http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/war_on_christmas This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: War on Christmas en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200612210011 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612210011 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:44:04 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612200012 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612200012 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:47:18 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612010011 On his radio show, Bill O'Reilly claimed that retailers Best Buy and Crate &amp; Barrel are "still ordering their people not to say, 'Merry Christmas,' " and that the stores "will fire" employees who do. According to each store's spokesperson, neither retail chain has such a policy. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200612010011 Fri, 1 Dec 2006 18:52:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200612010006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200612010006 Fri, 1 Dec 2006 14:21:28 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611290008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611290008 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:04:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611290006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200611290006 Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:42:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200611280008 Bill O'Reilly revived the "war" on Christmas and declared that "[m]aybe the imams who got thrown off the plane [would] shop" at the home furnishings retailer Crate &amp; Barrel because it has a policy of saying "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." O'Reilly also declared that Christmas is "a secular holiday" that "honors the birth of Jesus. ... And the reason it does is because Jesus was a philosopher," but "you can have a religious connotation to the holiday if you choose to." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200611280008 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:17:31 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200601130013 Bill O'Reilly once again resurrected his misleading claim that a Wisconsin elementary school "sang a whole different lyric to 'Silent Night,' " erroneously attributing the school's changed lyrics to political correctness. In fact, the new lyrics were merely part of a 1988 Christmas play called <em>The Little Tree's Christmas Gift</em>. http://mediamatters.org/items/200601130013 Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:54:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200601050006 On <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em>, National Public Radio (NPR) senior correspondent and Fox News political analyst Juan Williams commented on late-night talk show host David Letterman's treatment of guest Bill O'Reilly during O'Reilly's appearance on Letterman's program. "It's like someone inviting you into their house and you find out you've been invited in by, you know, John Wayne Gacy, the clown killer," he said. http://mediamatters.org/items/200601050006 Thu, 5 Jan 2006 16:02:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200601040009 On CBS' <em>Late Show with David Letterman</em>, Bill O'Reilly resurrected his false claim that a Wisconsin elementary school banned the singing of the Christmas hymn "Silent Night," erroneously attributing the school's changed lyrics to political correctness. In fact, the new lyrics were merely part of a 1988 Christmas play called <em>The Little Tree's Christmas Gift</em>. Later in the interview, Letterman admonished O'Reilly, asserting, "I have the feeling about 60 percent of what you say is crap." http://mediamatters.org/items/200601040009 Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:44:51 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200601030002 CNN's <i>Reliable Sources</i> highlighted remarks by MSNBC <i>Countdown</i> host Keith Olbermann, who defended his characterization of Fox News host John Gibson as the "Worst Person in the World." Olbermann gave the "award" to Gibson for his comment, first noted by <i>Media Matters</i>, that non-Christians were "following the wrong religion." http://mediamatters.org/items/200601030002 Tue, 3 Jan 2006 11:37:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200512240005 http://mediamatters.org/items/200512240005 Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:32:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200512210009 Responding to an unflattering commentary in <em>The New Yorker</em> about Fox News' crusade against the so-called "war" on Christmas, Bill O'Reilly announced that he would add the magazine to his list of "media operations have regularly helped distribute defamation and false information supplied by far left websites." http://mediamatters.org/items/200512210009 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 16:00:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200512210008 On <em>The Radio Factor</em>, Bill O'Reilly continued to warn of "a concentrated effort by the secular progressive movement to diminish any kind of spirituality in the public marketplace." O'Reilly was referring to the so-called "war" on Christmas, which he feels is part of a broader agenda to enact "secular progressive programs like legalization of narcotics, euthanasia, abortion at will, gay marriage." http://mediamatters.org/items/200512210008 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:46:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200512210005 Bill O'Reilly retracted his claim, reported at the time by <em>Media Matters for America</em>, that the Plano Independent School District (Texas) banned red and green clothing. http://mediamatters.org/items/200512210005 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:25:36 EST