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Bill O'Reilly's 'Kill Zone' Comment Is Safety Concern For Mother Jones

Posted by Priscilla -26.60pc on February 20, 2015 · Flag

 

Words matter and Bill O'Reilly's words about how David Corn deserves to be in a "kill zone" have those at Mother Jones concerned for Corn's safety. And well they should be, given the death threats that follow Bill's occasional fatwas.

In speaking with TV Newser, regarding Corn's Mother Jones article about O'Reilly's journalistic "inconsistencies," O'Reilly claimed that he was being "defamed" because "everything I said is true." He continued to defend himself: "I’ve talked to about eight or nine reporters, and when they verify what I’m saying, because it’s easily verifiable, then I expect David Corn to be in the kill zone. Where he deserves to be. CBS News has the footage to this day. Everything I said about my reportorial career. Everything is accurate."

While the "kill zone" thing might just be an O'Reilly metaphor, it has the folks at Mother Jones very concerned that some of Bill's followers could take it seriously. As such, they have sent a letter to Fox expressing their concerns and requesting that O'Reilly apologize for the remark.

"... We are writing with alarm about Bill O’Reilly’s response to our report investigating his characterizations of his reporting in “war zones.” We welcome criticism, but calling for our reporter “to be in the kill zone” crosses a line.  Like everyone in media today, we are concerned about the safety of our staff. We’d have hoped that statements with this kind of violent tone would not come from a fellow media professional..."

In attacking Dr. George Tiller as a "killer," Bill O'Reilly contributed to a climate of hatred in which the doctor was assassinated. O'Reilly never apologized to Tiller's widow and odds are that he won't apologize for his comment about Corn.

Words matter.

 

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mj - the same one commented 2015-02-21 18:17:35 -0500 · Flag
“We’d have hoped that statements with this kind of violent tone would not come from a fellow media professional…”

Well MoJo, that’s where you went wrong: mistaking BillO for a “media professional” . . .

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Anne-claire Souza commented 2015-02-21 11:53:31 -0500 · Flag
And a new O’Reilly war has started .
Antoinette commented 2015-02-21 02:04:10 -0500 · Flag
Billy has this obsession with the word ‘killing.’ The man is not well. He butts heads with the Second Floor, his colleagues hate him, and curses like a drunken sailor.

These Fox “News” Workplace Bullies have extreme low-self esteem. They get offended very easily, and can’t take criticism very well.
Warp Resident commented 2015-02-21 00:39:55 -0500 · Flag
I knew Bill would eventually escalate from killing history. Will his next book title be “Bill O’Reilly: Killing David Corn”?
Eyes On Fox commented 2015-02-20 22:44:09 -0500 · Flag
David Corn asked Fox News specific questions prior to publicizing his article which obviously GOP TV dodged. After publication, O’Reilly comes up from his hidey-hole to feign wounded outrage.

The egomaniac unsurprisingly has gone on the offensive name calling Mother Jones as a bottom feeder and Corn a far left hater. Even if his critics are scum of the earth types, for O’Reilly to make his stereotypical liberal liar accusation stick he needs to address the questions which unsurprisingly he hasn’t including tonight’s sideshow of a taking points memo dedicated to the topic even as it dodged all the germane points.

O’Reilly is relying on the partisanship of his rabid fan base to circle their wagons around their hero, America’s lovable daddy. Based upon a handful of conservative reactions I’ve witnessed (not including paid sycophants Geraldo and Bernie Goldberg on his show tonight) it’s working. Suspension of disbelief is a low bar with Factor fanboys.
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