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(Update: Link to Video Added) Freeper on O'Reilly Factor Tonight 8 and 11 p.m. EDT 7/31/07
Link to the Video on Fox News (works best with Internet Explorer) ^ | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 | Kristinn

Posted on 07/31/2007 5:09:07 PM PDT by kristinn

Edited on 08/01/2007 2:53:57 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: PJ-Comix

Hey PJ

I agree, IF they exist. I could make out most of what was on the two screen shot, and nothing like what he said they said.


561 posted on 07/31/2007 8:26:49 PM PDT by gidget7 ( Vote for the Arsenal of Democracy, because America RUNS on Duncan!)
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To: RonDog

No, I think it was about an actual published article which had citations from FR. Someone posted these, and I recognized something from one of my posts involving slavery reparations, IIRC. I looked through “Self-search” but couldn’t find it. It’s easy to miss stuff, though, because you get deceived by the titles.


562 posted on 07/31/2007 8:27:29 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: kristinn

Google search is very good at picking up quotes on FreeRepublic and no such quote exists stating “I Hate Blacks” was found from any posts

Can we have Bill O’Reilly staff turn over that quote?


563 posted on 07/31/2007 8:27:32 PM PDT by april15Bendovr
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To: TheRiverNile
"O’Reilly’s position on amnesty outed him as an elitist..."

That's true, but it's also only the most recent position he's taken that outed him as what he really is while hiding behind his populist mask. That may be what broke the camel's back as far as his attack on FR. He and Fox may think that we, conservatives, deserve to be punished for not being fooled by their shamnesty position. This may only be the beginning. I still say our best weapon if they want to declare war on us, is to ignore and turn off Mr. "O" and watch his ratings deflate.

564 posted on 07/31/2007 8:27:47 PM PDT by penowa
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To: kristinn

Kristinn, I wish you’d volunteered to investigate those specific postings and report back.
Additionally, it would have been helpful to provide examples of threads where the “Comments have been removed by the moderator.”

Having said that, I don’t believe O’Reilly actually researched those posts himself.
His staff likely hunted down those red herrings.
Mr. O’ goes out of his way to pretend he’s down the middle, objective. To accomplish this he overstates his case in labeling FR.
I’ve been here longer than my posted history would suggest, and while the level of discourse has declined over the years, it’s not a “hatesite”!


565 posted on 07/31/2007 8:27:53 PM PDT by G Larry (Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)
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To: CAluvdubya; goldstategop

Immortalized.....


566 posted on 07/31/2007 8:28:09 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: GOPJ
Bill forgot that Newscorp owns Myspace. How many Wierdos and criminals sign up there?... Wait!!! I forgot they have PAID PROFESSIONAL MODERATORS

Worth repeating!!!!!!

567 posted on 07/31/2007 8:28:28 PM PDT by Tribune7 (Michael Moore bought Haliburton)
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To: mnehrling; KJC1
The image you posted clearly shows it was a post from today, however, it should be easy to track down the thread because one of the posters uses a blue footer, I've seen this around and once we find the poster who uses the blue footer, we can see what they posted today and look at all those threads..
As FReeper KCJ1 posted, earlier in this thread:
Here’s the thread in that screenshot:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874373/posts

568 posted on 07/31/2007 8:28:57 PM PDT by RonDog
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To: mnehrling

I don’t want to out anyone, but I’ve seen the blue-footer poster around a lot and I’ve never known him to go out of line. I consider him (or her) to be something of a career freeper with enough cred to not have to make outlandish statements to get thread attention.

O’Reilly wouldn’t criticize John Kerry and was soft on Memogate...he’s been out of my sphere of influence for a long time.


569 posted on 07/31/2007 8:29:07 PM PDT by MIT-Elephant ("Armed with what? Spitballs?")
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To: kristinn
Kristinn, you did very good tonight. I watched O’Reilly at 9:00 mountain time. The guys a gasbag and he didn’t let you finish your defense of this sight. There are things said here that offend some people but that’s part of free speech. What O’Reilly wants is to be able to filter the news and give it to you as it fits his personality. I have gotten more unfiltered news on Free Republic than anywhere else. I believe Free Republic and the Internet was responsible for shutting down the amnesty bill. Regarding someone posting I hate black people, okay that’s part of free speech. However much you may disagree those folks have an opinion. There are blacks who hate whites. Not everybody gets along all the time deal with it. I like what one black conservative said on this site today when somebody on here posts something stupid, usually another Freeper takes them on in a discussion. Isn’t that what this site is supposed to be about? I know this, I don’t depend on Fox News anymore for information.
570 posted on 07/31/2007 8:29:24 PM PDT by Plains Drifter (If guns kill people, wouldn't there be a lot of dead people at gun shows?)
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To: kristinn

You did an outstanding job in a hostile environment. Both you and Ford Jr. made the host look like a blithering idiot by citing the excellent moderation and the necessity of First Amendment freedom. O’Reilly’s insistence on suppressing that freedom for the sake of protecting the general public against “hate speech” made a man who makes his living abusing others verbally look like a total fool.


571 posted on 07/31/2007 8:29:27 PM PDT by NewRomeTacitus
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To: goldstategop

forgot to ping you to post #539 and # 559


572 posted on 07/31/2007 8:29:37 PM PDT by CAluvdubya (DUNCAN HUNTER '08 (I'll add Thompson if he ever decides to enter the race))
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To: rmlew
Why did O’Rielly go after FR instead of actual hate sites like LibertyForum?

Two reasons, imo: 1) we've been (justifiably) pretty tough on O'Blowhard through the years; 2) FR is by far the most notable conservative site in cyberspace.

573 posted on 07/31/2007 8:29:45 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo (There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy)
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To: mnehrling

Wonder if it was a setup from O’Reilly.


574 posted on 07/31/2007 8:29:55 PM PDT by Tribune7 (Michael Moore bought Haliburton)
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To: kristinn

Good job. I have to say that you took the best approach on the air — there is no point in challengint BOR on the spot as to the veracity of his purported quotes from FR posts, but the better tack is to make clear for the benefit of the viewing public that racist posts and incitements to unlawful violence have no place on FR and violate the guidelines.

Interestingly, Harold Ford, Jr. came off far more reasonable than BOR, but he was constantly being talked over by BOR and clearly didn’t want to get into an argument with BOR.

However, Ford made a point to emphasize repeatedly his commitment to free speech and he carefully and correctly defined “hate speech” as being “incitement.” Incitement to violence has traditionally been outside the free speech rights in American law (before the recent thought-crime “hate crimes” laws). Got to give some credit where credit is due.


575 posted on 07/31/2007 8:30:25 PM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: EternalVigilance
I just watched it for the first time.

Me too. That was one of the most dishonest pieces I've seen for a long time, and I was absolutely astounded. Did someone on FR criticise BOR or something? Why on earth did he do this hit job?

576 posted on 07/31/2007 8:30:25 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: kristinn

Kristinn- Just watched the o show again and still- wow- As one poster above said- Bill o absolutely misrepresented what FR is all about and neglected to mention all the good your site accomplishes, and hte prayer requests for sick dems instead of death threats like they issue sick repubs.

Perhaps talk with Michelle Malkin about htis issue and have her get Bill to make it crystal clear to his viewers that htis site is NOT a hate site- not by a long shot, and to point out that it is a caring site where unfortunately, some foul posts make it through due to the enormity of the post count each and every hour. What O’reilly did, and what he suggested, were both dishonest, in misrepresenting what FR is about, and unreasonable, in that there is no way to expect to be able to pay the salaries of full time moderators for a private site


577 posted on 07/31/2007 8:32:22 PM PDT by CottShop
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To: kristinn

I just saw the “interview”. Great job, for as much as you could make of it. It would have been nice if he would have allowed you to say a couple of sentences without being interrupted. Having been a FReeper for years, I KNOW how good a job the moderators here do at keeping trash off the forums. When someone posts junk, it gets removed within minutes or gets ‘zotted’ if it meets certain ‘entertainment quality’. Obviously someone who works for O’reilly was sitting at a computer all day wearing out the F5 key, just waiting to find something objectionable to confront you with before it was removed by our good moderators.

I’ve regularly visited many many discussion boards over the years, some owned and operated by multi billion dollar corporations, and FR does as good as any when it comes to moderating the forums. Bill O’reilly doesn’t have a clue. After watching that segment, he has lost any and all credibility with me.


578 posted on 07/31/2007 8:33:11 PM PDT by KoRn (Just Say NO ....To Liberal Republicans - FRED THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT!)
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To: kristinn
Just now watched the segment. O'Reilly, the School Master lectured you over sins of your classmates. You did get in the very good point of invading posters, trolls in the vernacular.........and he countered with 'throw more money' at it.

You did ok....wish it'd gone better. But in the end, with Ford he got back to the original segment on the Daily Kos. At least O'Reilly pegged the villain.

However O'Reilly acted like a pompous ass.

Now I'll suspend myself for several minutes.
579 posted on 07/31/2007 8:33:11 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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To: mnehrling; kristinn
OK, Kristinn, I think we can officially say that BOR is busted. I’ve been digging through the posts today (he claimed that those comments were ‘just today’) and other than these threads, those comments or any like it were not posted today. I think he had a producer pull those up and someone didn’t fact check both the context (quoting someone else) or the date (2002 and before).. it is really sad when the best BOR can come up with are two, then he is spinning faster than my wife driving on ice.

I agree, this pompous BOR needs to be busted. What a shameful display of bias, manipulation and, if you're correct, downright lies. The real question for everyone should be - why? Why is free speech on the internet being attacked in this very public way? It's being attacked on both sides, left and right.

Watching BOR's antics tonight was downright embarrassing. Personally, I think it was BOR's "jump the shark moment".
580 posted on 07/31/2007 8:33:12 PM PDT by khnyny (The best minds are not in government. If they were, business would hire them away. Ronald Reagan)
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