Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, September 18, 2020

Episode Date: September 18, 2020

In this Friday edition of the O'Reilly Update, a record number of Americans are tuning-out sports in 2020. Plus, listeners sound off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Friday, September 18th, 2020. You are listening to The O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening today in America. Record number of Americans are tuning out sports. Ratings for the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, all down double digits. Recent surveys show upwards of 40% of the public do not want to see political statements on game day. That reality is, clearly affecting the National Football League, the nation's biggest spectator sport. Since the season started last Thursday, NFL viewership down roughly 15% across the board. Ratings for Sunday night football fell 28%. Things got even worse for Monday night football.

Pittsburgh Steelers at the New York Giants down 29%. Tennessee Titans versus the Denver Broncos fell 38%. that's a disaster. Despite the protests kneeling Black Lives Matter emblems, players wearing the names of people shot by police, radical leftist Colin Kaepernick thinks the NFL is not going far enough, said the former quarterback, quote, while the NFL runs propaganda about how they care about black life and they're still actively blackballing Eric Reed for fighting for the black community. Unquote. Reads a friend of Kaepernick. He is currently unemployed. He's a rough guy. I mean, there's not too many teams who want

to sign a guy like that. So here's what's going to happen to the National Football League. Annoyed Americans will stop buying merchandise, a huge source of revenue for the NFL. TV ratings will likely continue to decline. The teams are guaranteed billions, so they'll not suffer when the ratings go down, but the networks will. In the end, it'll come down to money, as it always does. The average athlete in the league earns $2 million per season. Those salaries will begin to decline as NFL revenue does. What the players don't seem to understand is that the fans pay them. And many spectators, perhaps most, do not want to see politics on game day. And I am among them. I value dissent. And if the players want to make their political

bent known, I'm for that. Just don't do it before or during the game. In a moment, listeners sound off. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war, shaking the markets. 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 gold IRA. They'll even help you roll over your existing IRA or 401k, tax and penalty free. With billions and precious metals delivered thousands of five-star reviews and an A-plus from the Better Business Bureau. You can trust American Hartford Gold as I do. Please call 866-326, 5576, or text

Bill to 99-88-98-99. Again, that's 866-326-5576-5576, or text Bill to 99-88-99. Time now for the O'Reilly Update message of the day. Listeners sound off. We do this every Friday. You can reach me, Bill at Bill-Oreilly.com. Bill at Bill-Oreilly.com. Ben, in Shelley, Idaho, writes. I was thinking about the NFL and a player's desire to kneel during the anthem. I started thinking about the significance of kneeling and realized I kneel when I pray. Nealing is really a sign of humility and respect to something greater. Subjects knelt before their kings. I know we stand for the flag and the national anthem out of respect and tradition, but is it possible we're looking at this kneeling thing with the wrong perspective? Very interesting letter, Ben, but I can tell you that

the kneeling and not coming out of the locker rooms by the football teams have only one purpose, and that is social justice. Many of the players in the NFL, and 70% of them are African-American, believe we live in an unjust country, a bad country, a country where the police stalk young black men. I don't believe that, and my opinion should be respected, just as I respect other opinion. So when I'm tuning in to see a sports game, I really don't want to see left-wing politics. And that's what it's all about. Art in Charleston, South Carolina, great town. Bill, would you ever consider a killing slavery type of book? If you do, you must include Charleston. Well, that's right. Charleston was a slave port. Well, I wrote Killing Lincoln,

and that has a lot about slavery in it. It's a very honest book. And it's not a definitive look at slavery, but certainly you'll get a lot of information. Roots is a book that cannot be topped. All Americans should read Roots. You remember the television series, but the book by Alex Haley is really spectacular. So I'm not going to get into this territory because I can't top Roots. Robert, Carson City, Nevada, the capital of the state. Bill, you have mentioned on more than one occasion that there will be large layoffs in the

mainstream media networks after the election. I know if President Trump loses, there will be no one of his statute of focus their hate on, and I know that viewership is down because folks are tired of the hate. If Trump wins, he's still there for the haters in the networks to go after. So have I missed something? Yes, Robert. So my prediction is that if Donald Trump loses the election, few Americans are going to tune in to news on a daily basis to watch the Biden administration. So the audiences will fall anywhere from 30 to 50%. If Trump wins, then there's no more drama. The haters will still hate, as you point out, and that's not going to stop. But there's no more, will he win, will he get impeached, will he this, will he that, you'll have Donald Trump

for four years. John in Centrelia, Illinois, do you think it would be smart for President Trump to reply to Bob Woodward's book on downplaying COVID? No. I think the best thing that President Trump can do for his campaign is to minimize the COVID chaos. Matt, Brian Texas, who's the best U.S. president of your lifetime and why? Ronald Reagan. I wrote a book, Killing Reagan. I hope you read it.

Ronald Reagan almost assassinated, lost a lot of mental acuity, made a miraculous comeback. I'm Bill O'Reilly, and I approve that message by actually writing it. 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, 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. Now, the O'Reilly update brings me something you might not know. Halloween, one of the most commercially profitable holidays in America. Consumers spend more than $9 billion on costumes, decorations, another big item, the horror film industry around Halloween time. As the weather cools down, folks get ready to carve that pumpkin, here are the scariest

movies of all time, ranked by Esquire Magazine. Number five, 1979. Alien. Most of the lasers used throughout the film were actually borrowed from the British rock group The Who. The band was testing their light show on a nearby sound stage when alien producers co-opted the lights. Next, Steven Spielberg's Jaws, the film widely blamed for a worldwide phobia of sharks after the movie's released. Despite terrorizing swimmers each summer, the film's iconic Great White is on screen for a total of just six minutes. Jaws, is frightening. There's no question about it. Number three, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. The movie was edited dozens of times before censors approved the final product, claiming the film was

too terrifying for moviegoers. Well, today, that film, Psycho, seems tame compared to some of the gore fest, Hollywood puts out. But Psycho with Anthony Perkins, it's a little disturbing, that's for sure. Second scariest film of all time, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, a grueling film schedule, sub-zero temperatures, demanding director and reports of ghosts on the actual set of The Shining, made production a nightmare, pardon a pun, pushing actress Shelley DeVal to have a nervous breakdown. That's true. To get Jack Nicholson into his role, Kubrick made him eat grilled cheese sandwiches, which Nicholson despises. That here's Johnny's scene? That's terrifying. The number one, scariest film,

The Exorcist. Released in 1973, the film was met with widespread loathing from the Catholic Church, concerned parents, other groups. The controversy prompted hundreds of death threats against the actress Linda Blair, who they claim glorified Satan, which is absolute nonsense. The Exorcist is a classic, very scary, because it could be true. 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 politics, business, pop culture, and everything in between. It's what you want from the New York Post wrapped up in one snappy show.

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