Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, May 5, 2022

Episode Date: May 5, 2022

Joe Biden mocks the ‘MAGA’ crowd, 9-in-10 voters are gravely concerned about the country’s future, the CDC asks Americans to wear face-masks when traveling, homicides in Los Angeles on pace to smash last year’s record-high. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, what happened to late night television? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, O'Reilly here. Thursday, May 5th, 2022. Happy Cinco de Mayo. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. President Biden mocks the MAGA crowd. Nine and ten voters are gravely concerned about the country's future. The CDC asked Americans to wear face masks again when traveling. Homicides in Los Angeles. Angeles heading to a record high. Also ahead, late night TV is no longer funny. But first, the president attacking the make America great again movement, Mr. Biden calling Donald Trump supporters, quote, the most extreme political organization in recent American history, unquote. Candidates endorsed by Trump won Republican primaries in Ohio and Indiana Tuesday night. Biden telling reporters the Maga

crew will soon target gay rights if the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade. A survey from Fox News finds 87% of voters are extremely worried about the future of America. Biggest issues facing the nation include inflation, immigration, crime, the economy. Just 28% think President Biden is doing enough to fight inflation. The average household now spends $500 more a month. to cope with higher costs. That's $6,000 a year slashed from the family budget. The CDC urging all Americans over the age of two to wear a face mask when traveling. Health officials say the new COVID surveillance could cause a spike in cases during the busy summer months.

The mass mandate on airplanes was blocked by a federal judge in April, you'll remember. Also, the FDA now asking everyone over 18 to get a booster. The group also recommends a fourth injection for senior citizens. Murders in LA rising, the City of Angels reporting 125 homicides through April, up 13% compared to last year. The LAPD believes that figure could rise another 40% by August. Four in ten, Angelenos say they feel unsafe. in their own neighborhoods. City has the highest homeless population in the country.

80,000 people sleep on the streets of LA every night. In a moment, late night television. What is going on? We'll be right back. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war, shaking the markets, and And meanwhile, China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling gold. That's why I protected my savings with physical gold and silver through the only dealer I trust, American Hartford Gold. And you can do this. Get precious metals delivered to your door or place in a tax advantage, gold IRA.

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I wanted to begin tonight's show talking about the Met Gala. You know, do you have a good time last night? Yeah, it was fun, man. Amazing time. I want to talk about their theme of, like, you know, glamour in the Gilded Age. Instead, I've got to talk about another group of out-of-touch people and crazy outfits pretending that it's 1895, the Supreme Court. Mr. Colbert on CBS is a...

of course, an ardent leftist. Note the word ardent. So conservative people, don't watch them. Last month, Colbert averaged about 2 million viewers totally, and in the 25 to 54 demographic, just 400,000. Other late night hosts in April, Kimmel, 1.3 million. Fallon, 1.1 million. Those are disasters. In fact, Greg Gutfeld on Fox beats all the network late-night guys. By comparison, in April 2015, David Letterman averaged 3.8 million total viewers, 950,000 in the 2554 age group. So Colbert has lost about half of Dave's audience. By the way, here's Johnny Carson's rating.

Average evening viewership for Carson, April 1992, 9 million. So you can see there's a collapse, and the big reason for it is that the late-night TV programs are political. They're left. They're all leftists. So they're seating about half the country who go, I'm not going to watch this. There's no balance. Johnny Carson was a liberal man, but you would have never known it. He was basically an entertainer, did a funny monologue, interviewed guests, and it was a fun show.

Now, late-night TV is simply not funny. So why are we watching it? We're not. It's collapsing. And the same thing is happening in the morning for the morning network shows. They're all left. So conservative Americans, again, about 50% of the population is traditional or conservative, they don't watch.

And so the audiences are falling drastically. It is a cultural shift. Now, the left wing loves this because they get their message out in the entertainment forums. So if you do watch late night TV, you are inundated, with liberal support. Same thing in the morning. And conservatives are seething because of that. Very interesting. I'm Bill O'Reilly, and I approve the message by writing it. If you'd like more honest news analysis, please visit Bill O'Reilly.com. And I also hope you consider my new book, Killing the Killers, out this week. In a moment, something you might not know.

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Here is his story. Elon Musk, born on June 28, 1971, Praetoria, South Africa to a South African father and a Canadian-born mother. By the age of 10, Elon was obsessed with technology. At 12, he began developing video games. At age 17, in 1988, Elon Musk moved to Canada because he was unwilling to serve in the South African Armed Forces. Ilan then came to the USA, studied at the University of Pennsylvania, then Stanford out in California. In his mid-20s, must develop software that created online maps for drivers. He sold that company for $300 million. Wow.

But then he founded an online transaction platform called PayPal. That service was purchased by eBay for $1.1.4. billion, must then began focusing on space and automobiles. In 2004, he founded Tesla, the most successful electric vehicle company in history. Elon joined Twitter in 2009 and quickly gained 85 million followers. That's more than I have. He became a vocal critic of the platform's policies limiting free speech after Twitter censored major stories like the Hunter Biden laptop situation. Must bought Twitter at $54 per share, and as I said, that totaled $43 billion. Shortly after that, the businessman vowed to

improve the platform by, quote, enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust and authenticating all humans. Yay. Today, the 50-year-old is a richest man in the world, total net worth $265 billion. That's staggering. And here's something else you might not know. While Musk is not launching rockets or buying Twitter, he is watching James Bond. The richest man on the planet is a big fan of the British spy. Back after this. Hey, it's Sean Spicer 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 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.