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Who's Looking Out For You?

by Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
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Media powerhouse and expert critic Bill O'Reilly's most comprehensive book yet offers new insight into the current state of life in America. In examining the social, political, and economic aspects of our daily lives, O'Reilly exhausts every bureaucratic system to see what our higher-ups are doing to take care of us, and points out the people and institutions who are failing the average American. At the same time, he makes one of his most profound and daring journeys yet, as he ventures to question how much genuine altruism is left in a society that thrives on a competitive, increasingly self-indulgent ethos. With thoughtfulness and candor, O'Reilly targets our biggest problems, and offers sage advice on how to regain control and trust in these troubled times.

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  • Release date

    January 29, 2008

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415951699
      • File size: 158948 KB
      • Duration: 05:31:08

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      O'Reilly says it took him a long time to get the hang of on-air journalism, but he definitely gets it now. Following on the success of "The O'Reilly Factor" and "The No-Spin Zone," he tackles all the people and institutions that ought to have your well-being at heart but probably don't. Parents (if you're lucky), government (forget it), church (has lost its way), the media (are you kidding?) all come in for scrutiny. He has many constructive solutions--for example, pick associates carefully--and puts them forth forcefully. He sounds by turn exuberant, cautionary, defensive, and, above all, persuasive. He concludes that you need to watch out for yourself, and, despite missteps, he has. Above all, he's a superb salesman of ideas. J.B.G. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 18, 2003
      The tough-talking, no-spin anchor of The O'Reilly Factor
      offers his many fans another no-holds-barred excoriation of the usual suspects—but also, surprisingly, some others. In his latest, the bestselling author (The No-Spin Zone) scrutinizes the forces at play in the lives of ordinary Americans, seeking to answer the question in the title. His conclusion: not the U.S. government; not the media; not the Catholic bishops ("elderly white men who have spent their lives playing politics and currying favor with the conservative zealots in the Vatican"). Other offenders include "antipolice minority 'leaders' "; Hollywood moguls who put profit before public morality; lawyers eager to make a buck on the back of taxpayers and the justice system itself— and the list goes on. But this is not an exercise in complaint; in fact, it is the opposite. This surprisingly personal book gets even more personal in the last two chapters where O'Reilly provides examples of his own blunders and vulnerabilities on his path to success. In the last chapter, entitled "Here's to You," O'Reilly counsels his readers: take care of your mind and your body; read books; exercise; forgive yourself; be independent and practice tolerance. While he at times falls into cliché and overly simplistic analysis, he manages to pull off an inspirational guide to life's most basic quandaries. O'Reilly has found a niche and continues to capitalize successfully on it. He is able to package conservative ideas so that they are palatable to a broader audience, and despite his confrontational, some might say merciless, style, he makes his readers and viewers feel that he is looking out for them.

    • Library Journal

      May 1, 2003
      O'Reilly stays mad.

      Copyright 2003 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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