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The Battle Between Vermont High School Students And Fox News Is About To Escalate!

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on January 31, 2015 · Flag

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The O'Reilly Factor has promised a “vigorous” reply to a group of Vermont high school students who produced a video response to a hit job on their town by the show's producer. Bill O'Reilly even had the nerve to call this group of earnest, well-meaning kids “pinheads.”

In case you missed it, I posted a few weeks ago the video by these students from Mount Anthony Union High School in Bennington, Vermont. It was their carefully thought-out and researched answer to an agenda-driven, much-edited series of “man on the street” interviews with O’Reilly Factor ambusher/producer Jesse Watters. The segment was clearly designed to make the town and the state look bad.

The students gave the Fox report a “professional integrity audit” based on the ethics code of the Society of Professional Journalists. The results were not pretty for Watters, O’Reilly or Fox. From my previous post:

“We lost count” of the violations of the code of ethics; Fox engaged in “character assassination” and “rank propaganda,” not journalism: “The facts have been so distorted by O’Reilly and Watters that the real truth is totally unrecognizable.”

“You chose to take a mean-spirited approach to America,” one young person countered. And really, there’s no denying it.

“By watching Fox News, we have learned buckets about journalism – what to do and more importantly, what never to do. It is our hope that Fox News can learn the very same from watching us,” the students concluded. “Can you commit to raising the bar by sticking to high standards and the code of ethics of journalism?”

Sadly, the answer appears to be no.

Last night, O’Reilly played the victim by saying that Watters “is being attacked by Vermont people.”

Watters joined in. Instead of owning up to having been busted by a group of high school students, Watters denigrated them by suggesting they were just angry because Vermonters “didn’t do very well” in Watters’ “report.”

O’Reilly said, “So you, on Monday, are going to reply to these pinheads, right?”

“Right, we are going to have a vigorous defense of my journalistic integrity, point by point,” said Watters.

“So Vermont, get ready. Watters is after you,” O’Reilly warned.

Sorry, O’Reilly. My money’s on the kids.

Watch it below, from last night’s The O’Reilly Factor (the part about Vermont is at the end). I’m including the students’ video underneath, along with the original Factor report from July.

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Stephen F commented 2015-02-02 12:24:57 -0500 · Flag
So Here’s what I think will happen. Watters will employ more selective editing to cut out some of the students’ criticisms like “selective editing”. He says that they “going to have a vigorous defense of my journalistic integrity, point by point.” I highly doubt it will be point by point. Look at the audience to which they are preaching. I doubt any more than 5% (and that’s a generous estimate) of O’Reilly’s audience will even take the time to watch the high school video. They’ll just take Bill’s and Jesse’s word as to its contents. That being said, Jesse can pick and choose what segments of the video he will vigorously defend. Selective editing. And with most of the audience not having seen the high school video, they won’t know any different and will take Jesse at his word, agreeing with Bill’s “pinheads” remark.
Jimmy Jones commented 2015-02-02 12:17:47 -0500 · Flag
Hey guys the selective editing is a part of that weasel Watter’s schtick.

I think Steve Allen invented the gag on the old Tonight Show.
Brian McGill commented 2015-02-02 10:48:52 -0500 · Flag
It’s seems to be taking Bill a while to come up with a response to these high schoolers’ excellent take down of his so called journalistic standards. He’ll probably have Jesse Watters stalk them at their bus stop.
Dave Wright commented 2015-02-02 01:02:21 -0500 · Flag
Sorry, Jimmy, I think you are wrong. O’Reilly thinks his audience wants to see him humiliate people. Sadly, he may be right.
Aria Prescott commented 2015-02-01 23:56:43 -0500 · Flag
So… We get to destroy what these kids leave of Watters tomorrow, is that what’s going on here? Because Watters is not hard to smack down, a five year-old could do it.
Bob Roberts commented 2015-02-01 15:20:46 -0500 · Flag
Defense of the un-defensible. There will be no mention of the selective editing done by Watters. Jimmy, I’m not too sure that O’Loofah will go down the “light-hearted” route with this. The vast majority of his aged audience believes that young people today are as clueless as Watters presents them in these segments, they don’t understand how edited these pieces they are. We know they are a couple of clowns, their ardent viewers don’t.

And Richard and Antoinette are quite right. I still live on the Island (and yeah, O’Loofah grew up in Westbury not Levittown). Chaminade is the toughest Catholic boys school to get into. My cousin got in, flunked out after a year. 75 is a passing grade there. He got in because my aunt KNEW somebody there. I’m not saying that represents all students there, most of whom are damm good in school. But a couple get in thru a nice donation to the Church or they know someone.
Jimmy Jones commented 2015-02-01 14:22:16 -0500 · Flag
Lighten up guys.

Bill O’Reilly is a clown and Watters is a pig but you are OBVIOUSLY taking this too seriously and I suspect that is EXACTLY what they are going to say to the students.

The kids did a great job but NOBODY thinks Watter’s schtick is intended to be journalism.
Richard Santalone commented 2015-02-01 12:19:07 -0500 · Flag
From Antoinette’s comment:

“Since Billy wants to discuss high school students let’s flashback to his own high school, Chaminade High School, a private, uppity, predominantly white male Catholic school on Long Island.”

And always remember this Antoinette: as a former Long Islander I can state this as as IRREFUTABLE FACT: from its founding in 1930, ChaminadeHigh School has ALWAYS been one of the TOUGHEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS to get into. Mark my words: ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY NO ONE gets into an elite Catholic high school like Chaminade unless he meets AT LEAST TWO of the following requirements:

1. LOTS OF $$$$
2. STRAIGHT A’s (or near straight A’s)
3. THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS — because he was NOWHERE NEAR an honor student at St. Brigid’s Elementary School in Westbury (not Levittown as O’Lielly always claims), Junior himself had to get help from his dear old dad to get into Chaminade — William O’Reilly Sr. personally knew one of Chaminade’s guidance counselors.
Jan Hall commented 2015-02-01 10:50:56 -0500 · Flag
I’m sure the students will conduct themselves admirably, while Jesse will help show for the umpteenth time that though 6’ 4" tall, William James O’Reilly Jr. is a very small man.
Erich Pomfret commented 2015-02-01 10:19:11 -0500 · Flag
Surely this promise of a vigorous reply is nothing but a publicity-grabber. I’ll reserve judgment until after the fact.
truman commented 2015-02-01 09:43:41 -0500 · Flag
Bildo’s butt boy Jesse is not a journalist and certainly has no measurable integrity. Should be a short rebuttal.
John Kenneth commented 2015-02-01 07:31:06 -0500 · Flag
If this gang of 16 year olds are “pin heads” then why is Bill O (and his mindless gimp) scrambling to do damage control ? It took a high school glee club and a French parody show to finally expose FOX "propaganda; for what they really are…..
Lyle Edwards commented 2015-02-01 05:22:02 -0500 · Flag
I can’t wait for Billo’s bully response!
Antoinette commented 2015-02-01 05:10:51 -0500 · Flag
Billy is the pinhead. Ask the 2nd Floor who deals with this toxic volcano on a regular basis.

Since Billy wants to discuss high school students let’s flashback to his own high school, Chaminade High School, a private, uppity, predominantly white male Catholic school on Long Island.

Read the archive New York Times article on Billy’s former school.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/nyregion/long-island/28cathli.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.mediaite.com/online/when-they-were-young-tv-personalities-high-school-yearbook-photos/#5

His parents wasted their money sending him to this school. Look at him now! A foul-mouthed cafeteria Catholic. No wonder his former wife bailed out of their marriage.

Billy is too lazy-or too old- to go out in the field. He rather send Toxic Watters to do the job.

Billy and Toxic Watters are not the only ones to blame. We lay blame on that third-rate senior producer. This is the same man who use to work with that other psychotic man, Hannocchio. Yeah, we are talking about you, bad eyes.

NOTE TO MOUNT ANTHONY UNION

Watters and Billy attended private Christian schools. Funny, they don’t act like Christians. Use that angle against them. Use these gems in the student newspaper.

Fox “News” Host O’Reilly Attacks High School Students

Fox “News” Host O’Reilly Calls High School Students Pinheads

Fox “News” Host O’Reilly Badmouths High School Students

Former Teacher And Fox “News” Host O’Reilly Bullies High School Students

Fox “News” Christian Hosts Lashes Out Against High School Students

Stay away from their affiliates. They are toxic, too.
mlp ! commented 2015-01-31 22:56:10 -0500 · Flag
Sounds like someone needs to make another call to Fox Security!

http://mediamatters.org/video/2006/03/03/oreilly-threatened-radio-show-caller-with-a-lit/135011
w d commented 2015-01-31 21:25:02 -0500 · Flag
So BillDoh is going to unleash the wrath of a multi-billion dollar corporate media empire on a handful of clever and intelligent high school kids.

Yeah, should be pathetic to watch.

And just wait until you hear the comments on Fox Nation about how all these high school kids are commie atheists elitist intellectuals.

Bill, a new low — even for you.
Elemental Fraction commented 2015-01-31 21:15:25 -0500 · Flag
bil and jes are really mad because a few high schoolers have more intelligence than fox’s entire targeted audience combined. they really seems upset by this.
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O'Reilly even had the nerve to call the kids "pinheads" for daring to challenge his journalistic standards.








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