Bill O’Reilly: WaPo, New York Times Used By FBI to Spread Misinformation | Barrett Media (2024)

In a conversation on NewsNation’s [Cuomo] show, Bill O’Reilly claimed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) utilized The Washington Post and The New York Times to disseminate false information about the Trump campaign in 2016, aiming to disrupt his campaign against Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

The Durham Report stated that as of early 2017, with Trump in office, the FBI still did not possess intelligence, showing that anyone associated with the Trump campaign was in contact with Russian intelligence officers during the campaign.

“Based on declassified documents, in early 2017, the FBI’s own reports show that reports published by The New York Times and the Washington Post in February and in March, concerning what four unnamed current and former U.S. intelligence officers claimed about Trump campaign being in touch with any Russian intelligence were untrue. Basically, the FBI fed untrue stuff to The New York Times and The Washington Post, which printed the untrue stuff under the anonymous banner.”

Cuomo stated that during that period, the FBI claimed to be unaware of the falsehoods in the information they provided to the newspapers.

“I’m a trained observer,” Cuomo countered. “You want a certain outcome here, and I get it. What I’m saying is I think you’re bending this to fit your narrative. Anytime you have an investigation of a politician, let alone a sitting one, you have a problem. I think the best rationale for why The Office for Legal Counsel said a sitting president can’t be prosecuted.”

“Trump got hosed by the FBI who knew this thing was bogus and continued to investigate something that didn’t exist and fed out false information to the media,” added O’Reilly.

Former NBC News executive Don Browne died Wednesday. He was 80 years old.

Browne spent more than 30 years with NBC News, joining the company in 1979 after a decade at CBS News. After beginning as the network’s Miami bureau chief, he later ascended to the role of Executive News Director where he oversaw the Today Show.

In 1991, he became the Executive Vice President of NBC News. Dateline NBC was launched under his tutelage.

He later became the President and General Manager of NBC’s owned-and-operated WTVJ in Miami, before returning to the NBCUniversal executive team with Telemundo before retiring in 2011.

“He believed in quality journalism. But more importantly, he knew that great people would be able to tell great stories with support, mentoring, and coaching,” said NBC News Executive Yvette Miley told NBC Miami.

Doctors found a brain tumor in Browne in 2021 mere months after his wife, Maria, died of cancer.

Browne is survived by two sons and two grandchildren.

Fox Business Network anchor Stuart Varney and Fox News anchor Dana Perino have been tabbed as moderators for the next 2024 Republican Presidential debate to air on Fox News.

Additionally, the debate will also air in Spanish on Univision, with Ilia Calderón co-moderating the event.

“We are very proud to have Stuart Varney and Dana Perino co-moderating the second debate with Univision to provide Americans with a comprehensive view of the qualifying candidates vying for the Republican nomination for president,” Fox News President Jay Wallace said in a statement.

Varney is one of the original anchors of Fox Business Network. He joined in 2007 to host Varney & Co., which is the highest-rated market-hour program in business television.

Perino co-anchors America’s Newsroom and serves as a panelist on The Five for Fox News.

Both Varney and Perino have contributed to Fox News election coverage in the past, including during the 2022 midterms.

The event is currently scheduled for Wednesday, September 27th from 9:00-11:00 PM ET. The second debate will be held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

In addition to airing on Fox News and Univision, the debate will be simulcast on the FOX Nation streaming service and on Fox News Headlines 24/7 on SiriusXM Channel 115.

Beth Ailes, the widow of former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, appeared on Newsmax Tuesday evening and had harsh criticism for the cable network her husband helped build.

During Eric Bolling The Balance, Ailes argued that Fox News has experienced a loss in viewership due to the upstart Newsmax.

“I think that a lot of the audience has left and that’s because there’s no more Eric Bolling, there is no moreBill O’Reilly, there’s no Greta (Van Susteren). Where is everybody? They’re on Newsmax,” said Ailes. “They have other places to go. There are other ways to get the news and frankly, I think that Fox — like the other mainstream news channels — are boring. They repeat the same thing every hour.”

In July, Fox News was the top-rated basic cable channel in primetime, featuring an average of 1.57 million viewers. In total day viewers, the network saw just over 1 million on average. However, those figures represent a 26% drop compared to July 2022.

It isn’t the first time Ailes has been critical of her husband’s former network. Earlier this year, on his birthday, Ailes tweeted a photo of her husband applauding him for building up the cable giant before saying it only took “6 years for the Murdochs to wreak havoc. Rupert thought he could do your job. What a joke. He has the checkbook but could never come close to your genius.”

Roger Ailes left Fox News in disgrace in 2016 after multiple allegations of sexual harassment by employees were uncovered. He died in 2017. Bolling, like Ailes, also departed Fox News due to sexual misconduct allegations. He has continually denied those claims.