I'm not going to call Bill O'Reilly a liar... yet, but...

[Jim Robinson]

I'm not going to call Bill O'Reilly a liar... yet, but... on his TV show today, he read off a laundry list of ridiculous "hate" statements like "I hate blacks," "Hillary should be assassinated" and "homosexuals are dogs" that he said he personally found on Free Republic and claims that they were posted here today. I do not believe that. I doubt that he personally logged on to FR and I doubt he found any such thing posted here today.

Who knows what we may have missed and is buried deep in our archives of millions of posts, but our readers do a pretty good job of alerting us to anything out of bounds that is posted and we pull it. Also, one of our readers found a couple of the quotes he alleges, and if they are the ones O'Reilly is complaining about, he took them way out of context. They were simply quotes in the articles posted not statements posted by FReepers.

As soon as he provides me a list of the alleged posts and their URLs, I'll believe him. If he doesn't... then... well, guess he'll deserve to be known as what he is.

[Balata]

“Asian paper’s “I Hate Blacks” column assailed ^

Posted by gallaxyglue
On News/Activism ^ 03/01/2007 8:02:19 AM MST · 13 replies · 856+ views

SF Gate ^ | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 | Leslie Fulbright
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 A San Francisco weekly newspaper that bills itself as “The Voice of Asian America” is facing harsh criticism from that very community for publishing a column Friday titled “Why I Hate Blacks.” In the column, AsianWeek regular contributor Kenneth Eng listed “reasons” to discriminate against African Americans. The piece has been pulled from the newspaper’s Web site, but the print edition of the free paper, owned by the politically influential Fang family, was still available in news racks Monday. Eng called himself an “Asian supremacist” in January in another installment of the column, which runs under... “

BOR is not in a no spin zone. He is spinning like a top. He is triangulating away from the right as well as spinning.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

How about a class action suit by all Freepers against O’Reilly and FOX! Maybe you’ll be able to hire us all as full time monitors! LOL!

[llevrok]

"I hate blacks," "Hillary should be assassinated" and "homosexuals are dogs"

I've seen a "Hillary is a Dog" one though...

But I digress ;-)

[mysterio]

He obviously doesn’t, and should have made it his business to know that, before he aired anything

Glenn Beck talks about his television program regularly, and he is required to fact check many times before a story can air. I would hope that BOR is as well, but I have not yet found the posts which he claims were posted to this site.

[familyop]

I have something for you (quotes and links), although O’Reilly the antisemite didn’t and wouldn’t complain about it. ...probably best taken care of through Freepmail or e-mail.

[LucyT]

I spend way too much time on Free Republic, and I’ve never read any of those statements; if I ever happened to see something similar, I’d hit the abuse button, so you’d know about it, too.

[samadams2000]

I come to FR for solace, I supported the Swifboaters for their rightgeousness, and the Minutemen for justice of it all. Man I must really be off kilter.

[unspun]

"I am feeling distinctly negative about this Bill O'Reilly, right now, Mr. Pot."

"Would you call it 'hate,' Mr. Kettle?"

"Actually, I think it's the smoke he's blowing, Mr. Pot."

"So that's where this blasted soot is coming from, Mr. Kettle. I do hate soot."

[Chena]

Hi Jeff :)

Well, if nothing else comes of this, maybe it will encourage some people to think before they speak.

You be well too!

[Hoosier-Daddy]

My email to him as well:

BORe:

You’re getting trashed pretty well at FreeRepublic; deservedly so. See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874548/posts?q=1&;page=1#1 I suggest you provide the threads and context of your accusations, if you are intellectually honest. We are NOT DU or KOS types. We do have our occasional “over exuberants” at times, but they pale in comparison to the rabid DU and KOS bunch. For the most part we are a thoughtful, thought provoking bunch. The same individuals that caught Dan Rather in a lie will catch you as well, unless you can back up your claims.

Lanny Davis, of all people? That Clinton apologist is one of the most prolific liars of the 1990s. Why don’t you ever put him up against Mark Levin? He’d tear Lanny a new fanny.

I’m starting to think you belong on CNN.

Hoosier-Daddy

[sweetiepiezer]

I really felt bad for Kristinn, he has done so much for FR. and to sit there and have to listen to O’Reilly.
I have never read anything like that on here.
I want O’Reilly to show proof.

[mike h]

"One does not have to read every word here to know that it would not be wise to insist that this sort of thing never happens. Honesty is always the best policy."

Yep; honesty is the the best policy, so what is the point? BOR is a a liar.

[libbylu]

Aren’t they sweet racists to use words like dogs and blacks, instead of the F and N words? I would think hate speech would be much uglier than that.
Gotta be out of context if those were the worst examples he found.

[generalhammond]

I’ll add my 2c worth. I’ve never seen comments like those claimed by Factor. Hitlary’s been called names but that’s it (oops there I go again). I’ve never seen anyone call for gays to be murdered either. Either he’s run out of ideas or The Factor should check the credentials of his research staff. Maybe it’s time he actually took a personal interest in the stuff he’s putting out.

[Prokopton]

You are a bully. You are dishonest. You are a coward, sir.

I don’t think this type of correspondence is helpful, it could be used tomorrow to “prove” how hateful FR is showing that BO was right all along.

If BO really did misstate the truth on his show such defamation could give JR some leverage. FR’s reputation has been damaged by BO and this leverage could be used to get some really positive PR in “payment”. Other bloggers could also be very helpful in correcting the impression left by BO again giving FR some positive publicity.

Although it initially seems like a slam to FR, it could become an opportunity. Everyone should keep cool, at least until all the facts are known.

[btcusn]

Bill’s the one in the middle??

Could only stand to watch him a few times, now the channel gets changed!

Jack

[Ironfocus]

I find i interesting that O’Reilly used a racist slur in 2003, calling Mexicans “wetbacks”. Of course he went on later to say that was not what he meant, and he expects people to understand that, and to accept his explanation.

Clearly the standard he applies to himself is not consistently applied to others, since he seems to have made up his mind that no matter what explanation is given by Freepers to disprove his assessment, FR is a racist place.

In that case, if reasoned explanation is not accepted, one may as well hang the racist label around his neck too.

[Liberty Valance]

"Does this tie make my butt look big?"

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

I'm not going to call Bill O'Reilly a liar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JMHO : BOR/e is a "damn" liar...