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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
Well, of course he was wrong to use the word "never" because it's not true! But it's what he said. He said something that wasn't true, that is an absolute fallacy about women's health, on air.
It was also on his show that Mark Foley was listed as a Democrat (and then he didn't correct the mistake; he just removed "Democrat" from the little blurb when they reran the show again), he claims he's won awards he hasn't won, for that matter, he claims a blue-collar background that he doesn't have, and selectively edits quotes by people to spin what they've said-- this link includes a section from Franken's show (which, I have to admit, I watched maybe once. Bad liberal!). Regardless of what you think of Franken, it shows a speech made by Sen. Biden, and then shows how O'Reilly cut it together on his show. It's an interesting look (and if anyone has a clear example from a liberal-based show of the host tinkering with speeches like this, please send it to me!). Scroll down; it's number 7:
http://throwawayyourtv.com/2006/09/b...roversies.html
Rupert, if you love Bill O'Reilly, of course you should keep watching him, but don't let him persuade you that what he's doing is news-- it's not; it's political-themed entertainment. And hey, in his defense, I thought the lawsuit he pushed Fox to file against Franken, claiming Fox owned the phrase "Fair and Balanced" made for hilarious news for a few weeks. (Franken claims O'Reilly wanted to sue becaue he was mad about the picture Franken used of him on the cover of the book, which he swears he had intended to get airbrushed until O'Reilly threatened Franken's editor, who is a rather tiny woman. It's actually a pretty funny account in the book, of O'Reilly cornering her and shrieking, 'This is what I look like! This is what I look like!" as he points at his face.)
And watching the clip reminds me of why I never got hooked on Franken's radio show-- he's really boring on radio. |
I don't think his show is a news show. It is basically a show where he gives his opinion on whichever current events are of interest to him and then he has guests on to debate him about it. For example, he'll bring up a trial that just ended where some child molester was only sentenced to 6 months in jail, and he'll talk about how outrageous the sentence was. Then he'll have some liberal guest on that will explain why the senetnce was fair and they will debate about it. That's basically what the show is. I probaby watch it once a month. I don't love O'Reilly by any means. I think he's alright. I certainly agree with his positions a lot more often than I disagree with them.
By the way, his show must be pretty good. He gets great guests. He gets congresmmen and Senators from both parties. When the Clinton/Chris Wallace controversy was going on, O'Reilly had James Carville and Paul Begala on the show.
With all of these things whether we are talking about the Drudgereport or the O'Reilly Factor, you really need to check them out for yourself. It's obvious from your description that you know very little about either one. Just because some liberal source told you that these were bad, it doesn't make it true. You really need to decide for yourself rather than basing your opinion on someone else's one-sided argument that bashes the Drudgereport or The O'Reilly Factor.