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My problem who BOR lately is that he is suppressing news that portrays Democrats in an unfavorable light. Why?

He recently refused out right to release the Jesse Jackson racist comments tape to 'protect' Jesse Jackson.

O'Reilly told viewers that Jackson had uttered other ugly words, but that he would not air them because they "did not advance the story in one way, shape or form."

Later he said, "I'm not in the business of hurting Jesse Jackson -- because it does hurt Jesse Jackson -- and I'm not in the business of creating some kind of controversy that's not relevant to the general subject: one civil rights leader disparaging another over policy. So we held it back. Some weasel leaked it to the Internet."


Now, BOR admits he suppressed the Edwards affair story since last spring despite the fact that Edwards was running for president, vice president and has not released his delegates.
1 posted on 08/12/2008 7:56:40 AM PDT by WaterBoard
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Perhaps the loofah/falafel dude has his own b*stard child out there somewhere?


2 posted on 08/12/2008 7:59:57 AM PDT by Chucky is a girlie man
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But BOR the creep has no problem insulting FReepers as a bunch of KKK rednecks.


3 posted on 08/12/2008 8:00:36 AM PDT by SolidWood (God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
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And there is only one reason why I didn't. And that is because of Elizabeth Edwards.

Turns out she was privy to the lie all along, Bill.

Once Edwards denied the affair, you had an obligation to your listeners to reveal he was lying. You didn't.

But, then again, you're not a newsman. Just a blowhard.

4 posted on 08/12/2008 8:01:01 AM PDT by dirtboy
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Awww, Isn’t Bill a nice guy for deciding which news is fit to print?

He knows so much better than the rest of us peons.

Blow-hard Bill needs to retire.


5 posted on 08/12/2008 8:01:01 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
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Big deal. O’Reilly made the same judgment the MSM made.

I say he flinched so that he could attract Dems to his show. He practically whines when he complains Obama won’t come on.


6 posted on 08/12/2008 8:01:12 AM PDT by y6162 (uot)
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BOR has no ideological compass. He is all over the place on a host of issues.
7 posted on 08/12/2008 8:01:13 AM PDT by lormand
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Bill can do whatever he wants with his own show. Thankfully, he is just one little battleship in a toilet bowl full of little floating battleships, and his individual decisions to spike stories are meaningless.


9 posted on 08/12/2008 8:02:06 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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Ahhh well ya know pervs always stick together. Hell, BillO and Silky Pony probably had a good chuckle together about the joys of banging/harassing staffers.

How’s your falafel, BillO? It sickens me that this guy wrote a book for kids.


10 posted on 08/12/2008 8:02:48 AM PDT by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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O’Reilly is a pompous and obnoxious ass. I don't care if he is unbiased or partisan. I don't care if he is supportive of Democrats or Republicans. If he knocked Democrats around all day and spoke adoringly of the GOP I would still think he was an obnoxious ass.
12 posted on 08/12/2008 8:03:14 AM PDT by Artemis Webb ( OBAMA/HUCKABEE '08)
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Yeah, but O'Reilly had no problem at all showing the Michael Richards tape when he used racist language.

The Michael Richards tape was broadcast on every major network for 5-7 days, including the Gasbag Show.

Why does the Bloviator refuse to play racist language when it comes from Jesse Jackson?

O'Reilly is such an arrogant little POS.

15 posted on 08/12/2008 8:06:43 AM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon. Pray for them always.)
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O’Reilly-Edwards....pot, kettle.

O’Reilly Settles Sex Harass Suit
Lawyers For Fox News Announce Settlement With Fox Producer
Fox News Channel’s Bill O’Reilly said Thursday he and a former producer of his talk show have agreed to settle their legal dispute over her allegations of sexual harassment, and his accusations that she was trying to shake him down.

“This brutal ordeal is now officially over, and I will never speak of it again,” he said on his talk show, “The O’Reilly Factor.”

Andrea Mackris, 33, who was a producer on the show, filed a lawsuit against the top-rated TV host Oct. 13, alleging O’Reilly made a series of explicit phone calls to her, advised her to use a vibrator and told her about sexual fantasies involving her.

The New York Daily News, citing unidentified sources, reported that O’Reilly had agreed to pay Mackris anywhere from $2 million to $10 million. Separately, the New York Post said it was believed that O’Reilly paid “multimillions of dollars” to settle the suit.

Earlier that day, O’Reilly, 55 and married with two children, had filed a lawsuit accusing Mackris and her lawyer of trying to extort $60 million in “hush money” to make the case quietly go away.

O’Reilly is host of the top-rated prime-time cable news program -— and he’s seen his ratings go up by 30 percent since the case was filed.

The out-of-court settlement came on the eve of a courtroom fight over audiotapes, reports CBS News Correspondent Kelly Cobiella.

O’Reilly lawyer Ronald Green had said he believed there were tapes of conversations between the two and asked a court to compel Mackris to produce them so they could be played publicly.

“I know that he does not fear what is on the tapes,” Green said at the time.

O’Reilly told his viewers Thursday night, “This matter has caused enormous pain, but I had to protect my family, and I did. All I can say to you is please do not believe everything you hear and read.”

Shortly before “Factor” aired, O’Reilly’s lawyer Green, issued a statement saying the cases and claims had been withdrawn and all parties agreed there was no wrongdoing by O’Reilly, Mackris or Mackris’ lawyer Benedict Morelli.

Morelli did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.

Green’s statement about the settlement did not mention money, and it could not be learned immediately whether it was a factor.

“Out of respect for their families and privacy, all parties and their representatives have agreed that all information relating to the cases shall remain confidential,” Green’s statement said.

When the accusations began, Green refused to confirm or deny specific things that Mackris claimed O’Reilly said to her, but he said at the time that, “Mr. O’Reilly denies that he has done anything that rises to the level of unlawful sexual harassment.”


19 posted on 08/12/2008 8:08:06 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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People who live in glass houses......


21 posted on 08/12/2008 8:09:18 AM PDT by Ditto (Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
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What if he’s also suppressing news that portrays republicans in an unfavorable light? Would that be ok?


22 posted on 08/12/2008 8:09:54 AM PDT by stuartcr (Election year.....Who we gonna hate, in '08?)
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We decide. You report.
23 posted on 08/12/2008 8:11:07 AM PDT by maggief
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What ever happened to, “We report, you decide?”

BOR can no longer be trusted.


24 posted on 08/12/2008 8:11:35 AM PDT by PajamaTruthMafia
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Mainly because BOR is nothing but a talking head. He brings nothing intelligent to the table! He talks tough but his interviews are shallow and thoughtless...IMHO of course!


26 posted on 08/12/2008 8:12:16 AM PDT by Devilinbaggypants (He who wishes to give little shouldn't ask for much.)
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27 posted on 08/12/2008 8:12:44 AM PDT by mkjessup
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Bill, so what.


29 posted on 08/12/2008 8:14:16 AM PDT by bmwcyle (If God wanted us to be Socialist, Karl Marx would have been born in America.)
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The solution to the OReily Fake is to have a true REASONING conservative on the air at the same time.

OReily is just a refugee from tabloid TV. (current affair, my how appropriate) They were there to kill off the supermarket tabloids.

Seriously if Rush was given a carte blanch news hour he would wife the floor with the screaming old media lamentation and agonies.


37 posted on 08/12/2008 8:19:08 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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38 posted on 08/12/2008 8:19:18 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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