Bill O'Reilly

O'Reilly is registered as an independent on his voter registration. He disagrees with the general consensus that he is a conservative.

In 2003, Al Franken's book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right devoted one chapter on O'Reilly titled, "Bill O'Reilly: Lying, Splotchy Bully." Fox News sued the book, but lost the lawsuit.

In 2005, O'Reilly started to campaign for Jessica's Law in all 50 states, which he advocates tough sentences for sex offenders.

Since 2001, his show The O'Reilly Factor passed CNN's Larry King Live and became the most watch news program in the U.S.

In October 2003, O'Reilly made headlines by walking out in the middle of the interview with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air.

Before his long career in Journalism, O'Reilly was a history and English teacher for two years at a high school.

He has two children, a daughter, Madeline, born in 1998, and a son, Spencer, born in 2003.

Bill said his favorite pastime is taking naps.

Bill has written five books. They are: The O'Reilly Factor, The No Spin Zone, Who's Looking Out for You, The O'Reilly Factor for Kids and Those Who Trespass.

Among Bill's favorite movies are Casablanca, The Producers, The Godfather I & II, Saturday Night Fever, and Rocky.

On October 13, 2004, O'Reilly sued former producer Andrea Mackris for extortion attempt. On the same day, Mackris filed a counter suit accusing O'Reilly allegedly making sexually inappropriate comments to her. The suit was settled on October 28, 2004 with terms undisclosed.

Bill calls the people who don't think for themselves and believe everything that they hear "the Kool-Aid People." (He's referring to the people in the Jim Jones compound who committed group suicide by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid.)

Bill started the "Boycott France" campaign when the Iraq war started.

Bill's favorite charities include Habitat for Humanity NYC, The Haitian Health Foundation, The Best Friends Foundation, among others.

Bill is host of The O'Reilly Factor, on Fox News Channel. Also host of "The Radio Factor," nationally syndicated.