Fox slug fest: O'Reilly goes negative every 7 seconds?: The Swamp
 
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Posted August 3, 2007 6:52 AM
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by David Lightman

A regular Fox News slugfest broke out between Bill O'Reilly and Chris Dodd.

O'Reilly wanted to know why Dodd hadn't distanced himself from a "vile'' cartoon that the Daily Kos had run on Joe Lieberman.

It may not have helped when Dodd suggested that studies show the talk show host says something derogatory about people or groups once every 6.8 seconds.

"There's a lot of things you say are vile on a daily basis,'' Dodd told O'Reilly.

For more, see the story in today's Courant:

Dodd, O'Reilly Go Head To Head

By DAVID LIGHTMAN

Washington Bureau Chief

WASHINGTON -- Bill O'Reilly told Chris Dodd, "I don't have any respect for you" and "if I were Joe Lieberman I would never talk to you again."

Dodd fired back that the talk show host was engaged in "silliness" and that studies show O'Reilly says something derogatory about people or groups once every 6.8 seconds.

And so it went as the two sparred Thursday, first on radio and then on the Fox News Channel.

Dodd's presidential campaign has been itching for the confrontation all week. "Support Chris Dodd's strong stance against partisan media," says the front page of the campaign web site. "Contribute!" That charge comes under a picture of O'Reilly.

O'Reilly sent the tone early in the five-minute interview. He told listeners about his distaste for the liberal blog Daily Kos and this week's convention, called Yearly Kos, in Chicago. The convention is expected to attract most of the Democratic presidential candidates, including Dodd.

O'Reilly then blasted the Kos site for once running an insulting, sexually suggestive cartoon of Lieberman, the independent senator who is a popular figure among Iraq war backers.

The host recalled that Lieberman lost last year's Democratic Senate primary to Ned Lamont. Dodd backed Lieberman in the primary and Lamont in the general election.

"Dodd turned on Lieberman [in] the primary," O'Reilly told listeners, "which is why Lieberman has to run as an independent. Dodd supported the far left candidate last November, Ned Lamont."

Then came the Dodd interview, or, most of the time, shouting match.

O'Reilly asked Dodd why he wouldn't distance himself from the cartoon. Dodd said he was "stunned" that O'Reilly went after the Daily Kos because of what a few people may have posted. "You ought to be far more candid with your viewing audience here and tell them your real objection here is the ideology of Daily Kos," the senator said.

O'Reilly called the cartoon "vile." Dodd shot back, "There's a lot of things you say are vile on a daily basis in my view."

"What about the cartoon, Senator? What about it?" O'Reilly asked.

"No, no, no, listen," Dodd said, his voice rising.

"What do you mean, no, no, no. It's been up there for a year," O'Reilly replied.

The two were almost stepping on one another's words. An increasingly angry Dodd said that of course he didn't like the cartoon, but "that's not the issue."

"Of course that's the issue," said O'Reilly. "That's what they do. That's what they do on the site. They do that hate stuff all the time."

On the argument went, with Dodd noting that in 2005, O'Reilly suggested he wouldn't mind seeing San Francisco's Coit Tower blown up by al-Qaeda.

No, said O'Reilly. "You don't know what the hell I said, with all due respect." He added shortly, "You're a propagandist, Senator. You're a propagandist. I used to respect you. I don't have any respect for you."

Dodd had one more round of ammunition -- a study showing that O'Reilly made derogatory comments every 6.8 seconds. "It's an old study," O'Reilly insisted. "We've already discredited it."

Dodd thought he had discredited O'Reilly.

"Democrats aren't going to be lectured to about the crudeness of language or civility of discourse by Bill O'Reilly," he said after the taping. Said O'Reilly afterward: "What are you gonna do with a guy like Dodd? What are you gonna do?"

David Lightman is Washington bureau chief for the Hartford Courant, a Tribune Co. newspaper.

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Way to go Dodd!

Slap the lieing Bill O'Lielly biatch.


recall that the "study" the good senator quoted was produced at Indiana University, which has gotten a gigantic grant from big Demo funder George Soros,and the J school got a juicy gift from his "Center For American Progress" which paid for the aforementioned "study". It's hardly a statistically correct gem!


News flash!!! It's all about ratings and
O'Reilly, much as I don't like him, is a master at it and is the far and away leader on cable television news. And then he succeeds in getting other media to report on his successful effort. If the other media had not reported on the Dodd interview, 298 million Americans would have been unaware of it.


Hey Doug, I'd like to think you have the potential to be a class act, but I'm not sure. So,tell me this. O'Reilly showed a picture to Chris Dudd that has been on the DailyKos for over a year now in which Joe Lieberman is bent over and his head is right next to Bush's crotch. Dodd would not condemn that photo.
The DailyKos also had a picture up for three years in its website in which it shows Bush having sex with a donkey. So, tell me this: Do you condone that stuff or not?
Also, that study Dudd noted about O'Reilly saying something vile every 6.8 seconds: Bogus.

Let me also ask you and your brethren these questions:
1. Bill O'Reilly actively has been getting states to pass Jessica's Law, which requires a mandatory minimum sentence for child rapists, so that what happended to Jessica Lunsford (the youg girl from Florida who was repeatedly raped by a child predator and then buried alive) does not happen again or the liklihood is lessened). Do you folks support those efforts or no?
2. Do you folks believe that those who rape children should be out on parole or given six-month sentences for repeatedly raping children?
3. While I don't agree with the whole man-made global warming theory, O'Reilly does. Do you agree or disagree with him?
4. O'Reilly has been going after the oil companies for price gouging. Do you agree or disagree with O'Reilly on this issue?
Finally, has irony has it, a coworker of mine actually knew Markos Moulitsas Zuniga and worked with him at the NIU paper.


Way to go O'Reilly exposing Kos for being another far left propaganda site! Zooks comments expose the true Kos target audience - as usual.


First comment on this far left blog is a violent one. "Slap the lieing Bill O'Lielly biatch" This is typical of the Daily Kos.After I read death wishes and other distasteful comments about Republicans and conservatives on this Daily Kos website I was appalled that most Democrats support this website. Bill O'Reilly is exposing this.Thank God for Fox News and Bill O'Reilly. This blog has derogatory comments every 3.6 seconds of reading time. (Depending on how fast the far left reads.)


First comment on this far left blog is a violent one. "Slap the lieing Bill O'Lielly biatch" This is typical of the Daily Kos.After I read death wishes and other distasteful comments about Republicans and conservatives on this Daily Kos website I was appalled that most Democrats support this website. Bill O'Reilly is exposing this.Thank God for Fox News and Bill O'Reilly. This blog has derogatory comments every 3.6 seconds of reading time. (Depending on how fast the far left reads.)


Fact is, the leftists who post on DailyKos routinely spew the vilest kind of hate. The latest kookiness: saying President Bush ordered the assassination of Pat Tillman!

Or consider the anti-semitic rants, such as these: "as everybody knows, jews ONLY care about the welfare of other jews; thanks ever so much for reminding everyone of this most salient fact, so that we might better ignore all that jewish propaganda [by Lieberman] about participating in the civil rights movement of the 60s and so on."

And Democrats such as Chris Dodd kowtow to these nutcases.


This is nothing new from O'Reilly. Time and time again, it's shown what a liar he truly is - yet his blind sheep believe every word he says because he comes across like the tough bully.

He had no real answers - only denials.

The fact of the matter is, anyone with "the google" can verify what he's said - including the al-Qaeda remark in 2005.


bill O's site has been littered with posts that advocated the overthrow of government through violent means and many other racsist, sexist and hurtful things. The people he's directly had on his show, including himself have said things on a weekly basis that are truly hateful.

While the Daily Kos website has had some questionable posts, the idea that it is overrun by "hate" is ridiculous. It's quite the opposite. It is a site that advocates bringing the troops home, being a willing party in protecting Americans freedoms & civil liberties and educating the American viewers about the happenings of American politics from a liberal point of view. The liberal point of view is something that O'Reily hates and has shown nothing but contempt for.

It's about time that he Dems stand up to the awfullness and hate that is Fox News. Good for Dodd!


More relevant than O'Reilly bashing someone every seven seconds is the fact that he never lets a callers talk for more than seven seconds. Whether you agree with him or not, you get to fire off one snippet of commentary which he then bashes with a rolling pin and then stamps with his cookie-cutter ideology.

Public radio, whatever its shortcomings, at least allows people to talk and express themselves.

In Chicago, O'Reilly has been bumped to the 2am-4am slot, probably because that's where he can do the least damage.

Every era has its issues. No era can afford to have someone or some company (Fox) distorting those issues for political or economic gain.


Senator, though I support an John Edwards in the race for our WH, I sent a donation to tour campaign after the appearence last night. I don't watch the hatemonger O'Lielly, but sure did enjoy seeing someone who has served this country for years stand up to the lies and deceipt that this vile animal espouses daily.

It was obvious that the "no spin", was spinning right down the toilet last night. Ole Lielly is at a loss when speaking to someone of the human species.


Dodd just got my attention.


Here's the problem for O'Reilly, Hannity and
Limbaugh:

We liberals are not going to take it anymore. We are going to fight back against the lying right wingers. And Chris Dodd has just let BillO know this.

No wonder the fastest growing cable news channel is MSNBC.


O'Riley, Limbaugh, Coulter, etc. only appeal to people who want their own sad, narrow, twisted views reinforced.

Good to see Dodd standing up to him, more peolple should. O'Riley is nothing more than a bully.


Big tough talking Billy O'Really went and hid during VietNam while close to 60,000 young soldiers died.Nuff said.


O'Liarly's forums are full of hate for "The left, liberals, and other who hate America", yet when this was thrown into his face, not only did he refuse to acknowledge it he has yet to remove these posts!

Once again, when it comes to BillO, it's "do as I say, not as I do".


O'Reily needs to get "biatch slapped" like the spineless shriveling little ninny that he is!


The only difference between O'Reilly & the other Master of Hatred, Rush Limbaugh, is that O'Reilly hasn't yet been proved to be a criminal drug addict... at least that I know of. Bill O. may be a Sexual Harasser, but I haven't head that about Rush. BTW: please, everyone, don't go on a rant about Bill Clinton harassing women, either. So far, it looks like all his trysts were mutually consensual. They may be nasty but both parties wanted it: unlike Bill who used force - hence Harassment.


Why have no Republics condemned O'Reilly's wish to see al-Qaeda blow up a building in San Francisco? The Swamp is waiting ...


Oh Johnny, you make things so easy for us with your questions.

1) O'Reilly also said that the young men who were kidnapped in Missouri probably "enjoyed" their time with their kidnapper because they did not have to go to school. As a matter of fact, a group in Florida that was raising funds for missing and exploited children DISINVITED O'Reilly from one of their fund raising events because of this comment. Do you agree with that assessment?

2) I don't get this question - what does that have to do with what is being discussed here?

3) As a great man once said, even a broken clock is right two times a day.

4) A lot of people, right and left, think there was price gouging. I notice that with all of his "clout", nothing ever came of his call to action.


Does Bill O ever demand that Republican guests on his show disown specific posts on Republican leaning websites like FreeRepublic?


Daily Kos and every other Democrat rant blog is full of pornography, and indecent statements. Bill O'Reilly is logical and he is a gentleman something liberal wacko Dems can't understand. They belong to rent a mob groups like code pink, people for the American Way, Center for Progressive Clinton's,NARAL and Planned Parenthood. After all abortion is their religion or at least one of their seven sacraments.
Joe Lieberman is too nice a guy to be a Democrat.
Don't forget the Clinton administration invented the politcs of personal destruction also known as: the scorched earth policy. So, don't blame Bill O'Reilly for nasty politics. Jerry White, Springfield, IL


Right Wingers -
Did you notice that O'Reilly was negative during the entire transcript? No? Well, I'd love to debate but I can't write anymore. Got to catch some Inside Edition reruns.


All you need know about this hypocritical psycho.

OCTOBER 13--Hours after Bill O'Reilly accused her of a multimillion dollar shakedown attempt, a female Fox News producer fired back at the TV star today, filing a lawsuit claiming that he subjected her to repeated instances of sexual harassment and spoke often, and explicitly, to her about phone sex, vibrators, threesomes, masturbation, the loss of his virginity, and sexual fantasies. Below you'll find a copy of Andrea Mackris's complaint, an incredible page-turner that quotes O'Reilly, 55, on all sorts of lewd matters. Based on the extensive quotations cited in the complaint, it appears a safe bet that Mackris, 33, recorded some of O'Reilly's more steamy soliloquies. For example, we direct you to his Caribbean shower fantasies. While we suggest reading the entire document, TSG will point you to interesting sections on a Thailand sex show, Al Franken, and the climax of one August 2004 phone conversation. (22 pages)

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris1.html

So silly billy o. wants us to believe he is concerned about the lieberman picture, sheesh.


It looks like Dodd and O'Reilly both got what they wanted out of this shouting match. O'Reilly gets to do his usual schtick about the nasty Democrats for his right-wing audience. Dodd impresses Democrats by talking back instead of taking it like the donkey in the picture John D described.

As for DailyKos, what a surprise that O'Rielly doesn't like a website that has become an effective organizer and fundraiser for Democratic candidates. I hear they feel the same way about Fox, the Republican propaganda network.


Still no Republic condemming O'Reily's wish for Al-Qaeda to blow up a building and kill Americans....


"BILL O'REILLY IS WHY WE NEED A FAIR AND BALANCE MEDIA"

PUT A UNIFORM ON HIM AND A FOX BACKPACK FULL OF RUPERT MURDOCK GOODIES. PUT THE GOLDMANS OJ DID IT BOOK AND LIBBY SCOOTERS AND MARY CHENEY GAY AND LESBIAN FUN WITH DICK DICK AND JANE JANE. AND DROP HIM OUT A PLANE IN BAGHDAD.
GIVE HIM 100.00 TO GET HIS BODY ARMOUR, TOOTHPASTE, MAILING STAMPS, BOOTS, HUMMER GLASSES, AND IED TRAINING MANUAL. THEN HAVE SENATOR DODD ASK HIM HOW WAS THE TRIP BIG GUY.
LETS SEE IF HE IS THE MAN THAT HE CONTENDS TO BE.

MAKE SURE YOU TAKE THAT CELL PHONE FROM HIM AS WE ALL KNOW THAT IS HIS LOVE TOOL. YEA BABY, YEA BABY.

FOX CRACKHEAD OF THE YEAR.


Jethro, O'Reilly never said Al Qaeda should blow up San Francisco. One of your loony left websites taking O'Reilly out of context.
Bobin, O'Reilly also did not say the kidnapped boy enjoyed being taken advantage of. Again, the liars that make up the Loony Left wing blogs only use partial quotes, comments taken out of context, etc.

Anonymous: O'Reilly had the owner of FreeRepublic.com on the other day and took him to task. I'll bet you didn't see that in your loony left wing blog?

You demented souls are so pathetic with your left wing blog talking points.

By the way, Bobin, while the ACLU protects NAMBLA, O'Reilly has been going after them.


Anyone who takes Bill O'Reilly seriously is in need of professional help.

John D stay off the crack!


Johnny D-

Is the Tribune company responsible for your posts calling for the Democratic leadership to be executed?

Is the Tribune company responsible for your posts advocating torture, a crime against humanity?

Should Repoublican leaders be asked to disavow your posts?


Johnny D,
O'REILLY: Hey, you know, if you want to ban military recruiting, fine, but I'm not going to give you another nickel of federal money. You know, if I'm the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium, and I say, "Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you're not going to get another nickel in federal funds. Fine. You want to be your own country? Go right ahead."

And if Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead."

Notice how he said he would say that to San Francisco IF he was President. If he had the authority to protect our nation this is what he'd do and you are protecting him just like you are protecting Bin Laden. Why do you hate American's?


I love the way wingnuts are going to Kos and grabbing bits of postings to prove correct Bill Orally's demagoguery. It just adds to the hit count and makes Markos even more money. That will just allow him to allow even more things to be said that Orally hates. It's a closed loop he's created! Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

Of course, I'd rather have a person allowing vile speech on a website than allowing the kinds of things Orally said over the phone to Andrea Mackris. He's as vile as they come, pure scum sucking evil. Playing with people's minds because he thinks he is powerful. My 82 year ol senile mother in law thinks Orally makes sense. That's all the fair and balanced perspective I need.


MArk,

A journalist should know better than use something not true, let alone, put it in the headline. The Indiana University study was bogus. You should write for the national enquier.

I did happen to watch this last night. I think what Dodd was doing was kiss-up to the far left bloggers and use O'Reilly as a fundraiser similar to how Edwards use Ann Coulter.

Dodd looked pathetic on the show. It looked like he had been handed talking points about the Daily Kos, Indiana Univeristy study and just rattled them off.


At least O'Reilly gives his guests "the last word"... they'll ever say on his show.


That's right Terry,
We're going to use Bill-O's slobbering rightwing rants and make "mucho dinero" off of it.

Make sure you thank all of your Fox Noise Channel buddies for us!


HELLO HELLO....:this is the operator...there is a collect obscene phone call for you...will you except the charges?


At least O'Reilly gives his guests "the last word"... they'll ever say on his show.

Bud lies like bill orally does.


When Jane Hall told Bill that his own website had hate comments on it. BillO called her a liar and then they cut her mic off so he was sure to get the last word in…Jane was left talking at the end with no sound to be heard. That’s one class operation BillO has.

But ya still gotta love the billoviator for sending so many hits and so much money and attention to the forum he is afraid of.


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