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Posted by lynn970 on September 6, 2005, at 20:19:28
I love Bill O'reilly. Anyone else cares to share there opinion? Just remember to be nice.
:-).
Posted by 10derHeart on September 6, 2005, at 23:03:33
In reply to Bill O'reilly, posted by lynn970 on September 6, 2005, at 20:19:28
Hi there lynn,
I do, too.
I imagine we're quite the minority here, though. But, nothing wrong with that :-)
Prefer the radio show to TV, actually, but try to get a dose of one or the other daily.
I think...Bill can be somewhat over the top sometimes. So, because I'm aware that I am a big fan, I try to sort of *check myself,* to make sure I'm not mindlessly agreeing with him on any particular issue....
Bill himself wouldn't want that, I hope...
Posted by caraher on September 7, 2005, at 11:16:33
In reply to Re: Bill O'reilly » lynn970, posted by 10derHeart on September 6, 2005, at 23:03:33
I can't stand him. I avoid him as much as possible... as I do FAUX News in general.
(I think last year a study showed that people who identified FOX News as their chief news source were by far most likely to believe demonstrably false things like that there were Iraqis among the 9/11 hijackers... "we distort, you comply" would be a more accurate slogan)
Posted by crazy teresa on September 7, 2005, at 12:38:01
In reply to Bill O'reilly, posted by lynn970 on September 6, 2005, at 20:19:28
Me too, but that doesn't mean I agree with everything he says or that he's my only source for info.
crazy t
Posted by lynn970 on September 7, 2005, at 15:48:40
In reply to Re: Bill O'reilly, posted by caraher on September 7, 2005, at 11:16:33
>FAUX
Are you trying to put a cajun "spin" on Fox. LoL
Caraher - with all do respect, I sure hope you are not implying that Fox Fans are clueless.I wouldn't be mean to someone just because they had different political/religious views.
Posted by jay on September 7, 2005, at 20:06:57
In reply to Bill O'reilly, posted by lynn970 on September 6, 2005, at 20:19:28
Sorry, I just would like to see Bill wear his underwear on his head for a few months while ranting about how everything is Bill Clinton's, progressive humanistic liberal's and the black and minority community's fault. (He always does, doesn't he? O'reily needs SERIOUS psychiatric treatment..:) That way you wouldn't be able to hear him. :-) Aaron Brown on CNN could chew and spit out the tiny (very small) amount of brain matter Bill has. CNN/Aaron Brown RULE! :)
Jay
Posted by lynn970 on September 7, 2005, at 20:30:06
In reply to Re: Bill O'reilly..NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! » lynn970, posted by jay on September 7, 2005, at 20:06:57
I dont see that he is ugly to minorities.
I wouldnt like him if I saw him being ugly to minorities.
Posted by 10derHeart on September 7, 2005, at 20:42:34
In reply to Re: Bill O'reilly, posted by caraher on September 7, 2005, at 11:16:33
> I can't stand him. I avoid him as much as possible... as I do FAUX News in general.
>
> (I think last year a study showed that people who identified FOX News as their chief news source were by far most likely to believe demonstrably false things like that there were Iraqis among the 9/11 hijackers... "we distort, you comply" would be a more accurate slogan)Many, many people feel as you do, I know that based on the reactions I often get to my liking him - most far more....blunt than yours :-)
Interesting about the study. Do you have any idea where I could read more about that? A link or something? Guess I could try to Google it...
Also, I'd just like to say Fox News *is* my chief news source. Despite that horrifying fact, I've never thought any of the 9/11 highjackers were Iraqi. Not sure how anyone reading or watching any accurate report, documentary, etc. about 9/11 would think so - it's just false. I can't recall that being reported by any news source - did Fox News report that at some point? I'm not saying they didn't, but I'm unaware of it.
Over the course of, let's say, a month or so, I also get news from at least 2 other networks, C-SPAN, a newsmagazine or two, at least two newspapers, and sometimes from the internet. I'm a bit of a news junkie, I suppose. But I like the variety, to observe the differing viewpoints and so forth.
I don't believe any of these, including Fox, could ever get me to "comply." Not sure what I'd be complying with...? If a reported story, or even a commentary, doesn't pass my common sense test, sound right, or doesn't check out through other major news sources, I am skeptical.
Finally, I just wanted to mention that as far as I know, Mr O'Reilly is a commentator, or an analyst, and as such, I don't listen to him thinking he's giving me unbiased *news reporting* by any stretch of the imagination. As for Fox, it's clearly coming from a conservative place, and I'm glad it exists to do that. Sometimes I find them "fair and balanced," and sometimes not so much, and at those moments I'm usually found yelling angrily at my TV.....
Which I do when *any* TV network appears to be feeding me a line of what sounds like biased b.s.
Posted by Jakeman on September 7, 2005, at 21:11:54
In reply to Bill O'reilly, posted by lynn970 on September 6, 2005, at 20:19:28
> I love Bill O'reilly. Anyone else cares to share there opinion? Just remember to be nice.
> :-).I don't have cable so I've not watched much of Bill. I do listen to the AM radio conservative pundits occasionally. Rush L. is struggling to admit that we do need some government funding to protect citizens in the wake of events like Katrina. That maybe there is a middle ground between community/government efforts and absolute privatism.
If you want to hear some alternative views on radio, check out http://www.airamericaradio.com/katrina/
1600 AM in Austin. Al Franken is on in the afternoon.Also the New Orlean Times Picayune
http://www.nola.com/
They deserve a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage. Click on
Submit Your Story/Your Situation. Recusers have been using this site to find people. It was on Dateline two nights ago.warm regards ~Jake
Posted by lynn970 on September 7, 2005, at 21:35:52
In reply to Re: Bill O'reilly, posted by Jakeman on September 7, 2005, at 21:11:54
I have been to nola.com. It is very interesting.
Posted by caraher on September 8, 2005, at 10:06:12
In reply to Re: Bill O'reilly » caraher, posted by 10derHeart on September 7, 2005, at 20:42:34
> Interesting about the study. Do you have any idea where I could read more about that? A link or something? Guess I could try to Google it...Here ya go: A news article summarizing the findings...
http://www.reclaimthemedia.org/stories.php?story=03/10/04/6215001
And the original report: http://www.pipa.org/us_opinion.html (Click the "Iraq" folder then "Misperceptions, The Media and The Iraq War
A PIPA/Knowledge Networks Poll" (Oct 2, 2003)> Also, I'd just like to say Fox News *is* my chief news source. Despite that horrifying fact, I've never thought any of the 9/11 highjackers were Iraqi. Not sure how anyone reading or watching any accurate report, documentary, etc. about 9/11 would think so - it's just false. I can't recall that being reported by any news source - did Fox News report that at some point? I'm not saying they didn't, but I'm unaware of it.
I couldn't tell you whether they reported anything to that effect, only that their loyal viewers (obviously not including you, of course!) were more likely to believe such things.
I think part of it isn't so much what is said as what is *not* said. When, for instance, Bush justifies the war in response to the Cindy Sheehan vigil by saying that "we were attacked," failure to address the factually inaccurate implications of this statement (that we attacked those who attacked us first) is just as egregious a failure to engage in responsible journalism as passing off unsubstantiated assertions as facts.
There may also be a pre-selection effect at work, where the people who have made up their minds, facts be damned, just tend to be attracted to FOX
Posted by jay on September 8, 2005, at 10:08:06
In reply to Re: You are funny, Jay! : - ), posted by lynn970 on September 7, 2005, at 20:30:06
> I dont see that he is ugly to minorities.
> I wouldnt like him if I saw him being ugly to minorities.Hi...thanx for the comments :-)...sorry if I came across a bit too harsh.
But, here is a place to get some documented facts on his 'hate' towards many people. (including minorities.)
http://www.oreilly-sucks.com/ (Dr. Bob this is not my website..just pointing it out.)Thnx,
Jay :-)
Posted by lynn970 on September 9, 2005, at 16:09:56
In reply to Re: Bill O'reilly, posted by caraher on September 7, 2005, at 11:16:33
>I avoid him as much as possible... as I do FAUX News in general
Why did you spell it Faux?
Posted by Toph on September 9, 2005, at 17:26:10
In reply to Re: Caraher..., posted by lynn970 on September 9, 2005, at 16:09:56
Posted by caraher on September 9, 2005, at 17:40:29
In reply to Re: Caraher..., posted by lynn970 on September 9, 2005, at 16:09:56
That's the standard spelling in lefty circles, much as some far right folks like to type things like "DemocRATs." It's in reference to the notion that FOX works hard to keep viewers' thinking in the bubble of unreality where "Brownie" is doing "one heck of a job," the evacuees in Houston are gettiing "a pretty good deal" and the war in Iraq is a great - even "catastrophic" - success.
Posted by Declan on September 23, 2005, at 15:10:50
In reply to Re: Caraher..., posted by caraher on September 9, 2005, at 17:40:29
I dunno how frank I could be about Rupert Murdoch without being arrested, not to speak of causing offence here.
Declan
Posted by lil' jimi on November 6, 2005, at 1:04:40
In reply to Bill O'reilly, posted by lynn970 on September 6, 2005, at 20:19:28
so, our Lynn970 posts:
> I love Bill O'reilly.
Really?
> Anyone else cares to share their opinion?
oh, i am your natural born, complusive opinion sharer!
> Just remember to be nice.
Absolutely Not Possible.
given the subject ...> :-).
is that a dimple or do we have a period after our emoticon?
<emoticon wink here>!and why are we with the 970?
was lynn born in september of 1970?
i am being nosey~ jim "251"
Posted by lil' jimi on November 6, 2005, at 1:29:10
In reply to Re: Bill O'reilly » lynn970, posted by lil' jimi on November 6, 2005, at 1:04:40
me again ...
http://mediamatters.org/archives/search.html?topic=Bill%20O'Reilly
http://www.sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.comi am afraid that this level of accuracy may have overwhelmed the requisite level of niceness.
i *thought* it might be impossible.
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