Posted on 02/20/2010 5:19:50 AM PST by IbJensen
Bill O'Reilly Advocates Gun Confiscation in Interview with Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes
Last night Feb 18th, Stewart Rhodes appeared on Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly show The Factor in response to the previous nights appearence of the SPLC's Mark Potok who once again attempting to smear Oath Keepers. both videos are below
Mark Potok on Bill O'Reilly - Wed. February 17th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNf3ZtiKAD8
Stewart Rhodes on Bill O'Reilly - February 18th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Po8LLjIlDw
After the show with Stewart, The internet lit up with articles and comments all over the place discussing Bill O'Reilly's comments supporting gun confiscation during Hurricane Katrina as well as the Oath Keepers organization in general. One of the most active discussions was over at Sean Hannity's message board.
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1839931
We also came across the Gateway Pundits which in a short article titled, Bill O'Reilly Supports Gun Confiscation During Weather Emergencies, the author made a great statement saying, "Last I checked, the Second Amendment doesn't mention anything about severe storms." included in the article was a statement made from the Instapundit adding:
That's funny. O'Reilly calls the opposing position "extreme," but such gun confiscation is illegal under federal statute, and as a matter of constitutional law; in fact, the city of New Orleans lost a lawsuit over gun confiscation during Katrina. But then, O'Reilly's no libertarian, to put things mildly. And he's consistently weak on the law, also to put things mildly. Still, he should have been better briefed for this show, as he came across looking like a fool, and making his "extreme" guest look sober and well-informed by comparison.
In addition David Codrea over at the Gun Rights Examiner wrote a great article on the show and commented on Bill O'Reilly's statements. Check it out here.
“Bill O’Reilly is an a**hole! Glenn Beck is quickly following in his footsteps. Is FOX being infiltrated by the far left?”
You’re right about that...and Beck has either gone nuts, or he’s intentionally reading off Marxist play sheets—while saying just enough to make you think he’s ok—I’ve gotten where I don’t trust his motives. Liked him about a year ago. But when he started saying people should be put in jail for what they believe...(yeah, bring back the Alien and Sedition Acts!), that was my last straw with him and when I realized he was not a Constitutionalist. Don’t know what his game is...
No question. He is an inch deep and a mile wide on the issues.
O’Reilly is a con man, and Beck is his mark.
BOR - slowly inching toward the Dark Side...
Or some bodyguard protecting his butt.
It is *extremely* important to remember that "Fair and Balanced" is NOT the same thing as "objective reporting."
To be "Fair and Balanced" they must at times invent situations that appear to be the exact, balancing alternative on the political right that actually exists on the left.
A trivial example would be B0R talking about the few, isolated examples of "rude and crude" language on FR and equating it to the ever-present filthy expletive fest on DU. That comparison is "Fair and Balanced" but it is nowhere *near* to the objective truth.
Fox, who appears to be backing their convenient definition of "moderates" at this point, is creating more "Fair and Balanced" inventions through reporting that makes Tea Party members appear to be as hateful and violent as left wing, bomb-throwing environmental whackos and the extremist right-wing militias of prior decades. This makes Fox appear "Fair and Balanced." And again, they are nowhere near "objective" and true reporting.
If Fox were to report objectively then they would have to compare the leftist, f-bomb ridden sites with our site which hosts daily prayers and zots people who behave boorishly or incite personal attacks or violence. Making those comparisons would be "objective" but not "Fair" in Fox's successful and profitable definition of the word.
(long post, sorry)
Finally, Fox doesn't seem to be able to report such things as the actual, accurate numbers, size and scope of the Tea Party movement because it would be at *least* 60%-25% with 15% of the people clueless. That would be truthful but not at all "Fair" according to Fox. Truthful accuracy would make Fox appear biased because the fact is that the Tea Party movement is 9mmense and is moving slowly like an iceberg to reshape the political and media landscape for a long time to come.
Fox fears this simply because they have a profitable business now and don't want it upset. If somebody - like the Tea Party movement - doesn't break it then they won't have to fix it. They are trying to maintain the status quo in a time of great change.
Good luck on that one, Fox.
Me either.
BOR has one objective in life, taking care of BOR.
I can't stand it when he positions himself as "champion of the little people" populist BS.
give him a break, he’s a “teacher” from long island...
Fire Extinguisher ban. (Ya can’t make this stuff up)!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3525380.ece
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O'Blowhard came over as the madman, not Rhodes. "Fair and Balanced", he is not.
Yeah, doncha just love it when O’Reilly says, “I’ll give you the last word,” then after the guest gives a killer reply, O’Reilly tries to jump all over the guest’s reply to shoot it down?
‘Last word’, my backside. BOR is a liar, big time.
Oh, and he doesn’t do very much of his own research, but leaves it up to his staff. That’s why he’s such a lightweight, and a blowhard.
Bill O’Reilly and Keith Oberman two of a ind?
Same here. Would rather watch the cat lick herself than watch that blowhard. Same with Hannity.
“I once liked O’Reilly, but he’s become an Obama sympathizer with a knack for the sensational and salacious.”
Never, never, never, trust a Harvard grad, ever...
I saw a clip of that incident. O’Reilly is every bit as dangerous as “the Brady bunch”—perhaps more so because he casts himself as somewhat of a conservative. No spin zone? Hardly. Lotta-spin-zone is more like it.
Many of us think of Fox as less biased than the rest of the media. Perhaps it is, but there’s a lot of leftie crud in those newscasts, let alone the “opinion” shows.
In his heart of hearts, Beck is O’Reilly-Lite. Beck does interesting investigative segments, and touches on history from time to time, but when it gets down to the nitty-gritty, he’ll call Tea Partiers loons right along with O’Reilly. I used to be a fan, but now I only watch occasionally. I hardly ever watch O’Reilly, except for awhile on Wednesdays to see what Dennis Miller is up to.
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