Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, September 16, 2022

Episode Date: September 16, 2022

A new survey finds Christians will be a religious minority in the next few decades, teachers in Ohio can now carry guns in the classroom, Americans tune-out the Emmy Awards, more adults gamble on football than any time in history. Plus, Bill's Message of the Day, listeners sound off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Friday, September 16th, 2022. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening this week in America. New survey finds Christians will be a religious minority in the next few decades. Teachers in Ohio can now carry guns in the classroom. Americans tune out the Emmy Awards, more adults gambling on football than any other time in history. Also, the message of the day, Upday listeners, sound off. But first, a new poll from Pew Research finds Christianity will be a religious minority in the USA by the year 2017. During the 1990s, nearly 90% of Americans considered themselves Christian. That figure now stands at 64% and is projected to fall below 50%. The fastest growing faith movement in the USA, no religion. 25% of Americans

now describe themselves as atheist or agnostic. New Law in Ohio permits teachers to carry guns in the classroom. The rules went into effect this week. Educators are allowed to bring firearms to work if they complete 24 hours of training and a written test. Republicans passed the bill in June after a school shooting in Avali, Texas, left 21 people dead. You'll remember that. Similar laws are being considered in Arkansas, Missouri, and Florida. TV ratings for the Emmy Awards falling to an all-time low. Just 6 million people watched the broadcast, down 25% from last year. By comparison, 22 million Americans watched the Emmys back in 2005. Executives blame the dismal audience on streaming. More than 90% of U.S. households now subscribe to a service like Netflix or Amazon. That figure was

just 20% 10 years ago. A record 32 million Americans placing bets during the National Football League's opening week. The U.S. Gambling Association confirms $10 billion was waged on the games, mostly through the internet. A dozen states now have legalized online gambling, including New York, Connecticut, Louisiana, Wisconsin. The gambling industry generated $65 billion in the USA last year alone. But be very, very careful. Like the casinos, you cannot win betting on football. The odds are just too strenuous. You might win once in a while, but not in the long run. In a moment, update listeners have their say. Right Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress.

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Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. That's where I live. Name and town, if you wish to opine. Let's begin with James, who is in Smithville, Tennessee. A bill, the rising level of anger in this country is frightening. In a recent broadcast, you dismissed any possibility for a coming civil war. Why? Because most Americans are law abiding, and most Americans are not violent, James.

So it is inconceive. that people would take up arms and try to kill other citizens. That's not going to happen. What is happening, unfortunately, is the rise of hate. And there will be cranks and psychopaths who hurt other people, but not on a mass level. That is not going to happen. Larry, Palm Bay, Florida, on electric cars, does anyone consider what will happen when we have 50% electric cars on the road? Federal and state fuel tax goes toward improving and building our highways, where then will the money come from? Come on, Larry. It's the government. They will find a way to tax your vehicle. It might be a tax office. It might be a tax officer.

tires? It might be a tax on how many miles you drive in your electric cars. You know, there's no limit to the taxation in America, no limit at all. Wayne is in Oklahoma City. Many of the low information voters are that way because the left does not want them inform through the media and the education system and with the influence of culture figures, they all work together to keep the public ignorant. Wayne, if you don't know what's going on in this country with all the vehicles of information available, then you don't want to know. The low information voter is lazy, is apathetic, does not care about his or her country. It's not the left or the rights fault. It's their fault. Rod, Hagerstown, Maryland.

O'Reilly, can you try to secure an interview with President Biden? Not to embarrass him, but to respectfully ask tough questions that he needs to answer. Rod, let me break this to you. Biden doesn't do interviews with anybody. I can't remember him doing a tough interview. He goes to Anderson Cooper on CNN, and Cooper sits there. and lets him say anything he wants. I have interviewed six presidents, including Biden's prior boss, Barack Obama. One time I ran into Joe Biden in Washington, I said, hey, come on, you got to talk to me. He was vice president then. And he laughed. He goes, I'm not coming on a factor. I said, why not? He goes, you don't need me. Joe Biden would never do an interview with me. He couldn't handle it.

It's as simple as that. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by putting it together. For more honest news analysis, please visit Bill O'Reilly.com. My new book, Killing the Legends, The Lethal Danger of Celebrity, Out September 27th. In a moment, something you might not know. 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. Now, the O'Reilly Update brings to something you might not know. 402 years ago today, a ship carrying 100 passengers departed from Plymouth, England. The destination? A vast, unexplored section of the North American wilderness. This is the story of the Mayflower.

Ten years earlier, the British Crown began persecuting subjects who opposed the Church of England. A small group of Puritans, who did not believe in English law, decided to pursue religious freedom in the New World. The separatists, as they were called, one financial backing from a group of investors called the London Adventurers, who were promised a huge share of the New World's colonies' profits. The Mayflower left the South Coast. to Britain on September 16, 1620. Its passengers were a blend of Puritans and entrepreneurs. After 66 days at sea, the ship missed its original destination of Virginia, instead arriving off the coast of Massachusetts, a much colder place. The sailors named the

original outpost Plymouth after the English port. Life in the New World was brutal. Within 12 months, half of the colonists had died from disease and starvation. Out of desperation, they forged alliances with local Indian tribes to survive. A Native American named Squanto, who spoke English after being captured years earlier by British explorers, taught the settlers how to survive in the wilderness. an expression of gratitude towards Squanto and his tribe, the pilgrims held a three-day feast in November 1621. That would be the first Thanksgiving, although they didn't call it that. The Mayflower eventually returned to England where the boat was scrapped for timber a few years

later. Over the decades, the economy of Plymouth, the New World, steadily grew. It became a major whaling hub in the 18th century. The town, of course, still exists in Massachusetts. It is a lively tourist place. Back after this. 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 world's 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.

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