Bill O'Reilly

It's a witch hunt.

That's what Bill O'Reilly has to say about the movement by One Million Moms - a conservative organization, from which no member agreed to appear on Fox News last night - to pressure JC Penney into firing its new spokesperson, Ellen DeGeneres.

The group takes issue with Ellen being an openly gay celebrity, as O'Reilly Factor guest Sandy Rios defended its actions by saying "people that believe marriage is between a man and woman and children should not be exposed to propagandized homosexuality."

O'Reilly response? That's fine. Don't shop at JC Penney then. But to actively push for a private company to fire an American citizen based on her lifestyle? That's just wrong. It's McCarthyism. Watch the segment below and then express your opinion:

Bill O'Reilly Argues in Favor of Ellen, Company Rights

Should JC Penney fire Ellen DeGeneres?

Great. Thanks a lot, Khloe, Kourtney and Kim Kardashian. You've forced us to side with Bill O'Reilly.

On his Fox News program last night, the host sat down with Barbara Walters and grilled her over her ridiculous Most Fascinating People of 2011 list, which includes Simon Cowell, Derek Jeter, Pippa Middleton... and the Kardashians.

Why are we "lionizing" that family, O'Reilly asked, arguing they represent "all that's wrong with America" because they have "no talent," they make millions and "all they do is sit around and whine." Anyone care to disagree? Watch the exchange now:

Bill O'Reilly Bashes the Kardashians

Bill O'Reilly appears willing to believe Anthony Weiner.

While acknowledging that the attention paid to this Congressman's Twitter scandal - in which he alleges someone hacked into his account and sent this picture to a 21-year old follower - is "dumb," O'Reilly also brought up an interesting point last night:

If a hacker really did infiltrate a Congressman's account, we're looking at a major security risk.

The Fox News host said. "Weiner's case is dumb. But if he was hacked, that's serious. So the FBI should be involved and should tell the folks they're on the case."

Bill O'Reilly on Anthony Weiner

Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly clashed over the non-issue that simply won't go away - Common's recent invite to the White House - Monday on Fox News.

Having already crushed Fox News over its treatment of the subject last week, the Comedy Central host more than held his own on Bill's home court.

When O'Reilly accused Common of defending cop killers, Stewart broadened the argument to discuss Fox's "selective outrage" against the rapper.

If the network's outrage is over an artist who writes sympathetically about convicted criminals visiting the White House, why didn't Fox attack Bono? Bob Dylan?

Jon Stewart, Bill O'Reilly Debate on Common

Noting that Bono wrote a song about Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing FBI agents, Stewart hilariously delivered a "Boo-yah!" that left Bill dazed.

Stewart's humor, however brilliantly timed, was only present briefly in what became a heated and thought-provoking exchange on the subject.

Watch the second half of their exchange below ...

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It's come to this: Bill O'Reilly is the voice of reason.

On that host's Fox News talk show last night, the journalist called out Donald Trump for pushing the absurd notion that Barack Obama was born outside the United States.

Referring to multiple announcements in Honolulu papers that documented Obama's birth, O'Reilly quipped to his guest: "What is he, the Baby Jesus? There was a sophisticated conspiracy to smuggle this baby back into the country?"

O'Reilly went on to doubt that Trump could possibly believe such nonsense, challenging the supposed Presidential candidate for just trying to be "provocative" and remain in the news. Watch the exchange here:

Bill O'Reilly Challenges Donald Trump

There's nothing like a good celebrity feud.

Sure, we all go through bad breakups, say things we wish we could take back and argue with others, but when the stars do it, it's so much more interesting!

As the year winds down, we've examined 2010's top celebrity mistresses and sex tapes. Now, THG takes a look at the year's 10 best celebrity spats here ...

10. Brett Favre vs. Jenn Sterger    

In a classic he said/she said deal, a former Jets reporter alleged sexual harassment by the NFL legend, who says he was just hollering. Perhaps. Some say the biggest crime was thinking Brett Favre's small junk was going to impress somebody.

Brett Favre Messages to Jenn Sterger

9. Sarah Palin vs. PETA

We'd rank Sarah Palin higher, but public wars of words lose some of their edge when you go out of your way to start them. Still, her exchange with PETA over hunting was classic. Bristol Palin and Willow Palin had some good ones, too.

8. Kid Rock vs. Steven Tyler

The former called the latter's hiring by American Idol "the stupidest thing he's ever done in his life" and termed him "an idiot" for good measure. The Aerosmith rocker responded that Kid is "just jealous." Not sure about that one, Steve.

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Reaction to the infamous Miley Cyrus bong video continues to pour in.

Father Billy Ray is sad. Dr. Drew Pinsky thinks the singer should seek help. As for Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly? He takes a more critical, direct approach.

The conservative commentator has one word to describe Cyrus: pathetic. In the video below, he adds: "Her days of being a positive role model for young women are long gone."

Bill O'Reilly on Miley

Do you agree with this harsh assessment? Is Miley being treated unfairly for making a legal decision? Or, as a major celebrity - aware of her status in the eyes of impressionable fans - should she be held to a higher standard?

Two months after his infamous interview on The View, in which Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg stormed off the set because they disagreed with his take on the Ground Zero Mosque, how does Bill O'Reilly feel about that incident?

Just dandy, thanks for asking!

Appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman last night, the Fox News host recounted his feelings when all this went down: "I was thinking, 'This is great. This is terrific. I hope they all leave. Then I'll take the whole show. I'll have 45 minutes of ABC airtime.'"

O'Reilly and Letterman also discussed Sarah Palin's run for presidency and enjoyed a somewhat serious debate about President Obama:

Bill O'Reilly on Letterman

Last Thursday, Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar stormed off the set of The View after Bill O'Reilly said Muslims attacked us on 9/11 and added that he was against the building of a mosque around the site of the World Trade Center.

He then went on his Fox News program and defended his point of view.

Now, Goldberg, Behar and other panelists on The View have spoken out again on the feud. Focusing on the controversy this morning, Goldberg said she had no regrets about walking away mid-interview because she "was gonna cuss him out."

Behar, meanwhile, said: "We talk about standing up to bigotry, so I stood up."

For once, though, an old woman was actually the voice of reason, as Barbara Walters chastised Goldberg and Behar for letting O'Reilly "pull your chain" and added: "This is a country full of rage, and we should be able to have conversations without rage... without obscenities."

Sounds like a job for Jon Stewart!

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Yesterday morning, Bill O'Reilly was a guest on The View and got into such a heated exchange with Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg that those panelists walked off the set. Watch the confrontation unfold NOW.

Last night, meanwhile, the Fox News host addressed this "fiery debate" on his Talking Points segment.

Admitting that "I am often offensive, everyone knows that," O'Reilly defended his belief that a mosque should not be built near the site of 9/11 by saying:

“No one I know wants to insult Muslims, but many are tired of the political correctness surrounding the 9/11 attack. Did we say, in World War II, ‘We were attacked by “Japanese extremists”? [...] No: we said we were attacked by ‘Japanese.’”

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