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To: presidio9
Bill O'Reilley is an ally, not a friend.

O'Reilly is not an ally, he is a P. T. Barnum.

He strategically charts out extreme positions that are all over the map.

That way, sometimes one of his positions matches yours, and you say "I like this guy!"

Two minutes later he takes a polar opposite position on another issue, but it takes a long time to notice the pattern.

O'Reilly is a ratings whore, period.

22 posted on 08/06/2004 8:54:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
You summed it up perfectly. He is a ratings whore, but that is the name of his game. Controversy = money and ratings.

Jenna Jameson told a story once about appearing on his show where he bashed her and trashed her for being a porn star who contributed to the moral decay of society. After her segment, he complimented her, and told her he was a big fan and enjoyed her work, and asked her to send him all her latest videos. Typical.

49 posted on 08/06/2004 9:13:18 AM PDT by unsycophant
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think you're on to something. I you think about it, quite a few use this formula, including Dick Morris and Pat Buchanan. If you listen long enough you can figure our their real political bent, and it ain't conservative. I just don't have the time or motivation to listen to most of them long enough to figure it out, so I'm becoming very cynical of all of them.
It's all about selling advertising.


83 posted on 08/06/2004 9:50:06 AM PDT by tertiary01 (Kerry won't resign from the Senate because he KNOWS he will need SOME job in November!)
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