2008 Woodie Awards
Politics of Students Misunderstood
Influence of Conservatives Like Bill O'Reilly Existent On Campus
WendyDestefano
Issue date: 10/7/04 Section: Opinion
Did you know that Montclair State University helped Bill O'Reilly establish his present popularity among young people? The O'Reilly Factor For Kids: A Survivor's Guide is a guide young people could use to constructively deal with problems at school and home. O'Reilly said that he wrote the book (with Charles A. Flowers) because parents and teachers were demanding a children's book from him.
"What Say You" is a duet with country music singer Travis Tritt and the legendary John Mellencamp. The song's writers Frank J. Myers and Michael Bradford said that they based the song about political tolerance on O'Reilly's catchphrase "What say you?" The song is currently a climbing Top 40 hit on both the country music singles charts for Billboard and Radio Records.
The song should find success among the young, opinionated, traditionalist, and patriotic country music audience. The young audience includes MSU college students.
My research about Bill O'Reilly's popularity among college students indicates the following:
Even though college students had been watching The O'Reilly Factor (also called The O'Reilly Report from 1996-1998), O'Reilly's popularity among college students didn't blossom until 1998.
In 1998/1999, O'Reilly's popularity among college students developed in some western, southern, and Mid-West states. But the most development took place in colleges and universities spanning from Connecticut to Virginia - including MSU. MSU has been contributing to the continuing explosions in the number of university student newspaper articles containing references to O'Reilly and university libraries acquiring his books since he beat Larry King in the monthly ratings of Oct. 2000.
Simultaneously, other colleges and universities have been making significant contributions to O'Reilly's popularity among college students - including the University of Connecticut and Lynn University.
In a 2003 special election, the then 21-year-old University of Connecticut Republican student Sean Williams became the youngest person ever elected into the Connecticut State Assembly.
"What Say You" is a duet with country music singer Travis Tritt and the legendary John Mellencamp. The song's writers Frank J. Myers and Michael Bradford said that they based the song about political tolerance on O'Reilly's catchphrase "What say you?" The song is currently a climbing Top 40 hit on both the country music singles charts for Billboard and Radio Records.
The song should find success among the young, opinionated, traditionalist, and patriotic country music audience. The young audience includes MSU college students.
My research about Bill O'Reilly's popularity among college students indicates the following:
Even though college students had been watching The O'Reilly Factor (also called The O'Reilly Report from 1996-1998), O'Reilly's popularity among college students didn't blossom until 1998.
In 1998/1999, O'Reilly's popularity among college students developed in some western, southern, and Mid-West states. But the most development took place in colleges and universities spanning from Connecticut to Virginia - including MSU. MSU has been contributing to the continuing explosions in the number of university student newspaper articles containing references to O'Reilly and university libraries acquiring his books since he beat Larry King in the monthly ratings of Oct. 2000.
Simultaneously, other colleges and universities have been making significant contributions to O'Reilly's popularity among college students - including the University of Connecticut and Lynn University.
In a 2003 special election, the then 21-year-old University of Connecticut Republican student Sean Williams became the youngest person ever elected into the Connecticut State Assembly.