Cronkite's Death Inspires O'Reilly to Fondly Recall the Days of an Unbiased Media The Cajun Boy · 07/20/09 09:12PM Bill O'Reilly is so torn up over the death of Walter Cronkite. According to Bill, Cronkite was a liberal, but he didn't let his political views influence his reporting, unlike everyone around today, everyone except Fox News of course.