Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Bill O'Reilly responds to 'Mother Jones' charges with CBS memos, more invective
The Baltimore Sun ^ | 2/20/2015 | David Zurawik

Posted on 02/21/2015 7:57:55 AM PST by Beave Meister

Fox News host Bill O'Reilly responded again Friday to allegations made by "Mother Jones" that he lied about his coverage of the Falklands conflict in 1982.

Thursday night, shortly after the allegations were published, O'Reilly came out blasting, calling David Corn, one of the authors of the piece, a "pig" in an interview with The Sun.

Friday in his "Talking Points" memo, which was to be broadcast at 8 p.m. during his show, O'Reilly quoted from internal CBS memos that he says he found last night, which back his version of the coverage he provided for the network 33 years ago.

Earlier today, "Mother Jones" had emailed O'Reilly a list of questions about his coverage and asked him to answer those rather than attacking Corn.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: billoreilly; bor; brianwilliams; brinwilliams; communist; davidcorn; demagogicparty; democrats; foxnews; liberals; lyingliberalliars; memebuilding; mothergoose; motherjones; news; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; talkingpoints; williams
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-54 next last
To: aquila48

Yes. Not a fan either, but whatever semblance of a publicity manager in me tells me he just needs to tell them to put up or shut up, just one time and let it go at that.


21 posted on 02/21/2015 8:39:14 AM PST by Gaffer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Herodes

I agree. That false Bush narrative hurt our troops, and patriotic Americans, much more than it ever hurt GWB.

A Commander in Chief should never again abandon our troops like GWB did.


22 posted on 02/21/2015 8:41:08 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Beave Meister

I may start watching BOR again. Where’s the popcorn.


23 posted on 02/21/2015 8:41:30 AM PST by aquila48
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Beave Meister
Time to discuss Walter Duranty? Doing so would be particularly relevant given recent events in a part of the world that he “covered”.
24 posted on 02/21/2015 8:41:58 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama;America's First "Third World" President)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aquila48

I remember the Bill Clinton “a bl@w job is not an impeachable offense” mantra (even by 4 or his cabinet secretaries) and all of the “these Presidents screwed so and so (some even [ooga booga] slaves)” crap.

To hear them tell it every President was a complete horn dog who couldn’t keep it in his pants.


25 posted on 02/21/2015 8:42:23 AM PST by Gaffer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: oldbrowser

They are actually attacking him because the left - like children - handle an attack by digging up something that someone else has (or hasn’t) done in order to deflect the heat.

The left is punch drunk over the Brian Williams story. They are attack those they view as conservatives (even though BOR is not a conservative) to try to deflect attention.


26 posted on 02/21/2015 8:44:12 AM PST by FreeAtlanta (Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: aquila48

He has been asking Christians to be more vocal to our legislatures to stop the killing of Christians abroad. I actually liked him for that moment I was changing the channel.


27 posted on 02/21/2015 8:46:17 AM PST by lulu16 (May the Good Lord take a liking to you!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: proxy_user

Go, Bill! Punch them in their snotty, low-IQ noses! The LEFT side of the Bell Curve is sooooo jealous of those on the RIGHT. Who can blame them, really?


28 posted on 02/21/2015 8:47:08 AM PST by abclily
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Beave Meister

There are millions of democrat operatives who are willing to lie for the cause: destroy the enemy on the right.


29 posted on 02/21/2015 8:50:55 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Gargantua

It works like a charm with uneducated, uninformed, inbred, mouth-breathing losers like the vast bulk of the American voting public.


I understand why you said that, but that kind of view of your fellow Americans is abhorrent. We know Obama and Hillary feel that way about us, at best. Do you feel the same way? Then you don’t belong here, either.

Most Americans are low info voters. Not because they are stupid. Because they trust the media as much as they trusted mama’s boob when they were born. THE MEDIA IS OUR PROBLEM. Low info voters are misinformed and uninformed. They are busy. They are welding, selling, caring for relatives and children, cleaning toilets, building businesses, trying to find work.

We need to beat the media.


30 posted on 02/21/2015 8:52:08 AM PST by Yaelle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Beave Meister

MJ’s screed is not so much a defense of Brian Williams as it is an echo of Hillary’s “What difference does it make” regarding the credibility of the entire visual-media journalistas.

They all do it. Oh?Really? does it.
Nah, nah, nah. Boo-boo! Neener, neener.

What a bunch of children.
‘Arrested development’ is the most descriptive term regarding the progressive/liberal/dhimmicrats I can think of.

Excuse my falling preposition...


31 posted on 02/21/2015 8:55:12 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: oldbrowser

O’Reilly should have waited for CBS, CNN and NBC to join into Mother Jones’ argument and then lowered the boom on them all.

Would’ve been a much greater victory.


32 posted on 02/21/2015 8:55:31 AM PST by 353FMG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Beave Meister
The year 1982? Does anyone remember or care what happened way back in 1982 about a war in the Falkland Islands between Great Britain and Argentina way, way down in South America?

I often watch O'Reilly. Many times I disagree with him. Many times I agree with him.

To me, if O'Reilly's only reporting "sin" occurred way back in 1982 about a war far away Argentina between The British and Argentinians that most Americans cannot remember and had little interest in, then I say this: Compared to liar Brian Williams, O'Reilly is a trustworthy reporter .

The year 1986: If mother Jones wants to go way back to the 1980s to discuss a serious problem that is in the news today, how about going back to 1986. That is the year that Congress passed an immigration bill that supposedly would solve all our illegal immigration problems forever and ever.

We know how terrible that law turned out.

33 posted on 02/21/2015 8:56:30 AM PST by john mirse
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: moovova

Mother Jones hit him in his Achilles heel...his ego.


They couldn’t have picked a better target with a gps falafel.


34 posted on 02/21/2015 8:58:18 AM PST by Yaelle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Gaffer

That doesn’t work in this environment. The false accusation will be the only thing heard. You have to aggressively defend yourself or you’re done.


35 posted on 02/21/2015 9:13:50 AM PST by aquila48
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: Calvin Locke

I would run a show with every retraction Mother Jones ever made and show what kind of “journalists” they are.


36 posted on 02/21/2015 9:14:38 AM PST by ez (Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is... - Milton)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: aquila48

Respectfully, I disagree. Obama sluffs off criticism like swatting one of the too many flies that linger with him (why is that?)

I think conservatives of any sort should take note of how liberals, progressives, madmen deal with criticism. Listen to it and then respond with bullshit and attack - relentless attack. People laugh about “tell a lie often enough it becomes the truth” but it is true. Water off a duck’s back. Like Wasserman-Schultz, like Obama, like the hundreds of other ghouls surrounding Obama. Sluff it off and move on to what you want to say.


37 posted on 02/21/2015 9:20:09 AM PST by Gaffer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: Beave Meister

Has anyone noticed that David Corn doesn't look very human? The word "simian" comes to mind.

38 posted on 02/21/2015 9:51:56 AM PST by Dr. Thorne (The night is far spent, the day is at hand.- Roman 13:12)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Balding_Eagle

Does anyone know why Bush did not correct the lie? I remember feeling devastated at the time. Maybe we should ask Dana Parino why bush lied. It’s confusing


39 posted on 02/21/2015 9:55:24 AM PST by ncpatriot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: ncpatriot

Per Rush, GWB didn’t want to diminish The Office of the Presidency get into small arguments with the press and others.

I don’t know if that was the reason, but in any event, GWBs judgment was way off.


40 posted on 02/21/2015 10:02:58 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-54 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson