Subpoena O'Reilly-'06 Threat Re: Olbermann: "We Have Your Ph # & We're Going To Turn It Over To Fox"

[kpete]

February 26, 2006 | 15:38

on Thursday, when a caller to O’Reilly’s show merely mentioned Olbermann’s name, Bill cut the line and said, “We have your phone number and we’re going to turn it over to Fox security, and you’re going to get a visit”—as though the caller was threatening O’Reilly—when in fact O’Reilly was threatening the caller!

http://newsbusters.org/node/4192

[derby378]

1. GOOD CATCH.

O'Reilly, you may start pissing yourself in fear now...

[Chimichurri]

2. The right loves trickle down theories. Their corruption started

at the top and trickled it's way down.

I do remember when this went down. The ease with which O'Reilly bandied about that threat is telling indeed.

[Kaleko]

3. "Fox Security", eh?

Coming to pay you a visit for expressing dissent...

If this isn't an indicator of how thoroughly media, government, corporate interests and law enforcement have merged in the US, I don't know what is.

[mysuzuki2]

4. And what exactly is Fox security going to do?

Waterboard him? Slap him around? Force him to watch O'Reilly reruns?

[Aerows]

13. Force him to watch

Fox and friends reruns. That's enough to gag a maggot.

[deacon]

5. Kick + R

[myrna minx]

6. Oh wow. The context has truly changed hasn't it. K&R - good memory. n/t

Here's a link from Media Matters:
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200603030010

[tallahasseedem]

8. The context has definitely changed...

I smell blood in the water. It's time to bring these assholes down!

[meegbear]

7. That's not uncommon for a station to "have you phone number" ...

When callers dial in, their phone number is displayed on a screen. This has been happening for years.

My sister's phone number is blocked, but when she wants to order something for delivery, she has to *70 to unblock it. You can have that feature added to your phone service; people they must unblock their number before the call will go thru so you can see their name and/or number.

No crime here (in this case anyways).

[ck4829]

9. K&R

[chrisa]

10. He's a complete nutjob

He also claimed to be manipulating the oil prices, among other things, and that Osama Bin Laden was killed because of his program.

[felix_numinous]

11. K&R!!

[Downtown Hound]

12. All that means is that Faux has caller ID

Although O'Liely is quite the douchebag for threating the man with security for using Olberman's name, we already knew he was a douchebag. There's no crime here.