DillDO'Reilly Says He's Being Smeared (criticizes "smear merchants" who "cherry-picked remarks")

[jefferson_dem]

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Bill O'Reilly Says He's Being Smeared
Sep 26, 7:31 PM (ET)
By DAVID BAUDER

NEW YORK (AP) - Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly said Wednesday his critics took remarks he made about a famed Harlem restaurant out of context and "fabricated a racial controversy where none exists." He criticized the liberal group Media Matters for America as "smear merchants" for publicizing statements he made on his radio show last week.

O'Reilly told his radio audience that he dined with civil rights activist Al Sharpton at Sylvia's recently and "couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference" between the black-run restaurant and others in New York City.

It was just like a suburban Italian restaurant, he said. "There wasn't any kind of craziness at all," he said.

O'Reilly told The Associated Press that Media Matters had "cherry-picked" remarks out of a broader conversation about racial attitudes. He had told listeners that his grandmother - and many other white Americans - feared blacks because they didn't know any and were swayed by violent images in black culture.

"If you listened to the full hour, it was a criticism of racism on the part of white Americans who are ignorant of the fact that there is no difference between white and black anymore," he told the AP. "Circumstances may be different in their lives but we're all Americans. Anyone who would be offended by that conversation would have to be looking to be offended

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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070926/D8RTEON00.html

[Xipe Totec]

1. My bad

I stepped on an O'Reilly this morning and smeared it on the sidewalk.

[muntrv]

2. See the post below.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1915347&mesg_id=1915347

[KitchenWitch]

3. Bill O'Lielly dissing someone - good. Anyone dissing Bill O'Lielly - bad

Got it.

[Blashyrkh]

4. "There's no one yelling 'Get me an iced tea, motherffucker". Criticism of rascism? Suuuuuuuuuure.

He's spot on about ignorant though.

[mitchum]

5. HE fabricated a racial controversy for ratings...

he is a goddamn idiot, but he is also cunning enough to have known exactly the effect of his WELL-CHOSEN words. It was deliberate.

[JuniperLea]

6. Golly Gee Billy!

How does it feel to have the dog shit on the other shoe, dumbass?

It's not a smear when the accusations are true.

I read somewhere today that the transcript reads worse than the clips...

[3waygeek]

7. "cherry-picked remarks"

In other words, they used only what BillO said, and not remarks he didn't make.

[sandnsea]

8. Every town has black people, every single one n/t

[Cabcere]

9. Typical O'Reilly, isn't it?

What is it that Keith always says - you quote the man exactly and he starts screaming that you're "smearing" him. :eyes: Really, KO ought to just go ahead and re-name "Worst Person in the World" the Bill O'Reilly Award. What a douche.

[OnionPatch]

10. He should know all about that

since he's the champion cherry-picker of prime time. So how does it feel, Bill?

There's a word for people who can dish it out but can't take it.....Crybabies! :cry: :cry: :nopity:

[TheCowsCameHome]

11. Screw that balloon-headed idiot.

Let him enjoy his nightly circle-jerks with his flock of sheep.

[Hoof Hearted]

12. Smear Merchant.

Why is that so funny?