Posted on 02/06/2017 5:55:19 AM PST by Enlightened1
The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were "unacceptable" comments one of the channel's presenters made about Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly described Putin as "a killer" in the interview with Trump as he tried to press the U.S. president to explain more fully why he respected his Russian counterpart. O'Reilly did not say who he thought Putin had killed.
"We consider such words from the Fox TV company to be unacceptable and insulting, and honestly speaking, we would prefer to get an apology from such a respected TV company," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call.
Fox News and O'Reilly did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Trump's views on Putin are closely scrutinized in the United States where U.S. intelligence agencies have accused Moscow of having sponsored computer hacking to help Trump win office, and critics say he is too complimentary about the Russian leader.
Trump, when commenting on the allegations against Putin in the same interview, questioned how "innocent" the United States itself was, saying it had made a lot of its own mistakes. That irritated some Congressional Republicans who said there was no comparison between how Russian and U.S. politicians behaved.
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The headline is nothing but propaganda.
BTTT
BOR what an ass
I noticed that. All of a sudden it’s ‘the Kremlin’ again.
Fox News are whores for NeoCon wars. They helped get millions killed, maimed & exiled.
That was my first thought also.
Hillary Clinton on Gaddafi: We came, we saw, he died
And she laughs maniacally while saying it. She didn’t pull the trigger, but she was an accomplice, no doubt about it.
Bill O’Reilly. I wish he’d go with Megyn Kelly.
Yes, Putin has undoubtedly had people killed. O’Reilly had better make sure that his next vitamin shot is actually a vitamin shot.
Alexander Litvenenko?
America is at war with Russia. America has always been at war with Russia.
(Apologies to Orwell)
Give Kraft back his Super Bowl ring, and then we’ll talk.
/S
The irony is that the Saudi King is the biggest shareholder of News Corp (Fox News) after Murdoch.
Why doesn’t O’Reilly ask about that killer?
Outstanding point!
Why would we want to be at war with Russia? What threat do they pose to us?
BOR was being unnecessarily provocative when he called Putin a killer. He knew it would generate reactions and he just loves to be at the center of attention. BOR is what some would call a media whore.
People should not be allowed to say bad things about Putin.
Who did he kill? Obviously you’re just following along with the crowd since you do t k ow one or another if such accusations are true. The same lying CIA and the same lying media that we all know are liars are the ones who make the claims. They claim a lot of things, including abortion being a constitutional right, election was rigged in favor of Trump. Obama was top 4 President all time, Syria opposition being moderate, IRA having wmd ready to use at any moment. I can go on for quite some time with all the things that they have proclaimed that have been pure lies. So....Who is your source?
I thought it was a stupid comment from O’Reilly. i mean, how is Trump supposed to answer that?
The problem isn’t that Putin kills opponents. The problem is that an American would say that he does.
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