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Bill O'Reilly has his own made up war stories. I wonder if Fox will[W:237,343,676]

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Its as embarrassing as Brian Williams stories, if not worse.

But the Fox news crew is silent on the issue, probably because its not really a matter of 'trust', since no right thinking person actually trusts what O'Reilly says in the first place anyway.

Bill O'Reilly Has His Own Brian Williams Problem | Mother Jones

Report: Bill O'Reilly repeatedly told first-hand combat stories that never happened - Vox

A report by Mother Jones finds that Fox anchor Bill O'Reilly appears to have told false stories about his time reporting in a war zone.
The report, by Mother Jones' David Corn and Daniel Schulman, examines O'Reilly's repeated claims to have seen combat while working as a CBS correspondent in Argentina during the 1982 Falklands war.
Corn and Schulman find that O'Reilly's on-air claims are not supported by his own memoirs or the recollection of other CBS employees at the time. He was, they conclude, "claiming he acted heroically in a war zone that he apparently never set foot in."
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In the other thread both left and right condemned Brian Williams. In this thread the left will condemn him but the right will defend him and claim its bs, it doesn't matter, its different, why isn't Obama fighting ISIS etc.
 
As embarrassing if it not worse? This is one lie O'Reilly has told, and a very small one. I'm not defending him, as it's still a lie, but when did he ever state he was shot at while in a helicopter, beaten by gangs during a hurricane, flew with Seal Team 6 or received pieces of one of their downed Apaches during the Osama raid as a "Thank You", was there the night the Berlin Wall fall and some others that are not being let out just yet? If you're trying to turn his "I reported on the war while actually there" story into something as big as Brian Williams whole life because of some issue you have against Liberal Media's being found out after lying, good luck. I don't like Foxnews either, but this is just petty.
 
Threegoofs said:
Its as embarrassing as Brian Williams stories, if not worse.

But the Fox news crew is silent on the issue, probably because its not really a matter of 'trust', since no right thinking person actually trusts what O'Reilly says in the first place anyway.

Bill O'Reilly Has His Own Brian Williams Problem | Mother Jones

Report: Bill O'Reilly repeatedly told first-hand combat stories that never happened - Vox



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I stated that Williams should be fired. If this is true, so should O'Reilly.
 
O'Reilly is a commentator not a nightly news reporter so they are not the same level of figure. That said, he needs to set the record straight. If he doesn't set the record straight, he should be involuntarily retired from the network.
 
Here's a whopper from Bill O'Reilly:

 
tres borrachos said:
Maybe NBC can cover it. They didn't cover the Williams story.
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Oh. You think they'll react the same way as NBC did with Brian Williams?

Does that mean they'll cancel the Oreilly factor outright, or just get a permanent guest host?
 
Declan said:
O'Reilly is a commentator not a nightly news reporter so they are not the same level of figure. That said, he needs to set the record straight. If he doesn't set the record straight, he should be involuntarily retired from the network.
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Since everyone brags about O'Reilly's popularity and how many people watch Fox, I think it is relevant.
 
chad1389 said:
As embarrassing if it not worse? This is one lie O'Reilly has told, and a very small one. I'm not defending him, as it's still a lie, but when did he ever state he was shot at while in a helicopter, beaten by gangs during a hurricane, flew with Seal Team 6 or received pieces of one of their downed Apaches during the Osama raid as a "Thank You", was there the night the Berlin Wall fall and some others that are not being let out just yet? If you're trying to turn his "I reported on the war while actually there" story into something as big as Brian Williams whole life because of some issue you have against Liberal Media's being found out after lying, good luck. I don't like Foxnews either, but this is just petty.
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Reading the story might help.

Its a lie that he perpetuated often, including writing it down in books.

Looks like he also exaggerated being in a war zone in El Salvador, if you continue reading.
 
Threegoofs said:
Reading the story might help.

Its a lie that he perpetuated often, including writing it down in books.

Looks like he also exaggerated being in a war zone in El Salvador, if you continue reading.
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He worked at NBC. Where do you think he learned how to lie?
 
Declan said:
O'Reilly is a commentator not a nightly news reporter so they are not the same level of figure. That said, he needs to set the record straight. If he doesn't set the record straight, he should be involuntarily retired from the network.
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Right. As I said:

But the Fox news crew is silent on the issue, probably because its not really a matter of 'trust', since no right thinking person actually trusts what O'Reilly says in the first place anyway.
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Carleen said:
Since everyone brags about O'Reilly's popularity and how many people watch Fox, I think it is relevant.
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Lots of people watch keeping up with the Kardashians as well. I did not say it wasn't relevant, merely stated implicitly that it's relevance is different since they hold different types of positions. If he doesn't set the record straight, he should be fired. If he does, then let him continue to blather with his stained record for veracity.
 
Declan said:
Lots of people watch keeping up with the Kardashians as well. I did not say it wasn't relevant, merely stated implicitly that it's relevance is different since they hold different types of positions. If he doesn't set the record straight, he should be fired. If he does, then let him continue to blather with his stained record for veracity.
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A lie is a lie regardless of his place in the media. He should be fired.
 
Carleen said:
A lie is a lie regardless of his place in the media. He should be fired.
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Then you should support impeaching the Vice President who has been known to exaggerate his football career. A Lie is a lie. He should be fired.
 
Declan said:
Lots of people watch keeping up with the Kardashians as well. I did not say it wasn't relevant, merely stated implicitly that it's relevance is different since they hold different types of positions. If he doesn't set the record straight, he should be fired. If he does, then let him continue to blather with his stained record for veracity.
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Oh, he set the record straight - mostly by calling the reporters a bunch of names and denying it all. But it is on tape...

Bill O'Reilly: Mother Jones report 'garbage' - POLITICO.com

If you're interested, this is the reporter's reply:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/02/david-corn-hits-back-at-bill-oreilly-202828.html

"He said he was in the war zone during the Falkland Island conflicts -- the conflict was in the Falkland Islands, it was not in Buenos Aires," Corn said. "He covered a protest after the war was over in Buenos Aires. I don't think that's a reasonable definiton of a combat situation. If you look up 'combat situation' in the dictionary, it's not 'an ugly protest'."
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Threegoofs said:
Oh. You think they'll react the same way as NBC did with Brian Williams?

Does that mean they'll cancel the Oreilly factor outright, or just get a permanent guest host?
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I have no idea. I haven't watched his show since right after 9/11.

Maybe he'll take a self-imposed vacation. Don't know....don't care.

But wasn't the point of your OP to wonder if Fox News will report on it?
 
Threegoofs said:
Its as embarrassing as Brian Williams stories, if not worse.

But the Fox news crew is silent on the issue, probably because its not really a matter of 'trust', since no right thinking person actually trusts what O'Reilly says in the first place anyway.

Bill O'Reilly Has His Own Brian Williams Problem | Mother Jones

Report: Bill O'Reilly repeatedly told first-hand combat stories that never happened - Vox



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He said something about Argentina last night. Didn't sound like he was stretching the truth.
 
Threegoofs said:
Oh, he set the record straight - mostly by calling the reporters a bunch of names and denying it all. But it is on tape...

Bill O'Reilly: Mother Jones report 'garbage' - POLITICO.com

If you're interested, this is the reporter's reply:
David Corn hits back at Bill O'Reilly - POLITICO.com
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I did not see tape but an article about it. Either way these are not comparable situations. Brian Williams flat out mislead people with the substance of his reporting. This is a semantics argument over what constitutes a "war zone". Perhaps to him the protests and military junta constitutes a war zone. I saw the video of his first comments--it is indecisive, but since the Falklands were a fight over sheep herders, an informed viewer should know that there were not riots and police vehicles there. Regardless, he should address the issue on air to his viewers to whom the original comments were made or be fired for refusing to address a controversy he created that damages the integrity of the network and those who do actually report the news instead of just commenting upon it.
 
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