Bill O'Reilly vs. MediaMatters and ADL
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docwebster(Snagged from Media Matters via the wise and holy Eschaton)
I really, really hate this man.
O'REILLY: I mean -- what I was distressed about here, and I think when you think about it, you'll see that I have a point. I mean, I'm not expecting you to agree with me, but I don't want your organization, or B'nai Brith, or even Foxman's organization, the ADL -- which I think is a militant organization -- I don't want you guys to be used.
Because I think that, if that happens, there'll be a backlash against Jewish Americans that is unfair and that I'm just gonna have to redouble my efforts to make sure it doesn't happen.
Then there's this gem:
O'REILLY: You picked it up from a website that exists only to smear this program. All right? It's sneaky -- it takes things out of context -- and you were used -- you and your fine organization. And I've raised millions of dollars for Israel, by the way. You oughtta check that. But you and your fine organization was [sic] used by this far left, deceitful, disgusting website, which has tried to engender an anti-Jewish bias when none exists. And Foxman was used -- B'nai Brith were used -- they were all used. None of them heard it [O'Reilly's December 3 remark], and all of them jumped to the wrong conclusion.
Well, falafel-boy, looks like somebody did:
Moreover, the Jewish American newspaper The Forward reported on April 2 that Reilly has exaggerated his role in a fundraiser "for Israel." While "O'Reilly and his publicist told Business Week media editor Tom Lowry that the benefit he 'chaired' in Los Angeles had raised 40 million for Israel," "a few inquiries into the event in question raise questions about the account given by O'Reilly, who routinely refers to his television show as the 'no spin zone.'" The Forward article continued:
It turns out that O'Reilly was the paid keynote speaker, not the volunteer chair, of a February dinner that raised 3 million for the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. According to the federation's spokeswoman, Deborah Dragon, the event was part of the organization's annual campaign, which raises over 40 million, with some of the money going to help Israel. But the larger share is spent on local causes.
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In short, Bill O'Reilly is a complete fucking liar and a whiny damned idiot. Typical. I really, really, really hate this man.
I really, really hate this man.
O'REILLY: I mean -- what I was distressed about here, and I think when you think about it, you'll see that I have a point. I mean, I'm not expecting you to agree with me, but I don't want your organization, or B'nai Brith, or even Foxman's organization, the ADL -- which I think is a militant organization -- I don't want you guys to be used.
Because I think that, if that happens, there'll be a backlash against Jewish Americans that is unfair and that I'm just gonna have to redouble my efforts to make sure it doesn't happen.
Then there's this gem:
O'REILLY: You picked it up from a website that exists only to smear this program. All right? It's sneaky -- it takes things out of context -- and you were used -- you and your fine organization. And I've raised millions of dollars for Israel, by the way. You oughtta check that. But you and your fine organization was [sic] used by this far left, deceitful, disgusting website, which has tried to engender an anti-Jewish bias when none exists. And Foxman was used -- B'nai Brith were used -- they were all used. None of them heard it [O'Reilly's December 3 remark], and all of them jumped to the wrong conclusion.
Well, falafel-boy, looks like somebody did:
Moreover, the Jewish American newspaper The Forward reported on April 2 that Reilly has exaggerated his role in a fundraiser "for Israel." While "O'Reilly and his publicist told Business Week media editor Tom Lowry that the benefit he 'chaired' in Los Angeles had raised 40 million for Israel," "a few inquiries into the event in question raise questions about the account given by O'Reilly, who routinely refers to his television show as the 'no spin zone.'" The Forward article continued:
It turns out that O'Reilly was the paid keynote speaker, not the volunteer chair, of a February dinner that raised 3 million for the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. According to the federation's spokeswoman, Deborah Dragon, the event was part of the organization's annual campaign, which raises over 40 million, with some of the money going to help Israel. But the larger share is spent on local causes.
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In short, Bill O'Reilly is a complete fucking liar and a whiny damned idiot. Typical. I really, really, really hate this man.
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Date: 2004-12-15 11:23 pm (UTC)His lazy, selfish mind can transform a Polk award, won by two Inside Edition reporters whose tenure there never coincided with his, into a Peabody award for which he somehow deserves credit by association.
Small wonder that Bill "Legend in my Own Twisted Mind" O'Reilly loves Dubya so much.
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Date: 2004-12-16 05:56 am (UTC)