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By Arturo Garcia
Friday, April 25, 2014 22:12 EDT
Fox News host Bill OReilly criticized what he described as ideological commentators on Friday for being all too willing to stir up trouble by latching on to a story, while drawing a comparison between coverage of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R).
MSNBC has convicted Governor Christie of crimes over and over and over again in the Bridgegate story, and the network did that for two reasons, OReilly said. It amped up its liberal base for ratings, and it targeted a politician who might be a threat to Hillary Clinton.
OReillys criticism came in response to CNN host Brian Stelter, who said on Thursday that he cant think of MSNBC taking an equivalent story on the left and spent weeks covering it the way Fox News has, and Sean Hannity chief among them.
If Stelter doesnt know that, hes not qualified to do any reporting anywhere at any time, OReilly said. If he does know it, he lied on national TV. And thats far worse than some Fox News commentators sympathizing with an ill-informed rancher in Nevada against a big government overreach.
Stelter acknowledged OReillys shout-out online on Friday, but then asked, Maybe you didnt watch the whole segment?
The longer clip of Stelters Thursday remarks showed that he also said Hannity and other Fox hosts could have avoided having to back away from supporting Bundy by doing more research on him before taking up his cause so loudly a criticism also levied by OReilly on his show Thursday night, and alluded to on Friday.
Some commentators, including a handful on Fox News, rallied to Mister Bundys side, OReilly said. But most Fox News people did not. And thats why were successful. We have a wide range of opinion, expressed in a vibrant way.
While OReilly did not mention his networks about-face regarding Bundy coverage, he did have harsh words for people who still supported him in the wake of his racially-inflammatory statements about African-Americans.
The man foolishly asked whether Blacks are better off being dependent on government as opposed to being victims of slavery an insane and outrageous question, OReilly said. The institution of slavery allowed murder, rape, child abuse, child abandonment, whippings, and other horrors beyond description. Those things were done by Americans who brutalized Black human beings for decades. Millions of other Americans were killed or wounded to end slavery during the Civil War, so the anti-American loons who disparage the country to this day are misguided as well.
Watch OReillys commentary, as aired on Friday, below.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/25/bill-oreilly-compares-fox-news-bundy-coverage-to-msnbc-convicting-chris-christie/
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spanone
(135,795 posts)Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)And it was clear the Cliven Bundy was an asshole who had nothing to support his selfish argument from day one, yet Fox still embraced the racist militia supporter.
yuiyoshida
(41,818 posts)OReilly said. But most Fox News people did not. And thats why were successful. We have a wide range of opinion, expressed in a vibrant way.
and that makes you the BEST BROADCASTER ON TV TODAY?
You are full of yourself...