Bill O’Reilly’s “serious” news.
By on Jun 22nd, 2007 at 2:06 am
Bill O’Reilly’s “serious” news.
Fox’s Bill O’Reilly claims he doesn’t cover the war because explosions in Iraq “don’t mean anything.” Instead, he covers topics that are “new” and “relevant to your life.” This week, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann reviewed some of the “relevant” stories that O’Reilly has been exploring lately (like bear attacks and Playboy centerfolds). Watch it:
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Yup. doesn’t mean anything at all. Dead guys are so 80’s.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:08 amExcellent distortion of the facts, TP! You guys are gooood!
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:14 amupright, if you defend O’Reilly you might as well leave now.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:15 amHow can you mention “Bill O’Reilly”… **snicker, snicker**… in the same sentence w/ the phrase, “serious news”… **giggle, giggle**… and NOT break down laughing?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA…….
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:24 amupright, if you defend O’Reilly you might as well leave now.
Comment by JPark — June 22, 2007 @ 2:15 am
I didn’t defend O’Reilly, J. I sarcastically pointed out that TP distorted the facts. They did the exact thing that they so often accuse O’Reilly of doing, sometimes rightly so. Apparently, TP doesn’t have the same standards for themselves as they do for those that they oppose. Imagine that! ;)
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:25 amupright, if you defend O’Reilly you might as well leave now.
Comment by JPark
JPark, we’re supposed to be for free speech here at TP, which means we’re obligated to give Li’l Wrongie here as much space as he needs to be as wrong as he needs to be…
There, there, there, Li’l Wrongie… you go ahead… and make as big a fool of yourself as you feel a need to.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:26 amI didn’t defend O’Reilly, J. I sarcastically pointed out that TP distorted the facts. They did the exact thing that they so often accuse O’Reilly of doing, sometimes rightly so. Apparently, TP doesn’t have the same standards for themselves as they do for those that they oppose. Imagine that! ;)
Comment by upright left
I know that this is probably going to came as a complete shock to you, but that video was produced by MSNBC, not TP.
IDIOT…
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:29 amRepublic, what? This is TP, they can call for free speech if they really feel like it but they aren’t going to have 5 Fox stories in a row.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:31 amComment by The Republic of Stupidity — June 22, 2007 @ 2:26 am
Stupid!!! You didn’t forget me after all? I do so look forward to our little exchanges. I was afraid you’d gone of the deep end last time. Glad to see you’ve composed yourself, buddy! ;)
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:31 amupright left,
I’m a little confused. Could you please explain exactly how TP is distorting the facts?
You can leave your answer here and I’ll check it in the morning. It is WAY past my bedtime.
Good night, everyone. And be excellent to one another.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:34 amVery soon O’Really is going to get his pasty ass kicked by the father (or maybe even mother) of one of the dead US troops.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:37 amI know that this is probably going to came as a complete shock to you, but that video was produced by MSNBC, not TP.
IDIOT…
Comment by JPV — June 22, 2007 @ 2:29 am
I know that this is probably going to came as a complete shock to you, but I was referring to the copy not the video. Did TP produce the copy?
Hmmm should I? (IDIOT…) Probably not. ;)
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:41 amUm, upright, I am guessing you won’t actually show the video?
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:44 amupright
Do you work? That is, do you have a job? If so what is it that you are qualified to do? I am wondering because, well, you sound incredibly dimwitted. Just asking.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:46 amted, upright is qualified to…eh, not sure.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:47 amColbert would be very proud, Bill. — SilentPatriot, C&L
That is so true, Colbert is gonna have a field day with that material
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:50 amLMAO
JPark
Well I don’t want to get into name calling but it sort of sounds like Upright maybe be a little learning disabled and I really I don’t feel right beating up on him.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:52 amted, I am not going to disrespect you on this one.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:53 amHmm.. I watched Countdown.. not sure how any facts were distorted, but then I’m a progressive and I can reason better than most Neocons.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:06 amComment by Wayne A. Schneider — June 22, 2007 @ 2:34 am
I think you know, but what the heck. O’Reilly said he doesn’t report on every explosion because there is a war on and we all know there are explosions every day. He said he reports on major developments, not every explosion.
An 11 yr old boy sleeping in a tent in a national park was killed by a bear. It’s summer and lots of people go to national parks. Perhaps he thought it might be a good idea to remind people of the danger so maybe they would be more careful.
The playboy interview: He gave medal winning swimmer Amanda Beard the opportunity to address criticism of her for appearing in the magazine.
Obviously, TP knew there was more to all the stories than it would appear from their headline. Got a little journalistic dishonesty working here. Yeah, yeah, yeah I know it’s a blog. But they pretend to be reporting news, so they ought to at least be held to some kind of standard.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:09 am#17
Yep, the lights are on but there’s nobody home.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:10 amYeah, upright left, I am waiting for TP.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:11 amWayne, 20 is killing you.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:12 amUpright
You are a riot. That is funny stuff. You had me going there for a second. I thought you were actually trying to defend FOX “News”.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:12 amThomas Jefferson: “Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions.”
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:15 amso they ought to at least be held to some kind of standard.
Comment by upright left
They posted the video recorded from KO’s show from utube and a link to crooks & liars.
Are you drunk?
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:15 amOr are you always that stupid?
Sheesh
I know that this is probably going to came as a complete shock to you, but I was referring to the copy not the video. Did TP produce the copy?
Comment by upright left
WOW… you really are dense, aren’t you?
The video came from “Crooks and Liars”.
Want to try for a third strike?
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:16 amWell I don’t want to get into name calling but it sort of sounds like Upright maybe be a little learning disabled and I really I don’t feel right beating up on him.
Comment by ted — June 22, 2007 @ 2:52 am
Aww go ahead, teddie boy, I can take it. And I promise not to go crazy on ya like some folks tend to do around here when confronted. Ya know, the definition of learning disabled isn’t “those who disagree with teddie.”
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:17 amAnd I really didn’t mean for Stupid to freak out like he did. How was I to know he couldn’t take having someone oppose his viewpoint? I’ll be more sensitive to his need to be right from now on. (Right as in correct, not right as in conservative.) ;)
Yeah, there is the upright left!!!!
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:18 amComment by JPV — June 22, 2007 @ 3:16 am
J, I’ve been through this with a few libbie loons before. Are you just pretending to misunderstand or do you really not get it? The headline, my slow liberal friend, the headline. Does TP write their headlines or did that come from some other site as well? Got it now, or do you require further clarification? Jeese oh man, for intellectuals, some of you people really are slow. ;)
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:22 am“Aww go ahead, teddie boy, I can take it.”
No. You can’t.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:23 amupright left, you have a small penis. I am sorry.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:24 amFunny thing is… I’M NOT A LIBERAL. LOL!!!
As expected, third strike, you struck out. Better luck next time.
Anyway, I don’t see the contradiction in the headline. Perhaps you would like to explain it to everyone…
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:24 amNo. You can’t.
Comment by ted — June 22, 2007 @ 3:23 am
No way you’re copping out that easily. ;)
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:26 amI am confused as to how the above “copy” distorts the facts. Lets run it as a thought experiment, since theres only a few sentences it should be easy.
Sentence one: “Fox’s Bill O’Reilly claims he doesn’t cover the war because explosions in Iraq “don’t mean anything.†Instead, he covers topics that are “new†and “relevant to your life.â€
Its kind of hard to argue that this is a distortion since if you watch the video, Bill O or someone who sounds and looks an awful lot like him says these very things. Maybe its an impostor, and Keith O and TP have fallen for it?
Sentence 2: “This week, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann reviewed some of the “relevant†stories that O’Reilly has been exploring lately (like bear attacks and Playboy centerfolds). ”
Are you claiming Keith Olbermann did not review any Bill O stories? Cause theres a video there that seems to be him doing just that.
That means the gross distortion can only be in the final, third sentence: “Watch it:”.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:26 am“Anyway, I don’t see the contradiction in the headline. Perhaps you would like to explain it to everyone…”
Yes Mr. Gump. Please splain it for us silly “intellectuals”.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:26 amOh…the headline. Seems reasonable- Bill O claims his news is serious- the title implies that TP disagrees.
Based on the “episodes” (its more of a sitcom anyway) of Bill O I have seen, TP seems to have it right.
The man cannot claim to be a journalist if hes willing to completely ignore facts like bombings that kill and main US forces. He’s a political commentator, end of story.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:32 amMr. Gump is awfully “slow” to respond.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:40 amLast point before bed: there’s audio in the clip of Bill claiming his news to be serious and relevant.
Now, is he really just covering the B-grade crap all the networks cover? Yep. But its hardly unfair, given his attacks on other networks.
If you hold yourself out to be a model of journalistic integrity, and it turns out you aint that journalistic or for that matter endowed with integrity, you get what is coming to you- a good stern mocking on Olbermann/Daily Show/Colbert/Real Time.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:41 amGood night Mr. Gump. Maybe you can try again tomorrow under the handle Uptight Right.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:55 amAnyway, I don’t see the contradiction in the headline. Perhaps you would like to explain it to everyone…
Comment by JPV — June 22, 2007 @ 3:24 am
Ok, J. Read the headline, read #2, read #20. Now read em again slowly. See the word distortion? Very good. See the word contradiction? No? That’s because I never wrote it! I’m sure you get it now and I’m ever so proud of you! ;)
——
Sentence 2: “This week, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann reviewed some of the “relevant†stories that O’Reilly has been exploring lately (like bear attacks and Playboy centerfolds). â€
Comment by drtomaso — June 22, 2007 @ 3:26 am
You check with the parents of the dead boy and see if they think the bear story is relevant. I’m willing to let them be the judges of relevance in that case, how bout you?
June 22nd, 2007 at 4:00 amAnd check and see where TP stands on porn and a woman’s right to engage in it. I suspect if O’Reilly was disparaging Beard for doing the Playboy shoot, TP would have been doing their own story on her and blasting O’Reilly. But TP deserves credit for finding a way to blast someone even when they appear to support the same position. See there, drto, I praised TP. ;)
Yes Mr. Gump. Please splain it for us silly “intellectualsâ€.
Comment by ted — June 22, 2007 @ 3:26 am
Ha! Teddie I knew I could count on ya, bud! I’ll assume you are able to read previous posts and figure this all out. You sleep on it. If you’re still having dificulty with it tomorrow, I’m sure there will be folks around to help ya out. You have yourself a good night, now ya hear! ;)
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What is it with you liberals and your obsession with the right wing talk radio? You react to whatever they’re saying as if you’ve got no sense of humor. I guess you expect the radio, tv and media in general to be a source of information. Here’s a newsflash: it’s not. Media is just a tool to shove political agenda down peoples’ throats.
O’Reilly won’t talk about Iraq, because it’s bad news at the moment. When it comes time to attack Iran, he’ll start talking about that.
June 22nd, 2007 at 4:34 am“You react to whatever they’re saying as if you’ve got no sense of humor.”
It stopped being humorous when people started dying and our Constitution started being destroyed.
June 22nd, 2007 at 4:44 amBill O’Reilly, like others like him, including some on Liberal “news” outlets, operate more for entertainment (and shock jocking) than anything else. One has to take what they say with a grain of salt and watch each program with that thought in mind, if one were to act smartly.
http://OsiSpeaks.com or http://OsiSpeaks.org
June 22nd, 2007 at 4:52 am#44: And O’Reilly is doing the killing? No.
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:14 am>You check with the parents of the
> dead boy and see if they think the
>bear story is relevant.
moron. why don’t we check with the dead parents of every person who dies in any manner and ask them if its relevant?
please explain what makes this dead kids story any different than anyone else who dies?
you care to tell me how “bear attacks” rank as far as lethality compared to other forms of danger…?
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:22 amHippity hoppity libs, bouncing down the trail, happily munching weeds and pretending that they matter.
You use Olbermann…OLBERMANN!…as your counter to O’Reilly? Bwaaaaa, thats like poop telling vomit that it stinks! Poor Olby is just trying to get his numbers out of the sewer by attacking someone who is more popular (not hard to find) than he is.
Olbermann is a dishrag and the fevered libs who drag themselves from under the kitchen sink to actually watch his show fell over the insanity cliff many moons ago. Irrelevance is a major theme of the left these days.
June 22nd, 2007 at 6:29 amNews for degenerates.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:01 amIf Fox was a legitimate news network, they would have FIRED PervOreily years ago for sexual harassment.
Instead, they swept it under the rug wwith a $10 million settlement.
Fox has zero credibility.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:16 amPervoReily is not
a journalist and he’s not a news anchor.
He’s a pundit, a commentator, a loudmouth asshole with a microphone.
Fox has zero credibility.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:20 amMAF54 is Mark Foley’s nick.
Troll idolizes a pedophile.
You Repukes are all pervs.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:22 amKeith Olberman must be getting under the Repuke trolls’ skin.
Keep up the good work, Keith!
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:26 amRegardless of the subjectiveness of the news being actual news, or newsworthy,Mr. O gives us his OPINION of the news. So to call anything Bill O does as news would be categorically false. Content may be newsworthy but the delivery is editorial with insipid humor and punk bully tactics as attention keepers. He’s neither informative or entertaining to me, he just regurgitates suppressed anger that some folks don’t vent as well or as articulated.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:45 amLoofah Felafel Bill regurgitates alright.
He pukes all over the TV.
Why anyone watches that psychotic asshole is beyond me.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:56 amhuffington brought up a good point when she asked “is anybody holding this guy accountable for what he says” - there must be some sort of broadcasting standard that all of these people must adhere to right? - yet pricks like o’reilly and hannity (he has to be the most disgraceful excuse for a ‘journalist’ ever to make his way to tv) seem to have free licence to say what they like no matter how biggotted,sexist or just plain maniacal it may seem and NEVER get roasted for these rantings and ravings that they disguise as factual and of importance to us all - yet guys like bill maher,for example, gets mis-quoted when a bomb goes off near dick cheney and he has to explain himself on every network in america with the sword of damacles being waved above his head - ok go ahead and call billo a ’shock jock’ and take everything he says with ‘a grain of salt’ but if he is acting as an entertainer and not a journalist,then put him on with springer and maury
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:56 amdarth vader,
Your right on about Hannity and the thing that gets me is the President actually has meetings with the likes of him and senators, like Lot, go on their show.
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:07 amAmericans a distrusting our media more and more every day, because of lying assholes like PervOreilly, Insannity, Junkie Rush, Mann Coulter and Michelle Malcunt.
These psychopaths have all but destroyed rational discourse in this once great nation.
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:12 ambear attacks ARE serious, if you’re the one being attacked… lol
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:29 amLibs, what the wonderful Bill O’Reilly meant to say is that reporting and watching the number of soldiers that have become casualties is depressing. This does not necessarily mean that he does not care about are soldiers, but Bill would rather report issues in our society, government and economy that are relevant and vital to our lives.
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:32 amInsannity has been taking on Snow & Lott on the immigration issue.
Snow & Lott, of course, support BabyBush’s stance, while Insannity thinks all 12-20 million should be shipped home, a big fence built, ad nauseum.
The funny part is that when Rightards disagree, they become really confused. They’re so used to supporting each other on everything, they don’t know how to debate an issue.
OTOH, Olbermann has more class, intelligence and humor than O’Falafel could ever imagine. He’s an arrogant, spoiled bully, and needs to be bitch slapped by Olbermann nightly.
Thanks, Keith!
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:35 amThats right folks! Pay no attention to the doom and gloomy reports of drugged up, stressed out and overextended onward marching (christian) soldiers…..
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:39 amgo camping this weekend!
Drink a lot of alcohol, leave plenty of food and trash in and around your tent, and follow the inspiration of medal winning swimmers and do a lot of skinny dipping!
Darryl, you dombass Repuke troll.
The Iraq occupation IS relevant and vital to our lives.
Fox is ignoring it because it is going badly. That’s wrong.’
Stupid inbred redneck Repuke trolls like you don’t get it.
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:42 amcastros eyes no good for bush?
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:45 amNon profit keeps Edwards reputation up
Mohammed Atta, a Bin Laden and a Turk naval attache
German chancellor Merkel and Polish Prime Kacynski without agreement
I thought this was the one way repugs were sacrificing?
June 22nd, 2007 at 8:46 amupright left,
It’s some kind of coincidence that Colbert is always going on about the threat of bears.
http://www.newscloud.com/ read/ ThreatDown_The_Colbert_Report_9269
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:05 amI’m too lazy to read the entire thread….has any of the reich-wingers mention O’Reilly’s ratings?
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:14 amStop calling Iraq a “war”. It’s an “occupation”. Calling it a war give it legitimacy.
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:15 amYou missed the best one. Billo has given our military and the Iraqi government two months to get it together “or else”. Ohhh….I’m scared. Billo will be sending the Fox Security Department after them if they don’t get their act together.
This guy is such a pathetic clown. I would guess that the average IQ of people who watch him is somewhere around 75.
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:25 amyou care to tell me how “bear attacks†rank as far as lethality compared to other forms of danger…?
Comment by Chocolate Jesus Loves Anulingsu — June 22, 2007 @ 5:22 am
Nobody said it does, anus. The report just pointed out that the campers said they followed all the safety rules, yet a bear tore through a tent, pulled the boy out and killed him. Not quite the usual bear attack, eh anus? Something ya might want to know about and consider if you are planning a family camping trip to the same state park maybe? Do ya suppose a soldier serving in Iraq would rather have his family glued to MSNBC watching every report of an explosion and stressing over whether their loved one was killed in it? Or do ya think maybe they would rather have them going on with their lives as much as possible since there is nothing to be gained by obsessing about it all day every day? I’m guessing you would want the world to come to a full stop if you were there and apply this same feeling to everyone else? Unlike you, most people develop the capacity to put others before themselves. Maybe you’ll still get it someday, though buddy. ;)
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:28 amOlby covers serious news please lol
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:48 amupright left
I see that you never answered the question about what is misleading about the TP post. You did say:
“Obviously, TP knew there was more to all the stories than it would appear from their headline. Got a little journalistic dishonesty working here.”
Would you please explain what is “hard news” about the things that Billo talks about? Bears in them thair hills. Women with big tits. Rosie O’Donnell. All hard news to someone with an IQ of 75 like you.
June 22nd, 2007 at 9:51 amKeith is a liberal douche. This is the same Marxist that came out and told everyone how he initiated the firing of Don Imus (BEHIND CLOSED DOORS) after his HARMLESS joke. If he had a set of balls he would have come out and done it one his show immediately instead of what he did do. He’s a disgrace. He has no place to comment on other hosts, even ones that deserve it, like the Leprechaun. But he does have nice hair.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:25 amSerious News Flash
Fox Executives have been tickling Bill O’Reilly’s brain with a loufa.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:26 amO’Reilly won’t talk about Iraq, because it’s bad news at the moment. When it comes time to attack Iran, he’ll start talking about that.
Comment by MAF54 — June 22, 2007 @ 4:34 am
Oh poor Bill. It’s bad news at the moment so Bill can’t come up with any reporting on it! Now that’s a sure sign of a lack of journalistic integrity. But wait, “Boy killed by bear”. That sounds a lot like bad news to those involved! What MAF54, our pedophile troll, meant to say is that it’s bad news for BUSH. “MUST PROTECT BUSH AT ALL COSTS”
The report just pointed out that the campers said they followed all the safety rules, yet a bear tore through a tent, pulled the boy out and killed him. Not quite the usual bear attack, eh anus?
So uptight, does this mean everyone should be scared to death about camping where a bear might, in a very unusual manner, attack you? Great fear mongering. That’s all the right does is try and scare the populous. Don’t get in your car uptight because far more people are killed in their car than are killed by bears. And that includes bears that kill in broad daylight while your walking in the woods.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:32 amWas that funny? I don’t get it.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:33 amSo, according to the anti-American reich-wing, like Billo and upright, a bear attack is more important to the public than attacks on our US soldiers. You’d have to be a complete moron to actually defend O’Reilly on this one.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:36 am“Do ya suppose a soldier serving in Iraq would rather have his family glued to MSNBC watching every report of an explosion”
As a typical reich-winger, you think you speak for others. You twit.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:37 amBryan,
Do you know what a Marxist is?
Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Fahrenheit 451 hit the mark. “People in this society including Montag’s wife are drugged into compliancy and get their information from wall-length television screens.” All the while wars wage on that the have no idea what they are for. “The Post also quoted [Marine General Jack] Sheehan saying: “The very fundamental issue is, they don’t know where the hell they’re going … So rather than go over there, develop an ulcer and eventually leave, I said, ‘No, thanks.’ “
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:39 am“You check with the parents of the dead boy and see if they think the bear story is relevant. I’m willing to let them be the judges of relevance in that case, how bout you?”
I’m afraid that if we let the family of the deceased dictate what is “relevant” for news coverage, CNN will just be 24hrs of obits. Dont get me wrong- I feel for their families and its not that it isnt news. Let me put it this way: Is someone getting killed by a bear news? Sure. Does it deserve to be covered? Sure. Does it deserve to be covered *instead* of the entire Iraq war? Only if you’re Bill O.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:44 amReich-wingers like upright and O’reilly are living proof that GOPigs are afraid of reality, facts, and the truth.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:48 amThis issue is PROOF that faux watching reich-wingers are nothing but brainless SHEEPLE. News coverage of the “war” has never been an issue until O’Reilly deemed it wasn’t news worthy. Now, all the brainless twits like “upright” march in order like good little Nazis parroting the EXACT same lies and propaganda as their faux masters. How pathetic. yet, they are such simpletons that they will never see the light.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 am“Do ya suppose a soldier serving in Iraq would rather have his family glued to MSNBC watching every report of an explosion and stressing over whether their loved one was killed in it?”
I think the troops are best served by an informed public being able to make informed, rational decisions in the ballot box. This is the function of our press corps. No matter how you slice it, democracy is never served well by a docile or silenced news media.
Does that mean their families might see something unsettling on the news? Yes, I am afraid so- yet another burden they face because of this ill advised, ill conceived and drastically ill implemented unnecessary war of aggression.
June 22nd, 2007 at 10:59 amWhy is it everyone needs to label the others-liberal, reich-winger, GOPig-
different opinions.
What we can see from a track record, B.O. doesn’t even pretend to be objective- it’s not his shtick.
However the mainstream media does- pretend- I know- I’m one. The nature of journalism is to find , search, discover- weigh, balance thennnnn decide- it requires a liberal viewpoint. You can’t conserve the status quo if you are constantly tracking the evolution of humanity and events
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:01 pmOne of, if not THE, biggest problem in America, is the main stream media not reporting, or not giving enough time to news that is important.
As an example, on the day that it was announced that there were possibly millions of deleted emails off republican national committee servers. The fact of the emails themselves being on these servers is illegal. There are so many problems with this, yet one look at the MSM newspapers, and websites and you wouldn’t have even known this happened.
It’s OK to provide entertainment within a news format. What’s not OK is doing to the exclusion of real news. It’s about informing the American public, and the MSM has been dropping that ball for years.
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:05 pmIf Fox news was real news, it’s viewers wouldn’t be so consistently misinformed.
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:06 pmWhy is it everyone needs to label the others-liberal, reich-winger, GOPig-
different opinions.
Wrong. Those that support BushCo are obtuse retards, who obstinately continue their support, the result of which is a systematic destruction of America and freedom.
Those who support BushCo are traitors to the country. 100% of Americans should be outraged at what is being perpetrated by BushCo, and don’t even realize (the obtuse retard part) that BushCo isn’t good for ANY American.
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:10 pm#84: Yes. The right party to vote is the democratic party. Just like the communist party was the only right party to vote for in Soviet Russia.
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:16 pmjohnthemedic ,
Do you really think BOR’s viewers see his show as not objective. Its the No Spin Zone, is it not? There are unfortunately millions of people who watch his show, mostly the “White male Christians,” of course.
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:27 pm#84: Yes. The right party to vote is the democratic party. Just like the communist party was the only right party to vote for in Soviet Russia.
Comment by MAF54 — June 22, 2007 @ 12:16 pm
Pedophile, BushCo has made great strides towards converting the U.S. into a very Soviet style of rule. They do what they want, choose party converted to be U.S. attorneys, and enrich themselves, while the disparity between rich and poor grows ever wider.
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:47 pm14 dead soldiers in 2 days. 3500 all together. these guys are really hurting the war effort.
June 22nd, 2007 at 12:58 pmComment by Katie — June 22, 2007 @ 9:51 am
You people have more trouble following a thread. Ok, Kat, go back and read verrrry carefully and see if you can find where I said whether O’Reilly reports hard news or not. It’ll take ya a good while, so I’ll just tell ya I never said it. What I said was the headline is misleading. I won’t repeat the part about the dead kid again. Seems you folks want to kill babies and then ignore deaths of kids after they are born as well. I didn’t really expect anything else from ya though. If you are able to focus on the thread a little better later, start from the beginning and perhaps you’ll be able to understand it all by yourself! ;)
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:20 pmYou people have more trouble following a thread. … If you are able to focus on the thread a little better later, start from the beginning and perhaps you’ll be able to understand it all by yourself! ;)
Comment by upright left
Indeed, it is sometimes difficult to follow the twists and turns of the trollish “mind” on a thread. Where one expects to find logic, one finds only repetition. When looking for relevance one finds only talking points.
I know you think you’re just the smartest boy ever, but it’s not even a particularly bright superficiality.
June 22nd, 2007 at 1:32 pmruss, you might want to check your authors. bradbury wrote farenheit, not vonnegut. not trying to be condescending. just trying to let you know for future reference.
i don’t think you can argue the “relevance” of the bear attack. though it is a tragedy that a boy’s life was lost, i don’t think it’s particularly relevant for society as a whole. my opinion. if you’ve an argument to make about the bear attack’s relevance, why not discuss the deaths of pig farmers and their children. the numbers are much higher.
and, i forget who it was who said it, but whoever claimed that news and the media should not be used for information, i suggest getting ahold of Murrow’s monologue at the Radio and Television News Directors Association.
June 22nd, 2007 at 2:13 pmchristopher,
Not condescending at all, and I thank you.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:01 pmIndeed, it is sometimes difficult to follow the twists and turns…
Comment by gummitch — June 22, 2007 @ 1:32 pm
Sorry, there gummy boy, but twists and turns are exactly what ya won’t find in my post. Lefty’s love to derail every thread that shows they aren’t what they claim to be, but you’ll have to try a little harder, bud. ;)
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:48 pmHow bout that Olbermann report on Paris Hilton, blowing up watermelons in the park, and flights featuring lingerie shows. Man, that Keith is one hard hitting newsman! ;)
June 23rd, 2007 at 1:02 amWhenever someone claimed they are smart or genius, usually that cover up for their lack of confidences. Same context can be apply to Fair and Balance phrase that Fox News love to say so. I wonder if someone like Bill loves to present fake facts to obscure the real truths and prevent bigger meaning to come out to the public can be trial as criminal activity? If an organization wants to be serious and claimed itself to be a serious organization should not in anyway misleading the public with fake information. I think! If wrong information presented to the public was an accident then it’s ok, but repeated offenses like Bill’s record hold, I think it’s rightly so we should not watch his show anymore, and if one day Bill getting sue by someone or some legit parties, I’ll cheer them up!
June 23rd, 2007 at 5:45 amAren’t we supposed to “lynch” people for saying that bombs that maime and kill our soldiers are meaningless and we should ignore them?
The mob should be waiting for Bill on Sixth Avenue in the Rockefeller Center.
That pasty troglodyte is begging for discipline.
June 24th, 2007 at 3:10 am