[kristinn]

Oh, and if anyone has some Preperation H, I could use some after the interview :-)

[Stars&StripesNE]

We must remember, last night's thread that O'Reilly staffers read and relayed to him. He doesn't like his inflated ego bruised.

I have never seen any of the things that Harold Ford said were on this site. Could they have doctored posts?

[Bender2]

Re: Oh, and if anyone has some Preperation H, I could use some after the interview/...

Gadzooks! Was Bill... that rough?

Big Al Dullson is on defending Michael Vick now!

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

O’Reilly is conflating two things -

- first, posters DO mock and criticize O’Reilly, and some of it can be quite insulting to him. Bill, that goes with the territory of being a public figure.

- but that is NOT in the least in the same category as the statement “I hate blacks.” I have not seen any such statement or anything in the same category not get pulled by a mod.

O’Reilly has a somewhat thin skin and is trying to group together those who might mock, criticize and insult him in the same class as racists, which is not correct and is, frankly, beneath the standards of what The O’Reilly Factor should adhere to.

[jveritas]

Are you done Kristinn? I have to watch the 11:00 PM re-run.

Way to go man :)

[Robe]

You did a GREAT job..
Some suggestions..
Ask O'Reilly’s staff who the poster was and when did they register.....
Alot can be learned for that info..
I seriously doubt that those comments were posted by any of the long time regular posters here,..

[VOA]

bump for publicity

[hole_n_one]

For the record and FWIW, the two instances of shots of FR's site during the segment.........

[GitmoSailor]

BOR sure lied to the public about this Forum.Thanks for standing up for Free Republic.Its plain to see the value of FR.We are in their cage big time and they know it.!!!!!!.....

[Thinkin' Gal]

Notably absent from O’Reilly’s rant was that for every “hate post”, there are many immediate replies from typical users, condemning these racist/abusive comments, often with remarks that the troll belongs over at the Daily Kos. Usually, though, those posts don’t even last long enough to generate many replies.

So much for “fair and balanced”. Looks like Bill O’Reilly advocates expert free speech screeners.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

YEEEEEHAWWWWW,,,Give Em’ Hell...;0)

[Leofl]

Good Job Kristinn!!

Bill was wrong and I guess we will have to call him to the carpet for it.

For the record, I am a Black conservative (yeah I know, its interesting) and I have gone to many Freeper Functions in DC and here in Texas, and have been treated like family by all I have met. I find the “I hate blacks” comment from Bill a serious improbability because of the fantastic treatment I have been subjected to from my crazy (lol) freeper family.

Let’s let Bill know how we feel about the Right wing hate site label

Leo

[Raquel]

You did a good job, kristinn (thanks). O’Reilly did point out that the Kos is much worse, and the other night he mentioned that it is their editorial writers who are hateful. You made it clear that it is virtually impossible to catch hate as it comes in each moment. And, I’ve never seen the examples of hate that Bill mentioned. Free Republic is awesome!

[Man50D]

Those who think they know everything are particularly aggravating to those of us who do!

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

I did not see the segment. If you make it clear to him that he spoke out of context, or misrepresented FR, send him an e-mail that corrects him. Hopefully in the e-mail segment tomorrow he will apologize for his ignorance.

[snarks_when_bored]

Kristinn, you did a fine job. I was appalled at the comments that Bill O'Reilly cited from Free Republic. I don't by any means read every thread posted here, but I don't recall reading anything like that here. If this place were infested with racists and advocates of violence against gays or politicians or whomever, I'd never post here again.

As an aside, O'Reilly is not a bad guy, but neither is he quite what he wants us to see him as. He often comes across as a scold about matters of morality, but then asks Jenna Jameson for copies of some of her porn videos, and tries to engage an employee in sexual antics involving loofahs and other tools of questionable provenance. I guess he deserves a bit of pity, though, because now that he's got all of that money and fame, he can't use it to cut loose because of his perceived 'role model' status.

[SandRat]

You did well.

Mr. Fair and Balanced” wasn’t. Cong Ford was more “Fair and Balanced.”

The only thing you could have done better was to point out our just completed Freepathon and that one qtr’s intake just covers the qtrly operating costs.

[Chuck54]

I thought you did exceedingly well. I did think you had left the building when he started with Ford.

Glad to see you had not.

[popdonnelly]

The best way to deal with this would be to put up a large banner at the top of the home page that says, “Welcome to the Right Wing Hate Site!”

[mnehring]

Mark and Michael,
Any chance of some positive media coverage to counteract O’Reilly’s attacks?

[MissyMa]

kristinn you did very well on BOR’s show and showed your intergrity in that you are willing to defend this site and what it represents (which is a lot more than I can say for those over at KOS). I am a BOR fan and even I didn't like how he wouldn't let you speak as much as you should have been able to.

I have been a lurker here for a few years and have never seen any remarks like “I hate blacks” and “gays are dogs” so I was confused and wondered where they were getting their information from.

I think the admins do a great job here and it’s why I keep coming back.

Thanks Kristinn, you did us proud.