Oh, really, O'Reilly? Blustering Bill misstates our position

Manchester Union Leader ^ | August 24, 2005 | Editorial

[Michael Goldsberry]

Zing!

[HEY4QDEMS]

the Lunsford Act, at more than 80 pages long

IOW, A 5th grader could read it in about an hour, even with a NH puplic school education.

[Birdsbane]

Blue Meanie mealy-mouthed O'Reily bashers at it again!

[Man50D]

Are you going to take any legal action against O'Reilly?

[Cincinatus]

everything that is in the bill is childish and contemptible. But then, one could say the same of Bill O'Reilly himself

Amen.

[PeteB570]

I'll bet they just love the US tax code though.

[Nephi]

Notorious rhetorical ruffian Bill O'Reilly of Fox News went on both his radio show and his television show on Monday and mischaracterized the editorial position of this newspaper — even after he was informed three times of our real position.

Too bad you were to chicken sheet to come on his show and explain your position in person.

[NathanBookman]

Bill stated their position properly, that is why they are so pissed and now backtracking.

[jackieaxe]

Bill OReilly only cares abouts ratings and if a story he airs is false, well? How were the ratings?

The Union Leader is one of the best newspapers in the country. They are not "cowards", and unlike OReilly they are concerned with the truth. OReilly should come out and apologize while he's only this far behind.

[montag813]

The Leprechaun is a pathetic ass.

[XJarhead]

No he didn't. I read the editorial, and they were criticizing specifically those activists who wanted New Hampshire to adopt the same law "word for word". They were just saying that the state should look at the issue before simply doing a "me too", which is perfectly reasonable.

[queenkathy]

I agree that stats shouldn't just blindly follow each other. What's good for Florida may not be good for Michigan. It seems everytime some one is missing, it's Florida or California. I realize one child is too many but what is in this deal? After seeing Rita Crosby last night, she had a couple on who had sex with a 16 yr old. Hey 16 is the age of consent in most states, but yes he was a teacher.

[E Rocc]

O'Reilly's attempts to define himself as something other than Rush Limbaugh without the talent and humor have caused him to embrace extreme communitarianism, and depart from reality. This has been clear since his infamous "Corruption of the American Child" show, where he chickened out of interviewing Howard Stern and ended up getting friccasied by Russell Simmons.

-Eric

[Loyal Buckeye]

He [BOR] and a paid commentator on his TV show characterized...

Paid commentator? What's up with that?

[marvlus]

O'Reilly is looking after children and that is a good thing. He invited a representative of the newspaper to come on and defend their position, and they backed down. That is not a good thing.

[WillMalven]

O'reilly is a pompous self-obsessed a$$. His ego is the biggest thing about him and he is wrong as often as he is correct.

The other thing I hate about him is that he talks tough but when he has a liberal celebrity on he very rarely takes them on. He usually kowtows to them.

O'Reilly is only good as a foil for DUs to attack.

[Puppage]

Too bad you were to chicken sheet to come on his show and explain your position in person

And, therein lies the elephant in the livingroom, IMHO.

[Puppage]

Bill OReilly only cares abouts ratings and if a story he airs is false, well?

How about an example of a false story that was aired, hmm?

[jackieaxe]

Hoow about this story here where he said the Union Leader was against this bill?