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Bill O’Reilly Tears Into Brian Williams For Giving Obama A ‘Pass’ On Libya
Mediaite ^ | 10/26/12 | Josh Feldman

Posted on 10/26/2012 6:12:55 PM PDT by markomalley

Bill O’Reilly opened his show tonight asking if recent events in Libya will lose the election for President Obama. O’Reilly appeared to be losing patience with how Obama keeps dodging questions about what happened in Libya and who told which administration officials what to say. O’Reilly also blamed the media, and Brian Williams in particular, for not actually bringing these issues up in interviews with the president.

O’Reilly brought up a report that said urgent requests for backup in the Benghazi consulate were not followed up on by the CIA. During a radio interview, Obama claimed that he was not “personally aware of” any security requests. O’Reilly sighed and criticized Obama for not being able to explain exactly what happened in Libya. He could not comprehend why the president is still unable to clarify the situation, considering how much misinformation was put out by his administration.

Of course, the media has not been very quick to hold Obama’s feet to the fire on this one. O’Reilly brought up Williams’ interview of the president and how the NBC newsman took a pass on actually grilling Obama on what happened in Libya. After playing the video of Obama talking with Williams about Libya, O’Reilly sighed again and said the president is just regurgitating the same answer about Libya, criticizing Williams for not following up.

“Instead of citing some inconsistencies from the administration about the Libyan attack, Mr. Williams dropped the subject, totally dropped it, after one misleading question… [and] implied that American intelligence stands behind the theory that the Libyan attack was, quote, ‘spontaneous.’ That was not a fact, but was presented as such by Brian Williams.”

O’Reilly reiterated that the media needs to actually grill the Obama administration on what happened in Libya, instead of giving him a pass on a major foreign security issue. He said the most important question any journalist can ask Obama is

Watch the video below, courtesy of Fox News:

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 10/26/2012 6:12:59 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

BOR gave Obama a pass in his interview four years ago. Pathetic.

BOR still won’t add it up. POTUS called the shot and decided to fold. Didn’t want to risk a Carter/Iran failure.


2 posted on 10/26/2012 6:15:15 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: markomalley

That clip they showed gave me the heebie geebies. Who were those people aimlessly wandering around behind them? It looked like a scene out of The Walking Dead.


3 posted on 10/26/2012 6:16:26 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Osama bin Laden is dead, Chrysler moved to Italy and China.)
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To: markomalley

We must not stop calling and writing about Benghazi!! TShirts please. We need a Benghazi Day!!


4 posted on 10/26/2012 6:18:43 PM PDT by Texas4ever
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To: FlingWingFlyer

bttt

Oreilly is getting fed up with Obama.


5 posted on 10/26/2012 6:19:07 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: markomalley

It was great!!

Here is what I think happened:

THe WH has connections with the Muslim Brotherhood, the plan was to have 40 Americans taken hostage before the election, Obama would have them released a day or two before the election thereby getting voters to vote them back in office.

The two Navy Seals stopped the plan with their brave actions rescueing over 30 of the people involved and killing as many as 80 terrorists. The terrorists were so mad at the losses they killed Stevens.

This IMHO was the October surprise. People should hang!


6 posted on 10/26/2012 6:19:07 PM PDT by stockpirate (Slaves to the collective! SCOTUS is just as corrupt as congress. IMPEACH ROBERTS!)
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To: markomalley

Reno local ABC affiliate didn’t say a word in the 5-6PM news slot about today’s Bengazhi news.

Have ABC national news on now with Diane Sawyer & she isn’t talking about it, either. Diapers are more important.


7 posted on 10/26/2012 6:19:56 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: markomalley

Ted Baxter is still on the air?


8 posted on 10/26/2012 6:20:44 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (Unnngh! To many PDS people!)
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To: markomalley

When Brian Williams “interviews” Obama he does not have a notebook. He carries toilet paper instead.


9 posted on 10/26/2012 6:20:44 PM PDT by allendale
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To: markomalley

I liked it better around FR lately when BOR wasn’t even mentioned (bloviating spinner that he still is).


10 posted on 10/26/2012 6:22:21 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: allendale

The toilet paper must be to blot his lipstick so it doesn’t get all over Obama’s butt.


11 posted on 10/26/2012 6:23:53 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: markomalley
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We came, we saw, he died!

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y

12 posted on 10/26/2012 6:25:08 PM PDT by UncleSam (Why must someone else always make the final decisions?)
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To: markomalley

The first thing Brian Williams did when he learned that he would interview Obama was to put his shorts on backwards!


13 posted on 10/26/2012 6:25:49 PM PDT by TaMoDee ( Lassez les bons temps rouler dans les 2012! Allez Pack!)
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To: markomalley

No grilling blacks. It’s unAmerican.


14 posted on 10/26/2012 6:25:57 PM PDT by gotribe (He's a mack-daddy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV415yit7Zg)
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To: UncleSam

obama denied
people died
obama lied

Now ignoring those facts, the fact is that the media have ignored this totally and all of us need to send mail to thme and demand they mention this and more importantly get in touch with your local media outlets.

I have never in my life seen this much lying and cover up by a white house and a media who have totally lied and covered for obama.

This is bigger than watergate and the media does nothing and does not ask.

Obama goes on MTV and talks about Bob marley, WTH

I ma so B/S and for those Generals who were there and care only for their own promotions then all of them need to be stripped for this, state dept, DOJ, homeland those in the situation room all need to be held accountable


15 posted on 10/26/2012 6:30:43 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: markomalley

If you have a Facebook page please “like” any article honestly covering this story and make a personal comment describing the seriousness of the issue. Perhaps the social media can somehow make this story go “viral” and prompt better coverage from the MSM.


16 posted on 10/26/2012 6:31:17 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist
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To: markomalley

If you have a Facebook page please “like” any article honestly covering this story and make a personal comment describing the seriousness of the issue. Perhaps the social media can somehow make this story go “viral” and prompt better coverage from the MSM.


17 posted on 10/26/2012 6:31:33 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist
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To: stockpirate

Rescuing 30 and killing 80 is news to me. Any link to that report?


18 posted on 10/26/2012 6:34:40 PM PDT by newfreep (Breitbart sent me...)
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To: markomalley

I watched NBC News this evening, feeling certain they would be compelled to cover today’s developments as we learned that CIA operatives on the ground were repeatedly denied permission to go to the Ambassador’s aid. (They eventually went anyway and were killed, if I understand correctly.)

(crickets)

Instead, afer covering the hurricane/blizzard looming toward the eastern seaboard, they featured Chuck Todd frolicking with his monster iPad, swooshing states this way and that across an electoral map. That was followed by a tragic, but strictly local story about a brutal murder of two small children and suicide by a NYC babysitter.

NOTHING about Libya! If nothing else, I’d like to hear:

What was the evidence that compelled Obama, et al, to blame this two-phase military attack, complete with RPG’s, on a spontaenous protest of a bogus video that had been released months previously? Surely we don’t have to wait ‘til after the election for THAT?!


19 posted on 10/26/2012 6:34:43 PM PDT by TexasVoter (No Constitution? No Union!)
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To: BlueStateRightist

agreed, use your social media utlets, send ut mail, send mail and call the media and demand they tell the truth and cover this.

This is an outrage and non one is calling out obama and Biden.

Thios is worse than watergate and the media destroyed Bush when he played golf but they ignore this, the worst screw up in American history and the lies is stunning.

People need to be fired, held accontable and obama and Biden need to be impeached and screw the many in the black population who ant to riot and call this racism.

People died in this just like the border agent and I want to know was obama watching this live time and if not where was he and why did he if he did say stand down?


20 posted on 10/26/2012 6:34:43 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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