Many ready to spar with Bill O'Reilly...

[Blue Belle]

This is an interesting article I saw today.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20060108/D8F0L55G0.html

Many Ready to Spar With Bill O'Reilly

By DAVID BAUDER

<SNIP>If Bill O'Reilly truly loves a good fight, then he's had quite a week.

The Fox News Channel personality's confrontation with David Letterman Tuesday night made for some gripping television. The cranky "Late Show" host told his guest: "I have the feeling about 60 percent of what you say is crap."

That same night, nemesis Keith Olbermann on MSNBC once again named O'Reilly his "Worst Person in the World," this time for battling with two people at The New York Times. That's the 15th time O'Reilly has been cited since Olbermann began his half-facetious, half-serious nightly "award" to wag his finger at bad behavior.

For whatever reason, it seems more people are willing to step into the ring with the host of cable TV news' No. 1 program

<SNIP>Network spokesman Brian Lewis was even more pointed. "Perhaps (NBC Universal chief) Jeff Zucker should think twice about tying his future, not to mention the reputation of (parent company) General Electric, to an unstable ratings-killer like Keith, who uses an NBC property for his personal attacks," he said.

Who will have the last laugh?

It's worth noting that nearly 2.7 million people - about 200,000 above last year's average - tuned in to watch "The O'Reilly Factor" the night after he went toe-to-toe with Letterman, according to Nielsen Media Research. O'Reilly's younger viewership was up 20 percent over his December numbers.

What I think is the most laughable about this piece (Besides the underlying sympathy for Bill O'Reilly) is the comment made by Juan Williams. "In some sense, it's like someone inviting you into their house and you find out you've been invited by, you know, John Wayne Gacy," he said. PLEASE... as if the Liberal Guests on Bill O'Reilly's show haven't been met with the same warm welcome. At least Letterman didn't shut off Bill's microphone, or call security to escort him out.

[Bluzmann57]

1. The best way to beat a bully

is to face him down. And that's what people are doing with O'Reilly. I believe that as more and more people see what a fraud he is, they will want to "spar" with him because O'Reilly makes others look good by comparison. Hell, I'm just a big ol' dumb working stiff and I'd go on his show if he'd promise to give me a fair shot at making a point or two. May not be gripping TV though.

[SammyBlue]

2. O'Reilly is beneath me.

I would waste my time dealing with a sycophantic choad like him. There bigger fish to fry, not an unoriginal mouth piece.

[wryter2000]

3. Juan, Juan

Come back to the light, Juan.

[annabanana]

4. "unstable ratings killer?!?!"

obviously a transmission from some other planet...

[Blue Belle]

9. Personal attacks??

"an unstable ratings-killer like Keith, who uses an NBC property for his personal attacks,"

AS if O'Reilly has NEVER used his forum for personal attacks. Let's review... his contempt for Cindy Sheehan, His mythical War on Christmas, his railing against the money trail of the 9/11 telethons... these are just to name a few right off the top of my head with out the aide of my morning coffee. These Faux News apologists are off the charts with their hypocrisy. :eyes:

[Clark2008]

5. Keith - a ratings killer?

:rofl:

The only reason Countdown doesn't have as many viewers is that MSNBC isn't in as many markets and in the markets it is in, they're usually so high up the cable stations channels, people don't look up that far.

They conveniently leave that aspect out.

Keith has MSNBC's No. 1-rated show.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. I think Keith should be airing on NBC, at least as a weekend edition

[FreedomAngel82]

7. Or tell him to shut up screaming in their faces

[Submariner]

8. O'Lielly should bring Mediamatters.org on to clean his clock