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Poe’s Law
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This makes like, I think, the third time O’Reilly’s been in a situation where he seems to be building up to a public meltdown that ends his career in a spectacular radioactive fireball. As with the first two, I expect he’ll somehow survive this one.
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In other words, he wrote the entire fictional novel as a cathartic exercise because he was having a tantrum over CBS’ use of his lame footage from Argentina…footage he has in the past mischaracterized as showing all sorts of violence during a riot, etc…for a show that he wasn’t invited to be the center of, because standard operating procedure was to take everyone’s footage and mish-mash it. He was bitter and felt like the footage and his reporting from Argentina should’ve been his break through moment and resulted in his christening as the next Kronkite, but that didn’t happen, so he wrote a short novel about his fantasies of killing everyone involved.
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This is no different than all the other times he’s cited to fiction on his program and claimed it backs up his opinions factually.
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Someone should ask BillO if the character ‘Ron Costello’ in his book was based on CBS correspondent Bob Schieffer.
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Really? Do all right-wingers confuse Hollywood and fiction with real life? Is this what’s really going on at Fox News? They think they can spew nonsense that leads to third parties murdering the innocent and they think - like in cartoons - the dead will rise again to fight another day with no hurt feelings, no fatal pushback? F**king idiots.
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Wait. Did O’reilly just admit to murdering his colleagues?
The 1998 book, a crime thriller about a journalist who ends up murdering his former colleagues, was a work of fiction.
I laid this out in a book called, Those Who Trespass," he told TV Newser. "That was the first book that I wrote. Soup to nuts, what happened in Buenos Aires during the Falklands war.
We have buried the lede here.
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When a bass starts flopping around on the bottom of the boat, he knows he’s a goner.
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Here’s hoping you are finally wrong. 
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O’Reilly’s tactic is predictable. It’s the time honored Big Lie response: Tell a lie. If caught, tell a bigger lie. Place fingers in ears while shouting, “NaNaNa…Can’t Hear You! NaNaNa…Can’t Hear You! NaNaNa…Can’t Hear You! NaNaNa…Can’t Hear You! NaNaNa…Can’t Hear You! NaNaNa…Can’t Hear You!”
Citing ‘fiction’ to prove you telling the truth? What can one say but…bwwaaahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! ~deep breath!~ hahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! ____Welcome to THE NO SPINE ZONE!
I’m certain Lying 101 is taught at FOX News as an ‘essential’ practice that must be mastered for all of it’s base and depraved ‘news readers’ and bloviating gasbag pundits.
(*BTW: BillO’ WAS once cut by tinsel shrapnel while covering the “War on Christmas.”)
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When your whole career is based on your bravado manner and little actual fact, you can probably survive a lot of “fact” checking.
Kind of reminds me of all those holy roller televangelist that preach all kinds of self-sacrifice yet seem to live incredibly high on other peoples hog.
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Forgive the length, but here are just some examples of O’Reilly’s lies, distortions and right-wing buffoonery as chronicled by Professor Peter Dreier, professor of politics and chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College. And THIS list only goes up through 2012…I’m certain many have been added since then. SO…I wouldn’t expect FAUX News even to chide, much less fire BillO’:
O’Reilly Has Frequently Pushed Falsehoods About The Environment
• O’Reilly Described Renewable Energy As A “Phantom,” Said “God Controls The Climate.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 4/7/11]
• O’Reilly Claimed That Environmental Movement “Absolutely Did” Contribute To The BP Oil Spill Disaster. [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 6/10/10]
• O’Reilly Hosted AccuWeather.com’s Bastardi To Claim That “The Globe Is Actually Cooling.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 9/9/09]
• O’Reilly: “Nobody Can Control The Climate But God, So Give A Little Extra At Mass Or Services” [4/6/11]
• How CBS Helped Bill O’Reilly Misinform His Audience About Clean Energy [1/18/12]
• O’Reilly Said Question Of Whether Humans Are Causing Global Warming Is “All Guesswork.” [3/4/08]
O’Reilly Has Made Anti-Immigrant Statements
• O’Reilly Scapegoated Undocumented Immigrants And Public Employees For California’s Budget Problems. [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 11/18/11]
• O’Reilly Proposed “More Prisons” To Curtail Undocumented Immigration. [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 11/16/11]
• O’Reilly Smeared La Raza As “A Pretty Radicalized Group” That Opposes “Any Kind Of Border Security.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 7/27/11]
• O’Reilly: “The Constitution Is Being Misused” By The Parents Of “Anchor Babies.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 1/6/11]
• O’Reilly Falsely Claimed That Undocumented Immigrants Don’t Pay Taxes. [3/10/10]
• O’Reilly
wondered whether children of Mexican immigrants in U.S. “have any kind
of traditional value system” or are “setting up Acapulco North” [8/18/06]
O’Reilly Has A History Of Using Nazi Analogies To Demonize Opponents
• O’Reilly: Liberals Who Support Gun Control Are “Totalitarians” Like Hitler. [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 3/2/10]
• O’Reilly: Huffington Post Uses “Same Exact Tactics That The Nazis Used.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 3/5/08]
• O’Reilly: “I Don’t See Any Difference Between [Arianna] Huffington And The Nazis.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 2/27/08]
• O’Reilly: Daily Kos Is “Like The Nazi Party.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 7/16/07]
• O’Reilly Compared Tim Robbins’ Comments To Those Of “Von Ribbentrop In The Nazi Hierarchy.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 12/13/07]
• O’Reilly Compared Michael Moore’s “Power” To What “Happened In Nazi Germany.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 7/28/04]
O’Reilly Has A History Of Making Racially Charged Statements
• O’Reilly Dismissed Racist Chant As A “Sporting Arena Taunt.” [3/24/12]
• O’Reilly Joked: How Will The Obama Administration Reach Out To African Americans? “Are They Going To Be On Soul Train?” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 12/6/11]
• O’Reilly Asked, “[S]hould White Americans Be Concerned About Judge Sotomayor?” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 7/13/09]
• O’Reilly,
On His Now-Defunct Non-Fox Affiliated Radio Program, “Couldn’t Get Over
The Fact That There Was No Difference” Between Harlem Restaurant And
Other New York City Restaurants. [Westwood One, The Radio Factor, 9/19/07]
• O’Reilly Said “White Americans Are Terrified” To Compliment Blacks Out Of Fear “They May Be Taken As Condescension.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 2/5/07]
• O’Reilly Opposed “Clustering” Of Mexicans. [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 7/31/07]
O’Reilly Has A History Of Fearmongering About Muslims
• O’Reilly: “For Every Muslim In The World That Wants Democracy And Wants Human Rights, There’s One Who Doesn’t.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 5/19/11]
• O’Reilly Pressed Trump On Whether There Is A “Muslim Problem In The World.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 3/28/11]
• O’Reilly: “There Are No Democratic Countries At All” In The Muslim World. [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 2/18/11]
• O’Reilly Insisted That Extremism Is “A Muslim Problem.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 10/25/10]
• O’Reilly Claimed “The Muslim Threat … Is Real.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 10/25/10]
O’Reilly Repeatedly Demonized Abortion Provider Dr. George Tiller And Then Lied About It After Tiller Was Murdered
• O’Reilly Repeatedly Referred To Tiller As “The Baby Killer.” [6/2/09]
• In 2006, O’Reilly Sent His Producer To “Confront” The “Doctor Known As Tiller The Baby Killer.” [11/8/06]
• In 2007, O’Reilly Again Sent A Producer To Ambush The “Doctor Known As Tiller The Baby Killer.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 6/12/07]
• After Tiller Was Murdered, O’Reilly Repeatedly Falsely Claimed He Had Only Reported What Other Groups Called Tiller. [6/2/09]
• O’Reilly Subsequently Accused Joan Walsh Of Having “Blood On Her Hands” For Defending Tiller. [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 6/12/09]
• In 2012, O’Reilly Was Still Claiming That “What Tiller Was Doing Was Murder.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 3/1/12]
O’Reilly Has Engaged In Anti-Gay Rhetoric
• O’Reilly Was Accused Of “Equating Gays” With “Terrorists.” [6/3/10]
• O’Reilly Suggested That If Same-Sex Marriage Is Legalized, “Polygamy Is Then Going To Run Rampant.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 5/11/09]
• O’Reilly: Gay Marriage Could Lead To Goat, Duck, Dolphin, And Turtle Marriage. [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 5/11/09]
• O’Reilly: “[T]housands” Of Gays In One Place “Can Be Confusing To Children.” [Fox News, The O’Reilly Factor, 7/12/07]More Examples of O’Reilly’s Lies and Distortions
• O’Reilly falsely claimed Bush didn’t oppose 9-11 Commission.
O’Reilly defended President George W. Bush from a Kerry-Edwards '04 TV
ad highlighting Bush’s opposition to creation of the 9-11 Commission by
denying that Bush had ever opposed the commission. In fact, Bush did
oppose the creation of the 9-11 Commission. (10/21/04)
• O’Reilly falsely claimed Iraq had ricin.
O’Reilly responded to a caller to his radio show by defending the Iraq
war: “They did have ricin up there in the north – so why are you
discounting that so much?” In fact, the Duelfer report (the final report
of the Iraqi Survey Group, led by Charles A. Duelfer, which conducted
the search for weapons in Iraq following the U.S.-led invasion)
indicates that Iraq did not have ricin. (10/19/04)
• O’Reilly repeated discredited claims on Iraq-Al Qaeda link. O’Reilly
interrupted a former Clinton administration official who tried to
correct the record on O’Reilly’s claim that terrorist Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi constitutes a direct link between Al Qaeda and Saddam
Hussein’s Iraq. He also allowed a conservative guest to repeat without
challenge other discredited claims about Iraq’s supposed involvement in
terrorism – claims O’Reilly has himself cited in the past. (9/27/04)
• O’Reilly fabricated “Paris Business Review” as source for success of French boycott.
O’Reilly falsely claimed “they’ve lost billions of dollars in France
according to ‘The Paris Business Review’” due to an American boycott he
advocated of French imports. Media Matters for America found no evidence
of a publication named “The Paris Business Review.” (4/27/04)
• O’Reilly cited phony stats to argue that taxes on rich are excessive.
O’Reilly tried to “blow off” the argument that wealthy Americans ought
to pay more taxes by citing phony statistics about the tax burden the
rich currently bear. (6/30/04)
• O’Reilly confused on elementary economics.
O’Reilly told a caller on his radio show, “We [the United States] have a
trade deficit with everybody, because everybody wants our stuff, and
we’re not wild about snails” – indicating that he doesn’t know the
definition of “trade deficit” and implying that the United States runs a
trade surplus with France. In fact, in the first four months of 2004,
the United States had a $3 billion trade deficit with France. (6/10/04)
• O’Reilly doctored quotation to suggest Soros wished his own father dead. During
his smear campaign against progressive financier, philanthropist, and
political activist George Soros, O’Reilly doctored a 1995 quotation by
Soros to make it seem as if Soros wished his own father dead. (6/1/04)
• O’Reilly questioned if Kennedy would show up to Democratic convention … as Kennedy spoke behind him. O’Reilly teased an upcoming segment of The O’Reilly Factor,
broadcast live from the Democratic National Convention, by saying of
convention speaker Senator Edward Kennedy: “When we come back, we’ll let
you listen to Ted Kennedy for a while, if he shows up.” In fact,
Kennedy had already shown up and had been speaking for several minutes,
as O’Reilly need only have turned around to see. (7/27/04)
• O’Reilly disparaged Democrats with trifecta of voter falsehoods.
In a discussion about what went wrong for Democrats in the November 2
election, O’Reilly claimed that Democrats “lost votes from four years
ago”; that “18- to 24[-year-old]s didn’t go” to the polls; and that
“[c]ommitted Republicans didn’t carry the day for the president;
independents did.” All three claims are false. (11/4/04)
• O’Reilly on the radio: Three lies, one broadcast.
Lie No. 1: Bush tax cuts didn’t create the budget deficit. Lie No. 2:
“Socialistic” French, Germans, and Canadian governments tax at 80
percent. Lie No. 3: Canadian, British, and French media are
“government-controlled,” but Italian media is free. (7/7/04)
• Appearing
again on Today, O’Reilly repeated false claim that he didn’t attack
Cindy Sheehan “personally,” suggested he never uses personal attacks (6/14/06)
• O’Reilly hatchet job on Boxer filled with lies [1/24/05]
• Hannity and O’Reilly conveniently ignore accusations that CIA misled Congress [7/10/09]
• Defending Coulter, O’Reilly and Limbaugh claimed she “doesn’t lie” [6/9/06]
• O’Reilly falsely claimed he’s only “called for one boycott … and that’s been France” June 29, 2006
• O’Reilly ambushed by his health care lie – Now what about that Fox News “zero tolerance” policy? April 17, 2010
• O’Reilly treated Radio Factor listeners to a cornucopia of misinformation about intelligence, Iraq, terrorism May 11, 2006
• O’Reilly raised question of whether or not he’s a liar; smeared CAP’s Podesta June 7, 2004
• O’Reilly: “No lies have been told about anyone … and you can’t produce one, madam” February 17, 2005
• O’Reilly agreed with O’Neill’s lies, then boasted of “fairest Swift Boat coverage in the country” September 16, 2004
• O’Reilly denied lying about Soros September 17, 2004
• O’Reilly defended Bush service record with lies September 14, 2004
• O’Reilly: Calling Alterman “Castro confidant” was “just making fun” June 17, 2004
• O’Reilly renewed attacks on columnists Hernandez and Rodriguez; claimed Hernandez is “incompetent” and a “Latina ideologue” November 7, 2005
• O’Reilly’s
Midwestern Yuletide smear tour rolls on to “Madison, Wisconsin, where
you expect those people to be communing with Satan” December 14, 2005
• O’Reilly denied comparing Franken to Goebbels – but he did; CAP urged: E-mail O’Reilly “to correct the record” June 23, 2004
• O’Reilly falsely claimed no evidence U.S. has used “electric shock” on detainees June 19, 2006
• Latest attack on Imam Rauf: He “pals around with truthers” September 14, 2010
• O’Reilly challenged on lies July 6, 2004
• O’Reilly lied about his French boycott … again July 16, 2004
• O’Reilly And Lila Rose Team Up To Spread More Lies About Planned Parenthood May 29, 2012
• Fox Regularly Uses The “Racial Code Words” Denounced By Fox’s Juan Williams January 31, 2012
• O’Reilly on MMFA: “A Far Left website [is] questioning my honesty. It’s all a bunch of baloney.” June 29, 2004
• O’Reilly again trumpeted “annoying” French boycott October 27, 2005
• Serial misinformer O’Reilly: Bill Moyers is “totalitarian” January 6, 2005
• O’Reilly falsely claimed he did not have option to register as an independent October 3, 2005
• O’Reilly
on France: “One of the few countries in Europe that really doesn’t
speak English,” people “don’t take a shower for 18 days” November 9, 2005
• O’Reilly: “I Think The Danger To The Country Now Lies In The Executive Branch With President Obama” April 18, 2011
• O’Reilly said Savage doesn’t engage in “malicious” attacks; Limbaugh "doesn’t lie"June 23, 2004
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Bingo!
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Oh Really… What a marketing opportunity to push his 27-year-old book…
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“Information comes in and sh*t comes out of Bill O’Reilly’s mouth. ____YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN THAT!”
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Hey! Using BillO’s logic, since I went to a military base once, I’m a combat veteran! BooooYah!
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Bill O will ultimately use the Fox News/ Rush Limbaugh defense:
“we aren’t a news show, we are entertainment.”
Covers every lawsuit. Aside from that, they’ll just smear the reporter, like Rand Paul did on the multiple times he’s been caught plagiarizing others work. This is how republicans get away with everything. There are no reprecussions for republicans, thay are “victims” of the “liberal” media. Fucking fascist crooks…
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BillO should have learned in grade school that you can’t use the word [lie] in the the definition of that word [lie], i.e., a word [lie] to define its meaning is simply a circular definition.
Guess he skipped grade school he was so smart.
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OMG, while those pretty New York faces conspire what are the rest of their body parts doing?!?!?!?!?!
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