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The tragedy of Bill O’Reilly
American Thinker ^ | 04/19/2017 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 04/20/2017 6:55:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: tuffydoodle

Dunno - but look at Brian Williams, great liar that he is and where he’s at.


41 posted on 04/20/2017 7:39:43 AM PDT by SkyDancer (The 3 most common expressions in aviation are, 'Why is it doing that?, 'Where are we?' and 'Oh Crap')
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To: be-baw
"Tucker won’t get nearly the ratings O’Reilly did unless he changes his shtick. He needs to dump the smug."

I thought Carlson started out well in his new slot, but within weeks he acquired the Hannity/O'Reilly habit of completely talking over guests, often with an annoying and rude giggle. That giggle has got to go.
42 posted on 04/20/2017 7:40:16 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: be-baw
RE:”Tucker won’t get nearly the ratings O’Reilly did unless he changes his shtick. He needs to dump the smug.”

Tucker has kept my interest enough to watch his show each night, more than BOR did.

His show is not great though. Sometime the lib seems to win the debate and he always responds with the fake laughing.

RE:”The Five won’t get nearly the ratings that Tucker did, because they have mostly mediocre talent. I’ll be surprised if the prime time lineup doesn’t change in a year.”

I have always found that show too boring to watch.

However unlike other FNC programs I have seen a number of young white women watching it on their TV sets at a workout place I go to (5-6pm) , where cable TV is on the aerobic machines.(so you can really see what they want to watch)

43 posted on 04/20/2017 7:40:25 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Trump "I will put America First!")
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To: Ciexyz

Yep, this is more of the left bullying sponsors until they dry up. Sad days.


44 posted on 04/20/2017 7:40:43 AM PDT by Kenny
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To: TTFlyer

I love all of the beautiful babes on TV “news” programs.

The ugly ones should get together and file some kind of discrimination lawsuit.


45 posted on 04/20/2017 7:41:49 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: gibsonguy
"Love to see Steyn but that won’t happen."

He would ne my top choice, but I'm not against Perino. She asks good questions and actually lets people answer them without constant interruption.
46 posted on 04/20/2017 7:42:07 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Ciexyz

That started last night on CNN with Van Jones on Cooper 360


47 posted on 04/20/2017 7:44:02 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: 1Old Pro

I don’t think the hypocrisy is with the women. They don’t dress and look like they do by their choice I’m sure. It’s part of the FOX programming style. The results are sexual harassment thoughts in minds of their viewers.

They should try a burka dress code one day a week and see what ratings look like, or have the on air hosts wives dress the girls.


48 posted on 04/20/2017 7:47:19 AM PDT by JeanLM (Obama proves melanin is just enough to win elections)
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To: tuffydoodle

I have heard two allegations.

1. A woman claimed she wasn’t hired by FOX because she declined his offer to go back to his hotel room years ago.

2. An employee claimed he leered and grunted at her and called her hot chocolate years ago.


49 posted on 04/20/2017 7:54:26 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: G Larry

I agree but it is hilarious now to read all the moaning and groaning on FR about how “the Left took another scalp” and all, since the same people have been moaning and groaning all these years about how Bill O’Reilly is not conservative!

What he is is pretty obnoxious, by almost all the personal accounts you read about people who have worked with him, and then there’s the anectdotal “cursing angry” video and what we’ve seen seep thru the mask when he gets pissed at guests like Bawny Fwank. It’s not unheard of for men in power to attempt to use it to seduce women, it’s just gotten a lot harder to get away with it in today’s climate and especially for a person who isn’t all that well liked or pleasant in the first place.

Contrast the BOR personality with that of Bill Cosby for example. I’ve never met either in person but while Cosby clearly had a dark side, the first words most people would say about him are “nice, funny, warm” etc. Not so with O’Reilly.


50 posted on 04/20/2017 7:56:54 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: BJ1

I remember I heard men in the armed forces would cross the street on base if a woman was approaching. Just so he wouldn’t be too close to her. Why? Because the atmosphere of getting accused of sexual harassment was thick and the guys just wanted to segregate themselves as much as they could do.

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And eventually the men will be accused of segregating themselves from the women, so its a gotcha either way. The men can’t win. They cannot afford to make the slightest misstep or their careers will be ruined.

How did we as a country get to be this neurotic where everyone if offended all the time by anything?


51 posted on 04/20/2017 7:56:55 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: apillar

that is a good theory


52 posted on 04/20/2017 7:58:11 AM PDT by ronniesgal (still winning (and a self satisfied Pr!ck, according to WMarshal))
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To: Mr. Douglas
Well, he never claimed to be a conservative, maybe that's why.

He went out of his way from time-to-time to say he wasn't conservative. I never considered him as a conservative.

That being said, his time was over. He had a great run. All good things come to an end eventually. The world will survive and move on.

I watched him in the beginning because it was something new. But stopped watching completely a year or so ago. He and the "No Spin Zone" had lost their luster. It happens over time to them all.

53 posted on 04/20/2017 8:05:52 AM PDT by HotHunt
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To: TexasGator

RE: An employee claimed he leered and grunted at her and called her hot chocolate years ago.

And that is cause for firing? Is this woman so snow-flakey that the “grunt” years ago (assuming it even happened) caused her permanent psychological damage?

If so, she’s in the wrong business to begin with.


54 posted on 04/20/2017 8:06:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: TTFlyer

“Sex Sells.” And no one knows this better than Fox News Channel.

FNC’s women show cleavage and thigh like street walkers but get “offended” when men make passes?

Give me a break.
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I totally agree. I’m sick of these curvy broads trying to appear semi-intelligent in their squeaky voices. Bring back the males. At least they don’t hurt my ears.


55 posted on 04/20/2017 8:13:09 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bill was and is too wrapped up in himself. He loved to hear himself talk, but hated to listen. Pride before the fall.


56 posted on 04/20/2017 8:17:39 AM PDT by mulligan
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To: TexasGator

Where’s the PROOF?
Alleged has replaced Proof. Used to be people were innocent until proven guilty. Now all it takes is for some bimbo to allege that there was misconduct YEARS AGO and they can bring down a saint!


57 posted on 04/20/2017 8:26:00 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: G Larry

He’s rich also so I don’t see any tragedy.


58 posted on 04/20/2017 8:27:51 AM PDT by angcat (THANK YOU LORD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP!!!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It seems very obvious that since the Murdochs took over Fox that the network is being run by lib Amateurs. The once great news organization will now sink into the Same gutter slime as the rest if the MSM.

R.I.P. Fox...It was great while it lasted.


59 posted on 04/20/2017 8:31:00 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: sickoflibs
You don't see other FNC male hosts Hannity, Cavuto, Carson, ... having these types of accusations or payoffs.. Not even one.

In time my FRiend, in time.

60 posted on 04/20/2017 8:36:18 AM PDT by CodeJockey
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