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Ex-Fox Newser tells CNN that OReilly has lied so many timesBy Erik Wemple March 9
The headline at the top of yesterdays segment of Brian Stelters CNN program Reliable Sources is cautious: New developments in Bill OReilly exaggeration controversy.
The guest was less cautious. Eric Burns, a former Fox News host, argued that OReilly lies and has lied so many times.
Those remarks were, of course, references to the controversy over OReillys statements about his foreign reporting adventures in Argentina, El Salvador, Northern Ireland and, a bit more domestically, Florida. Heres a (previously published) breakdown of some of the points:
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Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)serendipitously just before seeing this post, that it would be a good test of Snark Power to see if we can bring down O'Reilly by making a laughingstock of him in the public mind. People with the requisite skills could make cartoons featuring Billo's face crudely photoshopped into all sorts of historical scenes, etc.
This is a great source for the root material.
bluesbassman
(19,385 posts)That he made damn sure the Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate!
central scrutinizer
(11,666 posts)with his face photo-shopped on all kinds of historical scenes like raising the flag at Iwo Jima, etc.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)This is one example, and you can google to find lots more.
Proof that Bill O'Reilly was at the Battle Of The Little Bighorn?
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/1018730584
Marr
(20,317 posts)Kill five people and they put you in prison. Kill three million and they just sort of applaud in a confused way.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)He cited a nonexistent "Paris Business Review" that claimed his French Boycott (he took credit for being the 1st person to call for one) was successful in harming the France economy.
I used to torture myself by watching his show in those days, my blood would boil because he literally told lies & half-truths every show.