Bill O'Reilly says he hopes Sean Hannity puts together media coalition to bring left, right together

Well-known journalist Bill O'Reilly said Wednesday that he hopes Fox News host Sean Hannity will step up and put a media group together to bridge the divide between the left and the right.

"I hope Hannity does it," O'Reilly said on the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. "I laid it out for him. He's got a very successful television program, and he's the most syndicated radio program, so he is in a position to do it."

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O'Reilly said that someone in the mainstream press has to step up and build a coalition of voices on the left and the right to try to mend divisions. 

"Somebody in a very high profile media position has to put together a coalition and be willing to stop the hate, and it's got to come out of the mainstream media [and] be inclusive of both sides. The message has to be drummed across that we're not going to do this as Americans," the author and commentator said.

O'Reilly discussed a few other bold-faced names he thought could be a part of such a project. 

"You throw something out to Gavin Newsom," he said. "Throw something out to other lefties and maybe get J.D. Vance involved and put together a town hall on Fox or something like that. Let's get the message out."