William James O'Reilly, Jr. (born September 10, 1949), known as
Bill O'Reilly, is an American
television host, author, historian, journalist,
syndicated columnist, and political commentator. He is the host of the
political commentary program
The O'Reilly Factor on the
Fox News Channel. During the late 1970s and 1980s, he worked as a news reporter for various local television stations in the United States and eventually for
CBS News and
ABC News. From 1989 to 1995, he was anchor of the news magazine program
Inside Edition.