On Wednesday night, Bill O’Reilly tackled a story about a beating in Norfolk, Virginia that went unreported in the local newspaper until an opinion piece was published about two weeks later. A group of men assaulted two reporters who, in fact, worked for that same paper, The Virginian-Pilot. O’Reilly attempted to make sense of the why the paper “covered it up.”

Former CBS anchor Dan Rather was supposed to make an appearance on The O’Reilly Factor tomorrow, but it turns out he cancelled. On his show Monday, Bill O’Reilly chatted with Bernie Goldberg and pondered why that might be.

If there’s one thing that gets Bill O’Reilly fired up, it’s when the college elites try to indoctrinate students with their liberal agendas. And that is clearly the aim of a course being offered by Harvard Professor Charles Ogletree called “Understanding Obama.” Ogletree, who personally admires President Obama, defended it as a good insight for students into understanding his character.

On his show last night, Bill O’Reilly found a new government expense for the people to be angry about: Michelle Obama‘s Spanish vacation. The site Judicial Watch obtained documents showing that when the First Lady traveled to Spain in 2010, it cost taxpayers over $400,000. Some information has been withheld for “security reasons,” which O’Reilly found hard to believe after the fact.

Bill O’Reilly isn’t a fan of pop culture swipes at his network (as evidenced by his reaction to The Simpsons) In his “Pinheads & Patriots” segment on Thursday night, he singled out one particular Doonesbury comic. Today’s installment took a swipe at Fox News, equating it with getting news from the “town drunk.” Pinhead? “You bet.”

Bill O’Reilly took on President Obama‘s re-election campaign on Thursday night, over an ad that featured MSNBC’s Ed Schultz espousing the president’s stance on student loans. They’re using the network’s personalities in their presentation, he said — a network that is “in the tank” for Obama.

On Thursday, Martin Bashir defended his colleague Andrea Mitchell from Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly who had accused Mitchell of liberal bias on his program. Bashir took O’Reilly to task for a flimsy attempt to tar Mitchell and he landed a punch when he responded to a challenge by O’Reilly to point out a Fox News political reporter who had ever crossed the line and exhibited bias. Bashir proved he was up to the challenge.

The O’Reilly Factor host Bill O’Reilly stopped by Fox & Friends on Thursday to discuss the political landscape, the U.S. Post Office bailout and his book Killing Lincoln. O’Reilly was asked to weigh in on the most recent Fox News poll, which showed the presidential race at a dead heat. He said independent voters “vote on emotion” and are leaving the President because he has no solution to rising gasoline prices.

On Wednesday night, The O’Reilly Factor producer Jesse Watters’ attended a green energy conference in New York City where he filmed what was described by one conference organizer as a “snarky” package that showcased some of the latest and most questionable green technologies.

Even the tamest election nights tend to be a bit busy, and last night NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell sighed exasperatedly at the stress of her job– she had to follow both Mitt Romney‘s and Newt Gingrich‘s speeches simultaneously. Whether she was grumbling over the fact that she had to watch these two Republicans or merely over the strain of the job was a matter of contention on The O’Reilly Factor tonight, where Bill O’Reilly criticized the anchor for being blatantly liberal on many occasions.

He’s baaaaaaack! Joe Muto, aka Gawker’s “Fox News Mole,” returns with a hard-hitting behind-the-scenes expose of … Bill O’Reilly‘s interview with 1980s sitcom puppet star ALF.

On last night’s edition of The O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly claimed that “forces that want to legalize prostitution are using the [Secret Service prostitution] scandal to advance their agenda.”

Following up on the Secret Service prostitution scandal, Bill O’Reilly discussed a related story Tuesday night about those who are using the scandal to promote the legalization of prostitution. Sienna Baskin, co-director of the Sex Workers Project at Urban Justice Center, gave her take — asserting that many of these girls don’t have another choice. O’Reilly disagreed: after all, “this is America, the land of opportunity.”

On his show Tuesday night, Bill O’Reilly tackled distortion of facts on the internet. People believe the misinformation, he said, and there’s “just no control” over it. Matthew Continetti, editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon, said it’s not so much about the medium, but how people choose to use it.

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly has made it official. Today, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes announced that O’Reilly has re-signed a multi-year deal with Fox News.

The relationship between the Fox Broadcasting Network and Fox News Channel has never been particularly warm, and on the 25 anniversary of the network yesterday, the writers of The Simpsons took the opportunity to remind Fox News that they were still embarrassed to be associated with them. On tonight’s O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly responded to the attack, calling it a “cheap shot” and sighing, “how predictable.”

Last week, Chris Matthews asked a question of the American electorate that triggered Bill O’Reilly‘s censors for media bias, particular with regards to President Obama: whether the fact that he is the first black president would make some voters reluctant to vote him out of office. As with all Mondays, he turned tonight to Bernie Goldberg for analysis, who actually gave Matthews credit for bringing up a “not bad” question, but argued it was indicative of an “obsession” with race on the American left that was pervasive of all politics on their side.

Tomorrow night, NBC’s Jimmy Fallon will be sitting down with President Obama for a conversation on his light-hearted late night comedy show– this, coupled with Jay Leno‘s assertion last night that Republicans have better senses of humor than Democrats led Bill O’Reilly to ask Brit Hume tonight what the appeal for the President would be of visiting Late Night. In an attempt to explain how videos go viral, O’Reilly ended up prompting Hume to explain to him how Twitter works and the appeal of getting instantaneous updates from hundreds of people, a possibility that seemed somewhat daunting to O’Reilly.

The creative team behind The Simpsons have not been shy about blasting corporate cousin Fox News over the years, and the silver anniversary of the Fox Television Network is no exception. Following a re-broadcast of the series’ first episode, “Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire,” the show’s creative team appended a title card to the credits, which read “Congratulations FOX on 25 years…We still love you*.”

That asterisk was followed by the disclaimer “*This doesn’t include Fox News.”

Last night’s O’Reilly Factor opened with its eponymous host positing a theory: a schism had begun to form in the mainstream media between hard news and ideological fare, with ABC News’ coverage of the Trayvon Martin tragedy reporting objectively, and NBC News providing a subjective take. After Bill O’Reilly warned NBC News was acting “dangerously” with its coverage, he turned to a veteran of both news organizations, Geraldo Rivera, for his take on the coverage.

NBC has not exactly gotten the best press for its coverage of the Trayvon Martin story. The network broadcast an edited version of George Zimmerman‘s 911 call that left out crucial context, and questions have been raised about Al Sharpton‘s activism on the case while still working under NBC’s corporate umbrella. On his show tonight, Bill O’Reilly contrasted NBC’s coverage with ABC’s, giving much credit to the latter.

Bill O’Reilly and his panel tackled Glee on Thursday night, pondering whether the show is encouraging “alternative lifestyles.” Acknowledging the good messages of the show, Gretchen Carlson and Jeanine Pirro discussed the show’s appealing to the transgender population, and how much such plot points are included for “shock value.”

If we hypothetically assume Trayvon Martin was murdered in cold blood, Ann Coulter told Bill O’Reilly on Thursday, then every black person in America should get a gun and join the NRA. Coulter discussed her recent column, entitled “Negroes With Guns” — and argued that gun control is not the solution, because those laws were originally created to keep guns out of the hands of blacks.

On his show Thursday night, Bill O’Reilly argued with Marc Lamont Hill over government spending and entitlements. President Obama should know pouring money doesn’t solve problems, he said — offering up the example of Chicago’s South Side. Hill vehemently disagreed, saying the failure isn’t attached to money.

A Fox News spokesperson confirmed to Mediaite that Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity have closed new deals with Fox News Channel.