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Brian Williams out; Bill O'Rielly to follow

Original post made by Fact checker, Atherton: other, on Feb 20, 2015

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"Yet for years, O'Reilly has recounted dramatic stories about his own war reporting that don't withstand scrutiny—even claiming he acted heroically in a war zone that he apparently never set foot in."

Turns out Bill Papa Bear never set foot in the Falklands despite his bragging about it over and over again. He was safe and cozy, sipping drinks in a bar 1,200 miles away.

"I was in a situation one time, in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands, where my photographer got run down and then hit his head and was bleeding from the ear on the concrete. And the army was chasing us."

Except Bill was never in the Falklands during the war. He was covering a post-war protest in Buenos Aires.

Liar. It's like when Bill and Fox sued over the book that highlighted their lies and were laughed out of court Web Link

Bill and his 'no-spin-zone' have refused every opportunity to comment on this situation and news release.

Fox "news". They report (lies). You decide when to believe them. At least in England, they jailed the Fox/news corp-er's for lying. Web Link

Comments (8)

Posted by Bill Oh Really
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Feb 20, 2015 at 10:32 am

Google the youtube of Bill as the pretty boy host of the tabloid show Inside Edition.

The chickenhawk brigade, led by Dick Cheney, is composed of many cowards like Bill Oreally, rush Limbaugh and other pro-war fools who ran away when called to serve. Okay to run, I suppose, but not okay to pretend otherwise.


Posted by Bill Oh Really
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Feb 20, 2015 at 10:35 am

Just google "do it live" for no spin Bill. Fox has to suspend him for lying to maintain credibility.


Posted by Silly Billy must go
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Feb 20, 2015 at 2:40 pm

Brian Williams committed an unforgivable act as a journalist when he lied. He deserved to go. But Bill O'Reilly and his hectoring, hypocritical tirades against Williams when it turns out he was guilty of the same thing? What a piece of work. Silly Billy should have been yanked from the spotlight a long time ago. This revelation should add ammunition to the push to dump him.


Posted by 18th St
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Feb 21, 2015 at 7:11 pm

You are running a false premise - that bill orilly is telling the truth. No one expects the truth from bill-o.

Completely delusional and self obsessed.

Just check out his meltdown on the Do It Live espisode.


Posted by come on
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Feb 22, 2015 at 9:06 pm

Come on. Brian Williams is a mainstream news presenter. Viewers expect him to be telling the truth.

Bill O'Reilly is a shock jock, no different from Howard Stern. No one cares if Howard Stern is telling the truth and the same goes for most Bill O'Reilly viewers. Fox is not going to fire Bill O'Reilly. Money matters. Truth does not. This is Fox, not news.


Posted by Fact checker
a resident of Atherton: other
on Feb 23, 2015 at 9:47 am

It is starting to become clear: Bill was fired from CBS after his "war" reporting, which was 1,200 miles away from the battleground, afte the battle was over, covering some protest.

Bill then goes to 2nd rate news - the tabloid Inside Edition, and is so humbled and devastated, he explodes - see the Do It Live rage on YouTube.

He decides to take it out on real news networks by going to Faux and attacking in the tabloid style he picked up when he left real news, but is still messed up in the head.

A theapist would have fun with this onion.

See: Loofah

See: Andrea MacKris, and her settlement in a $65,000,000 sexual harassment lawsuit, with Bill O'Rielly informing us about his problems with women Web Link


Posted by Hank
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Feb 23, 2015 at 6:06 pm

Bill O'Reilly and other reporters weren't in a War Zone, according to the crew from CBS (where O'Reilly worked,) they were in an Expense Account Zone.

From CNN:

"Bill O'Reilly's account of a 1982 riot in Argentina is being sharply contradicted by seven other journalists who were his colleagues and were also there at the time.
The people all challenge O'Reilly's depiction of Buenos Aires as a "war zone" and a "combat situation." They also doubt his description of a CBS cameraman being injured in the chaos."

"Nobody remembers this happening," said Manny Alvarez, who was a cameraman for CBS News in Buenos Aires.
Jim Forrest, who was a sound engineer for CBS there, said that when he heard O'Reilly retell the Argentina riot story to interviewer Marvin Kalb several years ago, he contacted Kalb and said "I was on that crew, and I don't recall his version of events."

Longtime NBC News correspondent George Lewis, who was also there at the time, agreed with Engberg, writing on Facebook, "Cushiest war I ever covered."


The takeaway?


Eric Engberg, a CBS correspondent who was also in Buenos Aires at the time... said, "It was not a war zone or even close.

It was an 'expense account zone.'"


Posted by Hank
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Feb 25, 2015 at 9:33 am

Bill O'Reilly's take on his WAR ZONE lies while actually being in an Expense Account Zone?

"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.”

New York Times: Web Link



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