Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, September 23, 2023

Episode Date: September 23, 2023

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Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the weekend edition of the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thanks, Bill. Here's what's happening this week in America. Rupert steps down. Trap Door in the daycare. Sex offender on the loose.

And Americans, more obese than ever. That's all coming up. Then Bill will be here with your message today. But first, Rupert Murdoch stepped down as the chairman of Fox and News Corp. His son will now become the new chairman. He's 92. It's been in the business for 70 years. He inherited a local Adelaide Australian newspaper from his dad in 1952,

established the country's first national newspaper 10 years later, went on to acquire News of the World and the Sun in England in the late 60s, then bought the New York Post, New York Magazine, and the Village Voice. It was 1996 when he launched Fox News. What does this mean for Fox's political slant? Well, power was going to go to Rupert's second son, James, but he recently resigned over the editorial content of Fox. Lachlan, who is taking over instead,

is supposedly more conservative than his dad, we shall see. A one-year-old died while at a Bronx daycare. Three others were hospitalized. They were from eight months to two because they were exposed to fentanyl. The three other kids were treated with Narcan and they're recovering. Authorities searched the daycare and only found trace amounts. They went back and searched again after they received a tip about a trap door in the floor.

And sure enough, inside that trap door, they found bricks of fentanyl and other drugs. Can you believe these people? We have another escaped prisoner, this time a convicted sex offender who escaped custody while he was receiving medical treatment at a St. Louis hospital. A 45-year-old man serving a 30-year sentence, he just walked right out of the hospital. No one asked any questions. 3.54 in the morning yesterday. Two Missouri Department of Corrections officers were guarding him when he escaped.

Not sure if they dozed off or what. They don't even know what direction he went in once he walked out the hospital's front door. We are getting fatter. In 2021, 19 states had 35% of adults or more who were obese. Now it's 22 states. Only six states have between 25 and 30% of their population obese. Vermont, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Colorado, California, and Hawaii. No state is less than 25% obese.

But only 10 years ago, not a single state had more than 35% of its population obese, and now 22 of them do. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast Politics by Fate, the great Bill O'Reilly is here with your message to 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 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.

Ask your smart speaker to play the NY Postcast podcast. Listen and subscribe on Amazon Music, Apple Podcast. podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. Senator Mitt Romney has announced he will not seek re-election in Utah, bringing out rabid partisans on both sides to malign him. So what does that say about Mr. Romney himself? Not much.

I have known a senator for more than 20 years and believe his legacy is. mixed. As governor, he ran the very liberal Commonwealth of Massachusetts pretty well. As senator, he lost his way feuding with Donald Trump. As a presidential candidate running against Barack Obama in 2012, Mitt Romney totally blew it. In fact, one of the few arguments I had with Roger Ells, the boss at Fox News, was over Romney. I was reporting that although Though President Obama had some major weaknesses in his quest for re-election, Romney was far too timid in pointing them out. It was almost as if he feared Obama.

Therefore, I analyzed Mitt was likely to lose. Well, Mr. Ells did not like my take. Fine, but I wasn't going to modify it because it was true. And Romney did lose. I took no pleasure in that, but my job is to call as I see them, which I did right up till election day. The Trump thing was stupid. The former president called Romney a loser. The senator despised him for doing that. So Romney voted to convict Trump in both Pelosi trumped up impeachments. Foolish. On balance, Mitt Romney is a flawed

patriot, as many of us are. 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. Okay, let's go into the mail bag. Alan Hinks, Manchester, Vermont, beautiful town, Manchester, particularly in the autumn. Vivak Ramaswamy was very refreshing. Appeals to me as I have a distress of both parties. As a legal immigrant, I value my USA citizenship dearly at which the country remains the best bought on the planet. Vivek may be a bit young, but his enthusiasm and bold thoughts are what our country needs.

All right. So we had Mr. Ramoswami on yesterday. You got a lot of reaction to that. Sally Musselman, Trinity, Florida. Vivek was a great guest. Your interview was excellent, as always, O'Reilly, very insightful. But not everybody. Robert, message board, Vivek, Ramoswame,

reminds me of a fast-talking used car salesman. Oh, come on now. Pre-owned car salesman, that's a cliche. I know a lot of them and some of them are good guys. He has no chance of getting a Republican nomination. I agree with that. Tanya, concierge member, which means Tanya has direct access to me, it's an insurance policy for Tanya's life.

Bill Vovac is extremely naive about Ukraine. The Ukrainians are never going to surrender their Russian-speaking territory. I don't think either side is going to give a lot there, but eventually something will have to break. David, concierge member, Trump will keep on with his non-participation in the debates to his own detriment. Meanwhile, those debate participants will slowly gain ground.

Hasn't happened yet. Could, but Trump's way ahead right now. Neil Harrison, Arlington, Texas, how do you expect to reorganize the FBI without congressional approval? Neil, Congress doesn't have any to do with the FBI. He falls under the executive branch, the president. The president controls the Justice Department.

He appoints the Attorney General. He appoints the FBI director. I don't have anything to do with it. It just funds it, okay? If a president wants to do away with the FBI, the president can do that by executive order. 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 you something you might Not no. 331 years ago, eight women were hanged in New England for conspiring with Satan. There would be the final victims of a religious frenzy that seized colonial America for nearly two years. Here is a story of the Salem witch trials. In early 1692, young girls began suffering seizures. A doctor described their condition as, quote, beyond the power of,

any natural disease, unquote. Other children complain they were being bitten by unseen creatures during the night. The Salem townsfolk accused multiple women practicing witchcraft against the children. Over the next few months, dozens were put on trial. The youngest alleged witch four years old, she eventually implicated her own mother upon questioning. That little girl, was driven mad by this. The methods used to detect the devil in Salem were bizarre. The alleged witch would touch blindfolded members of the community. If they screamed, the person who touched them was guilty.

Others were dunked in ice-cold water, then burned using a metal cross. In the end, many confessed to avoid torture. By September, 150 people were tried for witchcraft, 30 found guilty, 19 executed. Governor Massachusetts finally stopped the madness when his own wife was accused of devil worship. She petitioned the Queen of England who interceded on her behalf. And here's something else you might not know. The hunt for Satanist was not confined to New England.

The worst witch hunt in history occurred in Central Europe 60 years earlier. In the 17th century, Catholics and Protestants wait. war for control of Germany, each side accused the other of doing the devil's work. Between 16, 25, and 31, within 1,000 people were burned at the stake. For more incredible, and I mean that word literally, stories about the horror of Salem, Massachusetts. Please check out my new book, Killing the Witches, on sale, September 26th. after this. 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. That is the weekend edition of the O'Reilly Update. For more news and honest analysis, please go to Bill O'Reilly.com.