O’Reilly: The Press Is Rooting For Iran
Bill O’Reilly hit a nerve on NewsNation. He ripped into mainstream coverage of the Iran strikes. Short version: he thinks the press wants this to go wrong.
O’Reilly watched ABC and called it relentlessly negative. He said the reporting left no context about the Iranian regime. He said it felt, to him, like the media wanted America to lose.
He put it bluntly: “They want America to lose.”
And he doubled down: “Right now the press id doing everything it can to root for Iran.”
Those are strong words. He argues the media isn’t rooting for the Iranian people. He says it’s rooting for the regime — and for the political fallout that could hurt President Donald Trump.
O’Reilly picked apart ABC’s segments. “Did 15 minutes last night, did 8 segments every segment negative. And I mean, really negative…every segment. Not one positive word. Not ONE word on how bad the mullahs were.”
He went on: “After watching it, I wanted to surrender, we should surrender to Iran watching ABC News. We lost! That’s how crazy it is. They want Trump BROKEN!”
That line about wanting Trump broken is the heart of his claim. O’Reilly and many conservative voices see a pattern: stories framed to magnify risk, highlight failures, and amplify political pain for the president. To them, that looks less like reporting and more like scoring political points.
Critics of O’Reilly will say he’s exaggerating. Supporters will say he’s finally naming what’s obvious: coverage is uneven, context is missing, and tone matters. Either way, the clip is stirring debate.
Watch the clip and judge for yourself.
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Bill O’Reilly says the quiet part out loud about the media’s coverage of the Iran conflict:
“They want America to lose.”
O’REILLY: “Right now the press id doing everything it can to root for Iran.”
“The press is actually rooting for Iran.”
CUOMO: “When you say Iran, you mean… pic.twitter.com/DQctH0SMKO
— Overton (@overton_news) March 5, 2026
Whether you agree or not, the exchange makes one thing clear: media narratives shape how conflicts look at home. And when politics and war collide, coverage becomes part of the story — not just a report on it.