geraldo with the latest. more than half a billion people use facebook every day. it s mind blowing from my perspective. shepard: and facebook exploding throughout the u.s.a. does that mean anything? lou dobbs will tell us. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. hi, i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. another sign the media wants barack obama reelected. the media research center is a conservative watchdog group that exposes left wing bias in the national press. today, the center puts out an amazing analysis how the evening newscast on the three networks covered john kerry s wealth when he was running for president in 2004 as opposed to mitt romney s money position now. both men have access to about
organizations are treating mitt romney s economic circumstance far differently, far differently than they treated john kerry s. but why? a logical conclusion is the network news organizations continue to favor the democratic party. and they will try to reelect president obama in november. now, isn t everybody working on the evening news programs. key decision makers are committed left wing idealogues. when i worked at cbs news and later at abc news, the left tilt was obvious. bernie goldberg wrote an entire book on it but today with the country in economic turmoil and a very important presidential election on the horizon, fair play should be a must for the media. it doesn t serve the u.s.a. well to have powerful national news organizations skewing their coverage. so self-identified liberal operations like nbc are not the problem here. it s the nightly newscasts that continue to say they are non-biased. well, those outlets can and do influence independent voters.
the truth is john kerry s vast wealth virtually ignored by network news. but mitt romney s fortune a huge issue. not fair. and that s the memo. now for the top story tonight, let s bring in karl rove who joins us from austin, texas. you were right in the middle of the kerry money deal because obviously you were helping president bush run against john kerry. are you surprised at this study? i am shocked that there is media bias at nbc, abc, and cbs. we know it they did make it an issue in 2004 democrat. they will make it an issue in 2012 because romney is a republic. it s that simple. i m sure it s unconscious at some level. democrat rich people are okay. republic rich people are bad. it s also frankly being compliant with the white house. the white house in 2004 was
things to talk about which was bush s agenda in the second term. second of all, we had big issue differences with senator kerry. third we pointed out ewas elitist snob. you didn t need to point out his money. point to him. the guy how could feel comfortable having a beer with or talking over the back fence with. bill: can you point to me in that regard. you can mention my name. i know you are thinking that. you know what? you know what? i knew that i didn t need to. i knew all i needed to do was throw it out there and you would come up and grab that hook and go with it. bill: some people might be confused. i gotcha now. bill: this wealth thing is not just in the news it s in the culture, roll the tape. get this, barack obama president of the united states lives in the white house white
and now you know the news for this friday, may the 18th, 2012. for the journalists of fox news, i m shepard smith. thanks for trusting us with your news and information. have a great weekend. mr. bill is coming up next. see you monday. bill: the o reilly factor is on. tonight: mitt romney chose today to release his tax returns. ereveals what most americans will regard as unmanageable wealth. bill: while the three network evening newscasts are concentrating on mitt romney s wealth, they virtually ignore john kerry s vast fortune in 2004. we will have the facts and carl rove will analyze. you can hear that trayvon somebody trayvon hit the grass you? could hear something going on. yeah. bill: florida authorities release documents that say that trayvon martin had drugs in his bloodstream when he was killed and that a fight between the teen and george zimmerman did take place.