I'm not a regular viewer of this show but wanted to see Bill O'Reilly, whose work and political analysis I always look forward to hearing. I'm sorry his dysfunctional personal life stained his professional reputation as I remain a fan. I don't know why Margaret Hoover felt it needed to be brought up in a discussion about his book on the Presidents. What was the point other than to shame and embarrass him? If O'Reilly truly had known she was going to bring it up, he would never have agreed to go on her show -- he was obviously trying to save face -- and Hoover surely knew what his reaction would be. Regardless, I think she was the one who came off looking foolish.
Bill O'Reilly probably couldn't talk to you legally about allegations against him, but you kept on going on and on about it. I thought it was very improper to say the least. It did sound like you were sandbagging him.
She just wanted to virtue signal about womens rights and use Bill as an example of the patriarchy. Imagine taking girls like this seriously after all the BS that came out of the MeToo movement.
Yeah right! He begged to be on that show. And she wasn't asking him about specifics of any of his cases. What she asked for was his opinion (which he usually gives eagerly about EVERYTHING) on the repercussions for women who litigate against harassment. Avoiding that question tells you all you need to know about him.
An ambush interview?Absolutely. Our host seemed more concerned about her grandfather rep than getting facts about what's happening to day. O Reilly schooled her about how to conduct an interview and did a good job of it. Hoover's tactic have always been interrupting and talking over her guest while he attempted to answer her questions when she didn't like the answer..
She’s a left wing feminist larping as some principled conservative. This whole interview was her trying to virtue signal about women’s rights and sexual harassment knowing full well Bill did not come for that.
Margaret Hoover gave one of the most unprofessional and disrespectful interviews with Bill O’Reilly I’ve ever seen! She immediately came across as smart-ass, cocky, and clearly had some vendetta to settle with Mr. O’Reiily. Her Misandrist (man hater) attitude was disgusting to watch. I’ll never watch her again, she obviously was hoping to defame O’Reilly with aspirations of landing a job at CNN or MSNBC. Kudos to Bill O”Reilly for doing this “ hit Job” of an interview but he should have known better than to walk into this set up of a trap that was laid out for him.
Truth hurts. O'Reilly was fired from Fox News following reports of five instances of sexual misconduct from The New York Times. There was a reason why he was canned.
Just face it, outside your bubble your guy O'Reilly has always been a terrible and ridiculous human being. So trash that any interview not being done by a tea party octogenarian is a mine field for him. A big part of why Fox News dumped him at the height of his career 😅
*If you knew O'Reilly, you wouldn't say that, because Bill O'Reilly was way more brutal and unprofessional than this lady, even though he's smart guy.*
Vendetta? On the contrary, I have a feeling that Hoover retains a great deal of respect for O'Reilly....perhaps more than respect. I sensed a note of disappointment in her comments, and facial expressions, that she was not part of the alleged harassment that O'Reilly was accused of. Just a subtle perception that I experienced. I'm probably wrong.
@@DadsLloyd I agree with you to a point. I think she does respect him but feels awkward about asking him questions that weren't her experience and the fact that he gave her an opportunity. I think she feels conflicted. I don't agree that she had a thing for him.
Wait, you don't have a vendetta against a guy who sexually harassed his employees for multiple decades and paid millions of dollars in hush money because he was absolutely guilty of being a disgusting predator? Wow that's crazy. I mean it's really shitty.
The way O'Reilly used to jab his finger at "guests" reveals his shitty character. He's a hostile, repressed, abusive S.O.B. A bully who is irritated when he can't SPIN the facts his way. It's a shame so many endorse his view.
My opinion of O'Reily went up. It was clear, Margaret was hoping for a "got-you" moment. To do so, she became very confrontational, and she lost. My take, she wanted to prove the harrasment within Fox. To do so, she was willing to link O'Reily, with the sexual tension, within the Fox organization. O'Reily took an actual fact, that Margaret was treated fair on his program, and was impressed with her desire to work hard, and he was willing to promote her. She presented no evidence, that she was wronged by O'Reily, seperating him from being part of the harassment atmosphere of Fox. It did make Margaret Hoover look as if she was more opinion driven, or bias in her motivations, then fact based. To ask the hard questions, one might have to poke deep. But the hard hits left her looking bitter and jealous of Bill's success. Bill looked confident and solid in his defense. It did more, to clear O'Reily's name, than to promote his book. Margaret Hoover should have de-escalated the attacks, validating her motives. It would have lessened Bill's admonishment of being fact based, instead of validating him.
Watching an ungrateful person berate someone who gave them a break early in their career was a complete waste of time. Ms. Hoover never reported being mistreated by Mr. O’Reilly.
The look of disappointment on o reilly's face said it all. She was scared to death to broach the questions, stumbling, misreading the quotes and pausing, because she knew it was wrong.
So she should only be concerned when she is the victim? Just because someone helped you out doesn't mean they can count on your silence when you abuse people.
He is a disgraced artful liar (in his own eyes) specializing in feeding a mob of ignorant block heads. When you are dead, you don't know you are dead. It's pain only for others. It's the same thing when you are stupid» - Richard Feynman
I used to watch Firing Line with William Buckley in the early 80's. It's sad to see how this program has deteriorated. It was once hosted by a respected intellectual and now hosted by a shrew.
You can dislike O'Reilly and trust me I am no fan. I think it's fair to say though that Hoover did ambush him. She was on his show for 4 or 5 years and he treated her with respect, according to her. Given the fact that that's the first hand knowledge that she has, it's not cool of her to question him in an aggressive fashion regarding things that weren't part of her experience. People wrongly assume that just because you're a big dog in a company that you're immune to policy, that is not the case. It is perfectly possible and reasonable that O'Reilly had no idea what fox did regarding the settlements.
Bill isn’t a snowflake, he can handle “aggressive” questions, he’s in the news/journalism business himself. Stop whining for a guy who doesn’t seek or need sympathy.
@@Stryke2wice it wasn't "aggressive" questions. It was unfair/dishonest questions pursued in a "aggressive fashion". You are just looking to call someone a snowflake rather than address the points that Bill and this commenter are making.
I like Hoover and I would think she would ask tough questions of Kamala, not softballs like much of "media". Not sure I spelled tough right. Let me know.
It's clear Margaret is protecting her family legacy: I don't blame her. But facts are facts. Regardless of whether Herbert Hoover was a brilliant man or Statesman, is not the point. He essentially, spent the majority of his first, and only term, fly fishing. He then lost in a landslide to FDR. The misconceptions that Margaret talks about are for the most part, true. And how does she not know who Ted Baxter is? He is a cultural icon in the world of sitcom newscasters. I'm sure she knows who the characters of I Love Lucy are. No excuse, Margaret.
Her grandfather is part of history, a book about him needs to be accurate, not used to mock history. Unless it's a comics book, then he might say anything, but do not call himself a historian.
To be fair, I'm the same age as Margaret, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show just wasn't shown on reruns when we were growing up. I never saw an episode until very recently on the internet. I probably heard about Ted Baxter for the first time from Rush Limbaugh making the reference too.
Now I know why I have never watched her show. She was lucky enough to get him on, giving her an opportunity to show if she was a good reporter/interviewer and totally blew it. Very petty person, with her great grandfather for example. O'Reilly said it was basically a snippet into each president, history speaks for itself. She just doesn't get it.
BS. He wanted to come on to promote his book. He was lucky to have the privilege. And I’m glad she pointed out that his book presents a shallow historical analysis. That is good information for a potential buyer to know.
He treated her like a professional on his show and I think he expected it back but she used her name , her hair and whatever else to come off as professional but she thinks dying her hair and ambushing her guests with a smile makes her a success but most of us already forgot who was hosting bill oreilly on this show,lol
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Same here, I got to know about Abby Joseph Cohen Services on here in 2020. Since then I've paid off 160,000 USD of debt. Now I'm working on building an emergency fund. I didn't even have a savings account three years ago.
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@@JocaShawnWell her name is 'ABBY JOSEPH COHEN SERVICES'. Just research the name. You'd find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.
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😮 Okay...I'm reeally not a fan of O Reilly & esp Fox or Maga lol but ya from a pure journalistic lense got to an absolute cringe af point. Went off the fng rails!! Like *several minutes! She would not STOP. He gave numerous cues (pretty politely tbh imo!) he could NOT go 'there'. You'd think this was a raging faar left partisan like Joy fng REID or the like. And I'm very center left but this was terrible!!!
Boy oh boy did bill do a great job, particularly the ending when he just sat there and didn't comment when she was saying how nice that he was there. He just looked.
Just face it, your guy is so trash that any interview not being done by a tea party octogenarian is a mine field for him. A big part of why Fox News dumped him at the height of his career 😅
yeah it's called a political talk show. the host always wants "to make a statement about what she wanted to promote." you just don't agree with the statement
It sounds like you may be unaware Bill has a big "presence" on TH-cam. At the very least, he has TWO weekday shows to watch; one is 13 minutes and the other varies...usually >20 minutes. They are MUST WATCH shows for me. Check 'em out!
I don't like Bill O'Reilly BUT she was so unprofessional and an example of what's wrong with news. She was looking for a gotcha moment to make herself the news. Something they're not supposed to do if they're ethical & professional. Gone are the days of Ted Koppel, Walter Kronkite and Tim Russert who practiced decorum & decency towards all to inform the public. These losers nowadays have the maturity of high schoolers.
@@weston.weston I don't think she'd care about whether it's blazing or not. She's laughing all the way to the bank with that one. And she has a TH-cam channel on here too.
@michaelrichey6783 My point is that her current career is objectively less high profile than before. Having a moderately successful TH-cam channel isn't usually defined as being successful for a former major network personality.
@@davidmckenzie9593 Why did she leave it for last? She knew it was an ambush. He knew she was going to go for the most controversial things for clicks. It’s predictable and low. Perhaps he had hoped she was better than that.
@@BumpyHumpyDumpy What was wrong with her question? When will people that report abuse not be blackballed for doing so? She also challenged his facts on her grandfather calling them lazy and saying he got a lot wrong and he looked at her like a deer in headlights
You and O'Reilly seem to share one thing in common; you're not used to women having their own choices and opinions. I just hope that doesn't translate to the rest of your life but I wouldn't be surprised since you're sitting here defending a legit predator. 🤢
Very stupid and irritating interview delivered here by Margaret Hoover. Did she invite Bill O'Reilly to discuss his new book ("Confronting the Presidents"), or did she invite him on to ambush him into talking about legal settlements and other tabloid-style rumors and hearsay? This was painful to watch, and an utter disgrace. Do better, or don't conduct interviews with people under false pretenses.
O'Reilly can dish it out but he can't take it.I've read several of the Killing series, which are quite good,but when I went to JFK in the Presidents, and he smugly says'"Oswald was a lone Gunman". That's like saying Trump does not lie.
Yet here you are soaking up the coverage,I would give Miss Hoover an A+ for airing out this sex offender who still refuses to take accountability for his actions.
I remember when Hoover was on the O'Reilly Factor and during one segment Hoover commented that she had mowed people's lawns with a push mower for money to get by during her college years. O'Reilly immediately called her out on that and said there isn't no way her privileged life self would ever stoop down to mow someone's lawn for a few bucks. O'Reilly told her you probably never operated a push mower in your entire life. She kept saying back with a fake smile on her face, "Bill I feel hurt you do not believe me". She was so full of crap and still is.
They lie everyday for money. There are no journalist left in this Woke Culture. They are pathological liars - that is the example they set for their kids.
Just face it, outside your bubble your guy O'Reilly is a sex offender who has always been a terrible and ridiculous human being. So trash that any interview not being done by a tea party octogenarian is a mine field for him. A big part of why Fox News dumped him at the height of his career 😅
The fact that O'Reilly called Biden the 2nd worst president of all time is an indication that he is no historian, but rather just another partisan political hack. The real presidential historians, over 150 of them, who spend their whole lives researching, studying, and writing about presidents, rated Biden well above average and in the top 50% of all presidents.
Hoover profited from her appearances on Fox with O’Reilly both financially and her career. This interview will even help her. It’s a shame she is so ungrateful.
Incredible interview ! As a centrist Democrat, I watch and enjoy your show Margaret, because you embody the old school way of talking with people from both sides of our divided country with intelligence and respect for one another. Bill O'Reilley however, is a very key part of why we are so divided. Interjecting Rush Limbaugh into the conversation brings us back to when this division really took off. And Rush admits it was for ratings. So Rush and Bill and Sean and Tucker are literally succeeding at tearing our country apart for their own ratings and wealth. Margaret, thank you for holding his feet to the fire and not being intimidated - because he clearly feels entitled and was clearly no match for you !
Rush Limbaugh didn't create the divisiveness in our discourse -- he exposed it! And in so doing gave a voice to the side that had not been listened to. That's how Fox News was born, and a new previously silent audience found a home. And the dominant Democrat media has been fighting it ever since. So much for "inclusion".
The fact you don't throw a Colbert and/or a Maddow in there is a huge omission. The right doesn't not hold a monopoly on dividing this country. What those latter 3 did have in common was destroying the competition in the ratings and I always wonder why no one on the left has done that in the history of cable news.
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. As an Independent voter, I myself have watched the O'Reilly Factor for many years along with many other news sources. In my opinion, I believe this was a good interview by Margaret Hoover. If anyone were to criticize and have sympathy for Bill O'Reilly they must keep in mind that O'Reilly is the same way to others in his own interviews. As Mrs. Hoover stated many times, she learned from Bill O'Reilly. Mrs. Hoover was aware that O'Reilly could not speak about certain legal matters involving him therefore she asked for his statement concerning another legal matter brought forth by Gretchen Carlson that does not involve him. Bill O’Reilly loves being sturdy and asking tough questions. However, when the “shoe is on the other foot”, he becomes driven by temper and emotions. Sadly, the hypocrisy is everywhere even with Bill O’Reilly. This is why you must “take everything with a grain of salt”; an idiom that means to be skeptical of something or to not accept it as true. Also, being a former employee herself, Mrs. Hoover is correct in saying that she has the knowledge and right to discuss the sexual immorality that occurs at Fox News. Hopefully, Bill O’Reilly can look back at this interview and better understand himself. Finally, to this day we continue to be warned about individuals who adore lies and deceptions but reject the truth. flowers to Margaret Hoover
That was a great oped you wrote. I too, watched O’Reilly when he was at Fox. Did you notice how Mrs. Hoover mentioned twice, Bill, I learned from you. Then he didn’t say anything. She said, “Thank you for the interview.” He still didn’t respond. He was furious with her. Now my point Nick, is this, knowing how Irish temper is, being an Irishman myself, why the hell would he agree to do the interview if he knew she would bring that up? Just to sell his books? Come on, he has a podcast and a radio show. She handled the interview top notch, tough questions and professional. Although, it showed her age if she never heard of Ted Baxter. LoL. Knowing Bill’s temperature plus he’s married and that had to be a stressful time going through that for him. He shouldn’t of done the interview if he reacts that way. She didn’t sandbag him or throw in a low blow. It was a really good interview and I’m impressed with Mrs. Hoover. I know she’s a little biased over her great grandfather, Mr. Personality, Herbert Hoover. President Hoover may of been a good administrator but people relay the Great Depression with Hoover. Remember when the Civil War veterans marched in Washington over getting a pension, wasn’t it Hoover who called out the National Guard to break up the March and arrested a few of the veterans. What a guy! 😂
@@nightowl5475 I applaud Hoover's courage in bringing this up but I was disappointed in the questions she asked. IMO she should have asked the following (all of which he could legally answer): 1) How many sexual harassment cases were settled by either you and/or Fox News? I've lost track but I think the answer’s 5 or 6 which is way too many 2) Do you regret settling that many and not fighting them in court? 3) Would you agree that an employer can’t keep you after that many? You had to be fired I’d have all sorts of follow-ups if he refused to answer. He had his chance for due process and he opted to settle out of court I am a big fan of Bill as a political analyst but his issues with how he's treated women is a black eye
@@MissDemeanor99that’s not under his control. They settled, it had a caveat attached which is valid male or female it doesn’t matter. It’s up to those individuals to overcome the stigma, reinvent their direction or persona. He did.
Margaret - Great interview. Bill can lie all he wants (if there was an NDA he should have just said it), his presence in that interview was obvious, nervous and scared lacking facts to defend his statements, watching him since 89 you had a significant presence above Bill. He admitted he knew these questions would come up and this was not an ambush...
Just face it, outside your bubble your guy O'Reilly is a sex offender who has always been a ridiculous and intellectually dishonest human being. So trash that any interview not being done by a tea party octogenarian is a mine field for him. A big part of why Fox News dumped him at the height of his career 😅
Honestly furious at all the hate for Margaret in this comment section. Seems like a lot of people hate good journalism. And look, I get it if you like O’Rielly. He’s charming and well-spoken. But he is not a neutral unbiased party like he claims. He was Fox’s News’s chief hatchet man - he was the one giving “gotcha interviews” for 20 years or something. So if you say you don’t like “ambush interviews” well… maybe that’s actually BS. Maybe what you *actually* dislike is the guy you’re a fan of getting asked tough questions and challenged on his claims.
@@D12345 ugh I'm only ~3 yrs older than her & you better believe I know who Ted Baxter was! That moment & entire interview 🫣. She sounded/vibed like a TikTok Gen Z bubble brain, dense teen there. And I usually really like & respect Margaret. Major fail for her in soo many ways.
Bill O’Reilly is right. The consensus among historians is that Hoover did attempt to alleviate the Great Depression but was ultimately too constrained by his ideological commitment to voluntarism, limited government intervention, and fiscal conservatism. While Hoover took important steps, such as expanding public works, creating the RFC, and stabilizing the financial system, his refusal to engage in direct federal relief or large-scale deficit spending is seen as one of the primary reasons why the Depression worsened under his watch. Hoover’s legacy is one of a well-meaning but ideologically rigid president who failed to rise to the unprecedented challenge posed by the Great Depression, overshadowed by the more interventionist approach of his successor, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
When she criticizes O'Reilly because he doesn't bring up details about her great-grandfather's presidency (who was regarded by voters and now by historians as ineffective in dealing with the Great Depression), it becomes clear that she is out to belittle him. Her launching into those questions regarding the allegations of sexual harrassment is a cheap shot, especially since she never experienced anything of the kind while she was working with him. Why is she assuming that the women who made these accusations weren't simply fabricating or exaggerating for financial gain or simply because they didn't like his personality? Is it so far fetched to believe that a woman who was criticized by O'reilly would seek revenge by accusing him of sexual harrassment? None of us know the truth, especially Hoover, but she can't assume that O'Reilly treated other women differently than he did her.
O’Reilly was right , he is successful because of his talent and skills, people should take that from him and discard the rest if they want to become successful too
A girl exploits scandals within your company and makes public and hurts my brand and she wonders why they don’t hire her back. What culture are you hoping for exactly?
A culture were women can make stories up with no factual evidence, get paid millions from a settlement, and then get re-hired by the same company she tarnished cause “erm girlboss LOL 😎”. If Women weren’t allowed in the workforce this wouldn’t be a problem.
@@SeekerGoOn2013sexism is when girly who is making an average income makes up a story and then get paid millions of dollars cause the entire media industry backs her up. Men don’t have that luxury.
Total hit piece. Disrespectful of Bill to his face. Liked the last several seconds when he started to remove his mike while the camera was still rolling. That spoke volumes. Can't somebody make Congress defund their portion of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?
You were fabulous! Your “mentor” showed his true stripes by not acknowledging you at the end of the interview. He is a misogynist. You should never put yourself in front of that kind of disrespect! I loved your interviewing style. I’d not “met” you before. Your great grandfather Hubert is enormously proud of you.
You obviously need to seek a psychiatrist and an optometrist...the first one for derangement and the second because you obviously couldn't comprehend the interview because of poor eyesight or cranial impairment.
I never paid much attention to this reporter, but will now. She really is quite good at what she does. I see why PBS gave her this historically prestigious show. She led him right into a mine field despite all his spinning, evasiveness, and utter bs. Dude was BOILING so hard inside that he couldn't even talk anymore at the end, but he realized he couldn't just walk off like he clearly wanted to 😅
Hoover was not a horrific president. The problem was he got stuck with an unfixable situation because the Federal Reserve at the time (by their own admission today) blew it by letting the money supply collapse.
SHE OBVIOUSLY WANTED IT TO BE. BUT SHE WAS HOLDING ONTO HER LINE LIKE A DOG TO HIS LAST BONE. SHE STAYED TO LONG TRYING TO DEGRADE HIM FOR HIS SUCCESS.
Poor interview. She kept referencing she learned from Bill. Not a good student. Also her grand daddy was BELOW AVERAGE President Margaret needs to learn it’s all about results. Her grand daddy, deservedly, will always remain below average. Also Margaret the reason Bill is great it’s not because of his sex or race. He is phenomenal interviewer. He delivers results and based on this interview; it’s not your sex that make you below average. You must embrace the 5 Ps.
@@BishopWalters12 What makes you think that? I'm not crying, but reading all these comments going like "way to go, Bill. You showed that little school girl" and telling her to be "grateful" because he had her on his show are just pathetic and ignorant. She treats him very respectful, but openly says where she disagrees. He on the other hand, looks down on her from the start and gets more and more pissed off. Her royal majesty, Dame O'Reilly lol
@@thomasw.5344 nah she made this interview solely about her lame g'pop & about the money hungry hyena's who cryed wolf accusing bill. She never intended to get bill to go there to speak about his books, that made it as low down as low can be. Poor excuse for a journalist wanna-be.
I don’t even know why he would waste his time to come on a show like this . Nobody knows who this woman is or even heard of this show before . She’s terrible ! No wonder why she’s on PBS
No one has heard of Firing Line you reckon? I predict people will still be admiring Firing Line episodes long after any show you watch has been forgotten.
She used her lawn mowing job to start her successful career so then why did she need the bleach, the makeup and the shortest dresses and then ambush someone who treated her as a journalist when she was a nobody like she is today?
An extremely disingenuous interview by Hoover, who I had respected until this interview. To use PBS’ platform to grind an axe or two (those being her great-grandfather and her experience at Fox and what happened to those who settled with Fox) was completely classless and unacceptable. O’Reilly remained calm in spite of her efforts. Hoover no longer deserves to host the program.
@@dvdiii O'reilly is really no different than Dementia Don,who's America's assbackwards white supremacy criminal and political injustice system personified .
@@Alloy-p3u Like O’Reilly said, he knew the questions were coming. Y’all get upset that the interviewer on “Firing Line” is asking hard questions? That’s the fucking point of the show. For O’ Reilly, of course he is going to be asked about potentially the biggest life event he went through. The sexual assault allegations and the settlements. That would be like having Bill Clinton going on an interview in 2005 and not being asked about how the situation with Monica Lewinsky affected his life.
It's always a hoot when crooks and/or predators try to fake victimhood by playing the "gotcha" card against anyone who dares question them, as if they're supposed to get a pass. Hey... BILL... If you don't wanna’ get 'got', then don't do effed-up s**t to people, as if you're above decency and the law. Alright? As the theme goes- "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time... Oh, nooo..." Ironically, even ole Baretta himself, Robert Blake wound up learning the lesson of his own theme song, In real life.
That was a hatchet job very disappointing Hoover … He basically had you on his program ( A number 1 program ) for 4 years and this is what you do . Which just proves how opportunistic you are . That is not a good thing .
Ah yes, the “you owe him a flattering interview” argument. Pure BS. O’Rielly wants to promote his book and make money? Then he can answer some goddamn tough questions about his behaviour.
So he asks for an interview to promote his book which he gets to do. Throughout the interview, she compliments him while disagreeing on some things (like actual facts he got wrong in the book, but didn't bother to have checked because he doesn't care). "He basically had you on his program ( A number 1 program ) for 4 years and this is what you do ." Man, your perception of loyalty is so messed up. She didn't comment on the O'Reilly Factor because his deity Bill was so gracious, but because they both worked for Fox. They were colleagues. Of course he was the star anchor, but she doesn't have to kiss his feet now for work she did 10 years ago. Don't you see how twisted that is? Bill is clearly the one who is on the wrong track. He probably saw her as a disposable intern 10 years ago and now he is old, off the air and she has her own show. The sheer arrogance of calling her out for not knowing Ted Baxter says a lot about what time he still thinks he's living in.
@@thomasw.5344geez Thomas take a chill . He was promoting his book . He did answer her questions and yet she kept going . That is not ok . “ how do you feel about the woman who don’t have the same opportunities as you after the allegations ? “ how is he supposed to answer that ? lol it’s the weekend try and relax .
I'm surprised he held his temper as long as he did. He must be mellowing in his old age or maybe he simply realizes that her views really on't matter and will only give him more publicity for his book. He doesn't need her or the media conglomerates she works for. True freedom must be a wonderful thing.
“If they think he’s a misanthrope but actually he’s one of the world’s most compassionate people, Herbert Hoover would be an excellent example…” ~ William Buckley
@@discernment8963 Perfect response. Your comment was accurate & meaningful to anyone who can think. As opposed to trolls who try to be relevant by posting smug replies to comments they don’t understand.
How much do you want to bet that she is giggling about this with her girlfriends over wine. At the same time I’m sure she was well aware of this so called culture at Fox News but continued being a guest for 4 years without saying a word about it. Soooo brave she is. She got the attention she wanted. Now that she has a show of her own and in a position where it suits her, she THEN reports on the speculation.
When Oreilly is in the room yet you still manage to emerge as the most unpleasant person, that says something. She IS Hoover's great grand daughter afrer all, Hoover one of the worst Presidents who handed victory to FDR
I want to know what Bill said to her after the cameras went off.
Would not surprise me if he just left
@@davidhaber5304 nothing pithy, if he chose to opine.
He said " eat at Joe's " ........
Allegedly he Threatened to sue and you know what, i don't blame him, this was a terrible interview.
I'm not a regular viewer of this show but wanted to see Bill O'Reilly, whose work and political analysis I always look forward to hearing. I'm sorry his dysfunctional personal life stained his professional reputation as I remain a fan. I don't know why Margaret Hoover felt it needed to be brought up in a discussion about his book on the Presidents. What was the point other than to shame and embarrass him? If O'Reilly truly had known she was going to bring it up, he would never have agreed to go on her show -- he was obviously trying to save face -- and Hoover surely knew what his reaction would be. Regardless, I think she was the one who came off looking foolish.
When she started down that line of questioning, he literally said that he knew these questions would be coming.
@@taginsv-vo6xl I still maintain that was just him saving face and that if he knew she would be bringing it up he would have never gone on her show.
he doth protest too much
@@tm3008 Did he? All I heard was "that's enough", which he was directing at Hoover's cheap shots at an old story. She never seemed very bright.
@@riverebec1 You don't hear people squirm, you observe them. Use your eyes next time!
So Hoover is questioning Bill on things that SHE KNOWS he legally cannot speak about. She’s a novice.
I agree
and her audience will see her as a hero
Rebel without a cause.
And our tax dollars fund these biased, left leaning programs.
She's not a novice. By doing that she exposes that he's dirty. People know Bill O is a sex offender.
Bill O'Reilly probably couldn't talk to you legally about allegations against him, but you kept on going on and on about it. I thought it was very improper to say the least. It did sound like you were sandbagging him.
Seems a bit like there was personal tension. Not a great interview
Nah. He CLAIMS he saw it coming and yet he also calls it an ambush. Laughable.
She just wanted to virtue signal about womens rights and use Bill as an example of the patriarchy. Imagine taking girls like this seriously after all the BS that came out of the MeToo movement.
@@dalisman Yeah, he knew she was going to ambush him but he went anyway to show her he is the bigger person...Duh!
Yeah right! He begged to be on that show. And she wasn't asking him about specifics of any of his cases. What she asked for was his opinion (which he usually gives eagerly about EVERYTHING) on the repercussions for women who litigate against harassment. Avoiding that question tells you all you need to know about him.
An ambush interview?Absolutely. Our host seemed more concerned about her grandfather rep than getting facts about what's happening to day. O Reilly schooled her about how to conduct an interview and did a good job of it. Hoover's tactic have always been interrupting and talking over her guest while he attempted to answer her questions when she didn't like the answer..
She’s a left wing feminist larping as some principled conservative. This whole interview was her trying to virtue signal about women’s rights and sexual harassment knowing full well Bill did not come for that.
It’s not an ambush at all. He said he expected it.
She didn't interrupt him once. Cope much 😂
Margaret Hoover gave one of the most unprofessional and disrespectful interviews with Bill O’Reilly I’ve ever seen! She immediately came across as smart-ass, cocky, and clearly had some vendetta to settle with Mr. O’Reiily. Her Misandrist (man hater) attitude was disgusting to watch. I’ll never watch her again, she obviously was hoping to defame O’Reilly with aspirations of landing a job at CNN or MSNBC. Kudos to Bill O”Reilly for doing this “ hit Job” of an interview but he should have known better than to walk into this set up of a trap that was laid out for him.
Truth hurts. O'Reilly was fired from Fox News following reports of five instances of sexual misconduct from The New York Times. There was a reason why he was canned.
Yet here you are soaking up the coverage,lol!!!O'reilly is your classic Republican sex offender who refuse to take accountability for his actions.
LOL...like O'reilly wasn't the same.
Just face it, outside your bubble your guy O'Reilly has always been a terrible and ridiculous human being. So trash that any interview not being done by a tea party octogenarian is a mine field for him. A big part of why Fox News dumped him at the height of his career 😅
*If you knew O'Reilly, you wouldn't say that, because Bill O'Reilly was way more brutal and unprofessional than this lady, even though he's smart guy.*
That was very uncomfortable to watch. It sounded like she had a vendetta against him.
Controlled opposition versus even more left wing controlled opposition. You decide who's who.
Vendetta? On the contrary, I have a feeling that Hoover retains a great deal of respect for O'Reilly....perhaps more than respect. I sensed a note of disappointment in her comments, and facial expressions, that she was not part of the alleged harassment that O'Reilly was accused of. Just a subtle perception that I experienced. I'm probably wrong.
@@DadsLloyd I agree with you to a point. I think she does respect him but feels awkward about asking him questions that weren't her experience and the fact that he gave her an opportunity. I think she feels conflicted. I don't agree that she had a thing for him.
Wait, you don't have a vendetta against a guy who sexually harassed his employees for multiple decades and paid millions of dollars in hush money because he was absolutely guilty of being a disgusting predator? Wow that's crazy. I mean it's really shitty.
The way O'Reilly used to jab his finger at "guests" reveals his shitty character. He's a hostile, repressed, abusive S.O.B.
A bully who is irritated when he can't SPIN the facts his way. It's a shame so many endorse his view.
This show shouldn't be called Firing Line. That's an insult to Bill Buckley. It should be called Hooverville!
Good one.
What's green acres have to do with this ? Smdh........
@@lostinspacerobinson1527 That's Hooterville, my friend.
@@MegaJustGeorge Hooterville ? Let's go !!! Lol !
My opinion of O'Reily went up. It was clear, Margaret was hoping for a "got-you" moment. To do so, she became very confrontational, and she lost. My take, she wanted to prove the harrasment within Fox. To do so, she was willing to link O'Reily, with the sexual tension, within the Fox organization. O'Reily took an actual fact, that Margaret was treated fair on his program, and was impressed with her desire to work hard, and he was willing to promote her. She presented no evidence, that she was wronged by O'Reily, seperating him from being part of the harassment atmosphere of Fox. It did make Margaret Hoover look as if she was more opinion driven, or bias in her motivations, then fact based. To ask the hard questions, one might have to poke deep. But the hard hits left her looking bitter and jealous of Bill's success. Bill looked confident and solid in his defense. It did more, to clear O'Reily's name, than to promote his book. Margaret Hoover should have de-escalated the attacks, validating her motives. It would have lessened Bill's admonishment of being fact based, instead of validating him.
Watching an ungrateful person berate someone who gave them a break early in their career was a complete waste of time. Ms. Hoover never reported being mistreated by Mr. O’Reilly.
Waste of time? It was great escapist entertainment, like watching professional wrestling. He beat her like a worn out rug!
No he was an asshole warped view
The look of disappointment on o reilly's face said it all. She was scared to death to broach the questions, stumbling, misreading the quotes and pausing, because she knew it was wrong.
@@WintersWar It was her job.
So she should only be concerned when she is the victim? Just because someone helped you out doesn't mean they can count on your silence when you abuse people.
O'Reilly is the only non biased truth telling news man out there. Period.
Unless the subject is himself and then he's all bias
Your claim is laughable, Cory. (BTW, only one space is used after a sentence in modern typefaces.)
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He left in disgrace... That's where we are.. that's where our Republican party is continuously... Disgraced
He is a disgraced artful liar (in his own eyes) specializing in feeding a mob of ignorant block heads. When you are dead, you don't know you are dead. It's pain only for others.
It's the same thing when you are stupid»
- Richard Feynman
I used to watch Firing Line with William Buckley in the early 80's. It's sad to see how this program has deteriorated. It was once hosted by a respected intellectual and now hosted by a shrew.
Bill O'Reilly is the best and honest! He is straight forward! I think she needed to get her facts straight! She must be a fan of Kamala!
Why? Because she called his scholarship about a president who was president 100 years lazy? It was an academic discussion
Some women stick together!
You support sexual predators? You must be a fan of Trump 😂
O'Lielly??? Honest???? You must be absolutely shitfaced!
I think it's so stupid that she's grilling him for low grading her great-grandfather
Well, you may have forgotten how Bill used his platform to abuse and disrespect guests on his show. What goes around comes around.
You can dislike O'Reilly and trust me I am no fan. I think it's fair to say though that Hoover did ambush him. She was on his show for 4 or 5 years and he treated her with respect, according to her. Given the fact that that's the first hand knowledge that she has, it's not cool of her to question him in an aggressive fashion regarding things that weren't part of her experience. People wrongly assume that just because you're a big dog in a company that you're immune to policy, that is not the case. It is perfectly possible and reasonable that O'Reilly had no idea what fox did regarding the settlements.
Bill isn’t a snowflake, he can handle “aggressive” questions, he’s in the news/journalism business himself. Stop whining for a guy who doesn’t seek or need sympathy.
She’s interviewing him. Any good interviewer would ask Bill in particular about how his career at Fox ended.
I agree.
@@Stryke2wice it wasn't "aggressive" questions. It was unfair/dishonest questions pursued in a "aggressive fashion". You are just looking to call someone a snowflake rather than address the points that Bill and this commenter are making.
@@VirginiaBronson "how do we change the culture so that the women who sued you can get hired in journalism again" is an absurdly dishonest question.
Next subject for her to interview and ask tough questions: KAMALA 😊
NEVER gonna happen!
I like Hoover and I would think she would ask tough questions of Kamala, not softballs like much of "media". Not sure I spelled tough right. Let me know.
@@riverebec1She will laugh without answer.
@@MikeAtkinson-q6e You spelled "tough" correctly.
Typical of PBS.
It's clear Margaret is protecting her family legacy: I don't blame her. But facts are facts. Regardless of whether Herbert Hoover was a brilliant man or Statesman, is not the point. He essentially, spent the majority of his first, and only term, fly fishing. He then lost in a landslide to FDR. The misconceptions that Margaret talks about are for the most part, true. And how does she not know who Ted Baxter is? He is a cultural icon in the world of sitcom newscasters. I'm sure she knows who the characters of I Love Lucy are. No excuse, Margaret.
what is I love Lucy?
If she's saying he got his age and college major wrong, it's pretty clear Bill made mistakes
Her grandfather is part of history, a book about him needs to be accurate, not used to mock history. Unless it's a comics book, then he might say anything, but do not call himself a historian.
To be fair, I'm the same age as Margaret, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show just wasn't shown on reruns when we were growing up. I never saw an episode until very recently on the internet. I probably heard about Ted Baxter for the first time from Rush Limbaugh making the reference too.
@@jedijones You are not a TV journalist.
Now I know why I have never watched her show. She was lucky enough to get him on, giving her an opportunity to show if she was a good reporter/interviewer and totally blew it. Very petty person, with her great grandfather for example. O'Reilly said it was basically a snippet into each president, history speaks for itself. She just doesn't get it.
HE contacted HER and asked to be on HER show. So he wasn't doing anyone any favors, and the honor could have only been his. Please get it right..
Spot on
BS. He wanted to come on to promote his book. He was lucky to have the privilege. And I’m glad she pointed out that his book presents a shallow historical analysis. That is good information for a potential buyer to know.
@@cameronpointe1435 He clearly states she invited him (0:51 / 27:06). Since you are contradicting this you should provide a reference for clarity.
@@liamcullen3035 Have you read his book, "Confronting The Presidents"?
He treated her like a professional on his show and I think he expected it back but she used her name , her hair and whatever else to come off as professional but she thinks dying her hair and ambushing her guests with a smile makes her a success but most of us already forgot who was hosting bill oreilly on this show,lol
He did!?
Face it, your guy is so trash any non right-wing octogenarian interview is a mine field for him
Thanks to you Margaret. Following your recommendation, I started researching into Abby Joseph Cohen Services. Thankfully it was a little over a year ago now, I started an lnvestment with Abby's Services and that allowed me to be on much MUCH more stable ground in the face of global financial upheaval. For what it's worth, it made a difference for me and my little family.
Margaret really is something special. Please think of supporting him (if you don't already, which maybe you do).
Same here, I got to know about Abby Joseph Cohen Services on here in 2020. Since then I've paid off 160,000 USD of debt. Now I'm working on building an emergency fund. I didn't even have a savings account three years ago.
I know this FA, Abby Joseph Cohen Services but only by her reputation at Goldman Sachs; even though she's now involved in managing portfolios and providing investmnt guidance to clients. I have been trying to get in contact since I watched her interview on WSJ last month
@@JocaShawnWell her name is 'ABBY JOSEPH COHEN SERVICES'. Just research the name. You'd find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.
Great share! Out of curiosity, I searched Abby Joseph Cohen Services online, found her consulting page ranked at the top, and scheduled a call session. I've read many reviews about advisors, but none seem as impressive as hers
😮 Okay...I'm reeally not a fan of O Reilly & esp Fox or Maga lol but ya from a pure journalistic lense got to an absolute cringe af point. Went off the fng rails!! Like *several minutes! She would not STOP. He gave numerous cues (pretty politely tbh imo!) he could NOT go 'there'. You'd think this was a raging faar left partisan like Joy fng REID or the like. And I'm very center left but this was terrible!!!
These people are horrified more of the unhinged left that will accuse them of not pushing hard enough.
I can’t speak to Former President Hoover, but O’Reilly trying to claim no women were paid off by him (or on his behalf) is crazy
So good! Thank you for this!!
Boy oh boy did bill do a great job, particularly the ending when he just sat there and didn't comment when she was saying how nice that he was there. He just looked.
I agree! O'Reilly could have done more towards meeting Hoover's words.
PBS is total trash, if this is the kind of interview they promote. All she wanted is to make a statement about what she wanted to promote.
absolutely, Margret had an agenda to promote and she was bushwacking Bill
@wendy....at least PBS turned on comments for this, they're usually big on censorship. 😆
Just face it, your guy is so trash that any interview not being done by a tea party octogenarian is a mine field for him. A big part of why Fox News dumped him at the height of his career 😅
yeah it's called a political talk show. the host always wants "to make a statement about what she wanted to promote." you just don't agree with the statement
@@wendywilson1537 Oh Wendy... Switch to Fox then.
Hoover overstepped. It is bad form to bash Mr. O who gave her plenty of time on his broadcast and served as her mentor.
@@greenhornet5186 she doesn't have to fondle him just because he was her mentor. She's allowed to forge her own path
He’s a jerk.
He has an ego as big as 45.
She should have stopped after she realized that he wasn't going to answer her. After a while she seemed obnoxious.
@@Lyn777 Agreed. Forcing him to answer a question is harassment.
She was personally involved. It was clear, at that point, she was biased driven, and not fact driven.
Now Bill knows exactly how Trump feels in interviews and debates. It’s easy to criticize others when you are not the one being unfairly treated.
Exactly
Huh?? He supports Trump! Watch his show!
@@pete123 I know he does but sometimes he criticizes him. I’m glad he felt just a taste of what Trump goes through
@@GG-ry9vp got it.
Bill O'Reilly good to see you back stating the facts🎉
It sounds like you may be unaware Bill has a big "presence" on TH-cam. At the very least, he has TWO weekday shows to watch; one is 13 minutes and the other varies...usually >20 minutes.
They are MUST WATCH shows for me. Check 'em out!
@@bobcarl577 thank you so much, I had been missing watching him. I appreciate the heads up!
Bill just needs the clicks. He’s and old conservative hack. He is the spin zone.
Horrible interview. Hoover should be ashamed for trying to sandbag O’Reilly.
O'reilly is not used to having his ass handed to- him- a good lesson in humility.
I don't like Bill O'Reilly BUT she was so unprofessional and an example of what's wrong with news. She was looking for a gotcha moment to make herself the news. Something they're not supposed to do if they're ethical & professional. Gone are the days of Ted Koppel, Walter Kronkite and Tim Russert who practiced decorum & decency towards all to inform the public. These losers nowadays have the maturity of high schoolers.
LOL, yeah, O'Reilly never asked gotcha questions in his time when he was the Interviewer of various political and cultural personalities.
You mean 5th graders 😅😅😅
O'Reilly needed this
perfectly professional, someone needs to expose this sex predator and abuser.
@@junk_rig_sailor1698 Except O'Reilly never ambushed anybody.
O'Reilly is not the brightest guy in the world, but he has made a fortune and is famous. Great Country. Hoover came off poorly here.
disagree
She left out Megyn Kelly’s huge success after she left fox
A mid tier show on Sirius XM is a successful career?
@@weston.weston Or maybe the multi millions she got guaranteed from that NBC deal ???
@michaelrichey6783 That award still makes her small potatoes compared to her peers. Her current career is not blazing in any way. .
@@weston.weston I don't think she'd care about whether it's blazing or not. She's laughing all the way to the bank with that one. And she has a TH-cam channel on here too.
@michaelrichey6783 My point is that her current career is objectively less high profile than before. Having a moderately successful TH-cam channel isn't usually defined as being successful for a former major network personality.
That was 100% an ambush at the end.
How can it be an ambush when he said I knew you was going to ask me this stuff and I know what you said about me
O'please you got to be kidding!!
One of the original horny bill o really and newt Gingrich
@@davidmckenzie9593 Why did she leave it for last? She knew it was an ambush. He knew she was going to go for the most controversial things for clicks. It’s predictable and low. Perhaps he had hoped she was better than that.
@@BumpyHumpyDumpy What was wrong with her question? When will people that report abuse not be blackballed for doing so? She also challenged his facts on her grandfather calling them lazy and saying he got a lot wrong and he looked at her like a deer in headlights
This Hoover is and always will be a rank amateur in broadcast media! In response to her alleged “wish”, I give her Megan Kelly!
You and O'Reilly seem to share one thing in common; you're not used to women having their own choices and opinions. I just hope that doesn't translate to the rest of your life but I wouldn't be surprised since you're sitting here defending a legit predator. 🤢
@@pugachevskobra5636 well, hope springs eternal, doesn’t it?!
Very stupid and irritating interview delivered here by Margaret Hoover.
Did she invite Bill O'Reilly to discuss his new book ("Confronting the Presidents"), or did she invite him on to ambush him into talking about legal settlements and other tabloid-style rumors and hearsay?
This was painful to watch, and an utter disgrace.
Do better, or don't conduct interviews with people under false pretenses.
You are absolutely right. Media ingrates are NEVER not political. Ever.
O'Reilly can dish it out but he can't take it.I've read several of the Killing series, which are quite good,but when I went to JFK in the Presidents, and he smugly says'"Oswald was a lone Gunman". That's like saying Trump does not lie.
Yet here you are soaking up the coverage,I would give Miss Hoover an A+ for airing out this sex offender who still refuses to take accountability for his actions.
You can't ambush someone who admits they knew it was coming...
@@RyanCMcD Exactly, thank you.
I remember when Hoover was on the O'Reilly Factor and during one segment Hoover commented that she had mowed people's lawns with a push mower for money to get by during her college years. O'Reilly immediately called her out on that and said there isn't no way her privileged life self would ever stoop down to mow someone's lawn for a few bucks. O'Reilly told her you probably never operated a push mower in your entire life. She kept saying back with a fake smile on her face, "Bill I feel hurt you do not believe me". She was so full of crap and still is.
They lie everyday for money. There are no journalist left in this Woke Culture. They are pathological liars - that is the example they set for their kids.
You think hoover's full of crapi think ted baxter is more full of crap
Just face it, outside your bubble your guy O'Reilly is a sex offender who has always been a terrible and ridiculous human being. So trash that any interview not being done by a tea party octogenarian is a mine field for him. A big part of why Fox News dumped him at the height of his career 😅
I remember that episode, but I do not believe she was lying.
@@WheelsRCool Yeah right. That uppity snoot never pushed a lawn mower in her life. Clearly shows you're seriously lacking in gray matter.
I have enjoyed reading Bill O'Reilly's books. I know his newest book will be a best seller!
The fact that O'Reilly called Biden the 2nd worst president of all time is an indication that he is no historian, but rather just another partisan political hack. The real presidential historians, over 150 of them, who spend their whole lives researching, studying, and writing about presidents, rated Biden well above average and in the top 50% of all presidents.
Hoover profited from her appearances on Fox with O’Reilly both financially and her career. This interview will even help her. It’s a shame she is so ungrateful.
Margaret Hoover is no William F Buckley Jr.
Incredible interview ! As a centrist Democrat, I watch and enjoy your show Margaret, because you embody the old school way of talking with people from both sides of our divided country with intelligence and respect for one another. Bill O'Reilley however, is a very key part of why we are so divided. Interjecting Rush Limbaugh into the conversation brings us back to when this division really took off. And Rush admits it was for ratings. So Rush and Bill and Sean and Tucker are literally succeeding at tearing our country apart for their own ratings and wealth. Margaret, thank you for holding his feet to the fire and not being intimidated - because he clearly feels entitled and was clearly no match for you !
You are I’ll-informed and saying many things that are wrong
Rush Limbaugh didn't create the divisiveness in our discourse -- he exposed it! And in so doing gave a voice to the side that had not been listened to. That's how Fox News was born, and a new previously silent audience found a home. And the dominant Democrat media has been fighting it ever since. So much for "inclusion".
The fact you don't throw a Colbert and/or a Maddow in there is a huge omission. The right doesn't not hold a monopoly on dividing this country. What those latter 3 did have in common was destroying the competition in the ratings and I always wonder why no one on the left has done that in the history of cable news.
Bill did educate the gal , but I'm not sure she learned the lesson :)
Hmmmmm…I believe it was Ms Hoover that did the “schooling” 😂
The interviewer kept throwing out the term "culture" Bill should have asked her to define the word first.
She’s getting props from demon rats, because she is one.
He has a book called culture Warrior
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. As an Independent voter, I myself have watched the O'Reilly Factor for many years along with many other news sources. In my opinion, I believe this was a good interview by Margaret Hoover. If anyone were to criticize and have sympathy for Bill O'Reilly they must keep in mind that O'Reilly is the same way to others in his own interviews. As Mrs. Hoover stated many times, she learned from Bill O'Reilly. Mrs. Hoover was aware that O'Reilly could not speak about certain legal matters involving him therefore she asked for his statement concerning another legal matter brought forth by Gretchen Carlson that does not involve him. Bill O’Reilly loves being sturdy and asking tough questions. However, when the “shoe is on the other foot”, he becomes driven by temper and emotions. Sadly, the hypocrisy is everywhere even with Bill O’Reilly. This is why you must “take everything with a grain of salt”; an idiom that means to be skeptical of something or to not accept it as true. Also, being a former employee herself, Mrs. Hoover is correct in saying that she has the knowledge and right to discuss the sexual immorality that occurs at Fox News. Hopefully, Bill O’Reilly can look back at this interview and better understand himself. Finally, to this day we continue to be warned about individuals who adore lies and deceptions but reject the truth. flowers to Margaret Hoover
a very fair analysis!
Bravo. Great comment!
That was a great oped you wrote. I too, watched O’Reilly when he was at Fox. Did you notice how Mrs. Hoover mentioned twice, Bill, I learned from you. Then he didn’t say anything. She said, “Thank you for the interview.” He still didn’t respond. He was furious with her. Now my point Nick, is this, knowing how Irish temper is, being an Irishman myself, why the hell would he agree to do the interview if he knew she would bring that up? Just to sell his books? Come on, he has a podcast and a radio show. She handled the interview top notch, tough questions and professional. Although, it showed her age if she never heard of Ted Baxter. LoL. Knowing Bill’s temperature plus he’s married and that had to be a stressful time going through that for him. He shouldn’t of done the interview if he reacts that way. She didn’t sandbag him or throw in a low blow. It was a really good interview and I’m impressed with Mrs. Hoover. I know she’s a little biased over her great grandfather, Mr. Personality, Herbert Hoover. President Hoover may of been a good administrator but people relay the Great Depression with Hoover. Remember when the Civil War veterans marched in Washington over getting a pension, wasn’t it Hoover who called out the National Guard to break up the March and arrested a few of the veterans. What a guy! 😂
@@nightowl5475
I applaud Hoover's courage in bringing this up but I was disappointed in the questions she asked. IMO she should have asked the following (all of which he could legally answer):
1) How many sexual harassment cases were settled by either you and/or Fox News?
I've lost track but I think the answer’s 5 or 6 which is way too many
2) Do you regret settling that many and not fighting them in court?
3) Would you agree that an employer can’t keep you after that many? You had to be fired
I’d have all sorts of follow-ups if he refused to answer. He had his chance for due process and he opted to settle out of court
I am a big fan of Bill as a political analyst but his issues with how he's treated women is a black eye
No idea why anybody gives Bill the spotlight anymore. He needs to be left in past history.
Any opinion helps build a better understanding, especially an informed opinion.
Wow ...since when are women not successful in this country...I swear some people are lost
Oh, that's not what she said. She said women that were involved in these sexual abuse cases can't move on. Can you understand basic English?
@@ILuVBrdPr0ducts Exactly! The victim mentality is non-stop.
@@MissDemeanor99that’s not under his control. They settled, it had a caveat attached which is valid male or female it doesn’t matter. It’s up to those individuals to overcome the stigma, reinvent their direction or persona. He did.
@@MissDemeanor99being sarcastic is not an endearing trait.
@@ElLie-cl1qjso to whom are you applying this comment?
So will they treat biden, clinton and kamala with the same questions?
Stop acting like Trump doesn't constantly do ball coddling interviews
“I’ll do it the best, better that anybody else, the best, only I can get it done”
Trumps answer for every question ever
@@Secretary.of.Education he does, but he also goes into hostile territory. Name one democrat that does.
@@tier1solutions28 Pete B.
Were any of them fired for any sexual misconduct? Plus they were all vice presidents or president, not a news pundit. Relax.
Margaret - Great interview. Bill can lie all he wants (if there was an NDA he should have just said it), his presence in that interview was obvious, nervous and scared lacking facts to defend his statements, watching him since 89 you had a significant presence above Bill. He admitted he knew these questions would come up and this was not an ambush...
Why would she even air this program? Is she so out of contact with reality that she thinks she came out on top of this?
My thoughts exactly. Fresh bleached slow motion train wreck 😬
@Justeanie ?
Just face it, outside your bubble your guy O'Reilly is a sex offender who has always been a ridiculous and intellectually dishonest human being. So trash that any interview not being done by a tea party octogenarian is a mine field for him. A big part of why Fox News dumped him at the height of his career 😅
Women should start their own companies. Its that simple.
No they should just keep complaining
If O’Reilly is extremely wrong/inaccurate about President Hoover, how can we trust his writing on any other President?
He's not wrong. He's the only truth teller out there
Look up some history yourself. See who was correct
Think she'll ever get that tough with Kamala? Yeah, I'm chuckling, because we all know the answer.
Margaret: you did well and you kept your strength throughout. I learned from your courage in this interview.
Honestly furious at all the hate for Margaret in this comment section. Seems like a lot of people hate good journalism.
And look, I get it if you like O’Rielly. He’s charming and well-spoken. But he is not a neutral unbiased party like he claims. He was Fox’s News’s chief hatchet man - he was the one giving “gotcha interviews” for 20 years or something.
So if you say you don’t like “ambush interviews” well… maybe that’s actually BS. Maybe what you *actually* dislike is the guy you’re a fan of getting asked tough questions and challenged on his claims.
"Ted Baxter" 🤣. That was funny. The show ended the year Hoover was born.
She's obviously never heard of Nick at Night or MeTV.
never watched a rerun? a lot of good tv personas are before my time.
I see the resemblance
@@D12345 ugh I'm only ~3 yrs older than her & you better believe I know who Ted Baxter was! That moment & entire interview 🫣. She sounded/vibed like a TikTok Gen Z bubble brain, dense teen there. And I usually really like & respect Margaret. Major fail for her in soo many ways.
REALLY? IT'S STILL AVAILABLE TODAY.
Bill O’Reilly is right. The consensus among historians is that Hoover did attempt to alleviate the Great Depression but was ultimately too constrained by his ideological commitment to voluntarism, limited government intervention, and fiscal conservatism. While Hoover took important steps, such as expanding public works, creating the RFC, and stabilizing the financial system, his refusal to engage in direct federal relief or large-scale deficit spending is seen as one of the primary reasons why the Depression worsened under his watch. Hoover’s legacy is one of a well-meaning but ideologically rigid president who failed to rise to the unprecedented challenge posed by the Great Depression, overshadowed by the more interventionist approach of his successor, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
When she criticizes O'Reilly because he doesn't bring up details about her great-grandfather's presidency (who was regarded by voters and now by historians as ineffective in dealing with the Great Depression), it becomes clear that she is out to belittle him. Her launching into those questions regarding the allegations of sexual harrassment is a cheap shot, especially since she never experienced anything of the kind while she was working with him. Why is she assuming that the women who made these accusations weren't simply fabricating or exaggerating for financial gain or simply because they didn't like his personality? Is it so far fetched to believe that a woman who was criticized by O'reilly would seek revenge by accusing him of sexual harrassment? None of us know the truth, especially Hoover, but she can't assume that O'Reilly treated other women differently than he did her.
Aww puhleeeezz,stop defending the sex offender.
There have been a huge number of misconceptions about Herbert Hoover over the years and she was seeking to correct them.
O’Reilly was right , he is successful because of his talent and skills, people should take that from him and discard the rest if they want to become successful too
Ok there hannity
Poor old Bill the victim of having to answer to what he is guilty of😢
I guess you also don't care about due process. Do you know what happened? Or do you know someone's version?
How can you possibly know what he’s guilty of? 🙄
@@edwardthetwentyfifth6462 by the amount of money Fox paid out, no?
@@rossiikhan don’t know, Fox paid out of court and fired O’rielly
@@rossiikhan Fox paid damages and fired your boy…read much?
A girl exploits scandals within your company and makes public and hurts my brand and she wonders why they don’t hire her back. What culture are you hoping for exactly?
@@lekvukdedaj something a bit less sexist?
💯💯💯💯💯💯
A culture were women can make stories up with no factual evidence, get paid millions from a settlement, and then get re-hired by the same company she tarnished cause “erm girlboss LOL 😎”. If Women weren’t allowed in the workforce this wouldn’t be a problem.
@@SeekerGoOn2013sexism is when girly who is making an average income makes up a story and then get paid millions of dollars cause the entire media industry backs her up. Men don’t have that luxury.
Oh no was the brand hurt? Bahahaha Being this much of a goddam crybaby isn't masculine.
I mean it’s comical how “gotcha” she is.
Well, you may have forgotten how Bill used his platform to abuse and disrespect guests on his show. What goes around comes around.
Yeah and her husband is running on Long Island. Ugh, I can't stand her or Avalon. Pseudo intellectuals in my take
GREAT JOB WITH THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, HOOVER! O'Reilly asks tough questions, but he can't handle it when someone asks tough questions of him. 👍♥️
Total hit piece. Disrespectful of Bill to his face. Liked the last several seconds when he started to remove his mike while the camera was still rolling. That spoke volumes.
Can't somebody make Congress defund their portion of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?
The end was brutal. Absolutely brutal, and Hoover actually should be ashamed of herself for this charade.
You were fabulous! Your “mentor” showed his true stripes by not acknowledging you at the end of the interview. He is a misogynist. You should never put yourself in front of that kind of disrespect! I loved your interviewing style. I’d not “met” you before. Your great grandfather Hubert is enormously proud of you.
You obviously need to seek a psychiatrist and an optometrist...the first one for derangement and the second because you obviously couldn't comprehend the interview because of poor eyesight or cranial impairment.
These two were not discussing...SPARRING may very well describe this!
Margaret could’ve had a little more of a sense of humor with Bill. She takes him way too seriously.
She made it personal, trash
I never paid much attention to this reporter, but will now. She really is quite good at what she does. I see why PBS gave her this historically prestigious show. She led him right into a mine field despite all his spinning, evasiveness, and utter bs. Dude was BOILING so hard inside that he couldn't even talk anymore at the end, but he realized he couldn't just walk off like he clearly wanted to 😅
Hoover was defending her great grandfather, who, as history shows he was a horrific president. O'Reilly got it right.
Hoover was not a horrific president. The problem was he got stuck with an unfixable situation because the Federal Reserve at the time (by their own admission today) blew it by letting the money supply collapse.
“There’s no ideaology in this book at all”
lol.
Annoying the way she asked the questions.
😂😂😂
Snowflake
Terribly annoying - that voice!!! 🙄
I feel like the questions themselves were fair game, but the syntax was poor and frankly clumsy and unbalanced
Man she talks too much 🤣
Was this a gotcha Bill interview?
SHE OBVIOUSLY WANTED IT TO BE. BUT SHE WAS HOLDING ONTO HER LINE LIKE A DOG TO HIS LAST BONE. SHE STAYED TO LONG TRYING TO DEGRADE HIM FOR HIS SUCCESS.
It was a terrible interview by Margaret.
Lmao this was just embarassing to witness for her, clearly still has a lot to learn
@@MypronounIsKing lol he told her as much 🤣
Hey look everyone! A Bill O'Reilly sycophant leaving their den trying to protect papa bear!
Totally nornal to pay people off to the tune of $45 million when you're totally innoent.
I want to know what he did, it must be bad because he is ashamed to talk
Right?!?
She is very annoying.
Poor interview. She kept referencing she learned from Bill. Not a good student. Also her grand daddy was BELOW AVERAGE President Margaret needs to learn it’s all about results. Her grand daddy, deservedly, will always remain below average. Also Margaret the reason Bill is great it’s not because of his sex or race. He is phenomenal interviewer. He delivers results and based on this interview; it’s not your sex that make you below average. You must embrace the 5 Ps.
She said what she said...SHE LEFT NO CRUMBS!❤
"Did you have fact checkers?" "Uhhhh...there should have been." Great, Bill.
This IS an ambush. Don’t lie. Bill handled himself very well.
Could you please share a link to the video you watched? This one isn't an ambush and Bill comes off as lazy, unprepared, arrogant and vile
@@thomasw.5344 Why does Bill make you cry, bud?
@@BishopWalters12 What makes you think that? I'm not crying, but reading all these comments going like "way to go, Bill. You showed that little school girl" and telling her to be "grateful" because he had her on his show are just pathetic and ignorant. She treats him very respectful, but openly says where she disagrees. He on the other hand, looks down on her from the start and gets more and more pissed off. Her royal majesty, Dame O'Reilly lol
@@thomasw.5344 nah she made this interview solely about her lame g'pop & about the money hungry hyena's who cryed wolf accusing bill. She never intended to get bill to go there to speak about his books, that made it as low down as low can be. Poor excuse for a journalist wanna-be.
@@thomasw.5344 We seem to have a difference of opinion. Hoover had a plan and she implemented it. Your comments about O'Reilly are unwarranted.
I don’t even know why he would waste his time to come on a show like this . Nobody knows who this woman is or even heard of this show before . She’s terrible ! No wonder why she’s on PBS
Bill's throwing a bone for sure 😂
No one has heard of Firing Line you reckon? I predict people will still be admiring Firing Line episodes long after any show you watch has been forgotten.
@@roughhabit9085 thank goodness. I thought I’d wondered into a MAGA chat room by mistake 😂
$$$$$
She used her lawn mowing job to start her successful career so then why did she need the bleach, the makeup and the shortest dresses and then ambush someone who treated her as a journalist when she was a nobody like she is today?
An extremely disingenuous interview by Hoover, who I had respected until this interview. To use PBS’ platform to grind an axe or two (those being her great-grandfather and her experience at Fox and what happened to those who settled with Fox) was completely classless and unacceptable. O’Reilly remained calm in spite of her efforts. Hoover no longer deserves to host the program.
I never liked her
@@dvdiii O'reilly is really no different than Dementia Don,who's America's assbackwards white supremacy criminal and political injustice system personified .
@@dvdiii Aww puhleeeezz,Bill O'reilly and Dementia Don are America's assbackwards white supremacy criminal and political injustice system personified.
Hahaha but Oreilly being a perverted creep was totally acceptable to you.
@@Alloy-p3u Like O’Reilly said, he knew the questions were coming. Y’all get upset that the interviewer on “Firing Line” is asking hard questions? That’s the fucking point of the show. For O’ Reilly, of course he is going to be asked about potentially the biggest life event he went through. The sexual assault allegations and the settlements. That would be like having Bill Clinton going on an interview in 2005 and not being asked about how the situation with Monica Lewinsky affected his life.
Bill’s next book: Confronting the Presidents’ Great-Granddaughters
It's always a hoot when crooks and/or predators try to fake victimhood by playing the "gotcha" card against anyone who dares question them, as if they're supposed to get a pass. Hey... BILL... If you don't wanna’ get 'got', then don't do effed-up s**t to people, as if you're above decency and the law. Alright?
As the theme goes- "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time... Oh, nooo..." Ironically, even ole Baretta himself, Robert Blake wound up learning the lesson of his own theme song, In real life.
Hoover actually is what Bill claims to be...she asks tough, informed questions.
Definitely an ambush interview.
He literally said at the outset he knows that she was going to bring up the settlements.
@@taginsv-vo6xlexactly
Remember she learned from him. He can dish it out but can’t take it.
@@taginsv-vo6xlYeah, because he is aware of her article that was publish back in 2017
So she’s complaining about not being given another chance but yet here she is hosting a news program?🤷♂️
She should have moved on he was very patient with her
agreed
Hoover was the worst train wreck truck of a president and proof is in the pudding
That was a hatchet job very disappointing Hoover … He basically had you on his program ( A number 1 program ) for 4 years and this is what you do . Which just proves how opportunistic you are . That is not a good thing .
Ah yes, the “you owe him a flattering interview” argument. Pure BS. O’Rielly wants to promote his book and make money? Then he can answer some goddamn tough questions about his behaviour.
So he asks for an interview to promote his book which he gets to do. Throughout the interview, she compliments him while disagreeing on some things (like actual facts he got wrong in the book, but didn't bother to have checked because he doesn't care).
"He basically had you on his program ( A number 1 program ) for 4 years and this is what you do ."
Man, your perception of loyalty is so messed up. She didn't comment on the O'Reilly Factor because his deity Bill was so gracious, but because they both worked for Fox. They were colleagues. Of course he was the star anchor, but
she doesn't have to kiss his feet now for work she did 10 years ago. Don't you see how twisted that is? Bill is clearly the one who is on the wrong track. He probably saw her as a disposable intern 10 years ago and now he is old, off the air and she has her own show. The sheer arrogance of calling her out for not knowing Ted Baxter says a lot about what time he still thinks he's living in.
Ha! You expected her to say nothing about what went on with all of that? Bootlicking shouldn't be a thing.
@@thomasw.5344geez Thomas take a chill . He was promoting his book . He did answer her questions and yet she kept going . That is not ok . “ how do you feel about the woman who don’t have the same opportunities as you after the allegations ? “ how is he supposed to answer that ? lol it’s the weekend try and relax .
@@liamcullen3035he doesn’t need to . That is the point . Try and have a relaxing weekend .
It was a smart move to ask a guest about stuff he can't legally talk about. Easy to paint him as a horrible person. Well done.
I'm surprised he held his temper as long as he did. He must be mellowing in his old age or maybe he simply realizes that her views really on't matter and will only give him more publicity for his book. He doesn't need her or the media conglomerates she works for. True freedom must be a wonderful thing.
Yes, he knows that she is just another media c..t
“If they think he’s a misanthrope but actually he’s one of the world’s most compassionate people, Herbert Hoover would be an excellent example…”
~ William Buckley
Provocative questions only "Hard" because they're provocative isn't by any means necessarily the definition of a legitimately hard question.
Thank you for making a meaningless point that only people with a meaningless point can make.
@@sonofsamwaters8350 Welcome
@@discernment8963 Perfect response. Your comment was accurate & meaningful to anyone who can think. As opposed to trolls who try to be relevant by posting smug replies to comments they don’t understand.
@@johnnydeano2288 Thanx. Those you describe have always been like Windexed glass to me.
How much do you want to bet that she is giggling about this with her girlfriends over wine. At the same time I’m sure she was well aware of this so called culture at Fox News but continued being a guest for 4 years without saying a word about it. Soooo brave she is. She got the attention she wanted. Now that she has a show of her own and in a position where it suits her, she THEN reports on the speculation.
what pbs has become is sad.
William f buckley must be turning in his grave
She has never behaved this way with other guests. Disappointing.
Are you sure? She was probably mad at him that he sexually harassed her back in the day.
I am very proud of the confrontational intereview.
Now I know why she works for PBS and not Fox.
and he was fired by one and is employed by neither
@tm3008 He wasn't fired. They paid his contract in full and did not renew it. No one filed any sexual assault claims against him.
@@nappybiscuit In 2017, O'Reilly was dismissed from Fox News following reports of five instances of sexual misconduct from The New York Times
@@nappybiscuit In 2017, O'Reilly was dismissed from Fox News following reports of five instances of sexual misconduct from The New York Times
@@nappybiscuit In 2017, O'Reilly was dismissed from Fox News following reports of five instances of sexual misconduct from The New York Times
When Oreilly is in the room yet you still manage to emerge as the most unpleasant person, that says something. She IS Hoover's great grand daughter afrer all, Hoover one of the worst Presidents who handed victory to FDR
Nicely done!😊
What an awesome interview.