Karma’s a bitch…
They’re out to get him, but it’s Bill O’Reilly‘s response that has me flummoxed.
Why does everybody in power double-down? Why do they try and blow their attacker’s house down? It makes men look foolish, that they can’t admit that they are wrong, believing that he with the biggest megaphone wins. When it really just makes them look like blowhards.
I don’t care whether Bill O’Reilly reported from a war zone or not.
But the truth is O’Reilly’s such a bully people are afraid to contradict him.
It’s kind of like Kanye.
What do we hear when Kanye begins his shenanigans? Crickets. And when Bill O’Reilly twists the truth and trumpets insignificant, made-up canards like the War on Christmas?
Not much.
Actually, we heard some blowback on the War on Christmas, but that’s just a sideshow to the big stuff, we tire of responding to him and then he gets away with so much.
But this is what the world has devolved into – one of gotcha and denial.
And this is not like the Obama birth certificate fracas.
You don’t respond to trolls. And Bill O’Reilly could have ignored Mother Jones. But he chose not to. He chose to get on his high horse and contradict the truth, the footage and the other newsmen that were in attendance in Argentina.
I don’t want Bill O’Reilly to lose his job.
I don’t think his offense is equal to Brian Williams‘s.
Then again, this is not the first time O’Reilly has bent the truth/lied.
However I do want to point out that just because you’re famous and powerful you do not get a pass. Just because you can marshal flacks and TV power, you’re not entitled to have things go your way.
And what kind of bizarre world do we live in where celebrities get more leeway than politicians? The Governor of Oregon had to go, but Kanye’s left unscathed.
Everybody’s afraid.
It’s like the world has turned into high school.
And the nerds did not inherit the earth. We’re all using their devices, but they’ve got no power over the organization, how things run. No nerd is Frank Underwood.
So, if you get in trouble, if you do something wrong, APOLOGIZE!
It won’t hurt your credibility, it will only increase it.
And if you think your attackers are only out to get you, to tear you down, because they’re jealous and want your job, IGNORE THEM! Defending yourself in this case doesn’t work, the trolls will just change focus.
So, Bill O’Reilly, you’re losing here.
Fox is never going to fire you, you’re their cash cow. You could have said you stretched the truth, you could have said it was in the past, you could have ignored it.
But no, you had to be superior, you had to be invulnerable, and now you’re looking like a pussy who’s just waiting for the principal to step in.
You’re like a football player or frat brother who vows to get even, scaring the pipsqueaks into sleeping with one eye open.
And one of the great things about leaving school is you leave the schoolyard behind. There’s real justice. You can’t punch someone in the face, you can’t do something illegal, we’re all safe, all protected by the rule of law.
But Bill O’Reilly is an adolescent.
Why do we pay attention to him?
Because we’re tribal. We need an enemy to point out everything keeping us back. That’s right, if you just dismantled the government everything would be cool. And it’s Bill who’s standing up for the little guy.
WAKE UP!
Bill is only standing up for himself, he only cares about himself, he needs your adulation to survive. And if it’s threatened, if there’s a chink in the armor, his whole enterprise caves.
Once again, this is different from Brian Williams – Williams was an empty suit.
Williams was a newsreader, whereas Bill O’Reilly keeps telling us he’s standing up for the truth.
Ain’t that a laugh.
nice article lefsy…
yes bill is a bully…..Williams is just a liar.
don’t know nor care who is lying.
bothneed to be the head anchor on some Podunk station.
bill needs to go “live”
Williams needs to say bye and leave the resto f the right wing nuts
to for the 40 iq idiots their daily talking points.
bothworthless….and both got chicks on the side (but that’s a good thing).
Who’d want to listen to those 2 bullshitters for more than 6 mintues.
If, in fact, there is categorical evidence of Bill O’Reilly’s misrepresentation of his journalistic endeavors, that in any way, serves as a self aggrandizing, anecdotal story line, that, would, add to his journalistic bona fides, then, he should be pilloried and slaughtered on a public stage, like Brian Williams.
Period. End of report.
False memories occur to all of us.
Of course media types are prone to self-promotion and overstating everything.
And the electronic media is historically a rip-and-read business where information taken from others is presented without that caveat.
Capped-teeth-and-hairdos is how PJ O’Rouke classifies them. Pretty apt definition IMHO.
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24286258
The lies by Mr. Corn of Mother Jones have been exposed. I expect O’Reilly to file a lawsuit against him and his rag.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ex-nbc-bureau-chief-backs-up-oreillys-account-of-falklands-war-riot/
Now it’s time for you to write your article about Alfred Sharpton and the lawsuit against him. You might want to include the latest video that tells how it’s all about the $$ with the racist reverend.
You should watch Reliable Sources from last Sunday on CNN online.
They interviewed a number of CBS reporters that were in Argentina with O’Reilly and refuted his claims.
Where is your story on Al Sharpton? It hasn’t been a good week for him.
LOL fox news? Nice source. And in this the comments were spot on. “NBC bureau chief backs up O’Reilly’s “clarification” after O’Reilly lied about being in a war zone” So um.. NO. FAIL. But, you can keep buying his nifty books and T-Shirts.
“Bill O’Reilly is a Puerile Bully”
Seriously, who hasn’t been aware of that for the last decade; it’s why the Far Right adores him, n’est-ce pas?
One man’s puerile bully is another man’s righteous figure standing up to the slings and arrows of outraged propriety when those barbs hit home.
Unlike the bully politicians and his sycophants that must be endured, the TV commentator can be tuned out. Much like most of America has done to the traditional press.
I am a vet. The thing about people having been in combat, is they don’t talk about it. At least to civilians. No one outside of another soldier would really understand. If you haven’t done it, you don’t get it. If someone brags about it, soldiers are usually thinking this person is full of shit.
Thanks for your service and God Bless You.