O’Reilly Lets Loose: Says WH Reporters Need To Be ‘Wiped Out,’ Calls CNN ‘The Pagan Throne’
O’Reilly Lets Loose: Says WH Reporters Need To Be ‘Wiped Out,’ Calls CNN ‘The Pagan Throne’
In an interview with Bill O’Reilly last night, former White House press secretary Tony Snow said that his future career plans may include writing a book on cancer and possibly returning to Fox News.
When Snow revealed his plans to write a book on how to deal with cancer, O’Reilly responded:
O’REILLY: You know what you can do with all respect? You can combine how I deal with cancer with how I deal with the White House press corps. Because they’re both insidious, invasive. They both have to be wiped out.
Snow also informed O’Reilly that he’s considering returning to Fox News, but that he is also open to other networks that would give him the opportunity to do a “radio/TV piece.” O’Reilly responded:
O’REILLY: But you can’t go over to CNN. I mean, that’s the devil over there. You can’t. You know. You’re a religious guy. You can’t go into the pagan throne over there.
O’Reilly warned that if CNN put Snow on the 8 pm slot as a competitor to him, “it’s going to get bloody.” Watch it:
In the interview, Snow also said he “very well may” join a Republican presidential candidate’s campaign, though he said he “has no horses in the race” at this time.
Transcript:
O’REILLY: Now what is the career plan here? You’re a fat cat now, ex-White House spokesperson. You can make a lot of money bloviating like I do, give the speeches, I mean, you know, you can write a book. I assume you can do that, right?
SNOW: Yes, yes.
O’REILLY: But you’re not going to tell all in the book?
SNOW: No, as a matter of fact, I’m going to do – interested in two books. I’m going to do a lot of speeches, but also, I’m going to do a book about how you deal with something like cancer. You know.
O’REILLY: A new cancer book.
SNOW: Yes, well, it’s going to be with cancer and also how you deal with the unexpected, because it’s a lot broader.
O’REILLY: You know what you can do with all the respect?
SNOW: Yes.
O’REILLY: You can combine how I deal with cancer with how I deal with the White House press corps. Because they’re both insidious, invasive. They both have to be wiped out. And you know, you see the theme that I’m getting at here?
SNOW: Well, maybe I could thread it into.
O’REILLY: You know, you put little microbes and David Gregory’s face on the cover. You know, it’s huge. This is a high concept deal, I’m giving you, man.
SNOW: Oh, man. I’ll tell you what. I’ll let you have that one.
[...]
O’REILLY: All right, campaign ‘08.
SNOW: Yes.
O’REILLY: Are you going to try to be a partisan Republican in this? Are you going to try to get a Republican elected in ‘08?
SNOW: I very well may.
O’REILLY: Really?
SNOW: I’m not going to campaign, at least at this juncture, I don’t have any horses in this race. So I’m not supporting any candidates. The one thing I know to do between now and the races, talk about stuff I care about. I haven’t really figured out what I’m going to do in terms of whether there’s going to be extensive direct partisan activity or not.
O’REILLY: All right. So if the — whoever the nominee may be could call you and say would you work for our campaign or X, Y, and Z?
SNOW: Yes.
O’REILLY: And you would consider it?
SNOW: You know, again, I’ll have to figure it out. I’m more interested right now talking about things that I think are important . In many ways, the Republican party’s falling off the rails. It’s forgotten about.
O’REILLY: Tell me about it.
SNOW: It’s forget about fiscal discipline. It’s forgotten about the importance of liberty.
O’REILLY: I always think back. I was the guy hammering you because of that. Do you remember? Put yourself back six months ago. That was me, Snow. All right, any chance you come back to FOX News?
SNOW: Could be. Like I want to – I’m trying to get a radio TV piece in the career.
O’REILLY: Great, the mix.
SNOW: Yes. I just don’t know yet.
O’REILLY: But anything could happen.
SNOW: Anything can happen.
O’REILLY: But you can’t go over to CNN. I mean, that’s the devil over there. You can’t. You know. You’re a religious guy. You can’t go on into the pagan throne over there.
SNOW: I’m an open minded man. I’ll have to see.
O’REILLY: See, this is what I mean with Snow. He gives you the – like CNN’s says hey, no, wham. You’re out of here. O’Reilly who?
SNOW: Bill.
O’REILLY: If they put you at 8:00 up against me, Snow, it’s going to be bloody. You know what I’m talking about? All right.
SNOW: I know what you’re talking about.
O’REILLY: We wish you the best. We hope you come back to FOX News. And anytime you want, come on in here. And I’m glad you’re feeling well.
SNOW: I’m feeling well. It’s always good to be here.
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O’Reilly is losing what’s left of his mind.
October 6th, 2007 at 12:19 pmbillo and snow-job deserve each other. Both are shameless, ego-maniacs, selling out to the highest bidders.
October 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pmJust a little more…..just that extra shove that will send O’Reilly shouting and raving into the streets.
We’re close…we’re sooooo close…
October 6th, 2007 at 12:24 pmEdit: Pagan “Throne”
October 6th, 2007 at 12:25 pmBiley appears to have completely lost it.
October 6th, 2007 at 12:27 pmOr, he’s just trying to keep pace with Coultergeist.
In sports news, pagans 11, xians 0.
October 6th, 2007 at 12:28 pmBiley appears to have completely lost it.
Or, he’s just trying to keep pace with Coultergeist.
Comment by RUCerious — October 6, 2007 @ 12:27 pm
They both are seeing the future in 09, and are afraid ……… VERY afraid. Heh heh
October 6th, 2007 at 12:28 pmThis is yet more evidence of an insideous double standard. Snow, O’Reilly and Republicans in general may use as inflammatory and hyperbolic a statment as they like (white house reporters should be “wiped out”), but MoveOn must undergo Congressional censure for saying “betray us”.
October 6th, 2007 at 12:28 pmO’Lielly is a boil on the BUTT of humanity! Just because someone isn’t Christian, Jewish, Muslim DOES NOT mean they are NOT religious!!!
(directly to mr. ‘lookame!’:
Pagans ARE religious, it’s a DIFFERENT set of religion(s) you smarmy, ignorant, falafel packing, brain-dead, gaping mawed, proper-network-rejected piece of rotted offal.
Blessings,
Elspeth
(do we REALLY have to go there yet again to AGAIN explain that Pagans and Witches and Druids, etc… do NOT worship the devil??? The “devil” is a Christian creation. Yeah, some of us celebrate the Horned God (Herne, and his other names), but his is not a path of evil. For that, I say look at the fundies, THERE’S evil for you…look within folks, look within. Cripes, if we were actually “evil”, we wouldn’t be pushing for peace, environmental sustainability, education, animal rights, healthcare, economic stability and the right to worship as we please w/o freakin’ nutjobs harming us or our homes/places of worship! Oh, wait, that IS ‘evil’ to the far righticons. My bad. For the love of the Lord and Lady…I have no problem with Jesus, but his fan club generally leaves a heckuva lot to be desired)
October 6th, 2007 at 12:29 pm“Tony Snow said that his future career plans may include writing a book on cancer and possibly returning to Fox News.”
Or was it to “write a book on the cancer that is Fox news?”
October 6th, 2007 at 12:32 pmBO needs a shock collar.
October 6th, 2007 at 12:34 pmElspeth, well stated.
October 6th, 2007 at 12:34 pmAnd, oh, yeah, Jesus kamp!
Mistress Z, can I have the trigger mechanism, can I, huh, please!!!
October 6th, 2007 at 12:34 pm“You can’t go into the pagan throne over there.”
Over where? The Minneapolis airport?
October 6th, 2007 at 12:38 pmMistress Z, can I have the trigger mechanism, can I, huh, please!!!
Comment by RUCerious — October 6, 2007 @ 12:34 pm
I think we should send billo back to Sylvia’s and let the wait staff, management and regular patrons have turns with it.
I would pay BIG BUCKS to watch that!
October 6th, 2007 at 12:39 pmCandyce ~ Coffee out nose!! Snort!!!
October 6th, 2007 at 12:40 pmUPside, reminds me of the Simpsons electro shock therapy show…
October 6th, 2007 at 12:41 pmZZZZT, ZZZZT!
It looks like Bill O’Reilly needs nothing more than an open mic now to disgrace and discredit himself.
October 6th, 2007 at 12:43 pmwell… tony MUST be broke…
but he IS getting good mileage out of that jacket…
yeesh…
October 6th, 2007 at 12:50 pm.
Snow also said he “very well may†join a Republican presidential candidate’s campaign…
those jobs pay THAT well??? …
this guy is totally full of shite… get it straight, tony…
October 6th, 2007 at 12:54 pmBlessings All, Thank’s for posting Elspeth R, you said it all much better than this old crone could have……
Be assured I will start lighting candles again on the 11th for Peace….Along with that me think’s it would be a good idea to light some for O’lilie…Think the statement will be that he find’s a great job and leave’s the media…..Maybe he should be a bathroom attendent and in charge of newly istalled pay per view men’s stall’s at some obscure air port…..
Good to see your post’s Lady Z and RUCerious……Leaving again to help out dedicated fishermen and paint…..Cold and rainy here….Hope all you all are fareing well….
October 6th, 2007 at 1:00 pmHillary Clinton has asked Tony Snow to hold back his endorsement for the time being…
October 6th, 2007 at 1:01 pmElspeth, namaste. You might like TPZoo
Calling CNN the Pagan Throne denegrates Pagans.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pmPeople
Against
Goodness
And
Normalcy
Yep, that’s CNN alright! LOL. All because they’re not quite psychotic and rightwing enough.
Man, he’s got nothing left, huh?
October 6th, 2007 at 1:02 pmYou know. You’re a religious guy. You can’t go into the pagan throne over there.
LOL! Neither of these clowns are religious guys. Far from it. They’re nothing but professional liars. Billo must really be feeling the heat as his W.W. II audience continues to decline into old age.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:09 pmLefty, you’ve described the opposite of Paganism.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:10 pmyes! a “dragnet” reference!
October 6th, 2007 at 1:15 pmMistress Z, can I have the trigger mechanism, can I, huh, please!!!
Comment by RUCerious — October 6, 2007 @ 12:34 pm
Yes, RUC, but do share with the others. :-)
October 6th, 2007 at 1:15 pmNice how O’Reilly & Snow both agree that the Republican party has gone off the rails… and they were supported by these two morons the whole way. Mind you, my guess is that they both feel the party didn’t go far enough. The entire premise behind the Rep party these years is to starve the govt in order to force it to shrink. In other words, lower taxes, spend everything, waste cash and force the govt to abandon social programs. If the country is virtually bankrupt it can’t afford programs like social security, medicare, unemployment insurance, welfare etc. Starve the beast and let everyone figure it out for themselves. Blackwater will be around to make sure crime doesn’t become rampant.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:15 pmBill-o is losing his mind.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:17 pmIf he heard this tape played back, he’d deny he said his words.
The man is a lunatic. He talks of “wiping out” people, but anyone who calls him on his bullsh*t is mercilessly castigated.
I don’t understand how anyone who watches that man can be sane – oh wait – I just realized I have the answer.
I hope the implosion is televised. ;)
October 6th, 2007 at 1:19 pmI think O’Reilly has been out of touch with reality for quite some time. In the old days, he would have been committed to an asylum. All you need to do is read the long complaint against him filed by his show’s producer Andrea Mackris. She tape recorded many conversations with O’Reilly on the phone in which he talked about assassinations of his enemies including Al Franken, suggesting that Roger Ailes knew the highest level people in the Bush Administration and will have Franken taken out one of these days when he least expects it.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:23 pm… will have Franken taken out one of these days when he least expects it.
Comment by Starve-A-Bush_Feed-A-Beaver @ 1:23 pm
al is probably relieved that keith olbermann may have taken his place…
October 6th, 2007 at 1:33 pm…
I hope the implosion is televised. ;)
Comment by Zooey — October 6, 2007 @ 1:19 pm
Implosion?? Kinda like the end of “Poltergist” when the house collapses in on itself? Cool!!! They could put THAT on pay-per-view and make money.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:45 pmHas anyone ever tried to compile O’Reilly’s comments and juxtaposed them to the propaganda spewed on the airwaves of Rwanda in the run up to genocide? Between him, Coulteir, Limbaugh and Hannity it seems there are many parallels. They seem to be setting up a divide in this country between those who are for their policies and demonizing those who are against them as traitors, stupid and even at times sub-human, soulless or evil. A common tactic when attempting to set the stage for citizens to turn on each other in the interests of a ruling party.
Don’t want to sound too paranoid but seeing as how it has happened in every instance of fascist take-over and many much smarter minds than mine have pointed it out as well it’d be interesting if one of our like-minded leftie media artists were to illustrate the similarities.
If anyone has access to archives of our rightwing spokespersons demonizing anti-war voices I’d be happy to help sift through for the soundbites to edit together and track down matching rhetoric from former fascist regimes.
Feel free to email me any ideas, connections and sources at:
geophrian@yahoo.com
Thanks.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:52 pmThis is quite odd, CNN stands for Christian News Network and Oreilly is calling it Pagan when the word FOX is a euphemism for Satan?
October 6th, 2007 at 1:53 pmWingers love to threaten liberals. But they’re too chickenshit to do anything.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:56 pmAm I missing something ? David Gregory for one, rapping with Rove and weekending at Martha’s Vineyard with WH staff. We barely have a media. Time Magazine headline story about the million dollar Osprey wannabe helicopter, no room for front guns to clear the LZ, no room for parachutes to be worn, can’t land like a helicopter, but being sent to the troops this month. Hear anything on CNN, I didn’t.
Might be bad for moral to find out you have no parachute and your plane can’t land as good as a helicopter. How about the defense contractors go up first over in Iraq.
October 6th, 2007 at 1:57 pmThey seem to be setting up a divide in this country between those who are for their policies and demonizing those who are against them as traitors, stupid and even at times sub-human, soulless or evil. A common tactic when attempting to set the stage for citizens to turn on each other in the interests of a ruling party.
Comment by StupidGit — October 6, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
I agree. I’ve noticed this too. Create “the other” and them designate them as the source of all trouble and evil in society. It’s been going on for quite a while, as evinced by the endless use of the word “liberal” to denote all things wrong in life.
Bush’s “You’re either with us or against us” rhetoric is the end run for all of this. 100% black and white. Us or “them.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:00 pmAnd you guys think republicans are stupid.
Comment by Vendetta — October 6, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
Yup. Thanks for pointing that out. Your boy GWB is a posterboy for stupid.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:00 pmAnd you guys think republicans are stupid.
Comment by Vendetta — October 6, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
Nah, at all of ‘em, jes’ the ones tappin’ toes in bathrooms…
October 6th, 2007 at 2:01 pmA common tactic when attempting to set the stage for citizens to turn on each other in the interests of a ruling party. -Stupid Git
Its kinda funny because it only makes them look like huge hypocrites when they attack others for being what they basically are.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:03 pmEvery day I learn something new…..Thank you all for the eduction, realy…Are ya ready for this?…I did not know CNN stood for Christian new’s network……Please excuse my slow learning curve…Take into account I was raised in the city and didn’t know milk came from cow’s and not from bottles at the store, untill a farmer brought a cow and calf to my 3rd grade class it was not a known thing..Hell I was 25 when my then mother in law taught me to make pickle’s, suprise, suprise we baught cucumber’s…..I have come to realize there is more to learn than I may have time to learn it….Blessings
October 6th, 2007 at 2:05 pmAnd you guys think republicans are stupid.
Comment by Vendetta
Please, I come from a large family and my mother says shes a Republican along with her new husband. I dont think they are stupid, I think Oreilly and Limbaugh with their hypocritical uber moral rants are so hypocritical as to be comical. People who actually believe what these dolts say makes me wonder. Remember FOX sued for the right to lie, if the couldn’t lie they wouldn’t have a show and Oreilly would have nothing to say.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:07 pmI don’t remember Bill O’ being a big opponent of GOP spending.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:07 pmI think I may have heard him use the phrase ‘tax and spend’ Democrats and flip-flopper though.
That’s how Fascists think…’to wipe out’ their opponents.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:08 pmO’Reilly is not happy also with computer bloggers…he is not happy with CNN, and for sure MSNBC Olbermann to him must be ‘wiped out’. He described lately Media matters are worse than KKK.
So White House reporters should be ‘wiped out’ according to him.
On his night show, O’Reilly needs to start wearing a Swastika on his arm. !!!
Remember FOX sued for the right to lie, if the couldn’t lie they wouldn’t have a show and Oreilly would have nothing to say.
Comment by Xisithrus — October 6, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Huh? That can’t be true.
In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States.
… …
During their appeal, FOX asserted that there are no written rules against distorting news in the media. They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves. Fox attorneys did not dispute Akre’s claim that they pressured her to broadcast a false story, they simply maintained that it was their right to do so. After the appeal verdict WTVT general manager Bob Linger commented, “It’s vindication for WTVT, and we’re very pleased… It’s the case we’ve been making for two years. She never had a legal claim.â€
October 6th, 2007 at 2:10 pmSNOW: I’m not going to campaign, at least at this juncture, I don’t have any horses in this race.
ME: So where did all the horsesh*t come from?
October 6th, 2007 at 2:12 pmAnd you guys think republicans are stupid.
Comment by Vendetta
See, Vendetta, your trying to put people you don’t know into groups to fit your reality. Oreilly here is trying the same thing with his CNN rant about devils.
Alot of peoples reality, today, is what they see on the television. Thw whole world, reality, is funneled into their homes thru a cable then sprayed out thru a sparkle box.
Its a huge mistake to group people into that small reality which one exists in, then go out into the big world and tell people what group they belong into Vendetta, just because of a name.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:14 pmAnd you guys think republicans are stupid.
Comment by Vendetta — October 6, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
I know Republicans are stupid. Trolls show up here to prove it every day. They are avowed liars as well, and have the morals of a pack of jackals (without the brains). Without Republicans, America would once again be the free, strong, righteous nation it was founded as, a LIBERAL democracy. Instead, the right wing has tried again and again to turn it into a pale imitation of North Korea and Hitler’s Reich. Fortunately, they’re too stupid to succeed, but they have come close enough to deserve whatever scorn and hatred are heaped on them daily the world over. O’Reilly, Beck, Snow and the rest of their lying mouthpieces and perverts are on their way out, for good.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:16 pmComment by Dave C — October 6, 2007 @ 2:10 pm
And this is why Oreilly is basically just another Judith Miller.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:16 pmAfter reading the transcript then watching the video, I’m not completely convinced that either of those men seriously meant a single word they said. So it was a pointless interview either way. Maybe O’Reilly was, to borrow Franken’s term, “kidding on the square” (meaning he was kidding, but not really). Snow, I think, just needed some income from appearing on TV. He doesn’t even have a book out yet to promote. He is among the many unemployed in this country.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:18 pmRemind me, didn’t O’Reilly promise to apologize if no wmds were found ? He made that statement on several other shows when he was still being invited to other shows. Did he apologize and I missed it ?
What is frightening is these crazies are allowed to use their forum to make insane statements, David Frum, Iran is planning to nuke us ! Where is his proof ?
Keith O aired the threats that vets are getting from Rush’s rant…one said the vets should shoot themselves.
BillO, Rush and the like are not just funny they are inciting the crazies.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:24 pmYeah, you know, it’d be nice if there was someone progressive in the 6:00, 7:00 or 9:00 time slots. Instead, why not give this bonehead carbon-copy conservative liar in the mix.
CNN isn’t the pagan throne. PBS is the most secular media outlet. I think our constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press was intended to allow the press to cut through the government lies that have historically saturated state-run media. Instead, our state-run media is the most critical of the government. Sad. Just sad.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:26 pmWhat law states that only America can have nuclear power ? Especially after invading a country for no reason….hell I am afraid of America and want my own nuke.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:26 pmCurious does anyone else notice that some of the trolls are 9-5 Monday through Friday only ? And how do they get anything else done running from thread to thread, multi tasking ?
October 6th, 2007 at 2:33 pmtexaslady,
The trolls spew their filth from work — stealing time from their employer. I’m sure their bosses would be thrilled to know they’re financing such idiocy.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:36 pmIt’s way past time for O’Reilly to be committed to a insane asylum, before he harms others physically or himself.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:40 pmO’Really is nuts.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:41 pmif the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it’s clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush Administration again… – O’Reilly 3/18/2003
“Well, my analysis was wrong and I’m sorry.. I was wrong. I’m not pleased about it at all. I am much more skeptical of the Bush administration now than I was at that time,” – O’Reilly 2/26/2004
He then went on to blame George Tenet for Bush’s troubles. The next day he was saying that the controversy was cooked up by the “left-wing press” who “used my words to hammer the president.” The liberal media, he reminded his audience, “has made dozens of mistakes itself and continues to deny that the world is a better place because Saddam is gone.”
October 6th, 2007 at 2:43 pmYou know only the Repubs are upset with Larry Craig, no one gives a flying flip on the Dems side. Hey, I just thing it shows how cheap he is instead of paying for his pleasure try for a freebie.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:52 pmtexaslady, whether they meant to say what they did or not is irrelevant. They say these things to whip up the wackos. Wingnuts do not understand the concept of irony. Swing by your local hick watering hole and listen to the chatter.
It’s not too far-fetched to think that perhaps some of the trolls are being paid for their work, which is why you only see them 9-5. I mean, if they will stoop to jamming phones to prevent old folks from voting…
October 6th, 2007 at 2:56 pmBillo and Snow job…what a lame excuse for humans. Here boys, have some more rope,as we’re all enjoying your meltdowns finally.
October 6th, 2007 at 3:05 pmIf the ‘law’ say’s it’s ‘ok’ for the news media to lie to us,then we have the right to turn off the liers or switch to Olbermann.
#23 Loretta….do you want to come over and clean up my coffee-thru-nose mess on my keyboard now?…lol
This crap passes for news in America…
October 6th, 2007 at 3:19 pmIt’s significant to report lies and hateful statements made by current and would-be members and functionaries of our executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
October 6th, 2007 at 3:22 pmBut I’m finding it increasingly difficult to see any point to reporting every outrageous utterance of professional liars like Snow, O’Reilly, Coulter, Savage, Hannity, etc.
Can someone explain this?
FOX is tearing out its own a$$hole…this ought to be good…
October 6th, 2007 at 3:29 pmThese fools are losing what’s left of their minds.
October 6th, 2007 at 3:30 pmIf one of the big three networks wanted to boost their ratings, they would be smart to hire Tony Snow to anchor their nightly news show, and/or one of their Sunday news programs.
October 6th, 2007 at 3:36 pmCurious does anyone else notice that some of the trolls are 9-5 Monday through Friday only ? And how do they get anything else done running from thread to thread, multi tasking ?
Comment by texaslady — October 6, 2007 @ 2:33 pm
Yeah, I noticed that too. Most peculiar…
October 6th, 2007 at 3:38 pmThe trolls spew their filth from work — stealing time from their employer. I’m sure their bosses would be thrilled to know they’re financing such idiocy.
Comment by Zooey — October 6, 2007 @ 2:36 pm
It’s funny, too, because these are the same trolls who always whine about how all the libs are on welfare and won’t go out and get real jobs. “Real jobs” are those where you can sit in front of a PC all day, posting idiot comments, apparently.
October 6th, 2007 at 3:42 pmfor the record:
CNN stands for Christian News Network…
Comment by Xisithrus — October 6, 2007 @ 1:53 pm
And you guys think republicans are stupid.
Comment by Vendetta — October 6, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
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and, witch1 – CNN stands for Cable News Network…
or maybe YOU were being sarcastic…
October 6th, 2007 at 4:08 pm…
#68 Well for one thing it gives the trolls “facts” to argue with. Some people will take the opposing most ridiculous side of a statement just because they feel they are stirring everything up.
You know like people who just like starting trouble for no reason.
October 6th, 2007 at 4:13 pmYou know like people who just like starting trouble for no reason.
Comment by texaslady — October 6, 2007 @ 4:13 pm
Well, there’s usually SOME reason… it may not be a GOOD reason, but it’s almost always there, if ya dig deep enough…
October 6th, 2007 at 4:22 pmCNN = Cable News Network
CBN = Christian Broadcasting Network
October 6th, 2007 at 4:32 pmIs it my imagination, or are Glen Beck abd Tony Snow lookin’ more and more alike all the time?
If Tony puts on a few, or Glen loses ‘em, they’re gonna be twins.
October 6th, 2007 at 4:35 pm“CNN isn’t the pagan throne. PBS is the most secular media outlet. I think our constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press was intended to allow the press to cut through the government lies that have historically saturated state-run media. Instead, our state-run media is the most critical of the government. Sad. Just sad.”
Correction: PBS is not “state-run media.” They are public broadcasting…part of their funding is from our tax dollars via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The rest is from grants and donations from the public.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS
October 6th, 2007 at 4:43 pmLOL, I love the Dragnet reference. Maybe CNN anchors should have sheep chaps and goat horns for a costume. I’d love to see that.
October 6th, 2007 at 4:44 pmIn February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States.
… …
During their appeal, FOX asserted that there are no written rules against distorting news in the media. They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves. Fox attorneys did not dispute Akre’s claim that they pressured her to broadcast a false story, they simply maintained that it was their right to do so. After the appeal verdict WTVT general manager Bob Linger commented, “It’s vindication for WTVT, and we’re very pleased… It’s the case we’ve been making for two years. She never had a legal claim.â€
Comment by Dave C — October 6, 2007 @ 2:10 pm
Is this true!?! Do you have a link for this, because if it actually happened, we are in deep s**t in this country.
October 6th, 2007 at 4:45 pmDo you have a link for this, because if it actually happened, we are in deep s**t in this country.
Comment by impeachcheneythenbush — October 6, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
Yeah, it’s true. If you Google Fox+lawsuit+the truth, or words to that effect, you’ll find. D**p shit, indeed.
October 6th, 2007 at 4:51 pmLOL, I love the Dragnet reference.
Thanks. I thought that’s what he was talking about. LOL.
October 6th, 2007 at 5:19 pmEven if he was joking it’s still disturbing. His audience is not exactly full of media skeptics.
It amazes me every day just how far off the deep end they’ve gone. It’s hard to know if the talking heads’ paranoia is real but their loyal republican zombies’ paranoia is quite real.
October 6th, 2007 at 5:21 pmPeople
Against
Goodness
And
Normalcy
For those of you who don’t get this it’s really way past time to rent the movie… Tom Hanks back when he was a clown and Dan Akroyd back when he was funny.
P.S. O’Reilly is a miserable bag of puke!
October 6th, 2007 at 5:23 pmAhhhhhhhhhh! Oh Boy. I could see a pending lawsuit from Greedy U.S lawyers on behalf of the President of IRAN against Billo for stealing his line. Didn’t he, Ahmadinajad, say that ISRAEL should be “wiped off” the map? Please, correct me if I’m wrong!!! RE: PLAGIARIMS.
October 6th, 2007 at 6:05 pmAhhhhhhhhhh! Oh Boy. I could see a pending lawsuit from Greedy U.S lawyers on behalf of the President of IRAN against Billo for stealing his line. Didn’t he, Ahmadinajad, say that ISRAEL should be “wiped off†the map? Please, correct me if I’m wrong!!! RE: PLAGIARISM
October 6th, 2007 at 6:09 pmAt least Bill O. doesn’t make personal attacks.
Right?
October 6th, 2007 at 6:10 pmJust goes to show… When they fall apart, they fall apart hard.
October 6th, 2007 at 7:39 pmDon’t fall for this. Each time awful things come to light (Blackwater, torture etc) Rush and O’Reilly come up with the most outrages statements and instead of talking about the Administration everybody is engaged with those two morons. I am sure this is all calculated and we fall for it over and over again.
October 6th, 2007 at 8:00 pmBill O’Lielly and Tony Snow-job prattling on is about as relevant and informative as watching a Chimpy press conference ; and about as truth-laden , too…
It was 2 mental patients in a psych-ward babbling to each other.
October 6th, 2007 at 8:40 pmLying is protected by activist judges, but personally threatening people is not. Coulter and Limbaugh and O’Reilly should all be arrested. Period. They can have their shows, they can spew whatever b.s. comes to mind, they can repeat the daily white house memos, but they can’t threaten personal harm to people. Someday, some nut will take them up on it. And then?
October 6th, 2007 at 9:20 pmBill O is an A**hole. He needs to shut up! This guys is nothing but a blow hard with nothing to say, that’s why he attacks Democrats and trumpets Republican lies. If you take that away from little people like him and that pig Rush Limpbaugh, they’d have nothing to say. They are two weak minded individuals who are basically cowards who use intellectually weak minded idiots to enrich themselves. The people who listen to O’Really and Limpbaugh either have only one tooth, are married to their first cousin, or are bigots and/or racist. These people claim to love American but clearly hate Americans, or at least the ones who don’t think and look exactly like them.
October 6th, 2007 at 9:22 pmImagine the furor if a progressive suggested that people should be ‘wiped out.’
The hypocrisy of American media at play is truly jaw-dropping.
October 6th, 2007 at 9:36 pmCan ya HATE orielly any more??? He is the WORST of the WORST…..
October 6th, 2007 at 10:17 pmI am no fan of Bill O’Reilly, to say the least. However, I think this article is misleading.
OReilly’s words sound inflamitory and irresponsible when they are quoted in the transcript and the headline. However, if you listen to the video, it’s clear that the remarks were lighthearted, and made in jest. Tony Snow was laughing as Bill spoke, and frankly, so was I.
I understand that you printed a transcript. But you did focus on certain statements, and without indicating that O’Reilly was joking, an impression was created that was unfair, and out of context.
O’Reilly is a creep. But there’s no need to misrepresent him or smear him to make that point. He demonstrates his creepiness just fine on his own, and, imo, in this article you’re stooping to his level.
October 6th, 2007 at 10:28 pmOh for goodness’ sake, CNN does not stand for “Christian News Network.” It stands for Cable News Network. Check your sources first.
October 6th, 2007 at 10:39 pmThis is scary – I find myself partially agreeing with O’Reilly.
The WH press corps should be publically pilloried for their lack of journalism in investigating the truth, accuracy, and completeness of what is spewed at them.
October 6th, 2007 at 11:44 pmHey, I totally agree O’Reilly is a blight on news commentary, but I have to agree with #96, it’s pretty obvious that he was joking with Snow in that interview.
October 7th, 2007 at 2:31 amWhile it may be true that Bill O and Tony Snow-job sounded like two mental patients in a Psych-ward. But also it seems though that they have one thing in common: Two victims of “suppressed” child molestation.
October 7th, 2007 at 6:34 am#48
I don’t remember Bill O’ being a big opponent of GOP spending.
I think I may have heard him use the phrase ‘tax and spend’ Democrats and flip-flopper though.
ALWAYS refer to they lying piece of shiit GOPers as
BORROW and SPEND RepubliCONS
At least Tax and Spend are working in REAL budget. Take in money, spend money.
As to a higher post, And just WHO will be PAYING Blackwater to “Keep the peace” after the gov is shrunk, and all monies spent, forcing chaos in the streets as you say.
October 7th, 2007 at 9:26 amWho gives a shit. We own every media outlet with the exception of Fox News and conservative radio. That’s like a million to one. So what if O’Rielly
October 7th, 2007 at 10:53 amhas the best ratings if every other channel that’s on is anti-conservative. On the radio we have NPR, it comes in clear as a bell everywhere and it hates anything that even mentions the word conservative. Plus every major newspaper is on our side.
Ah yes, Fox “news” that last bastion of good Christ666ian conserv666ative reporting….whatever.
101,
The short attention span word gimmick for Republic666ans in regards to spending is: Pass On Debt.
October 7th, 2007 at 11:33 amNo choices or decisions whatsoever are involved.
What would it take for comments like these by O’Reilly, or some of the more outrageous things that Ann Coulter says, to be classified as terrorist threats? If I, as a private citizen, said similar things, I believe I’d probably have Dept of Homeland Security questioning me.
October 7th, 2007 at 12:05 pmWho gives a shit. We own every media outlet with the exception of Fox News and conservative radio. That’s like a million to one. So what if O’Rielly
has the best ratings if every other channel that’s on is anti-conservative. On the radio we have NPR, it comes in clear as a bell everywhere and it hates anything that even mentions the word conservative. Plus every major newspaper is on our side.
Comment by chriswyse — October 7, 2007 @ 10:53 am
Then why was the “Liberal” media yahooing behind Bush in early 2003 before Iraq and for the Patriot Act? All of the media is controlled by Globalists, Wall Street, AIPAC, and it’s attack dog, the US Government. Look at “Independent” music. What a joke!!! It is controlled by Wall Street. All the “indie” distributors are run by the Big Five. All of this illusion of a Liberal vs Conservative slanted media is a smoke screen.
October 7th, 2007 at 1:24 pmKO was right. BillO’s bullying is failing, and Billy responds by… outright losing it.
October 7th, 2007 at 2:38 pmI find any call to violence and hatred very very disturbing. I don’t care where it comes from or who makes the statement it should not be considered a slip of the tongue or the brain. These statements are calculated and intended. They are intended to marginalize those who disagree for any reason and to shut down dialogue and communication which is the life-blood of democracy and tolerance.
October 8th, 2007 at 5:59 amFor years and still going MSM was dominated by left leaning producers and editors. Then comes along Fox and for many the sky might just as fall. It is inconcievable to some there are other points of views to consider. I pity those for the blinders that are permanetly attached to their heads.
October 8th, 2007 at 10:01 amthis interview is hilarious. Theres a great moment where he asks Snow “were there ever moments of terror where you were like ‘oh my god how am I going to explain THIS’”?
Tony Snow on David Letterman
October 9th, 2007 at 10:36 amhttp://beta.redlasso.com/Community/ClipPlayer.aspx?i=56c6a64a-2c5e-4c6d-a82d-240496b1c726