exthrower wrote:
Say wha? wrote:Corn worked for Fox. Why would he be angry about William's downfall?
Corn was fired from Fox...
...for being a liberal wing nut?
exthrower wrote:
Say wha? wrote:Corn worked for Fox. Why would he be angry about William's downfall?
Corn was fired from Fox...
...for being a liberal wing nut?
a) up to 10,000, per the video:
b) don't change the subject
c) the CBS guy on CNN Sunday (Engberg) was saying it never even got rowdy/violent, which was the biggest lie told in the story thus far- in the CBS video HE SAYS (yes, his own voice in the video) that there were "arrests and beatings....and at least some serious injuries". in a mob of 10,000 people. sounds violent to me.
d) war zone:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/warzone
http://i.word.com/idictionary/war%20zone
e) suggit
exthrower wrote:
Bubbs wrote:...for being a liberal wing nut?
Probably for being an azzhole..Which he seems to be...
...because he outed one of your heroes?
other thread joe wrote:
What are you talking about? The CBS news footage from '82 shown last night, and the NBC lead journalist at the time both prove O'Reilly's story was accurate, and that Corn, Engberg and co. are full of crap. Notice how the story lost steam when O'Reilly decided to end it.
vrews wrote:Blown up in his face? You mean O'Reilly, right?
You have a unique take on the CBS video...
CBS Has Released the Falklands Protest Footage Bill O'Reilly Asked For. It Doesn't Support His Claims.
The Fox News host says he was in a "war zone" where police gunned down civilians. The video doesn't show that.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/02/cbs-releases-falklands-protest-footage-bill-oreillyWell I checked out the video and it does show some rioting but nothing to the extent of what we have seen at Ferguson or Oakland this past year. The police fired plastic bullets and tear gas. Nothing close to the fires or destruction of the US demonstrations of the past year. I did see a car all dented up but not cars and buildings fire bombed like in the US.
The media covering the US demonstrations were in much greater risk than Bill O but didn't claim to have been in a war zone. But there were very angry crowds so I can see where big bear got so scared. Nothing like an actual war zone where enemies from another country are trying to kill you. And certainly not an "on the ground in a war zone in the Falklands".
But there was a basis for Bill's embellishments so I will give Bill that. He certainly did nothing special to brag about and there were NO great risks he took. That was just self puffery. But he didn't create stories from nothing. He shouldn't be suspended or anything in this story.
This past year, if I was in Ferguson, MO reporting on the Michael Brown shooting, can I put on my resume that I've reported on the ground in an active war zone? You don't need to answer that - its rhetorical.
James Foley was reporting on the ground in an active war zone. Reporting on a riot in a capital city is not even in the same ballpark as the reporters embedded amongst troops. Isn't that what Big Bill was aiming for making people believe in his book? He did state he was chased by troops on the ground in an active war zone. Why didn't he write, "while reporting on a riot in Buenos Aires, Argentine troops chased myself and crew to try to prevent coverage of their brutality?"
Did Big Bill do a great job reporting from Buenos Aires? Sure, but has he dramatized the situation to make himself seem more like a man? Yep.
What did Brian Williams do again? Oh, right, dramatize a situation to make himself look bigger.
I'll take my news from neither, thank you very much.
exthrower wrote:
Prozac Nation wrote:This past year, if I was in Ferguson, MO reporting on the Michael Brown shooting, can I put on my resume that I've reported on the ground in an active war zone? You don't need to answer that - its rhetorical.
James Foley was reporting on the ground in an active war zone. Reporting on a riot in a capital city is not even in the same ballpark as the reporters embedded amongst troops. Isn't that what Big Bill was aiming for making people believe in his book? He did state he was chased by troops on the ground in an active war zone. Why didn't he write, "while reporting on a riot in Buenos Aires, Argentine troops chased myself and crew to try to prevent coverage of their brutality?"
Did Big Bill do a great job reporting from Buenos Aires? Sure, but has he dramatized the situation to make himself seem more like a man? Yep.
What did Brian Williams do again? Oh, right, dramatize a situation to make himself look bigger.
I'll take my news from neither, thank you very much.
Williams actually made up a story...O'Reilly MIGHT have exagarated....AND, Williams did this many times...NBC has a list of his "misrepresentations"...
This was not a "one and done" for O'Reilly either. They're both liars.
Do you agree that Brian Williams was in Iraq?
Do you agree he was in a helicopter?
Do you agree helicopters were taking fire that day?
Was Brian Williams in a helicopter in Iraq that took direct fire from an RPG? No. No he was not.
Do you agree that Bill O'Reilly was in Argentina?
Do you agree that Argentina surrendered on June 12th?
Do you agree the riots O'Reilly was reporting on happened after the surrender?
Did O'Reilly survive a combat situation in Argentina during the Falklands War? No. No he did not.
"Having survived a combat situation in Argentina during the Falklands War, I know that life-and-death decisions are made in a flash."
http://www.billoreilly.com/site/product?printerFriendly=true&pid=18827
exthrower wrote:
Williams actually made up a story...O'Reilly MIGHT have exagarated....AND, Williams did this many times...NBC has a list of his "misrepresentations"...
What do you mean "exaggerated", It was a fiction.
“In Argentina, I was in combat in the sense that bullets were being fired.”
- No live rounds were being fired
"And the army was chasing us.”
- There were no troops.
"Many were killed".
- There were no reported deaths.
exthrower wrote:
No reported deaths? This was a military dictatorship....Do you actually think they would have reported how many people they killed/shot?
Bill O'Reilly reported deaths. It's not his fault that the rest of the news media was incompetent.