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tweakabelle -> RE: Mother Jones Lied Again (2/25/2015 6:35:39 AM)
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O'Reilly admits to being in a "war zone', which in the context of the Falklands War could only mean being on the Falklands Islands themselves while the fighting was happening. The Islands and the surrounding seas were the only war zone in that war.
It turns out now that the "war zone" O'Reilly is referring to was in downtown Buenos Aires, and that it wasn't a war at all, but a riot or civil unrest. In other words O'Reilly wants us to believe that downtown Buenos Aires during a period of civil unrest/riot was a "war zone", part of the actual war being fought between the Argentines and the British using real armies air forces and navies with lots of casualties and fatalities on both sides. O'Reilly also claims to have rescued an injured cameraman that night, saving him from being shot by the security services.
From the New York Times:
"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.”
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Rich Meislin, the Times reporter who wrote the article, said on Facebook that as far as he knew no demonstrators were shot or killed by police that night. On Monday, Mr. O’Reilly said he was just reading clips from the piece during the Media Buzz interview and that official reports on casualties there were difficult to obtain.
Mr. Engberg, the former CBS News correspondent, also strongly disputed Mr. O’Reilly’s claim that he had rescued an injured cameraman while being chased by the Argentine army. “Nobody reported a cameraman being shot or injured,” he said. His account was supported by a senior member of the CBS News management team, with close knowledge of the events that night, who said that nobody was reported injured, and no request for medical attention was made to CBS News’s local medical team.
Another CBS News correspondent on the ground, Charles Gomez, said in an interview that though he likes Mr. O’Reilly and was surprised by the accusations, his memories matched those of his former colleagues.
“I do remember that there was tension between the authorities and the crowd,” he said, but added that he “did not see any bloodshed.” No cameraman was injured, he said, to the best of his recollection. Mr. Gomez, who covered wars in Nicaragua and other conflict zones, said he would not describe the events that night as war.
“What was happening on the Falkland Islands was a war zone,” he said. “What was happening in Buenos Aires was unrest.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/business/media/bill-oreilly-and-fox-news-redouble-defense-of-his-falklands-reporting.html?_r=0
You are welcome to believe O'Reilly if you so choose, but if you do, I have bridge here in Sydney that I can offer you a very good deal on (cash only thanks).
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