O'Reilly: "We believe that the people behind this lawsuit are on the left"

[wicket]

http://mediamatters.org/items/200410140011

On the October 13 edition of The Radio Factor, FOX News Channel host and radio host Bill O'Reilly remarked about lawsuits filed in connection with an allegation of sexual harassment against him:

-snip-

O'REILLY: About a year ago there was a guy from the Midwest who was tracking down old friends of mine, college buddies, things like that -- old girlfriends, and he was offering them a cashier's check on the spot of $25,000 if they would sign an affidavit attesting to something that I had done, and he had like three or four choices. It was a multiple-choice affidavit. He did X, he did Y, he did Z. All right? If you sign, you get $25,000 on the spot. Now, FOX lawyers, we got tipped by friends calling me and saying this guy's doing this, here they are -- we've tracked 'em, we found 'em okay? And FOX lawyers took care of them.

But that's the kind of stuff that's goin' on. Why is it going on? That's the next question. It's going on because we have now become -- FOX News, and The Factor, and Westwood One, and all of that -- pretty much the most powerful voice in the country as far as public affairs are concerned because we combine a tremendous television audience with the radio audience, where a million people every second we're on the air, are listening to the radio program.

-snip-

But be that as it may, everybody knows the power of the books, the column, the radio, the television and they -- people who don't like me, and they come from primarily the left, all right? We believe that the people behind this lawsuit are on the left. But on the right, too, I mean, I get a lot of lunatic-fringe right people screaming and yelling. And they want to do anything they can to destroy the voice. They want us off the air. They want FOX off the air; they want O'Reilly off the air; and the other commentators they don't like.

And you can see this in a pattern of behavior where a Hollywood-funded documentaries ; smear books from major publishing houses; elite media picking up this stuff and then running with it in a favorable way. I mean, there's a smear documentary out on FOX. And look -- if you do a search on how many good reviews that thing got? This is the "shut up" one, where they put together a bunch of me saying "shut up". And we did the research on this; I said "shut up" on the air, the last six years, six times.

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WOW. Delusional and paranoid. Thinks everyone is out to get him. Sounds like Nixon in his final days :crazy:

[bushisanidiot]

1. Oh My Gawd! It's Bill Clinton's fault! Sorry, Mr. O'Reilly..

you've got your own Monica Lewinsky now.

Live with it!

[fob]

30. That's pretty much the only way this could be better, if the woman's

name was Monica. Otherwise it's priceless (aside from the shit that the woman had to take).

[cthrumatrix]

2. tell it to the judge and jury....

[Liberal Veteran]

3. So....it's a "vast left-wing" conspiracy?

:eyes:

[Child_Of_Isis]

14. No. The article says both the left and the right

are after him. He's got a bad case of paranoia going on. Which is a good thing. Every dog gets his day.:headbang:

[ibegurpard]

40. Naw...he just threw that little bone in there

to be sure to try to maintain the illusion that he doesn't have any political bias. It's the same MO he's been using all along. All anyone has to do is watch him for ten minutes to know where his political leanings are.

[BlueEyedSon]

4. Mr Dild O'reilly: Please SHUT UP!

[Demit]

5. Love the name! Did you make that up? The DILD.

[BlueEyedSon]

23. I believe I did. One of the benefits of being a DUer

is that I read the complaint (on the smoking gun website) really early in the game thanks to a link posted here!

[plcdude]

34. I think

I beat you on that.

[mopinko]

6. this whole regime. to me, is proof

of an epidemic of undiagnosed mental illness in this country.

[liberalmuse]

7. O...O...O'Reilly is falafel shit.

BTW, now would be a good time to donate what little you can towards a noble cause:

http://www.sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.com/

[Mizmoon]

8. Yeah, the left falafled him real bad :) n/t

[russian33]

9. Is it mean that I'm really enjoying this?

I mean, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

[Mandate My Ass]

10. LOL, I only said "shut up" six times

NEWSFLASH: That was six times too many, bucko.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. My First Thought Too, Monica!

So, Bill, it's ok that you told a GUEST to shut up on air, on mike, 6 times? What, if you did it 7 times, they'd have a point? Or is it that it's ok as long as you don't do it with every guest?

What an idiot this guy is!
The Professor

[wolfgirl]

11. Headline on crawler -

We report, the court decides. LMAO!!! After watching Bill explain/rant/cry and then watching the girl & her attorney, IMHO Bill is toast!

[ClintonTyree]

12. I'd like to see the proof..................

he has that someone was offering a $25,000 reward for damaging information about him. I'd wager that it's another figment of his oh so fertile imagination. He's so full of bullshit it's rushing from his ears like a lava flow.

[Skittles]

13. LOL, shut the f*** up

none of this nonsense explains why you are the ultimate creep

[KayLaw]

39. He looks like Satan, doesn't he?

Just another RW victim, it seems.

[Blue Gardener]

15. So, he's still not denying he did it?

Typical repug.

[radwriter0555]

18. You noticed that too? He has not denied the allegations... and an innocent

man denies what he's accused of, if he hasn't done it.

"I've done no such thing."

"That just never happened."

"I have never said such nasty things in my life..."

[Jacobin]

24. My guess is that she has TAPES!!!

heh heh heh.

:evilgrin:

[KellyPaDem]

16. Sucks doesn't it

It sucks seeing boogie men behind ever corner doesn't it.

And referring to yourself in the 3rd person is the height of self gratification. Even more so than using a vibrator.

[neebob]

17. Uh-huh

The woman who's suing him sounds like a real lefty, you betcha. I read the filing on The Smoking Gun and thought, that chick is so obviously a Democrat.

:eyes:

[mrbill]

19. have heard rumors of o'reilly's skanky behavior in dallas in the 70's....

...from a credible source. there might be a pattern here.

hope a "liberal" kills his pervert ass.

[Blue Gardener]

21. I assume there are many more women

Who are too afraid to come forward. I very much doubt this woman is the first victim.

[KurtNYC]

22. When the audio tape comes out, it's over

He is trying to rally his fans against his foes but I don't think HIS fans can stomach what will be on that tape.

Sex obscures all reason in the puritanical minds of many Americans. Once sex is part of the scandal it quickly becomes the whole scandal as far as the public is concerned.

[skypilot]

25. If that tape exists

...I hope it's in a safe deposit box somewhere. I'm sure O'Reilly and his minions would move heaven and earth to get at it.

[wicket]

26. If the tape exists, O'Reilly is toast

If the tape exists, which I believe it does after seeing how the lawsuit used detailed quotes from O'Reilly, he's toast. No way he can live this down.

[Francine Frensky]

27. He's spinning like a top....

And, why would ANY parent buy a children's book from this sicko?

[SOS]

28. Why would Fox News

hire a leftist to produce O'Reilly's show? This seems rather unlikely.

[Catfight]

29. I can't believe we're not having more fun with Mr. Horny!

The fact that he is so pompous and so incredibly guilty is karma in action!

[progressivebydesign]

31. He's totally insane. I mean that seriously. n/t

[JPace]

32. just curious....

if Rush Limpballs had brought this information
out, would it have changed the facts?

[Arkana]

35. Well, I think Mount Rushmo and Dildo were in a ratings battle

So I probably would have been less inclined to believe it.

[depakid]

33. Looking forward to O'Reilly going down

Live by the media sword, die by the media sword. He can lie pathologically, but a sex scandal he can't live down.

In a few years, he'll be a distant memory. Good riddance.

[Kanary]

36. They think all that is just fine in the Patriot Act.... Sauce for goose,

sauce for gander.

I dunno why I'm having such a hard time working up the proper sympathy.

:)

Kanary

[tom_paine]

37. Projecting themselves on us again, aren't they?

I mean, what grounds would an employee who had to endure months of the most disgusting sexual innuendo have to file a sexual harrassment suit.

Further, O'Reichley assumes because that's how the Monstrous Evil he is a part of works, where shadowy political operastives fund meritless lawsuits (Paula Jones RICO case, anyone?) for personal gain, that's how Free People do it, too.

He is wrong. We Free Americans have NOTHING in common with Bushevik Totalitarian Scu.

Nothing.

[noiretextatique]

38. whatever happened to personal responsibility?

of the kind o'really and others think is so important for other people? nothing is EVER their fault, is it?

[skip fox]

41. If that tape exists, that's most compelling reason yet to believe in

the existence of God!