60 Minutes, went after President Trump, and they didn't like him very much. I think it's one of the biggest scandals I've ever seen, and you don't cover it. You want to talk about... Well, because it can't be verified. You want to talk about insignificant things. I'm telling you. Of course it can be verified. Excuse me, they found the laptop. Leslie, listening.

What can't be verified? The laptop. Why do you say that? Even the family hasn't, the family on the laptop, he's gone into hiding. For five days, he's got into hiding. He's preparing for your delay. Oh, it's taken him five days to prepare. I doubt it.

I doubt it. So, of course, history shows us the laptop was verified, could have been verified very easily by 60 Minutes, but they didn't even try. Now, millions of Americans who are Republican, conservative, Trump supporters, they noticed. And that is what has not only heard 60 Minutes, but most other network presentations. Of course, Donald Trump deserves to be scrutinized. I do that here, even though I've known him for a long time, as you probably know. But when a program starts to really go after somebody, then that is really, really shaky ground.

So 60 Minutes took a turn into the political arena. Wallace, Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, those guys were socially liberal, but they didn't pull those punches on the air. I watched almost every week. I never watch because it's boring. So I tuned in last Sunday knowing I was going to do this commentary and here's what we got. A interview with French President Macron where he said, hey, I don't like Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, but it was never explained why he didn't like it. There was no back and forth. Then we went to Africa, beautiful pictures, but I've seen.

the elephants. Then some pool player guy. No, I mean, my time is valuable. So anyway, I bid you a do 60 minutes. It was a great run. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by writing it. If you'd like more honest news analysis, Bill O'Reilly.com is the place for you. And killing the legends, my new best feller, makes a great holiday gift. In a moment, something you might not know. 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 Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Now, the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. 173 years ago today, a runaway slave escaped from bondage in Maryland. Within a decade, she would be known as the Moses of her people, helping hundreds of of Southern blacks make the dangerous journey north on the Underground Railroad. Here is the story of Harriet Tubman. Born in 1822, Harriet was one of nine children, all slaves, of course. Like her siblings, Harriet was subjected to brutal attacks from her owners. At 13, she was beaten by an

overseer with a five-pound weight. She suffered from seizures, severe headaches, and narcolepsy for the rest of her In 1844, Harriet married a free black man, John Tubman. Five years later, she decided to escape. Harriet followed the North Star to Philadelphia, walking 100 miles by foot from Maryland. After working for a year and saving money, she returned to Maryland to free her sister and two nephews. A year later, she rescued her brother and two more children. In total, Harriet Tubman made, made 19 trips into the south and freed more than 300 slaves, including her 70-year-old parents. She did that by buying them. She never lost a single passenger during the dangerous journey north. In 1856, slave catchers put a $40,000 bounty on Harriet's head, the equivalent

of $1 million today. But she remained defiant. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Harry Tubman played a crucial role as a spy for the federal government. She often disguised herself as an old woman wandering around Confederate territory. She spoke with local slaves and smuggled top secret military plans to the Union Army. After the war, Tubman lived the rest of her life in upstate New York. She died there in 1913 at the age of 91. And here's something else you might not know. While Harriet was never an official member of the Union Army, commanders credit her with saving as many as 3,000 slaves. After her death, she was buried with full military honors. Back after this.

from the Sean Spicer Show podcast, reminding you to tune 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 sides, 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. you get your podcast. Thank you for listening to the O'Reilly update. I am Bill O'Reilly, no spin, just facts, and always looking out for you.