William James O’Reilly Jr. He was born on September 10, 1949 in New York
City. His parents are William James O’Reilly Sr. and Angela O’Reilly. When Bill
O’Reilly was in his childhood his family moved to Long Island. As a young boy
Bill attended Catholic school, and then went on to graduate from high school. After high school he went to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was studying history at this college. Bill was also apart of the football club at school.
He also wrote for the school’s newspaper. His junior year he did a study abroad program and spent a year at the University of London. When he came home after the year away he played semi professional baseball. Bill …show more content…
It was on this show where he covered two very famous events, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the murder of Joel Steinberg.
O’Reilly left this position to earn another degree from the Kennedy School of
Government.
Bill O’Reilly is now most famous for his own television show called “The
O’Reilly Factor”. He has hosted this show for the last 17 years. His show is mainly all about politics. Since being on air Bill O’Reilly’s tv show it has become the number one cable news show on television. Bill O’Reilly is a conservative and claims to have no political affiliations. O’Reilly is still a Catholic man who goes to church often. Although a Catholic Bill O’Reilly hasn’t held his breath when it comes to criticizing the Catholic church when he felt it was necessary. O’Reilly was once registered as a Republican but has since re-registered as an Independent voter. Bill O’Reilly has faced a lot of controversy throughout his career. He isn’t afraid to say what is on his mind and that doesn’t make some people happy. Time and time again O’Reilly has been criticized for something he has said on his, in an interview, or written about. He has written many books about O’Reilly isn’t