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Does Bill O'Reilly have a Brian Williams problem?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by MisterCreosote, Feb 20, 2015.

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  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Well then, it's a really good thing that Mother Jones is investigating this, and they have shattered that trust you have in Bill O'Reilly and his past as a "legit journalist" who has always told the absolute truth.
     
    The Big Ragu, Feb 20, 2015
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  2. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Bill O'Reilly called someone a "guttersnipe?"

    Did he also claim to have had his pocket picked while covering the Oliver Twist trial?
     
    Ace, Feb 20, 2015
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  3. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Ragu, you do realize that probably 75 percent of an entire mainstream political party believe you can't get the truth anywhere EXCEPT from O'Reilly and his ilk, right?
     
    MisterCreosote, Feb 20, 2015
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  4. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    O'Reilly:

    In the interview, O'Reilly said that he never claimed to have been on the Falkland Islands.

    "I was not on the Falkland Islands and I never said I was. I was in Buenos Aires... In Buenos Aires we were in a combat situation after the Argentines surrendered."

    As he writes in The No Spin Zone, O'Reillywas in Buenos Aires whenthousands of Argentines took to the streets to protest the military junta for surrendering to the Brits. O'Reilly says that the Army shot into the crowd. (Corn and his colleague Daniel Schulman say this was not war action.)

    "It was clear that I did not say I was in the Falkland Islands.     I've done myriad interviews over the years and I never said that," O'Reilly told On Media.

    Bill O'Reilly: Mother Jones report 'garbage' - POLITICO.com

    Except for all those times he did mention he was in the Falklands, he's right.
     
    YankeeFan, Feb 20, 2015
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  5. steveu

    steveu Well-Known Member

    I'm of that political party ilk and I don't watch Fox News or listen to Hannity, Limbaugh, and Beck, etc. Sometimes those organizations do a lot more harm than good.

    Oh... and you mean O'Reilly DIDN'T DO IT LIVE? (Longtime O'Reilly watchers will get the joke.)
     
    steveu, Feb 20, 2015
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Did Mother Jones verify that fact for you?

    There are about 55 or 60 million registered Republicans nationwide.

    Fox news averages about 2 million viewers during prime time (much less than that during non prime-time hours). 75 percent of that entire mainstream political party wouldn't even know how to find Fox News on their TV, let alone allow it to have the sway over them that you think it does.
     
    The Big Ragu, Feb 20, 2015
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  7. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Just because they average 2 million each night doesn't mean that only 2 million out of 55-60 million registered Republicans watch it on a semi-regular basis.
     
    Dick Whitman, Feb 20, 2015
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  8. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    Liberals need to tell themselves that THE GREAT MAJORITY OF REPUBLICANS spend hours masturbating to Fox News coverage. In fact, being the perverted Godless heathens they are, at least 75 percent masturbate to those very thoughts.
     
    Mr. Sunshine, Feb 20, 2015
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  9. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I think it's funny that conservatives use "godless" as an insult.
     
    Dick Whitman, Feb 20, 2015
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  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I didn't suggest anything like that.

    I am suggesting that without even doing any kind of ratings analysis, I can tell you that 100 percent of Fox News viewership isn't Republican, it skews more heavily older (like 70 years old, older) than most networks (even the news networks), and that there is NOT a rotating cycle of 40 million people that account for 2 to 3 million viewers a night.

    That doesn't even address whether the people watching actually think they can't get truth anywhere else, except Fox News.
     
    The Big Ragu, Feb 20, 2015
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  11. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Right. In my experience, the people who trumpet Fox News are typically moderate Democrats.
     
    Dick Whitman, Feb 20, 2015
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  12. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    G
     
    Mr. Sunshine, Feb 20, 2015
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