How Bill O’Reilly imploded at CBS following his Falklands War ‘combat’ reporting

Washington Post ^ | February 23, 2015 | By Terrence McCoy

[Brad from Tennessee]

Remembering a lunch date that happened more than 30 years ago isn’t easy. But then again, most lunches aren’t with Bill O’Reilly.

So late Sunday night, speaking on the telephone from his Florida home, former CBS correspondent Eric Jon Engberg found himself in a peculiar position. It was indeed true that once, in June of 1982 while covering the Falkland War from Buenos Aires, he had shared a meal with O’Reilly. But how much did Engberg remember? Did he remember what O’Reilly had eaten? “This was more than 30 years ago,” Engberg told The Washington Post. “So, no.”

But Engberg, who spent weeks in Buenos Aires before O’Reilly arrived, remembered something else: O’Reilly’s braggadocio. There was a distinct sense of entitlement emanating from his lunch partner, he said, which struck Engberg as odd. The situation in Buenos Aires was deteriorating, and O’Reilly was young and green.

O’Reilly, however, wasn’t interested in tips. “I tried to give him some advice, give him a read on how the place worked,” Engberg told The Post. “He didn’t seem too interested. I offered in a suggestion on how things worked and he didn’t pay any attention to me. … I saw him as someone who wasn’t willing to be held back by the restrictions that govern rookie reporters — the fact you got to get up in the morning and go over to whatever briefing was going on and report it to your bosses and wait for your next assignment. He was the kind of guy who wanted to find a story that was going to get him on the air that night.”

[cuban leaf]

Bill is more like Bill Maher than Brian Williams. He’s not a reporter. He’s an opinion guy. Truthiness is not as important to his career path.

[Fightin Whitey]

Room Service Eric reporting for duty.

Thirty years late.

[clintonh8r]

I’ll believe Engberg (probably a Communist) when he spews this directly to Ted Baxter.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Is this all the turds at the WaPo have to talk about? The Falkands? Are you kidding me? Freaks.

[Shadow44]

The classic tu quoque fallacy.

The left’s trying really hard to do damage control.

[dfwgator]

But then again, most lunches aren’t with Bill O’Reilly.

I wonder if he ordered a Falafel?

[Cementjungle]

Hey, I went to the Falkland Islands once... the only action I saw though was freezing my buns off while photographing penguins on the beach. Man... that was cold.

[cuban leaf]

Bill is more like Bill Maher than Brian Williams. He’s not a reporter. He’s an opinion guy. Truthiness is not as important to his career path.

And to be clear, ever since Bill dissed the Swift Boat Vets I’ve been unable to take anything he says seriously.

[rbg81]

I've seen many an Engberg report. Concur that he is a socialist tool....supports big Government all the way. Wouldn't put much credence into what he says as, even in retirement, he'd luv to stick it to Fox News.

[Regulator]

Awww...Brian go down like Danny, libs all upset and in a hissy...

Who gives a crap what went down 30 years ago. Isn’t that what they say too?

Believe that it’s more like 30 minutes with them: MoveOn.org was the mantra for ignoring Clinton’s oral infatuations.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

According to this WaPo story it was that pillar of journalistic integrity Dan Rather who pulled the plug on O’s career at See BS.

[TangoLimaSierra]

I posed this last week. One of my favs.

BOR meltdown(Language)

BOR meltdown(Language)

[dfwgator]

Never gets old.

[donozark]

There was a book out a couple years ago about RAF planned bombing run on Argentina airfields. Never happened. But as Dan Rather said,”...it could have happened that way.” LOL!

[RetSignman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_HyZ5aW76c
Watch the ‘fair, balanced and even tempered’ O’Reallly.

Warning...language.

[RetSignman]

Sorry, I didn’t see it was already posted.

[Organic Panic]

“DUDE, That was like 2 years ago!” -Tommy Veiter, Obama;s NSC spokesboy.

[detective]

“Then CBS came calling. This finally seemed O’Reilly’s big break. He was going to be filing footage for the great Dan Rather.”

This story originated at Mother Jones where they lied and said O’Reilly claimed to be on the Falkland Islands when he was in Buenos Aires. O’Reilly never made such a claim.

Now they are digging up old CBS News leftists to attack O’Reilly as being unworthy of working with “the great Dan Rather” 30 years ago.

O’Reilly is not perfect but he is far better and far more successful than anyone at CBS News.

Some of this is ideological. Leftists at CBS and WaPo vs. O’Reilly at Fox.

Some of this is just jealousy.

[wiggen]

O’Reilly is one of the most pompous idiots ever. Stopped watching Fox just because of him. He practically got on his knees and serviced Obama in those ‘hard hitting’ interviews.