O'Reilly Producer Defends 'Lynching' Remark

[RamboLiberal]

Okay, so "lynching party" may not be the best choice of words to use when discussing a black Presidential candidate and his wife. But don't expect Bill O'Reilly to apologize, a la David "Pimped" Shuster and Mark "Pussy" Halperin.

In fact, O'Reilly was defending Michelle Obama, who's taking some heat herself over comments she made to Newsweek, when he used that term -- a fact his executive producer, David Tabacoff, made when I contact Fox News for a comment.

"What Bill said was an obvious repudiation of anyone attacking Michelle Obama," he said, via email. "As he has said more than ten times, he is giving her the benefit of the doubt."

Here's the relevant portion of the transcript, from yesterday's edition of O'Reilly's radio show:

O'REILLY: You know, I have a lot of sympathy for Michelle Obama, for Bill Clinton, for all of these people. Bill Clinton, I have sympathy for him, because they're thrown into a hopper where everybody is waiting for them to make a mistake, so that they can just go and bludgeon them. And, you know, Bill Clinton and I don't agree on a lot of things, and I think I've made that clear over the years, but he's trying to stick up for his wife, and every time the guy turns around, there's another demagogue or another ideologue in his face trying to humiliate him because they're rooting for Obama.

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/mixed-media/2008/02/20/oreilly-producer-defends-lynching-remark

I hope this story does not get ignored. O' Reilly needs slapped down for this kind of crap. The damn RW pundits get away with racist, bigoted, sexist crap all the time.

[rocktivity]

1. TORO TURD!

"I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels?" She DID tell everyone how she felt, Bill!

:mad:
rocknation

[Beaverhausen]

5. as KO pointed out last night, the operative word here is "unless"

so, he would call out the lynching party if given a certain set of facts. Fuck O'Really. :mad:

[wiggs]

2. The remark is outrageous and deserves serious attention during prime time. nt

[stanwyck]

3. O'Reilly said "no legitimate news organization"

would give any credence (or airtime) to the Obama supporter who got into the shouting match with Bill Clinton and claimed Bill Clinton "might" have struck him in the face. An hour later, the Obama guy from that confrontation was on....Faux News/Hannity's show.
So. Bill was right.

[LSparkle]

4. After O'Lielly apologizes, will be he on suspension like Shuster?

Seems to me ought to be ... and this certainly lets Obama off the hook to go on "The Factor" ("don't block the shot!").

[OhioChick]

6. What That POS Said

Was Wrong on so Many Levels.

Have Sharpton or Jackson said anything?

[spanone]

7. a golf channel announcer was suspened for 2 weeks after using the 'lynch' word in reference to tiger

there is a double standard in the media.

[RamboLiberal]

8. A World Golf Blogger had a good piece on this hypocrisy

I posted it in Editorials. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x339744

[spanone]

9. thanks