Guess who will have a "history" show on Faux, on the weekends...

[Archae]

Bill O'Reilly.

Fox News Gives O'Reilly A "Historical" Series After Years Of Criticism From Historians

Fox News is reportedly releasing a new "primetime 'historical' special series" produced by Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly, who has written a series of books focused on the deaths of prominent historical figures, has been criticized by historians and critics for shoddy scholarship and ahistorical claims.

Capital New York reporter Alex Weprin writes today that Fox is planning to launch the O'Reilly-produced Legends and Lies in April. Per Fox News, the show will "recount the tales of the greatest characters of America's Wild West, including Jesse James, David Crockett, Doc Holliday and Billy the Kid" and air on Saturday and Sunday nights. Weprin explains that it "will feature interviews with historians and descendants of the people in question, paired with special effects and archival photos."

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/01/14/fox-news-gives-oreilly-a-historical-series-afte/202135

[arcane1]

1. I can't think of a better name for the show than "Legends and Lies"

[annabanana]

2. Billo does GREAT fiction.

It should be a sitcom.

[Takket]

3. Time to rewrite history...

Pretty soon Jesus will be a moneylender and Abe Lincoln will support slavery.

[lob1]

4. I'm writing down the name of his show so I don't accidentally watch it.

[m-lekktor]

5. i can here it now : "the founding fathers were fundamentalist christians!1" nt

[lpbk2713]

6. I was thinking Victoria Jackson.

Why not? She's about as bright as any of the rest of them.

[seveneyes]

7. No Sugar Tonight

[Archae]

9. How come Joe Walsh never sued Hank Williams Jr?

For ripping off that song?

[seveneyes]

12. He may have been too busy drinking alone with ZZ Top and George Thorogood

At the Road House with a blind guitar player.

[JaneyVee]

8. The collapse of western civilization.

[MohRokTah]

10. Will his first show be about the US killing GErmans in the Malmedy incident?

He fucked that one up royal.

I guess a million people being served up bullshit as history weekly isn't any worse than the millions served up bullshit about Aliens in history.

[jmowreader]

11. Rush Limbaugh will be a guest, right?