O’REILLY MAY GO TO WOR IN RADIO FACEOFF

New York Post ^ | 01/16/2002 | JOHN MAINELLI

[AZConcervative]

Everyone is on this SUV kick. Look, if you agree with everything that anybody says, there is a problem. O'Reilly has done many positive things. 1) Calling out the Hollywood elite 2) Calling out the improprieties of the Clinton Administration 3) Taking on a perverse organization like NAMBLA (who, by the way, no one likes to talk about why such grotesque organizations are allowed to exist, and don't give me that free speech crap) The bottom line is you are not going to agree with all of the people all of the time. That would be boring!

[AZConcervative]

And by the way, did everyone on here know that the Clintonistas spent more than half of a billion dollars of our money on personal travel during their eight years in power? Most probably did, but I for one would not have known this had it not been for O'Relly!

[sidegunner]

Cavuto took O'Reilly down a notch IMO.

[holdonnow]

Thank you. I just can't take O'Reilly's antics and his dissing of the right anymore.

[holdonnow]

Surely you jest.

[holdonnow]

Ok, we understand, you like Bob Grant. What the hell does that have to do with anything? Grant already goes head-to-head with Hannity, and Hannity's winning that ratings battle too. Obviously you're in a minority. But the point of the story that we're discussing is O'Reilly's going head-to-head with Hannity. Try to follow.

[holdonnow]

Excellent points.

[holdonnow]

O'Reilly's entire show is about "what he feels," and who is out to get him. And what's with "The Factor says ..." and the "Talking Memo" or whatever the heck he calls it. It's as if O'Reilly is having an out-of-body experience. The comments are his, not "The Factor's." It reminds me of when Bob Dole used to talk about Bob Dole as if he was Bob Dole.

[okiedust]

I agree, he has taken on some worthy causes and his strongest suit which I wanted to defend, is his good heart and character. He allows himself to stray into areas in which he has no real knowledge and takes strong stands that don't reflect any real knowledge. He is inconsistant tho, when he so strongly says personal resposibility is required but then whines when he gets burned in the market. He needs to suck it up and understand that he put his money down and took his chances. Now as Enron unfolds there will be indications of chicanery perhaps, and it is no shame that better minds that OReilly got burned in this. That will be a developing story, and should be. I don't think OReilly wants the government to restrict his "right" to make bad choices in investments, say like requiring an "investors license" much like a drivers license, complete with a course in investing and a nice hard test he would have to pass. He just wants the other guy to be made more responsible. It's a two way street, just like a drivers license doesn't protect you from somone who may get drunk and run into you, there is a certain risk one assumes in investing. Defensive investing requires a knowledge of the risks just like defensive driving.

regards

[holdonnow]

Do you actually watch O'Reilly's show, because if you did, you'd know that he: is an environmentalist wacko, opposes SUVs, opposes the death penalty, wants to use the U.S. military for domestic policing, and is a campaign-finance reform nitwit. There's no real substance here. And says he's not a conservative. Why not take him at his word?

[lormand]

O'Reilly is a fascist IMHO! He is quick to demand action from the Government whenever it suits his purpose.

I need to start timing the amount of time he speaks versus the amount of time his "guests" speak. I bet it is close to 2/1 ratio. What a blow hard if I have ever heard one.

[holdonnow]

Have you tried watching airport radar? I think you might like that.

[lormand]

"Apparently he lost some big bucks in the Enron fiasco and completely lost his self control with Neil Cavuto the other day when Cavuto was simply trying to educate him about the market."

Did you hear O'Reilly tell Cavuto to "be quite" the other night? I was stunned. O'Reilly needs to go down in flames.

[AZConcervative]

Why must someone agree with everything you do in order to be effective. The great Barbara Bush was pro-choice! Is she a wacko? No, she is one of the most dignified first ladies we have vere had!

[lormand]

"For the umpteenth time. O'Reilly is NOT a conservative."

You are correct sir!

O'Reilly's idiology lies on the outer edge of Conservatism within the realm of Authoritarianism.

[okiedust]

RE: your #50. I agree, he is not conservative and I do take him at his word. When he is out of his depth, he sounds like an idiot and can't be saved from himself. That's what hurts. It's kind of like being sober at a drunken party. It's hard to watch, me being compassionate and all that.

regards

[visitor]

Britt Hume and C-SPAN ...rto

[Matchett-PI]

"While I am all for self confidence and confronting spin with truth, IMO O'Reilly has become so strident lately that I no longer tune in to his program. Apparently he lost some big bucks in the Enron fiasco and completely lost his self control with Neil Cavuto the other day when Cavuto was simply trying to educate him about the market."

"...self-confidence and confronting spin with truth .." is one thing. But O'Reilly stridently puts his *personal* opinions out there on subjects he knows little about, and wants people to accept it as "truth". He gets mad when people refuse to give his ill-informed, uninformed, ignorant, emotion-driven opinions (on subjects like the market, religion, etc.), equal weight with sound-minded, learned ones.

O'Reilly, "the populist" made the statement in June or July last year that "A little Socialism is a good thing".

I wrote him and said that I agree if it is only done within one's family, or within one's church, where the pooling / sharing of resources is VOLUNTARY. I asked him to clarify his "Socialism" statement. Haven't heard either a public or private clarification yet.

His appeal is mainly to victim / dependent mentalities. They think he respects them. On the contrary .... like all arrogant elitists .... he despises them, thinks they're stupid, and that they should be damn glad to have someone like him "looking out for them".

[PhiKapMom]

Sounds like you watch as much Fox News as I do and I fought to get it on my cable system which disgusts me even more. When O'Reilly had Brent Bozell, from CNS, on the other night discussing why some many lefties were headed for Fox, O'Reilly did nothing but defend Geraldo and Greta while Bozell tried to tell him that conservatives game them their ratings and if they keep this up, they will lose them. He also said that Fox gained so much viewership by hiring virutually unknowns for the most part who people turned out to like. Now they are going for big names from other networks that the viewership of Fox quit watching to go to Fox. Bozell tried to tell O'Reilly is wasn't going to work as we just won't watch those shows and he didn't seem to be able to fathom that!

This is one person who intends to help those ratings go down! I am disgusted with Fox and if it wasn't for the Morning Show and Brit, I probably would never turn it on because they are not the best with breaking news to begin with. All I can say is without sports my TV would get very little usage except for an occasional movie!

Don't think that O'Reilly show will do very well -- he irritates a lot of conservatives and the liberals really don't like him! He needs a huge dose of humility!

[holdonnow]

O'Reilly hasn't done ANYTHING except position himself as a populist leader of the little guy. He's sounds ridiculous and is often ill-informed. The other night he had the fabulous Brent Bozell (from the Media Research Center) as a guest. First he calls MRC "rightwing" (which is what the left calls conservatives), he then lectures Bozell about how he's not a conservative but allows conservative viewpoints to be heard, and that he's not like Rush Limbaugh, who tries to convince people to become conservative. And, of course, O'Reilly fancies himself a journalist. This is really stupid, self-serving stuff. The "No Spin Zone" is all spin intended to make O'Reilly appear important. He's not substantive and he's not conservative.