Is FOX News' Correspondent Jesse Watters Going Too Far Here?

[BNWriter]

"O'Reilly Factor" Correspondent Jesse Watters makes a little news of his own:

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=875666&ocid=rr-tv-news

Refers to black single women as "Beyoncé voters."

I treat him as the correspondent that he is, but he has soooooo much smarm at times that I can barely tolerate him, despite the fact he purposely chooses to interview some of the most brain-dead creatures on the planet for his pieces.

But is this comment going too far, or just reflecting something culturally?

And please restrict your comments to THIS ITEM -- No need for any anti-O'Reilly, anti-FOX-as-a-whole tangents here. (TO THE MODERATORS: If you need to move this, please LET ME KNOW WHERE you will/have move this to. Thanks.).

 

[LongTimeListener]

Anyone who watches cable "news" of any variety forfeits the right to complain. It's your own fault.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Anyone who watches cable "news" of any variety forfeits the right to complain. It's your own fault.

Agree with this.

It's more awkward and stupid than it is offensive.

 

[93Devil]

Anyone who watches cable "news" of any variety forfeits the right to complain. It's your own fault.

Yep

 

[JimmyHoward33]

I don't think he's actually referring to black single women. The 76 percent he cites, I believe, are all single ladies, and he's making a reference to Beyonce's song title, not race.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

I don't think he's actually referring to black single women. The 76 percent he cites, I believe, are all single ladies, and he's making a reference to Beyonce's song title, not race.

That makes sense. I'm not sure I would have made that connection, but you're probably right.

 

[MisterCreosote]

"They depend on government because they're not depending on their husbands" is WAY more offensive than the Beyonce stuff.

 

[BNWriter]

Anyone who watches cable "news" of any variety forfeits the right to complain. It's your own fault.

For the record, LTL, I saw this on the web. I did not see this on cable.

I, personally, wish there were a cable network that just delivered news -- no talk hosts with brain-dead & "What I have to say matters" attitudes, no left/right screaming matches. Just what happened today while I was out earning a living (What CNN Headline News should go back to being, as far as I'm concerned -- tell Dr. Drew & Nancy to pack & go).

Yeah, I know -- never going back to that. I just wanted to vent vs. Watters' branching out to expressing an opinion. Can't stand him. OK.....I'm done (at least until the next idiot in front of a camera opens his/her mouth). Carry on.....

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

There's also a difference between being a Fox News correspondent and being a correspondent for a show like O'Reilly's.

 

[MisterCreosote]

There's also a difference between being a Fox News correspondent and being a correspondent for a show like O'Reilly's.

No, there isn't.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

There's also a difference between being a Fox News correspondent and being a correspondent for a show like O'Reilly's.

No, there isn't.

How do you figure that?

I've never heard of Watters, so I don't know what other duties he has for Fox, but he was on a talk show, not a news show.

 

[LongTimeListener]

They're all talk shows and they all carry the same slant.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

There's also a difference between being a Fox News correspondent and being a correspondent for a show like O'Reilly's.

No, there isn't.

How do you figure that?

I've never heard of Watters, so I don't know what other duties he has for Fox, but he was on a talk show, not a news show.

The title of correspondent implies there is some actual reporting being done.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

He's listed as "Field Producer"

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

There's also a difference between being a Fox News correspondent and being a correspondent for a show like O'Reilly's.

No, there isn't.

How do you figure that?

I've never heard of Watters, so I don't know what other duties he has for Fox, but he was on a talk show, not a news show.

The title of correspondent implies there is some actual reporting being done.

That's a solid point.

 

[DanOregon]

He's a professional troll.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

He's a professional troll.

He doesn't sound like a correspondent. He sounds like a Stuttering John wannabe who crashes events in an attempt at humor.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Even Fox's website lists him as a correspondent.

As Dan Oregon said, Professional Troll seems the best way to describe him.

 

[MisterCreosote]

For future reference, the only person on Fox with a shred of journalistic credibility is Shep Smith.

That's it.

 

[BNWriter]

There's also a difference between being a Fox News correspondent and being a correspondent for a show like O'Reilly's.

This!