O'Reilly - Oprah's Lifeline to Rosie

Oprah Winfrey
By Bill O'Reilly - Oprah Winfrey is a savvy businesswoman whose perspicacity in presenting herself to the public has earned her hundreds of millions of dollars. Recently, Winfrey announced she is getting out of broadcast television and into cable with the startup of her own channel, fittingly entitled the Oprah Winfrey Network, or OWN. Yes, she owns much of it.

Rosie O'Donnell
One of Oprah's first moves was to hire Rosie O'Donnell to do a daily afternoon talk show. As you may know, Rosie flamed out on "The View" after saying things like 9/11 was an inside job and radical Christianity is "just as dangerous" as radical Islam. Even Joy Behar blanched at that one.
For years, Rosie has tried to get back into the TV game. In 2008, NBC hired her to host an Ed Sullivan-type variety program, which lasted exactly one episode. Nobody watched. Not even radical Muslims. For many media companies, Rosie is damaged goods, a person who has alienated millions of Americans. Read more here:
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