Haha, O'Reilly NOT "Influential" (Time Mag), Kidman IS!

[UTUSN]

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http://www.nypost.com/gossip/liz.htm

SO WHY DIDN'T Time magazine name Bill O'Reilly as one of its "100 Most Influential People" in its new special issue? I think Bill must be wondering, too, although he is far too modest to come right out and say it on Fox News Channel. But the other night on the air, he was clearly agitated with some of Time's choices, and I do mean people like Nicole Kidman - "Who does she influence?" he sputtered.
Agree with him or not, O'Reilly is very influential and maybe should have been on Time's list. I mean, if "American Idol's" Simon Cowell made it . . . as for Nicole, she is there because she influences the box office, takes chances, is a superstar and one of the rare ones - a real human being and an entertainment role model.


http://globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040421.wxdoyle21/BNStory/Entertainment/
Critic laughs at O'Reilly's claim that Globe & Mail is liberal
Toronto Globe & Mail
TV critic John Doyle, who would like to see the Fox News Channel aired in Canada "so that we can all take a look and get a laugh," says "the very idea (tossed out by Bill O'Reilly) that The Globe and Mail is 'far left' only proves my point that the Fox News Channel is the most hilarious thing on American TV since 'Seinfeld.' When we get to see it, we'll decide if, like 'Seinfeld,' it's about nothing." ....

The people who support Fox News must be the most uncivil and foul-mouthed creatures on the planet. This is an informed opinion. They'd give English soccer hooligans a run for their money.

I lost count of the number of times I was called "an a**hole." It was at least 43 times, anyway. I was called "a pussy," "a wussy," "a pr**k," "a jerk," "a hack" and "a creep." A man in Cleveland not only called me "an a**hole" but also wished me a "f***ed-up day." A lady -- and I use the term advisedly -- in Colorado wrote to say that all Canadians are "a**holes" and then ordered me not to visit her state. I was also called a Canadian numerous times, as if that were an automatic and withering insult.

In an nice touch, a man from somewhere-in-the-USA opened by cheerfully calling me "sonny bub" and, after some confusing name-calling that involved the word "intellectual," he rose to a great rhetorical flourish -- he asked if I had served in Vietnam! Nothing of the sort has ever come from viewers of Newsworld, CTV Newsnet, CNN, MSNBC or, indeed ROB-TV. My point was that we have a great deal to learn from the Fox News Channel. And I am proved right. Talking to Americans is always a tonic. Bring on Fox News and bring it fast. Let's see this thing that has so many ardent and incredibly aggressive viewers. ....

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[salin]

1. apparently O'Reilly is still on his campaign

to make himself a bigger and bigger spectacle and laughing stock. Seems that he just can't help himself...

[tiedye]

2. O'Really......

When I joined FAIR fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, they sent me the O'Really factor. Great book. You know why he is where he is and says what he says? Because he is in the top 2% of wealthiest individuals. He buys his spot. Unfortunately as Noam Chomsky says, the audience is the product. And stupid people who watch FOX and the like for information and news absorb his propaganda. They like how he appears to stick it to the man. What a farce.

[Fort Worth Cowboy]

3. Whether you like him or not

He is influential.

[UTUSN]

4. Well, Cable...

He might top the ratings for cable, and endlessly peddle his own jams and jellies on HIS show, and get Faux zombies to buy his books, but cable numbers still don't approach the networks'.

But I grant that he certainly does influence my gag response.

[Bunny]

5. But only to a certain type of person, who shall remain nameless.

He is most definitely a legend in his own mind, tho'.

[UTUSN]

7. And LIMBOsevic Ain't Either, But Katie COURIC *Is* (on list)

*******QUOTE*******

http://www.time.com/time/2004/time100/leaders/

The 2004 TIME 100 is only available to TIME Magazine subscribers.



Politics:
George W. Bush
Hu Jintao
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Ali Sistani
Toshihiko Fukui
Abu al-Zarqawi
Kofi Annan
Condoleezza Rice
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
John Abizaid
Kim Jong Il
Bill Gates
Pope John Paul II
Atal Behari Vajpayee
John Kerry
Luisa Diogo
Vladmir Putin
Wu Yi
Osama bin Laden
The Clintons

Entertainment:
Mark Burnett
Frank Gehry
John Galliano
Peter Jackson
Nicholas Hytner
Simon Cowell
OutKast
Norah Jones
Jerry Bruckheimer
J.K. Rowling
Ken Kutagari
Bruce Nauman
Katie Couric
Charlie Kaufman
Hideo Nakata
Aishwarya Rai
Ferran Adrià
Nicole Kidman
Sean Penn
Guy Laliberté




Builders:

Lee Scott
Carly Fiorina
Abigail Johnson
David Neeleman
Rupert Murdoch
Lindsay Owen-Jones
Howard Schultz
Azim Premji
Warren Buffett
Michael Dell
Al-Jazeera
Lord John Browne
Hiroshi Okuda / Fujio Cho
Sergey Brin / Larry Page
Bernard Arnault
Sepp Blatter
Belinda Stronach
Meg Whitman
Daniel Vasella
Steve Jobs



Thinkers:


Edward Witten
Steven Pinker
Eric Lander
Korean Cloners
Paul Ridker
Hernando de Soto
Jeff Sachs
Linus Torvalds
Niall Ferguson
Bernard Lewis
Tariq Ramadan
Jürgen Habermas
Samantha Power
Sandra Day O'Connor
Jill Tarter
Julie Gerberding
Joschka Fischer
Bjorn Lomborg
Jong-Wook Lee
Louise Arbour



Icons:

Nelson Mandela
Aung San Suu Kyi
Queen Rania of Jordan
Shirin Ebadi
Bono
Bernard Kouchner
Bill Belichick
David Beckham
Lance Armstrong
Yao Ming
John Bogle
Mel Gibson
Arthur Agatston
Dalai Lama
Tiger Woods
Paula Radcliffe
Oprah Winfrey
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Evan Wolfson
BKS Iyengar


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[1gobluedem]

9. Where was Cheny?

I would say he's influential since * dances to his bidding.

I'm not sure I would put Sandra Day O'Connor on a list of 'thinkers.' Or Ah-nold on a list of 'icons.'

[thebigidea]

8. so do you like him, then?

is he lookin' out for you?

[1gobluedem]

11. Cheney?

Are you kidding. I hate, loathe, and despise the man. But, if they're talking about influential people, he's about the most influential person in the current administration. It's not a list of good influences.

[thebigidea]

12. I'm not only kidding, I'm not even kidding you.

This is where following those little lines on a thread comes in handy.

[1gobluedem]

14. I have trouble following those little lines.

Sorry.

[No2W2004]

6. here's why

http://www.bushpresident2004.com/oreilly-transcript.htm

Transcript from "The O'Reilly Factor" featuring Bill O'Reilly and Jeremy Glick

Glick, whose father was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, reported that after the interview O'Reilly said to him, "Get out of my studio before I tear you to fucking pieces."

[rman]

10. interesting question though;

"Who does she influence?"

One we should ask more often of our supposedly elected representatives:
"Who do you influence and more importantly, who are you influenced by?"

[Scairp]

13. He is headed for a crack up

The list of O'Reilly's psychiatric ailments is rather long and I do believe he is going to go over the edge sooner or later. He gets WAY too upset about stuff like this. It isn't normal.

[Loonman]

15. Pompous blowhard

Moving into the psychosis stage.