Content analysis of O'Reilly's rhetoric finds spin to be a 'factor'

Commentator uses name-calling more than once every seven seconds in 'Talking Points Memo'

Bill O'Reilly may proclaim at the beginning of his program that viewers are entering the "No Spin Zone," but a new study by Indiana University media researchers found that the Fox News personality consistently paints certain people and groups as villains and others as victims to present the world, as he sees it, through political rhetoric. Full Story »

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Chris Finnie
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by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

While I can't believe anybody would take the trouble to study this, I'm glad to have scientific support for the impression I formed after just about 60 seconds of watching O'Reilly one time. No spin zone my foot!

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