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Because most of them are either really young (they're progressives because they're naïve and idealistic), really poor (they're progressives because they want free handouts), or really strung out on drugs (they're progressives because they're pot-smoking ex-hippies who can't let go of the freewheeling LSD-induced dreams of their John Lennon inspired youth).

That doesn't describe ALL lefties, but it captures most of them.

Conservatives, on the other hand, are typically people with life experience, jobs, and a sense of personal responsibility. Those people are not going to be as naïve and easy to manipulate.
LOL.

Lets see O'Reilly's 'sense of personal responsibiltiy' check in and see an apology for exaggerating his reporting (it wasnt 'combat', it wasnt 'in a war zone' and 'many people were killed' is an outright lie).

Ifts funny, too, how virtually every progressive I personally know is employed, has substantial life experience and education, and is acutely aware of personal responsibility. And all the real dirtballs I have met, if politically aware at all, tend to drift toward being racist resentful and marginally employed (or retired and pushing senility) Rush Limbaugh and Fox News viewers.
 
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no. Fox will shuck it off as a liberal plot to avenge Brian Williams.

it's irrelevant anyway, as Fox isn't legitimate journalism. it's basically a Daily Show for Republicans, only not as funny. it does do the format better than MSNBC, though.
 
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I think it's hilarious how the left had to dig back 1/3 of a century in order to get their panties in a wad.

Hey, any word about Cronkite lying about the Tet offensive?
 
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I think it's hilarious how the left had to dig back 1/3 of a century in order to get their panties in a wad.

Hey, any word about Cronkite lying about the Tet offensive?

You might really think its funny that it was actually *O'Reilly* who was digging back 1/3rd of a century. His lies about it were from the past several years.

Oh. I bet you don't see the humor in that, do you?
 
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You might really think its funny that it was actually *O'Reilly* who was digging back 1/3rd of a century. His lies about it were from the past several years.

Oh. I bet you don't see the humor in that, do you?

I can see the irrelevancy of this. Is that good enough for you.
 
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LOL.

Lets see O'Reilly's 'sense of personal responsibiltiy' check in and see an apology for exaggerating his reporting (it wasnt 'combat', it wasnt 'in a war zone' and 'many people were killed' is an outright lie).

Ifts funny, too, how virtually every progressive I personally know is employed, has substantial life experience and education, and is acutely aware of personal responsibility. And all the real dirtballs I have met, if politically aware at all, tend to drift toward being racist resentful and marginally employed (or retired and pushing senility) Rush Limbaugh and Fox News viewers.

Ths guy that claims the Hockey Stick graph is a legitimate and scientific record of temperature data is critiquing someone on their lack of " personal responsibility " ??

Oh the irony..
 
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I think it's hilarious how the left had to dig back 1/3 of a century in order to get their panties in a wad.

Hey, any word about Cronkite lying about the Tet offensive?

what did cronkite say about tet that was found to be a lie?
 
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Ths guy that claims the Hockey Stick graph is a legitimate and scientific record of temperature data is critiquing someone on their lack of " personal responsibility " ??

Oh the irony..

Deflect! Deflect!
 
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Ths guy that claims the Hockey Stick graph is a legitimate and scientific record of temperature data is critiquing someone on their lack of " personal responsibility " ??

Oh the irony..

Deflect! Deflect!
 
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Deflect! Deflect!

It's not a deflection, its absolutely relevant. If you have no integrity you dont possess the credibility to criticize someone elses integrity.

And I'm still waiting for you to show us how BO's " lies " are far worse than Brian Williams lies.
 
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It's not a deflection, its absolutely relevant. If you have no integrity you dont possess the credibility to criticize someone elses integrity.

And I'm still waiting for you to show us how BO's " lies " are far worse than Brian Williams lies.

Given that your rant about MM and his work is total BS and known by anyone with a passing knowledge of the issue... I think the integrity issue is pretty much resolved here.

Not sure where I ever said its 'worse'. but I know you create very active strawmen.
 
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Ths guy that claims the Hockey Stick graph is a legitimate and scientific record of temperature data is critiquing someone on their lack of " personal responsibility " ??

Oh the irony..

Don't let the facts get in your way.
 
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The question is a bit silly. O'Really won't be disciplined for lying. He'll be given a generous paycheck. In case you haven't noticed, conservatives watch Fox News to be lied to. They know going in that they'll be fed bull****. That's how the conservative mind survives in a liberal world -- through bolstered self-delusion.
 
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The question is a bit silly. O'Really won't be disciplined for lying. He'll be given a generous paycheck. In case you haven't noticed, conservatives watch Fox News to be lied to. They know going in that they'll be fed bull****. That's how the conservative mind survives in a liberal world -- through bolstered self-delusion.

As do MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN viewers. No one gets to claim the high ground.
 
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Really?

Richest states (areas)
1. Washington DC
2. New Jersey
3. Connecticut
4. Maryland
5. Massachusetts
6. Alaska
7. Minnesota
8. Delaware
9. California / Virginia


Poorest states:
1. Mississippi
2. West Virginia
3. Alabama
4. South Carolina
5. New Mexico
6. Kentucky
7. Idaho
8. Arkansas
9. Montana
10. Maine

Well, it would seem that liberal states are also the richest states and a lot of conservatives states are in the ranking of the poorest states. Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi are among the 10 most conservatives states.

In fact, if you view moderate and liberal 10 biggest states, Alaska (M), New Jersey (M), Delaware (L), Washington DC (L), Connecticut (L), Maryland (M), Massachusetts (L), Minnesota (not in the top 10 but also a liberal/moderate state, governor DFL, lieutenant gov DFL, 2 senators DFL, house delegation 5 DFL and 3 R, since 1980 they have voted for the democratic candidate for president), California (M/L).

Virginia, according to the poll has 39% C, 37% M and 20% L

Now looking at the poorest states, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Idaho are in the top 10 conservative states, but West Virginia 44% conservatives, South Carolina 44% conservatives, New Mexico 39% C, Kentucky 41% C, Montana 44% C, Maine 36% C

Sorry, but on evidence, the Richest states seem to be more moderate/liberal states and the poorest states conservative, or more conservative states.

These arguments are silly for various reasons but calling a state "liberal" or "conservative" is almost completely meaningless, calling a state "rich" without any context to cost of living is even more meaningless, and most of the "wealth" from areas in your richest states are from 200+ years of building up the areas which have virtually nothing to do with current political trends.
 
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This reads like nothing more then a liberal hit piece to avenge Brian Williams. Mother Jones, which is hardly unbiased itself, is using The Falklands (Islands) and The Falklands (War) interchangeably to make it look like O'Reilly said he was on The Falklands Island when he said he was covering The Falklands War in Argentina. The best case scenario is the paper is genuinely unaware there is a place and war called The Falklands but that's pretty far fetched. I suspect it's more likely the paper is purposefully conflating the two to mislead readers.

It's certainly possible no one pointed a gun at him but, unlike with Brian Williams, there doesn't actually seem to be anyone saying it didn't happen. There's just Mother Jones kind of insinuating it's a lie because, ya know, Bill O'Reilly is a liar.

It's fine if you're just extremely partisan and uninterested if a paper is lying to you for the sake of criticizing the "other guys" but anyone actually comparing about journalistic integrity should probably roll their eyes at this.
 
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This reads like nothing more then a liberal hit piece to avenge Brian Williams. Mother Jones, which is hardly unbiased itself, is using The Falklands (Islands) and The Falklands (War) interchangeably and to make it look like O'Reilly is saying he was on The Falklands Island instead of covering The Falklands War. The best case scenario is the paper is genuinely unaware there is a place and was a war called The Falklands but that's pretty far fetched. I suspect it's more likely the paper is purposefully doing so to mislead readers. It's certainly possible no one pointed a gun at him but, unlike with Brian Williams, there doesn't actually seem to be anyone saying it didn't happen. There's just Mother Jones kind of insinuating it's a lie because, ya know, Bill O'Reilly is a liar.

It's fine if you're just extremely partisan and uninterested if a paper is lying to you for the sake of criticizing the "other guys" but anyone actually comparing about journalistic integrity should probably roll their eyes at this.

LOL.

I think you're confused. MJ is pointing out that *O'Reilly* is confusing (and interchanging) the Falkland Islands with the Falklands War, as evidenced by his bragging about covering the war 'in combat' snd 'in the war zone' where 'many people were killed' and he heroically saved a cameraman that no one remembers getting hurt.
 
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As do MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN viewers. No one gets to claim the high ground.

In other words, the reality outside of Fox News is liberal. Thanks for acknowledging this.
 
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Ole Bill O'Rielly. will lie without giving it a second thought! ijs :confused: :lamo

http://youtu.be/W7UGC3quedc

I forgot to make a poll.sorry

Probably not. O'Reilly is a commentator who gives his opinion. He's not a newscaster.

Are you going to stop watching him?
 
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These arguments are silly for various reasons but calling a state "liberal" or "conservative" is almost completely meaningless, calling a state "rich" without any context to cost of living is even more meaningless, and most of the "wealth" from areas in your richest states are from 200+ years of building up the areas which have virtually nothing to do with current political trends.

Well, I did not name them as the richest and poorest states, that was done by Forbes.

The Richest And Poorest States In 2014 - Forbes

And they used Wallethub who decided to rank the states by:

To determine the richest and poorest states in the U.S., personal finance site WalletHub evaluated the 50 states and the District of Columbia according to income, GDP per capita, and tax dollars per capita, using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Income was weighted doubly, with five income brackets receiving scores ranging from -1 to 2.5, while GDP and taxes received half-weights. Several states earned identical rankings and tied for one place.

And the determination conservative or liberal comes from the Time website who got their information from gallup

Poll: Alabama Most Conservative State in the Union, Massachusetts Most Liberal | TIME.com

And you may call it completely meaningless to call a state liberal or conservative, I think it is even more ridiculous to describe progressives (aka libtards as some republican love to call them) as:

they're progressives because they're naïve and idealistic), really poor (they're progressives because they want free handouts), or really strung out on drugs (they're progressives because they're pot-smoking ex-hippies who can't let go of the freewheeling LSD-induced dreams of their John Lennon inspired youth)

and conservatives as:

Conservatives, on the other hand, are typically people with life experience, jobs, and a sense of personal responsibility. Those people are not going to be as naïve and easy to manipulate.

as was done in a post, which was the reason for my post that you responded to.

Also, it was the people in the states I labelled conservative/liberal themselves who called themselves conservative, liberal or moderate. And when 50.6% of people in a state say that they are conservatives, it is a conservative state IMHO.

Alabama, North Dakota, Wyoming Most Conservative States
 
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LOL.

I think you're confused. MJ is pointing out that *O'Reilly* is confusing (and interchanging) the Falkland Islands with the Falklands War, as evidenced by his bragging about covering the war 'in combat' snd 'in the war zone' where 'many people were killed' and he heroically saved a cameraman that no one remembers getting hurt.

If that's the case then why do so many of the damning quotations MJ gives us as "evidence" of trying to mislead the public into thinking he was on the Falkland Islands specify he was in Argentina? If you're looking to hang your hat on anything for the sake of partisan politics then I guess you can crow about him being "in combat" when he was just in the middle of the military cracking down on dissent but that seems to be nitpicking to me.

I don't really care about Bill O'Reilly or the political "right" in general but this article looks like it was written to appeal to people who are just looking for something - ANYTHING - to criticize the other "guys" with.
 
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Well, I did not name them as the richest and poorest states, that was done by Forbes.

The Richest And Poorest States In 2014 - Forbes

And they used Wallethub who decided to rank the states by:



And the determination conservative or liberal comes from the Time website who got their information from gallup

Poll: Alabama Most Conservative State in the Union, Massachusetts Most Liberal | TIME.com

And you may call it completely meaningless to call a state liberal or conservative, I think it is even more ridiculous to describe progressives (aka libtards as some republican love to call them) as:



and conservatives as:



as was done in a post, which was the reason for my post that you responded to.

Also, it was the people in the states I labelled conservative/liberal themselves who called themselves conservative, liberal or moderate. And when 50.6% of people in a state say that they are conservatives, it is a conservative state IMHO.

Alabama, North Dakota, Wyoming Most Conservative States

I'm really not sure why you felt the need to post any of this stuff.
 
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If that's the case then why do so many of the damning quotations MJ gives us as "evidence" of trying to mislead the public into thinking he was on the Falkland Islands specify he was in Argentina
? If you're looking to hang your hat on anything for the sake of partisan politics then I guess you can crow about him being "in combat" when he was just in the middle of the military cracking down on dissent but that seems to be nitpicking to me.

I don't really care about Bill O'Reilly or the political "right" in general but this article looks like it was written to appeal to people who are just looking for something - ANYTHING - to criticize the other "guys" with.[/QUOTE]

I think it was done, in part, to contrast his statements against his diatribe about Brian Williams. You know: pot, kettle,black. That kind of thing.
 
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