[Diplomat]

Lying is journalist currency.

Pretty outrageous and downright dishonest to allege such without proof.

O’Reilly is a regular Dan Rather.

[tophat9000]

Treat him like any other poster that makes an unfounded assertion..

tell them to provide a link to it to back it up.....

no need to get mad .. no need to fight...

someone makes an assertion like that...

just tell them ...

"Show me" ..provide a link to prove it"

[SpaceBar]

Anyone who’s been a freeper for any length of time knows the three statements quoted in the article wouldn’t last three seconds here even if posted. Unless O’Reilly can substantiate his claims with specifics and context he’s a shameless liar. Also it’s not our responsibility to prove a negative. He puts up, or shuts up.

[LibWhacker]

FOX ought to fire him. He’s made a demonstrably false assertion and cannot back it up. How is this different from Dan Rather’s lies?

[Bullish]

I’ve been a regular here since 98. I’ve NEVER seen anything even close to what O’Bloviator claims posted here.

He’s full of crap and shouldn’t be taken for anything more then a self promoting, faux conservative, con artist.

[Guyin4Os]

I honestly don’t know why anyone listens to or watches Bill O’Reilly at all ever. He isn’t entertaining. He doesn’t really believe in conservative principles. He says what he thinks he should say so as to keep an audience. And I hear he is a jerk in his private life... but that’s only a rumor.

[Titan Magroyne]

That was disgusting. I caught the second airing and crept up to the screen in anticipation of a screen shot of FR. Too blurry for me to read anything especially as they kept scrolling, but I didn’t catch a string of words resembling what BOR claimed. Not that I have 20/20 vision, but...

I agree that if Mr. O’Reilly found such a string of words - and I wouldn’t put my rep on the line for HIS veracity - they came from whatever article originated a thread or were otherwise taken out of context. A FReeper using absurdity to make a point, for instance, often followed by “/s” to denote sarcasm for those in Rio Linda.

One thing about this site that’s always made me proud is how threatening posts and racist remarks especially are called out by FReepers themselves. Not just anonymously via the Report Abuse button either, though that’s possible, but often publicly chastised by fellow FReepers. The system works.

Thank you Kristenn, thank you Jim & John, thanks to all the Mods and FReepers who make this place what it is - and it’s not a hate site!

[bboop]

He did?? I have NEVER seen that sort of tripe on Free Republic. Not today neither.

[claudiustg]

If O’Reilly passed by a synagog and observed a swastika painted on it I suppose he would claim the congregation and rabbi were pro-nazis.

[BIGLOOK]

Rather shoddy research on O'Reilly's part, Jim.

Seems to have been a CYA for the previous night's show. He was simply wrong in his comparison of FR to Daily Kos but Big Dogs never apologize or retract erroneous statements.....they just fade away.

{Commercial}

[Huck]

I can understand how he has a top rated show. The guy’s a smarmy fraud. Perfect for television.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

BOR, here is a question for you.Just what the hell are you smoking over there in your office.Camparing FR to some left wing kook site is over the top.What has got into you?

[tioga]

While BOR is wrong about what is allowed here on FR, the insults from FReepers about HIM must have ticked him off. He referred to seeing some of them. I have never seen racist hate-filled posts like what he mentioned that ever lasted more than a couple of minutes. And that happened only once or twice in the years I have been around. The mods and the FReepers police the site very effectively. However, it is commonplace to see insults to BOR go unchecked. It is a critique of his show and he should take note.

Kristinn did a good job representing FR. Good luck to you both in handling this insult to FR.

[gidget7]

JR, BOR does not know the difference between a thread (posted article) and a posted response from a Freeper. He is obviously unfamiliar with the format here.

[unspun]

Subject: Document your FreeRepublic Sources, Mr. O’Reilly
To: O’Reilly@foxnews.com

Mr. O’Reilly,

Don’t use the FreeRepublic.com **Internet forum** as a whipping boy, in
order to posture as “fair and balanced.” Document your accusation — on
your program and Web site. There is a big difference between careful
volunteer censorship and the condoning of malicious and malevolent speech
of the kind one may see on KOS, etc.

Arlen Williams
West Baraboo, WI

PS:

I have been a poster in the FreeRepublic.com **Internet forum** for years
and do not recall something of the offensive nature and extent as, “I hate
blacks.”

I have found many insults of those who are an insult to America, even ones
that go beyond decency, but that is the way of an Internet forum. And I
have found many removed posts. Look at forums on any topic in just about
any Web site that holds them and you will be educated about the nature of
an Internet forum.

[mohresearcher]

I saw Bill O’Reilly’s comments tonight. What rubbish.

[RonDog]

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[unspun]

If necessary, I'd be happy to contribute as O'Reilly suggested.

But right now, I'd be happy to contribute my little bit to a lawyer, demanding that O'Reilly document his charges.

[mdittmar]

What happened with that Claim with the City of Fresno,arising from the Human Relations Commission’s news release.

[llevrok]

(rhetorical) Does BOR know the difference between a bona fide FR post and a troll who may have salted the mine? I suspect similar could be said over at KOS too.

You're right, JR. Give us the URL's so we can see the evidence and police the bad guys as we always have.