O’Reilly Lashes Out at Cheadle and Jolie
O’Reilly Lashes Out at Cheadle and Jolie
O’Reilly is picking fights again…
This guy, Don Cheadle, we invited him on to talk about Darfur. He had a headache. His elbow hurt. He couldn’t do it, you know. And as you said, he’s got a movie out now, so he’s running around. I think Cheadle’s a phony. … And you know, I just don’t want these stars to be getting all this good publicity using people.
Finally! Someone cracks down on that vast racket of publicity-seekers trying to “use” the people in Darfur by calling attention to the fact that they’re being mass-murdered. Because there really are too many people talking about Darfur, really. (For his part, O’Reilly has uttered the word ‘Darfur’ just twice in the history of his show.)
O’Reilly also turned his crosshairs on Angelina Jolie, who since August 2001 has been the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. O’Reilly explained how he had once presented another celebrity U.N. ambassador “with a situation where he could have helped some very poor children here in New York City with just a short appearance. He declined. Now we have actress Angelina Jolie in a similar situation.”
“Similar situtation”? Angelina’s been neglecting very poor children? No, she just won’t appear on O’Reilly’s show:
Now we’ve invited Ms. Jolie on this program six times over the course of two and two and a half years that she’s held this U.N. position. She doesn’t come on. In fact, she does very, very little to publicize what she’s doing in the U.S. here in the United States.
She’s done a couple of MTV interviews, which is like doing nothing. She’s done an ABC morning show that nobody watches on the weekend. And very minor appearances.
As if this tirade wasn’t embarrasing enough, it turns out the Saturday and Sunday editions of ABC’s Good Morning America pulled 3.04 million and 2.35 million viewers respectively in January (the most recent numbers I could find). So far this month, O’Reilly has averaged 2.09 million viewers (and is free-falling).
Now that’s ridiculous.
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This is one of the worst O’Reilly bloviations ever.
May 10th, 2005 at 1:57 pmcan’t blame Jolie for not wanting to be on the O’reilly factor. I would not want to be on a program where I was told to shut up, and have my mic cut off if I express an opinion that is different from the hosts.
May 10th, 2005 at 2:24 pmI stopped watching the “Buy My Book” show long ago.
May 10th, 2005 at 2:28 pmPlease stop calling him “O’Reilly” Whenever I see it I think instantly of TIM O’Reilly (of O’Reilly Associates) who is responsible for the best computer books out there. Now if TIM O’Reilly had a show I would watch that one.
Z.
May 10th, 2005 at 2:41 pmJust call him, “B.O.” though the original B.O. is far less offensive…
May 10th, 2005 at 2:44 pmOkay how bout we call bill O’reilly BO for short then?
May 10th, 2005 at 2:44 pmThanks for the quote, since I refuse to watch the program. Seems since last time I heard from the Bloviating Orator he’s become even more pathetic. So much so I ALMOST pity him. Almost being the operative word.
May 10th, 2005 at 3:06 pmI beleive O’Reilly’s time is coming. He will be in a big mess that will destroy his reputation. I cant understand how for no reason at all he just wants to disgrace and anger innocent people. I want to ask, what good has he served humanity? Do we know of any of Bill’s humanitarian works? Please BRING HIM DOWN.
May 10th, 2005 at 3:16 pmAnd now, for your reading pleasure, I refer you to Sweet Jesus, I hate Bill O’Reilly, Int’l: An Organization of Hope.
Enjoy.
May 10th, 2005 at 3:23 pm… all’s I know is that, when O’Liely’s show is cancelled, I want to go to the party at Keith Olbermann’s house …
May 10th, 2005 at 3:25 pmVery few of the talking heads on TV have served humanity in any way. Let’s not forget that it’s a business. As long as there is a market for arrogant windbags to bully their invited guests, then O’Reilly (and Hannity) will have a job.
With the power that TV has in being able to bring content into the home, it’s amazing that it is used, so frequently, to bring-in the shit. Remember Robocop? The most popular TV show referenced in that movie’s “future” was an old man repeating, “I’ll Buy That for a Dollar.” I’m sure that’s what we can expect from TV in just a few short years…
May 10th, 2005 at 3:26 pmWhen a habitual liar like Bill calls someone a “phony”, I guess that means Cheadle is actually an honest guy.
May 10th, 2005 at 3:55 pmBut he complimented Bono on his humanitarian work…why was that not included in this snippet?
May 10th, 2005 at 4:11 pmMaybe Jolie was afraid O’Reilly would whip out the falafel on her.
May 10th, 2005 at 5:29 pmmaybe she doesn’t like pervs who call women on the phone talking about their love for dildos
May 10th, 2005 at 5:50 pmTVNewser’s figures on the “free fall” have BO sliding from 3.16 million listeners to 2.09 since last October. It doesn’t give figures from before that, but it’s probably safe to assume that if the slide was in progress before 10/04, they’d have mentioned it.
October 13 was the date that the Andrea Mackris scandal hit the news.
Mere coincidence? Or has BO’s public come to its senses at last?
May 10th, 2005 at 7:58 pmFalafel! Falafel!
http://www.falaphilia.com
O’Lielly is the Falafel King!
May 10th, 2005 at 10:28 pmsort of off topic (and for that, i apologize), but have you, like jeffrey zucker, ever wondered why brian williams isn’t blogging?
May 10th, 2005 at 10:51 pmThat comment about the party at Olbermann’s house is right on. That’s going to be an extravaganza not to be missed.
May 11th, 2005 at 12:35 amI hate idiots like Bill. They don’t spare anyone from their insults and disrespectful tone to their guests. Words are all Bill has, he has no substance to back it. In a real situation where Bill isn’t protected, he wouldn’t say that to Don’s face. I hate pretend tough guys.
May 11th, 2005 at 3:46 amhey Ross … that was my comment about the party at Keith’s … let’s crash it!!
May 11th, 2005 at 10:48 amIn related news, I read this morning that Al Franken’s show on Air America now has 2.5 million listeners, not including those who listen online.
Which means that Al is whupping BO’s butt to the point where he has about 20% more listeners now.
Your good news for the day.
May 11th, 2005 at 10:54 amC’mon Angelina, I’ll bring the loofah
May 11th, 2005 at 11:55 amHow does one “use” people dying from mass-murder by bringing attention to their plight and campaigning for change? If you know anything about the film business and te marketing/advertising machine, you’d know that the only most celebrities are asked to go on talk shows and appear at events is when they have a movie out (O’Reilly’s show included). Using the opportunity to talk about issues that most people in the US are painfully unaware of does not constitute usage in my opinion. And even if it were, so what? Bring attention to those suffering who cannot bring attention to themselves.
May 11th, 2005 at 12:23 pm“In fact, she does very, very little to publicize what she’s doing in the U.S. here in the United States.”
Ummm – deeds, not words?
May 11th, 2005 at 1:21 pmHmmm. Insulting and shaming potential guests — that will lure them! BO’s reputation now precedes him, and since his numbers suck, there is less and less reason to go on his show. Who will it reach? -The people who *enjoy* his style? Like any sensible human being would want to cater to that audience, which sadly is a lost cause.
May 11th, 2005 at 5:32 pmthanks for pointing out that bill is an idiot.
May 11th, 2005 at 6:07 pmO’Reilly is such a jerk. I’ll bet his own relatives would turn down an ‘invitation’ to join him on the air.
May 11th, 2005 at 6:13 pmCriticize Cheadle for “using people” to promote himself, then turn around and criticize Angelina Jolie for not promoting herself enough.
Typical “flavor of the day” commentary from our friend.
May 11th, 2005 at 9:57 pmLet’s see…O’Reilly a big basher of the U.N. wants to have somoene famous representing the U.N.? I think she’s smart enough to smell the desperation of what would surely be an attack interview from someone whose rating are plummeting along with Bush’s.
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