Plus some comments throughout and a little "creative" editing near the end...
(It's up above also)
I’m stuck with dial-up. Could you write something that conveys what happened?
Bookmark for later.
This all boils down to Bill wanting more controls on the Internet, something he’s been pushing for the longest time or in other words censorship...
Bill O’Reilly has a really silly, pathetic hatred for any site that criticizes him. that is what it is really all about.
I thought he said something different, but I suppose I should rewatch the vid....
I don’t know if Taylor saw this coming, but he did a good job handling himself and didn’t blow his cool. Wish BOR would mention the positive. The comment about blacks is something I’ve never seen here. I wonder if it was a set up to produce controversy because of the colour of the other guest? And like BOR should start lecturing when Geraldo isn’t even in the room! Sheesh!
I'm not going to call Bill O'Reilly a liar... yet, but...
Posted by Jim Robinson
On News/Activism 07/31/2007 8:35:37 PM PDT · 296 replies · 5,244+ views
Message to Bill O'Reilly (From a Black Freeper)
Posted by Stajack
On News/Activism 07/31/2007 6:10:58 PM PDT · 188 replies · 3,422+ views
The O'Reilly Factor | 7/31/07 | Stanley Jackson
(Update: Link to Video Added)
Freeper on O'Reilly Factor Tonight 8 and 11 p.m. EDT 7/31/07
Posted by kristinn
On News/Activism 07/31/2007 5:09:07 PM PDT · 759 replies · 15,783+ views
Link to the Video on Fox News ^ | Tuesday, July 31, 2007 | Kristinn
O'Reilly and Lanny Davis just called Free Republic a Right Wing Hate site
Posted by kjam22
On News/Activism 07/30/2007 5:08:38 PM PDT · 474 replies · 12,247+ views
vanity | 7-30-2007 | kjam22
Bill O'Reilly Slams Freerepublic
Posted by WyCoKsRepublican
On General/Chat 07/29/2007 3:49:13 PM PDT · 184 replies · 6,496+ views
That’s the first time I have viewed the piece. The Blowviator got the FR representative to apologize for FR being a ‘hate sight’ and not properly moderating comments? He ran over him like a mack truck. The so-called hate comments supposedly were picked up from today’s threads and nothing was said to refute Mr. O’s attacks. FR has been put in the same catagory as The Daily Kos? Fair and balanced...Good grief.
I quit watching BO because it is not a discussion format. It’s all about what BO thinks and everyone elses opinion is wrong.
That is one astonishing video. Bill O’Reilly came off as utterly clueless, although he does vindicate himself (slightly) with his comparison of FR to a true “hate site” like Kos. Personally, I think somebody hoaxed Bill with those alleged FR postings he was waving around.
Kristinn did a nice job defending FR, and I was impressed with his restraint considering he probably felt like jumping through the airwaves and strangling O’Reilly. (Ooops! Does that count as a “hate” posting??)
Approximately 300,000 people have registered with Free Republic and there must be an archive of about 96 bajillion posts. I have little doubt that somebody could waste a whole lot of time scouring the 12-year history of Free Republic and come up with a few deeply buried posts that are outside of FR guidelines and were missed by moderators.
O’Reilly did not do his homework. Period.
For what it's worth, I've been a member of FR for seven years and have rarely seen posts like the ones BOR quoted. The ones I have seen are almost immediately removed by the moderators. I'm sure they were plants by the DU crowd in anticipation of the BOR site review prior to the segment. It would have been nice if BOR had given Kristinn advance notice of the posts so he could have checked out the join dates prior to the interview.
I haven’t watched O’Reilly in years. He’s just an arrogant windbag. It’s annoying to watch a person lecture someone with greater knowledge and understanding than themselves.
FR is clearly not a hate site, but it is fast becoming a hate-Rudy site.
While we have plenty of pound the RATS unmercifully threads, I'm constantly amazed by the non-political threads ranging from why Firefly was an awesome show (thanks folks for getting me to watch it this time around) to mind-numbing physics that lose me after the first sentence and all matters in between. O'Bloviator obviously only saw what he wanted to see so he could play crusading TV host against the hate-filled blogosphere. He's a putz.
And that brings me to something that O'Bloviator has no clue about which made his comments all the more ignorant and self-serving: there is a strong, poster-enforced non-profanity etiquette on Freerepublic. Strong comments, yes. Sarcastic and biting comments, yes. Nuclear rants, yes. Double entendres and the like, yes. Profanity, no. That says an awful lot about the posters and the site.
In case you're wondering, this is a big point with me because to be totally honest, if it weren't for that etiquette, my posts would be laced with profanity at times because of how steamed I get over issues. However, I respect the etiquette and express myself differently because of it even when I'd like to just write ~!@#$%^&* and also ~!@#-~@!#$%. In bold. In 20 point type.
So again, great job Kristinn! As far as I'm concerned:
| Freepers | 1 | |
| O'Bloviator | 0 |
If the Pompous Populist found something offensive on FR,
it’s probably because he had a troll put it here.
On the other hand, it’s easy to see why BoR has it in
for FR. A lot of readers here see him for exactly what
he is, a bloviating buffoon.
You can sum up Oreilly real fast , his Thesis on every issue Everyone does it . That is it ,dont waste your time ,of course it is only different when it happens to him . Wait until Hillary is elected ,he thinks he was audited alot when Bubba was President he has not seen anything yet
BOR is an insecure MSM twit. I don’t think he cares one bit about left or right, he only cares that a lot of folks with keyboards can reach out and b!tch slap him when needed.
He is only trying to drum up support for a Fairness Doctrine for the internet. IMHO