Lite Beer Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Bill O'Reilly's partisan critics stepping up attackDAVID BAUDER, AP Television WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Following several stories questioning Bill O'Reilly's past reporting, a liberal media watchdog has ordered its researchers to comb through years of the Fox News Channel host's writings, radio and television shows and public appearances to find examples of inconsistencies.O'Reilly is squarely in the crosshairs of Media Matters for America, an illustration of how the media is subject to the same political campaigns as politicians. Fox is standing behind O'Reilly, but the extent to which cable news' most popular personality is damaged may depend on how many more stories come out."It's a moving target," said Bradley Beychok, Media Matters president, on Friday. "It's too early to tell what the end of this is."The effort began a week ago, after Mother Jones magazine reported that O'Reilly claimed to be in a "war zone" while reporting on the Falklands War in Argentina more than 30 years ago for CBS News, when instead he covered an anti-government demonstration more than 1,000 miles away from the front.Other reports soon followed:—Media Matters quoted police reports, witnesses and former O'Reilly co-workers to rebut O'Reilly's assertion that he was outside the home of John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's friend when the friend killed himself by shotgun.—Media Matters said O'Reilly suggested he witnessed the assassination of four nuns in El Salvador when he had not.—The Guardian quoted former O'Reilly colleagues who said he had exaggerated an incident where he said he'd been attacked by protesters during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Instead, they said he had argued with one man.Media Matters, an organization formed 11 years ago by David Brock, has an $11.2 million operating budget and a mission devoted to combatting conservative media. It has 45 researchers on staff and, as first outlined in Politico, assigned most of them to O'Reilly's dossier after the Mother Jones article hit."This is not helpful to his brand," Beychok said. "His brand is that he's a truth-teller and we've had numerous examples of where he's not telling the truth."Given O'Reilly's prominence and Media Matters' mission, it's somewhat surprising the group hadn't dug into O'Reilly's record like this before. Beychok said the Media Matters is a "rapid response research organization" that follows the news.Media Matters hasn't actively followed the case of NBC's Brian Williams, suspended for misrepresenting his experiences while reporting in Iraq in 2003, because it isn't central to its political mission. On the other side, the conservative Media Research Center, which said Williams had gotten off easy with a six-month suspension, did not respond to questions about O'Reilly on Friday.O'Reilly's publishers have backed their author, reiterating that point on Friday. O'Reilly is the co-author of a successful book series on the deaths of prominent historical figures like Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln and Jesus Christ."This is nothing more than an orchestrated campaign by far left advocates Mother Jones and Media Matters," Fox spokeswoman Irena Briganti said. "Responding to the unproven accusation du jour has become an exercise in futility. Fox News maintains its staunch support of O'Reilly, who is no stranger to calculated onslaughts."For his part, O'Reilly has reacted differently to the stories. He immediately went on the attack after the Mother Jones article, calling it a "political hit job" in several interviews and saying that the violence in the Buenos Aires demonstration he covered justified his description that it was a combat zone. He explained his statement about the nuns' assassinations by saying he saw pictures of the aftermath. He hasn't responded to the stories about the Kennedy figure or Los Angeles riots.The only way O'Reilly can be seriously damaged is if more allegations about his statements come forward from sources other than partisan organizations, said Joe Muto, a former O'Reilly producer fired by Fox after he began writing an anonymous blog as the "Fox mole.""Ultimately, he'll survive this because he's not held — by his bosses, or the public, or himself — to the same standards of truth-telling as Brian Williams is," Muto said. "People expect a certain degree of hyperbole and exaggeration from O'Reilly. It's baked into the job description. It's part of his persona."His attackers are the liberal organizations that O'Reilly and his fans find perfect foils, he said."The only way that list of nemeses could be more perfect for him is if it included Al Franken, Ward Churchill and the entire state of Vermont," said Muto, who now edits for reality television programs. "Bill is never happier than when he's under attack." -- (c) Associated Press 2015-02-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Loptr Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 The lefties want tit-for-tat since Brian Williams got taken down and O'Reilly is the candidate for scrutiny... I never have liked this ass clown anyway as he is rude and obnoxious as hell... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ulysses G. Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 Media Matter, Mother Jones and others of their ilk have been lying about Bill O'Reilly and Fox News obsessively for years. The only thing new here is trying to tie it to Brian Williams. This will do him no damage at all and probably enhance his career even more. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NeverSure Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 Fox News Channel’s ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ Surges in Ratings “The O’Reilly Factor” has long been the most popular program in cable news, and the controversy surrounding host Bill O’Reilly’s war-reporting experiences has only helped elevate the show’s ratings. Wednesday night’s “Factor” delivered easily the program’s largest audience of 2015 in the key news demo of adults 25-54 (705,000) — up 24% week-to-week, up 62% year-over-year and more than four times the audience of cable news runner-up “Anderson Cooper” on CNN (162,000). More 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Media Matter, Mother Jones and others of their ilk have been lying about Bill O'Reilly and Fox News obsessively for years. The only thing new here is trying to tie it to Brian Williams. This will do him no damage at all and probably enhance his career even more. See above from today's news. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post angsta Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 A liar on Fox News and this is a story? Have they ever watched the channel?? 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Who actually owns this fox news channel? Please share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Somtamnication Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 Media Matter, Mother Jones and others of their ilk have been lying about Bill O'Reilly and Fox News obsessively for years. The only thing new here is trying to tie it to Brian Williams. This will do him no damage at all and probably enhance his career even more. There are no lies about Fox News. They are the lie: fair and balanced! lol. Time for that clown to be unmasked. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ataloss Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 Media Matter, Mother Jones and others of their ilk have been lying about Bill O'Reilly and Fox News obsessively for years. The only thing new here is trying to tie it to Brian Williams. This will do him no damage at all and probably enhance his career even more. There are no lies about Fox News. They are the lie: fair and balanced! lol. Time for that clown to be unmasked. Faux News - re: 'They are the lie....' Pablum for their American fans who read picture books. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckd Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is Thursday, 26 February 2015, total viewership of the 8 PM time slot for cable news networks. O'Reilly seems to be holding his own. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net 8PM FOXN THE OREILLY FACTOR---3,106.000 CNN Anderson Cooper-------------- 360,000 MSNB ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES--- 653,000 CNBC Shark Tank--------------------- 556,000 HLN Nancy Grace---------------------- 387,000 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/27/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-february-26-2015/368178/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chicog Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 Realistically, in the court of Fox News viewer opinion, it is inconceivable that a liar like Bill O'Reilly could, well, lie. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rancid Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 O'Reilly is the poster boy for all Fox that news stands for: lies, propaganda, confusion and fascist dumbing down of the population. Not that the other channels offer any real difference, just other memes of irrelevance and brain washing. Still now we are shocked to discover good old Bill was actually caught out lying. Didn't Hillary also have a good under-fire story? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Word of the day: self-engrandizing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post joesanunu Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is Thursday, 26 February 2015, total viewership of the 8 PM time slot for cable news networks. O'Reilly seems to be holding his own. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net 8PM FOXN THE OREILLY FACTOR---3,106.000 CNN Anderson Cooper-------------- 360,000 MSNB ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES--- 653,000 CNBC Shark Tank--------------------- 556,000 HLN Nancy Grace---------------------- 387,000 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/27/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-february-26-2015/368178/ 3 million watch the fake wrestling show too. I have a feeling they both draw the same audience. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aTomsLife Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) I don't own a TV, so don't watch any news shows, including O'Reilly. But I find it laughable when people degrade him and Fox in general for their claims of being fair and balanced. Such people don't get the inherent satire in the claim: 99% of mainstream media is liberally biased, thus the "fair and balanced" slogan is meant in contrast to those other journalistic organisations: that Fox's existence on behalf of conservatives makes things more fair and balanced. Not that Fox is claiming to be non-partisan. For all the liberal eye rolling that goes on at and about Fox news, stop and consider for a moment how conservatives, and even independents like me, feel about the constant stream of liberally biased news. Consider how we're stuck rolling our eyes just as much at the NYT, the Washington Post, MSNBC, et al. This attack on O'Reilly is so transparent, and will backfire on the liberal media spectacularly. Edit: rasmussen study reports: New York Times, Washington Post, and Local Newspapers Seen as Having Liberal Bias Edited February 28, 2015 by aTomsLife 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckd Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is Thursday, 26 February 2015, total viewership of the 8 PM time slot for cable news networks. O'Reilly seems to be holding his own. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net 8PM FOXN THE OREILLY FACTOR---3,106.000 CNN Anderson Cooper-------------- 360,000 MSNB ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES--- 653,000 CNBC Shark Tank--------------------- 556,000 HLN Nancy Grace---------------------- 387,000 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/27/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-february-26-2015/368178/ 3 million watch the fake wrestling show too. I have a feeling they both draw the same audience. Oh, I don't know so much about that. I get fake wrestling and don't watch it. I do not get Fox News but would watch it if I could. I am reduced to watching CNN International and BBC, both of which hardly qualify as news networks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post joesanunu Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 Have you noticed? FOX viewers can't have friends that don't watch FOX. Easy to spot them too. Sometimes I meet people and after a quick hello they go straight into their Hannity impression. FOX has them frothing at the mouth with hate.... Obama the muslim.....liberals!....Bengazi!....Obamacare....Death Panels.....Cuba!...liberals!...socialists!...Thats al they want to talk about. They recite a big list of the last 6 months of Roger Ailes talking points. I can't get away fast enough from these guys...and they are all the same. Right here on Thai Visa you can spot the FOX viewers instantly. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is Thursday, 26 February 2015, total viewership of the 8 PM time slot for cable news networks. O'Reilly seems to be holding his own. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net 8PM FOXN THE OREILLY FACTOR---3,106.000 CNN Anderson Cooper-------------- 360,000 MSNB ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES--- 653,000 CNBC Shark Tank--------------------- 556,000 HLN Nancy Grace---------------------- 387,000 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/27/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-february-26-2015/368178/ Only a slight lead then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 The lefties want tit-for-tat since Brian Williams got taken down and O'Reilly is the candidate for scrutiny... I never have liked this ass clown anyway as he is rude and obnoxious as hell... and he lies whenever he opens his mouth! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post angsta Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is Thursday, 26 February 2015, total viewership of the 8 PM time slot for cable news networks. O'Reilly seems to be holding his own. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net 8PM FOXN THE OREILLY FACTOR---3,106.000 CNN Anderson Cooper-------------- 360,000 MSNB ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES--- 653,000 CNBC Shark Tank--------------------- 556,000 HLN Nancy Grace---------------------- 387,000 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/27/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-february-26-2015/368178/ These figures reflect more on the 'intelligence' of the average American Southern redneck television viewer than the credibility (or lack of) of Saudi/Murdoch owned Fox News. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angsta Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Have you noticed? FOX viewers can't have friends that don't watch FOX. Easy to spot them too. Sometimes I meet people and after a quick hello they go straight into their Hannity impression. FOX has them frothing at the mouth with hate.... Obama the muslim.....liberals!....Bengazi!....Obamacare....Death Panels.....Cuba!...liberals!...socialists!...Thats al they want to talk about. They recite a big list of the last 6 months of Roger Ailes talking points. I can't get away fast enough from these guys...and they are all the same. Right here on Thai Visa you can spot the FOX viewers instantly. I always thought ThaiVisa had a sponsorship deal with Fox News and The Daily Mail (Hail)? What made me think that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLSEEINGEYE Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I am all for freedom of speech but I am an even stronger believer that people should be responsible for what they say and that should come with consequences and punishments, especially for those in broadcasting. If anyone is constantly spewing lies to insight fear or to push ahead a political agenda based on lies then they need to be chastised and made accountable. Where is the integrity in the media these days? It is all ran by big corporations that often have a vested interest in providing information that they want heard and the way they want it to be heard, to benefit themselves. An Industry and a culture in need of some new regulations for sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ALLSEEINGEYE Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 It's really good to watch the Daily show to see just how full of BS O'Reilly really is. Hard to believe he is the most popular figure in cable broadcasting (i purposely did not use the term "News"). The world is just a mess and gettin messier by the day. Idiots like this that spin the truth, fear monger, and tell blatant lies need to be dealt with as they are a detriment to society. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canuckamuck Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 I love Bill Oreilly, not because I watch his show (I only download movies) but for how he seems to make liberals pee their pants a little every time his name is mentioned. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 the spin stops here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publicus Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Who actually owns this fox news channel? Please share. It could seem Bill O'Riely's problems are only one symptom of new and deep problems at FoxNewsCorp. So it's no problem to share even if it's only just a bit of the complete ownership picture.... Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is usually described as a billionaire Saudi businessman, but he is also a senior member of the Saudi monarchy. He is the nephew of the Saudi dictator, King Abdullah, and the first cousin of the Saudi interior minister, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. He is also the largest stakeholder in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. outside the Murdoch family. http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/interview-diana-west-saudi-influence-fox-news Well, not any more. Early last year the prince sold almost all of his interests in Fox News. Thing is, the prince sold to critics of Robert Murdoch. So in October at a shareholder's revolt, Murdoch saw 47% of 'em vote against him, the worst vote he'd ever suffered by shareholders. “We were only a few percentage points away,” said Laura Campos of the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the News Corp shareholder that proposed the motion. The foundation wrote to News Corp’s lead independent director, Peter Barnes, in January to demand that the board addressed the scale of investors’ unhappiness. “In the wake of the stunning level of support from the public shareholders, we felt that shareholder dissatisfaction demanded an answer,” she added. Prince Alwaleed had used his stake to bolster Mr Murdoch during the 2011-12 phone-hacking scandal, where the media billionaire was heavily criticised, and his son, James Murdoch, faced a protest vote from investors. Kingdom’s voting power was subsequently reduced, in line with US laws on foreign ownership. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6660164c-ac49-11e4-9d32-00144feab7de.html#ixzz3T27KN2R3 The Murdoch family has just under 40% of voting power at Fox News Corp although it owns only 14% of it, so it had relied on the prince's 6.5% voting share for significant but not their sole support, which is now gone as the prince has reduced his ownership power to 1%. NewsCorp's shares have fallen 13% since the prince sold his shares in June while the S&P's 500 has gained 4.6%. Shareholders say they've only begun their new and more effective revolt against Murdoch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slickrick Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 The cable news ratings speak for itself. I guess you don't believe the ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 The lefties want tit-for-tat since Brian Williams got taken down and O'Reilly is the candidate for scrutiny... I never have liked this ass clown anyway as he is rude and obnoxious as hell... Name calling often paints a true portrait of the name caller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Suradit69 Posted February 28, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) The lefties want tit-for-tat since Brian Williams got taken down and O'Reilly is the candidate for scrutiny... I never have liked this ass clown anyway as he is rude and obnoxious as hell... That's the important distinction. O'Reilly is a clown (something he knows full well and profits from) and his "reporting," like much of the content on Fox Noise, has more to do with entertaining their main demographic, cave dwellers & supporters of flat-earth-theories, than anything to do with actual news. Edited February 28, 2015 by Suradit69 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is Thursday, 26 February 2015, total viewership of the 8 PM time slot for cable news networks. O'Reilly seems to be holding his own. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net 8PM FOXN THE OREILLY FACTOR---3,106.000 CNN Anderson Cooper-------------- 360,000 MSNB ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES--- 653,000 CNBC Shark Tank--------------------- 556,000 HLN Nancy Grace---------------------- 387,000 http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/02/27/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-february-26-2015/368178/ I don't blame for global citizens shaking their heads in disbelief that the strongest military power in the world gets its news from, where?! You've got to be kidding me! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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