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Atheists & Agnostics

Act_of_Reparation

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3. Or because they know the guest will pull in ratings

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 03:19 PM

Feb 2014

You don't have to worry about "proving" anything to FOX viewers. They don't turn on O'Reilly because their minds are empty vessels desiring to be filled. They tune in because O'Reilly is essentially professional wrestling for the 35-and-up demographic.

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