Lucylastic
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He must have a new book coming out.
He lied? well what a surprise
he is loving this media circus, threatening people and claiming its a smear on fox,
Semantics is a lot of it, he did claim he was in the falklands in one of his his books (In his 2001 book, The No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America, O’Reilly wrote, “You know that I am not easily shocked. I’ve reported on the ground in active war zones from El Salvador to the Falklands.”) altho, LOL it can be seen as semantics, 1000 miles away in Buenos aires covering a riot because the argentinians had "surrendered" is NOT being in the falklands.
His detractors, up to eight journalists now....claim he wasnt involved, and that he has (in his own unique way) used journalistic license
pointing out that there were no people killed and that altho the military were firing rubber bullets, they were firing over the head of the crowd, not into it as he"posited"
The CBS report runs short of proving him a liar, it doesnt absolve him either.
he is gonna get so many people butt hurt about this "unfairness". to poor ol bill and FNC
oh and this this morning
http://jfkfacts.org/assassination/news/reporters-tape-exposes-bill-oreillys-jfk-fib/
Investigator’s tape exposes Bill O’Reilly’s JFK fib
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/02/bill-oreillys-most-bizarre-lie-yet-centers
oh and threats to a NY reporter.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/02/bill-oreilly-threatens-ny-times-reporter-202990.html?ml=po_r
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly threatened a New York Times reporter on Monday night, promising to come after the reporter "with everything I have" if he felt that any of the reporter's coverage about his Falklands war controversy was inappropriate.
"Mr. O’Reilly’s efforts to refute the claims by Mother Jones and some former CBS News colleagues occurred both on the air and off on Monday," the Times' Emily Steel and Ravi Somaiya reported. "During a phone conversation, he told a reporter for The New York Times that there would be repercussions if he felt any of the reporter’s coverage was inappropriate. 'I am coming after you with everything I have,' Mr. O’Reilly said. 'You can take it as a threat.'”
Steel confirmed on Twitter that she was the reporter in question. Reached by email late Monday night, she declined to comment further, noting that "the story speaks for itself." A Fox News spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from O'Reilly.
The Times article was published just hours after O'Reilly sought to put an end to the controversy surrounding claims he made about his experiences during the Falklands War in 1982. "I want to stop this now,” he said after a segment about the controversy. “I hope we can stop it. I really do.”
Mother Jones journalists David Corn and Daniel Schulman have alleged that O'Reilly lied about being present in a "war zone" and "combat situation" during the Falklands War, and that he even suggested he had gone to the Falkland Islands. O'Reilly was present at a violent demonstration in Buenos Aires during which police fired into the crowd. He says he never claimed to have been in the Falkland Islands and has defended his characterization of the protest as a "combat zone."
Corn and Schulman also noted that O'Reilly falsely claimed that "many were killed" during the demonstration. On Monday night's broadcast, O'Reilly argued that a casualty count was impossible to determine.
On Monday, there was also a back and forth over Mr. O’Reilly’s use of a New York Times article from 1982 reporting on the protests in Buenos Aires during an interview on Sunday’s Media Buzz show on Fox. Mr. O’Reilly faced criticism for cutting out a key phrase when he read excerpts from the Times article to back up his assertions that he was reporting from a war zone. The article read: “One policeman pulled a pistol, firing five shots over the heads of fleeing demonstrators.” Mr. O’Reilly left out that the shots were “over the heads of fleeing demonstrators.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/business/media/bill-oreilly-and-fox-news-redouble-defense-of-his-falklands-reporting.html?_r=0
He is lapping this up in wonderful bill o'reilly spin and "righteous" anger land.
It boosts the ratings dont ya know, irritates the base and as fox wont launch an investigation into his" questionable" facts, its pointless ....
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