This means something.
It's important.
Posted on 05/28/2009 6:21:24 PM PDT by kristinn
(Note: this report is a paraphrase based on memory, not tape. Any inaccuracies will be corrected down thread by me or other FReepers.)
Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly responded on The Factor tonight to criticisms of his attacks last night on Free Republic and Hot Air by the sites' respective founders, Jim Robinson and Michelle Malkin. The segment last night was on reaction by right and left wing websites on the Judge Sotomayor nomination to the Supreme Court. Free Republic was singled out for an obnoxious comment about Sotomayor being diabetic. Hot Air was singled out for an impolitic strongly worded appeal to block her nomination.
O'Reilly noted Malkin's reaction made on Fox and Friends this morning and Robinson's comments which were posted on Free Republic and e-mailed to The Factor.
O'Reilly agreed that both had points but that the sites should better monitor their comments as he does at his site and that O'Reilly would hold both right and left wing sites accountable.
Hot Air complained that the comment singled out by O'Reilly was labeled a 'blog' entry rather than a comment, thereby leaving the impression it was made by one of the site's official posters.
Jim Robinson's response was boiled down to Jim calling O'Reilly "an elitist gasbag" and noting that offending comments sometimes get past the moderators. O'Reilly did not inform his viewers that Mr. Robinson is a diabetic who has lost family to the disease.
The segment aired about forty minutes into the program tonight.
FR threads one and two.
Video of last night's Factor segment.
Michelle Malkin on Fox and Friends.
Saying BOR is an “elitest gasbag” is an observation, not name calling. It happens to be an accurate description of the man.
Frankly, I can’t for the life of me understand why anyone - be they left leaning or right leaning - would listen to the blowhard. (again, a description based on observation, not name calling)
I tried numerous times to listen to BOR, but just couldn’t stand it. He is positively boring and infuriating at the same time and I didn’t think that was even possible.
The real damage caused by Mr. Blowhard O. Gasbag (yes that IS name calling) is that the leftist media successfully holds him up as a typical example of a conservative, which he of course is not. He is a useful idiot for the left as he is easily used by them for propaganda purposes.
And just in case BOR happens upon this: Listen up you self important puffed up bag of wind - this is MY opinion and Jim Robinson isn’t responsible for it.
O’Reilly is trying to play both ends against the middle to maximize his viewing audience.
And still, people watch Fox “news” religiously. Wake up. It’s tabloid trash.
saw it live while flippping channels and heard him get on the topic
7 letters
begins with A
ends in HOLE
Money.Just spell the name right.Any O’Reilly producer’s who are bored cause they have to monitor this site.Freepmail me.
A regular gasbag is someone who defends an elitist gasbag.
:)
Thanks for the transcript!
You’re welcome...dvr comes in handy. ;)
The miserable POS also told the world that US troops massacred Germans at Malmedy — yes, he is that stupid.
I forgot about those body language segments. I'm sure there's something to body language. It can be used as a clue, as to how well you are interacting with someone, but O’Reilly acts like it's the answer to everything. It just doesn't belong on a news channel, anymore than the Dallas cheerleader segments.
I like Neil Cavuto's program, a lot more than O'Reilly. He's not as entertaining as Glenn Beck, but he also has a lot of newsworthy segments on his show.
“Please, please, please, OH God, please make them stop putting the mindless robots on Fox News. Please have them pick out some conservatives or liberals NOT ASSOCIATED with the parties, not Dem “consultants”, and not “Fox” associates, and let us hear what truly thoughtful people have to say.”
Paging Pat Cadell. He’s always speaking his mind and let’s the chips fall. I like that. And Kirsten Powers has also been that way to a more limited extent.
Beck, Hannity, and Special Report are great shows.
I think it is time for Mr. Beck to go prime time.
I agree about Neil Cavuto.
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