O'Reilly Factor
November 15, 2011
Bill O’Reilly’s Misleading Defense Of The Accuracy Of His Lincoln Book
Not surprisingly, Bill O’Reilly addressed reports of errors in his new book about Abraham Lincoln. Unfortunately, his defense was either disingenuous or else… well, inaccurate.
Continue reading >>November 12, 2011
Fox Trots Out Two Doctors To Assure Us That Rick Perry’s Brain Freeze Was No Big Deal!
In yet another episode of Republican rehab on Fox, the O’Reilly Factor brought on not one but two medical doctors to discuss Rick Perry’s debate brain freeze. Guest host Juan Williams gave an inkling of how things would go when he "asked" in his introduction, “Was Perry’s memory lapse just an example of a brain freeze that happens to most of us every single day?”
Continue reading >>Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing Lincoln” Book Full Of Errors
How full of errors is O'Reilly's new book? It’s so full of errors that, Justin Elliott at Salon.com reported, a reviewer for the National Park Service’s bookstore at Ford’s Theatre has recommended it not be sold at the historic site “because of the lack of documentation and the factual errors within the publication.” (H/T Eric Boehlert)
Continue reading >>November 8, 2011
O’Reilly Sleight Of Hand Redirects Attention From Herman Cain Sexual Harassment Scandal To Rev. Wright And Bill Ayers
Another night, another Fox News sleight of hand that deflected attention away from the Herman Cain sexual harassment scandal and dredged up animosity toward some favorite targets instead - in this case President Obama and the media. On last night’s O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly cited a NewsBusters study showing more CNN coverage of the Cain scandal than of President Obama’s “campaign troubles” with Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko. Yet neither O’Reilly nor his guest Bernard Goldberg managed to explain the significance of this vis-a-vis the Cain scandal.
Continue reading >>November 7, 2011
O’Reilly Uses Herman Cain Scandal To Make Racial Attacks On Sharpton And Jackson
Bill O’Reilly didn’t come right out Friday night (11/4/11) and blame liberals for the Herman Cain sexual scandal, as Ann Coulter did a few days previously, but the sleight of hand was the same. Instead of discussing Cain’s bungled reaction to the scandal or, more significantly, the fact that Cain thinks the campaign of his Republican competitor, Rick Perry, was responsible for the Politico article that launched the scandal, O’Reilly used it as an excuse to paint Rev. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as racial hypocrites for not defending Cain.
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