O'Reilly's tragic flaw

World Net Daily ^ | 5/13/02 | Geoff Metcalf

[Goldi-Lox]

For nearly a year, I have avoided BO due to his self-importance and self-aggrandizment. He makes me wanna barf when he talks about the "FOLKS" out there, while preening at the camera in his Brooks Brother's Suits!!!

He seems to think that by SAYING he cares about the FOLKS we're goinna BELIEVE he cares. HAH! Not me. I can smell insincerity, and ego-drive a thousand miles away, and his stench is particularly bad. Here's a guy who'd stop on a dime to look at his mug on a mirror, causing a major traffic accident, and be unaware of anything but himself. YUKKKK!

[Goldi-Lox]

BTW: I like Matt Drudge, although he can be a bit self-absorbed as well.

[newcats]

"O'Reilly's tragic flaw" is his own overly large, whining mouth, coupled with his superiority complex, multiplied by his egotisim....IMHO

[Rays_Dad]

OK good I thought I was the only one getting annoyed by B.O. I like the stories and reports he does but, that sh*t eatin Kool-Aid grin gets on my nerves. The "I's" and "me's" make his show really hard to watch. Pretty soon I think he is going to say he invented the wheel or something.

----->Chip

[KC_Conspirator]

Its clear that O'Reilly perceived Rush to be wounded when he announced his hearing problems last summer. O'Reilly figured Rush was on the way out. But a funny thing happened on the way to the studio - the cochclear implant worked. Regardless, O'Reilly will find out that he is going to stretch himself too thin and will last about a year and two at the most with both a radio and television show.

Also, I think that Drudge should have been offended that O'Reilly came on his show and lied to him and his audience. The news that the execs are paying for this show to be a success and that many local talents are being fired or bumped will create animosity towards O'Reilly as well.

[texasreb]

Yea! what you said. (Y!WYS)

[newcats]

Whew.....thought I was the only one here who felt that way...

[leadpenny]

If he chooses, Rush Limbaugh will become the Paul Harvey of our generation, pontificating to my grandkids.

That was a cheap shot at PH. The man puts out more 'interesting' news in a 15-minute broadcast than RL puts out in 15-hour week.

I agree with you on BO. Can't watch him.

[Goldi-Lox]

If I had a choice between ORotten and nothing on the radio, I'd choose nothing. Quiet can be nice. ORotten can only be annoying.

[RAT Patrol]

I agree with your comments on post 1 and 2. There is nothing more unattractive than self-love. Drudge doesn't seem as arrogant as he seems too touchy sometimes. He needs to learn that when he dishes it out he's got to be able to take it better. But overly sensitive and ego are two different things and I can stomach the former way better than the latter.

[Clemenza]

He had an opportunity to demonstrate class, calm under pressure and style

O'Reilly, the sage of Levittown, never had any of these qualities.

[Tacis]

O'Reily (one "l," or two?) is OK but really isn't very good at what he does. He runs a terrible interview, is rude, and is so offensive to his guests that it is a wonder that anyone who isn't just trying to deliver a message and, thus, is willing to be abused, ever comes back.

Proof? Next time you watch an interview, whether with friend or foe, keep score with a pen and a piece of paper. Every time BOR asks a question, draw a circle (be quick) and, if he interrupts BEFORE the guest can finish his answer, draw a line (backslash) through the same circle. By "interrupt," I mean, "abruptly speak over," in such a fashion that, if your teenage kid did that to you, you'd smack him. At the end of the interview, you will find very few clean circles.

BOR can be entertaining and I have no real problem with his ego. It is just that he is not very good.

[joesnuffy]

Fairly Balanced or Fairly Unbalanced You Decide

[lavaroise]

The "I's" and "me's" make his show really hard to watch.

Well well well, when I thought my dad was dead, here are his wisdom words coming out. I have always been annoyed by the Is and the me's in the US, and I thought it was because I was a foreigner raised by an old Euro fart, but it seems the old man was right after all. There is something annoying indeed when people self paint themselves to an audience. It invariably turns into the cult of man.

[Hugin]

O'Reilly earned his success on Fox News. However, that success is not necessarily immediately transferable to other media. Rush didn't do well on TV. Dr. Laura bombed on TV.

But not always. Sean Hannity has done well in both media. O'Reilly will do OK, but his big mistake is going head to head with Rush. No way are Rush's listeners going to switch to Bill.

BTW I think you're off base with the criticism. So he's got a big ego and wears nice suits and talks about the ordinary folks. So does Rush. So what? He does a great job at what he does. Just because he's successful now does not mean he can't relate to the "ordinary folks".

Finally as far as his remarks on Imus, I haven't heard the cut but it sounds to me like he trying to make light of it. And I doubt anyone who doesn't read Drudge report ever heard of it.

[isthisnickcool]

S-A-V-A-G-E

[Hugin]

Next time you watch an interview, whether with friend or foe, keep score with a pen and a piece of paper. Every time BOR asks a question, draw a circle (be quick) and, if he interrupts BEFORE the guest can finish his answer, draw a line (backslash) through the same circle. By "interrupt," I mean, "abruptly speak over," in such a fashion that, if your teenage kid did that to you, you'd smack him. At the end of the interview, you will find very few clean circles.

IMHO that is exactly why he is a good interviewer. Most of the pols he will bloviate endlessly on their talking points without answering the question. They don't get away with it on O'Rielly. That's why it's the No Spin Zone.

[liberalism=failure]

O'reilly has gone after Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Janet Reno, Jesse Jackson (in a big way) to name a just a few.

he is conservative far more often than liberal, and his show reaches lots of people. Lots of people who could be wooed to our point of view with a little exposure to it.

O'reilly is certainly not perfect, but he is still a big asset to conservatism.

[leadpenny]

You nailed it, perfectly.

As an alternative, I recommend to anyone, watch and listen to Imus (where BOR stepped on his johnson) when he does an interview. IMO, he is a Master. It is fairly obvious that Brian Lamb (Booknotes) and Imus are each other's heros.

[GeekDejure]

Yeah . . . Whatever . . . Isle Ike Billow Rye Lee !!!