| |||
| Bill O'Reilly;misquote, misrepresent, and lie.
On the Tuesday, February 15 edition of FOX News' (Faux News) The O'Reilly Factor, Bill responded to a viewer e-mail complaining about the host "lying to the public about anything" and saying that O’Reilly’s "show is full of lies about Hillary Clinton." Mr. Falafal himself, O'Reilly, attacked the viewer as "delirious" and claimed: "No lies have been told about anyone, including Senator Clinton, and you can't produce one, madam.” The following are examples, compiled by several news researchers with access to tapes and transcripts, of O'Reilly’s lies about Clinton and other prominent Democrats and progressives: O'Reilly claimed that former President Bill Clinton's presidential library gives Senator Clinton "access to money because Bill Clinton's got a checkbook that he can write anything off against that library he wants." In fact, the National Archives and Records Administration took over the management and funding of the library after its November 18, 2004, grand opening. [The O'Reilly Factor, 11/18/04] O'Reilly has often claimed that "Hillary Clinton didn't go to one funeral or one memorial service of any of the regular folks killed at the World Trade Center, even though she's a senator of New York," despite the fact that Clinton attended several memorial services, including one for 79 restaurant employees. (O'Reilly has not explained who the "regular folks" are.) [The O'Reilly Factor, 5/13/02; The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, 2/10/05] O'Reilly doctored a quotation by George Soros from a 1995 New Yorker article to make it seem as though Soros had wished his own father dead. [The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, 6/1/04] O'Reilly claimed Howard Dean wanted to "pull out of Iraq immediately," when Dean actually advocated keeping American military forces in Iraq to establish stability. [The O'Reilly Factor, 7/26/04] In a discussion about what went wrong for Democrats in the November 2, 2004, election, O'Reilly claimed that Democrats "lost votes from four years ago;" that those "18- to 24's didn't go" to the polls; and that "[c]ommitted Republicans didn't carry the day for the president; independents did." All three claims are false. [The O'Reilly Factor, 11/4/04] O'Reilly egregiously misquoted Senator Barbara Boxer during her questioning of Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice, and lied repeatedly to attack Boxer's record on fighting terrorism. O'Reilly claims that Boxer questioned Rice's "respect for the troops;" in fact, Boxer questioned Rice's "respect for the truth" after citing specific statements by Rice that Boxer claimed were untrue or inconsistent. [The O'Reilly Factor, 1/19/05; The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly, 1/20/05] In a discussion about what went wrong for Democrats in the November 2, 2004, election, O'Reilly claimed that Democrats "lost votes from four years ago;" that those "18- to 24's didn't go" to the polls; and that "[c]ommitted Republicans didn't carry the day for the president; independents did." All three claims are false. [The O'Reilly Factor, 11/4/04]. Did Mr. O’Reilly have on his payroll as his personal researcher a gay male escort with Republican White House press experience? A hidden benefit of Bill and Jeff working together is Jeff is gay, and O’Reilly obviously likes women in showers with chickpea sandwiches; FOX needn’t worry about new lawsuits. Last edited by trust no one; 02-21-2005 at 12:28 AM. |
| | ||||
| ||||
| |
![]() |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |