O’Reilly Uses Heavily Edited Ambush Segment To Attack Moyers As ‘Rude,’ ‘A Fanatic,’ ‘A Crazy Guy,’ ‘Scary’
O’Reilly Uses Heavily Edited Ambush Segment To Attack Moyers As ‘Rude,’ ‘A Fanatic,’ ‘A Crazy Guy,’ ‘Scary’
Deploying one of his favorite tactics, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly sent out a “reporter” last week to ambush PBS journalist Bill Moyers, at a journalism conference. The reporter, Porter Barry, accused Moyers of not “having the courage” to come on the O’Reilly Factor. Moyers replied, “I will come on Bill O’Reilly’s show after he accepts my invitation to come on my show, unedited, a whole hour. I’ll give him a whole hour.” He added, “But let’s see if that message gets on the air.”
Unsurprisingly, O’Reilly chose to air only a tiny portion of the ambush on his show Monday night. He praised Barry’s performance, saying “he handled himself well.” O’Reilly’s “body language expert,” Tonya Reiman, agreed, saying that Barry “handled himself beautifully.” Unsurprisingly, O’Reilly used the segment to launch personal attacks on Moyers:
– “Now, it doesn’t matter what he says. It’s just pure rank propaganda.”
– “Isn’t that rude? No, really?”
– “Look, he’s a real fanatic, this Moyers. He’s like a crazy guy.”
– “Moyers is scary.”
Watch it:
O’Reilly has never been one to mince words about his dislike of Moyers. In April, though he judiciously said he would wait to “really hang Moyers” until he saw Moyers’ entire interview with controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright, O’Reilly said the two should “take a long vacation, perhaps in Iran.” More recently, he was forced to issue a correction for falsely reporting that Moyers didn’t provide his employees with health insurance.
During that same episode, O’Reilly ironically claimed, “We’re not fans of Mr. Moyers, but he does deserve to be treated fairly.”
Watch the full ambush of Moyers that O’Reilly hid from his viewers here.
Transcript:
BILL MOYERS, PBS: There’s one mindset in the Murdoch empire, and when Rupert Murdoch turned the dogs of war loose in a…
(CROSSTALK)
MOYERS: Wait a minute, wait a minute. Support the Iraq war Rupert Murdoch said the best thing that will come out of the Iraq war will be gasoline at $20 a barrel.
PORTER BERRY, FOX NEWS: How many times do you want me to invite you to come on to our program to talk about it?
MOYERS: How many…
BERRY: No, you’re preaching to the choir here. You have your minions.
MOYERS: You’re the choir.
BERRY: No, I’m not the choir. No, I’m here to talk to you. You’ve got to have a little balance here.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
O’REILLY: OK. Now, it doesn’t matter what he says. It’s just pure rank propaganda. But he’s patting Porter’s cheek. He’s got the hand on the — what is all that about?
REIMAN: The one who touches is normally seen as the more dominant of the two. Now, what’s interesting about this is, as he goes to touch Porter, if you notice Porter closes his eyes and kind of pulls his head back, and then he keeps his eyes closed for the duration of the touch. And that’s because he knows it’s coming and then, look, it becomes uncomfortable. See, eyes closed, closed. Closed.
O’REILLY: He’s a professional. Sure. Who wants Moyers…
REIMAN: Sure.
O’REILLY: See, that’s patronizing gesture.
REIMAN: It is a patronizing gesture.
O’REILLY: You’re so stupid you can’t understand what I’m saying? Look at the finger in his face.
REIMAN: Well…
O’REILLY: Isn’t that rude? No, really?
REIMAN: Yes, it is very rude.
O’REILLY: Because he’s so close. I do the finger, but I’m 3 or 4 feet away from you.
REIMAN: Yes. He is. But I think it’s also almost a paternal thing: let me show you the right way.
O’REILLY: Right, let me show you the way.
REIMAN: Yes, yes. That was the impression I got.
O’REILLY: Look, he’s a real fanatic, this Moyers.
REIMAN: But you know…
O’REILLY: He’s like a crazy guy.
REIMAN: As they’re having this conversation, chins are just going higher and higher and higher, as if I’m not going to let you one-up me. And the two of them doing this together.
O’REILLY: I thought Porter handled himself well.
REIMAN: He handled himself beautifully.
O’REILLY: Moyers is scary.
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June 11th, 2008 at 1:02 pmcrapcannon?
June 11th, 2008 at 1:03 pmEvery sunrise, billo gets more and more irrelevant. He knows it and it shows in his desperate attempts at ‘journalism’. Moyers is a titan, billo was the loser in a $10 million sexual harassment lawsuit. Loofas anyone?
June 11th, 2008 at 1:08 pmit was fairly impressive the way he managed to get it spinning…
moyers was “aggressive” and “threatening” too… whew!
poor porker was so whipped after that “attack”…
June 11th, 2008 at 1:10 pmit’s the least billo could do for him.
Pwned! Porter Barry was totally pwned by Bill Moyers.
O’Reilly has no idea how powerful integrity and eloquence can be. Or maybe he does, and that’s why he won’t go on The Journal with Bill Moyers.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:10 pmKO showed the WHOLE clip yesterday. Just proves what a bunch of manipulative losers Billo has working for him. What a joke!
June 11th, 2008 at 1:11 pmbilly’s ‘reporter’ got his ass handed to him.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:14 pm“It’s a patronizing gesture”.
Sure, it’s a patronizing gesture. That’s all Porter Barry deserves.
” Look, he’s a real fanatic, this Moyers.
… He’s like a crazy guy.
… Moyers is scary.”
Bildo is so adept at projection, he should open his own drive-in theater.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:14 pmI guess Billo hasn’t figured out that internet thing yet.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:15 pmOr the fact that KO already aired the full uncut clip.
Unreal.
Heheheheh – poor Billo! He forgets – conveniently – that we’ve all seen the tape of the ENTIRE enounter!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Nice try, Billo, but only your faithful braindead 23%ers are going to believe you.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:15 pmWait a minute. Billo edited the tape and spliced parts together to make it look like Moyers was rude?
But, but, but..I thought that POS was in the no-spin zone?
Anyone who watches Faux News is a frigging braindead.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:16 pmAs soon as I saw this COMPLETE video a few days ago, I knew billo was going to edit the crap out of it.
Glad that he is still a pre-dick-table pr!ck!
June 11th, 2008 at 1:16 pmBillo is merely trying to be the last comic standing :)~
June 11th, 2008 at 1:17 pmHe’s like a crazy guy . . . Moyers is scary.
What a wee scared little poopy pants O’Lielly shows himself to be.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pmAnnie, I don’t Bildo forgot anything. He knows that the only audience he cares about will never see the entire encounter and will just take Bully’s word for it.
That’s the only audience Bildo cares about. Too bad for him is shrinking, huh?
June 11th, 2008 at 1:18 pmBill Moyers – one of the most respected and trusted journalists in the world ……….Billo, not so much.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:19 pmRalph – I can’t *wait* to hear how KO is going to skewer him for this one…;o)
June 11th, 2008 at 1:20 pmHey, John, what do you think of Billo being such an obvious lying sleezebag?
McCain says,”That’s Not Too Important.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:20 pmI watched the full clip of this yesterday. Moyers told this little j-off Porter Barry a couple of times that the whole encounter was being taped and it will be compared with what the O’Liely Factor shows during his show. Obviously, O’Liely knows that there are a certain amount of idiots out there (about 25%) that will believe reich-wing lies no matter what.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:24 pmHey, Bildo has a Peabody. That’s what I heard anyway. And he single-handedly brought the nation of France to its knees.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:25 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
upside99 Says:
Bill Moyers – one of the most respected and trusted journalists in the world ……….Billo, not so much.
Hey, Bildo has a Peabody. That’s what I heard anyway. And he single-handedly brought the nation of France to its knees.
Gulp! Ralph, Mea Culpa Mea Culpa!
How could I have disparaged Mr. Billo so? Ya think he will ever forgive me?
June 11th, 2008 at 1:29 pmBildo:
” Look, he’s a real fanatic, this Moyers.
… He’s like a crazy guy.
… Moyers is scary.”
Boy, it’s a good thing Bildo doesn’t do personal attacks. Otherwise, that could have gotten ugly.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:31 pmSure upside99, he’ll forgive you. Right after he gets finished calling you a loony leftie.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:32 pmRude, Crazy, Scary? I got just 3 words in response to you Billo: Andrea, Mackris, Falafel.
Just saying . . .
June 11th, 2008 at 1:32 pmName calling is the first refuge of a scoundrel without facts or arguments.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:33 pmIgnoranceIsNotBliss Says:
Sure upside99, he’ll forgive you. Right after he gets finished calling you a loony leftie.
But But But ……… I am a registered Independent, so he would be wrong, once again.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:35 pmComeone, you know better than that. If you don’t have a big fat R behind your name, you’re one of the loony lefties. Get with the program man!!!
June 11th, 2008 at 1:36 pmThe Murdoch, Ailes, and O’Reilly slim machine just rolls on…seemingly undeterred…
Isn’t it interesting how easy it is for them to invent an alternative reality for themselves?? They only run into trouble when FACTS GET IN THE WAY!
LOSERS – ALL…LOL!
June 11th, 2008 at 1:36 pmI hang my (registered Independent) loonie leftie head in shame!
June 11th, 2008 at 1:37 pmLast night on Countdown Keith made O’Reilly the night’s Best Person in the World — ’cause without Billo’s bloviating against them, Countdown wouldn’t have beat him in the ratings.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:38 pmTwo words for you Pervert Falafel Bildo -
KEITH OLBERMANN
Bills number 2, Bills number 2
June 11th, 2008 at 1:38 pmDoes anyone know the reason for the Dickfor O’Reilly’s woodie with respect to Bill Moyers?
Among other things, Bill Moyers is an ordained Baptist (as I believe, though I suspect that this is no longer a matter of pride to him) clergyman; beyond that, he’s like the Fred Rogers of TV news.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:40 pmTeleMan Says:
Last night on Countdown Keith made O’Reilly the night’s Best Person in the World — ’cause without Billo’s bloviating against them, Countdown wouldn’t have beat him in the ratings.
This is getting scary funnier by the day.
But maybe Murder-doch will just buy out GE and NBC and have KO Ko’ed.
Or there is always Darth and his loaded shotgun.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:41 pmActually, I think KO said his segment WAS edited. He said it before it played because the original, in its entirety, is like 12 minutes long.
This is the whole piece:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/08/fox-news-producer-ambushes-bill-moyers-gets-taste-of-his-own-medicine/
The sound kinda sucks, but this is the whole thing.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:42 pmskeletonman,
How about serious jealousy and the constant reminder of inadequacy and journalism envy?
June 11th, 2008 at 1:44 pmskeletonman, I suspect that Moyers still takes enormous pride in his Baptist faith. He seems a very thoughtful and religious man who understands the true place that God holds in human life.
My affection for Moyers goes back to the “Power of Myth” series he did with Joe Campbell in the late eighties. Such a wonderful exploration of the true power and impact that faith has on society and on individuals.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:46 pmBTW, for those (like myself) who didn’t quite get the falafel thing (or where the loofah/flafel thing came from), read it in it’s complete creepiness. Three pages should do ya.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris16.html
Be prepared to shower afterwards.
Why does BillO hate chickpeas?
June 11th, 2008 at 1:46 pmIn light of Rupie Murdoch’s having …er, “seen the light” with regard to soon-to-be President Obama (please tell me if I begin to sound like our brother Darryll here!!)…
…I can’t help wondering what Billo’s marching orders are going to be after November 4, 2009…
June 11th, 2008 at 1:49 pmO’Bully’s a coward.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:52 pmAnnie, Obama’s victory will be like manna from heaven for Faux. Just like Clinton was.
The reason they’re slipping in the ratings is that they’ve aligned themselves so nakedly with this failed president and everything right-wing, that people are tired of the schtick, because they’re tired of the right-wing.
Once Democrats are in power again, they’ll find it a lot easier to go on offense.
And they will be offensive.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:56 pmBO is becoming more of a joke every day.
June 11th, 2008 at 1:58 pmMoyers is “scary” — hahahahahahahaha.
*sigh* You’re probably rig–er, CORRECT, Ralph. ;o)
That idiot Sean Hannity is already in full froth mode – enough to top every cappucino from Los Angeles to Boston….
June 11th, 2008 at 1:59 pmthat’s so funny, Bildo! that’s not the version I remember seen on Keith olbermann. you know, the video that mysteriously disappeared… you know, the one that can’t be accessed where that punk Porter his harassing Keith and going after Moyers even though Moyers agreed to go on your show as long as you would equally go on his show- without any editing for a whole hour!
June 11th, 2008 at 2:00 pmThe funniest thing is that Moyers predicted that O’Reilly would do a massive editing job. Of course, O’Reilly is probably (and mistakingly) doing a “wag the dog” tactic by going after Moyers because he’s been doing so poorly against Olberman. The idiot does not realize that he’s going to get crushed in the middle of Olberman and Moyers (sounds like Oscar Meyers doesn’t it, with O’Reilly the dead meat).
June 11th, 2008 at 2:05 pmyou see, kids, Moyers wasn’t the only one ambushed! but now, the link has been mysteriously restricted:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25068985#25068985
this used to be it.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pmYou know, I’d love to go on O’s show, just so that I could ask the nitwit this question:
“Do you know who it was that first proposed the concept of asexual reproduction?”
“Your wife, Mr. O’Reilly. Your wife.”
June 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pmupside99 Says:
skeletonman,
How about serious jealousy and the constant reminder of inadequacy and journalism envy?
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Either that, or O’Reilly has a very small wiener.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pmso he when after both of them and got squat!
June 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pmoops, he went after both, Olbermann and Moyers.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pmRe #10 (trollsbwild) and #13 (Wayne):
Actually, Olbermann did not air the whole clip. It took only a small portion of it to show what lying and manipulative losers O’Reilly and his minion Porter really are. Moyers knew full well that Bill-O would “edit the crap” (as upside99 put it at #16) out of the video and repeatedly warned Porter that others besides Fox were taping the encounter, so everyone would know just how heavily- and deceptively-edited any segment on The O’Reilly Factor might be.
BTW, if you haven’t already seen the full video (over 9 minutes), it’s on YouTube and it IS WELL WORTH YOUR TIME. I think this is the full version here.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:14 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
skeletonman, I suspect that Moyers still takes enormous pride in his Baptist faith. He seems a very thoughtful and religious man who understands the true place that God holds in human life.
My affection for Moyers goes back to the “Power of Myth” series he did with Joe Campbell in the late eighties. Such a wonderful exploration of the true power and impact that faith has on society and on individuals.
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I don’t doubt that you are correct regarding Moyers and his faith.
I remember The Power of Myth well; the two things he did that really captivated me were Healing and the Mind and Amazing Grace, a thing about the John Newton hymn, how it came to be written and the power that it still brings into the lives of us all.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:14 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp8IG8NKDK0&feature=related
juuuicy!
June 11th, 2008 at 2:43 pmBill O’ Reily: Do you care if another bomb went off in Tikrit? No, it doesn’t mean anything!
Dan: woooow!
June 11th, 2008 at 2:46 pmwooow!
June 11th, 2008 at 2:46 pmMedia Matters has More Fun With Bildo
June 11th, 2008 at 2:55 pmoh, so it’s the inner cities failing our youth? kids don’t have values cause they don’t live in the suburbs?
June 11th, 2008 at 3:02 pmMore viewers for Keith! Yay!
June 11th, 2008 at 3:35 pmI’m loving how at the end of the unedited version the guy asking Billo’s human Porter if this is real journalism informs him that the unedited version will be on the Internet in about an hour and we can make comparisons online with the O really’s.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:05 pmMurdoc’s business plan in acquiring a news empire is bound to be as successful as his plans for 20 dollar a barrel oil .
The MSM has done itself in ,as Bile O Reilly further demonstrates .
Long live Net Neutrality !
Let’s see….let’s see…
Bill Moyers:
Recipient of the 2006 Lifetime Emmy,
He has received well over thirty Emmys
Virtually every other major television journalism prize, including a gold baton from the DuPont-Columbia Journalism awards, a lifetime Peabody award, and a George Polk Career Award (his third George Polk Award) He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has been the recipient of numerous honorary degrees, including a doctorate from the American Film Institute.
Bill O’Reilly:
Peabody Award for Inside Edition….no, wait…it was Peabody Awards…no, wait…it was a Polk Award….but not Billo’s….it was Inside Edition winning the Polk one year after O’Reilly left!-On a story to which Billo had no connection.
Yeah, no envy there…
June 11th, 2008 at 7:06 pmBlogwhoring…so sorry.
You’re gonna love this!
Why are YOU voting Republican?
June 12th, 2008 at 12:39 amO’Lielly’s forgetting the lesson he should have learned from past encounters with Franken and Olberman:
“Never slime someone who’s got a bigger megaphone (and more Peabodys) than you when you don’t have the ‘kill’ button to shut them off.”
Cheers,
June 12th, 2008 at 8:17 am