"6. O'Reilly created a chart purporting to show a vast array of powerful forces
financed by George Soros devoted to attacking him and destroying Democracy As We
Know ItTM.
5. Bill O'Reilly claimed that the French economy was in trouble
because he called for a boycott of that nation for their opposition to the Iraq
war. As evidence he cited a publication called the Paris Business Review. No
such publication exists (well, maybe).
4. Bill O'Reilly had an on-air freak
out when NY Times columnist and economics professor Paul Krugman cited research
from Media Matters for America. He went on to compare Media Matters to Fidel
Castro and the KKK. Nowhere on Media Matters' website is there any expressed
support for white supremacy or communism.
3. Bill O'Reilly said that white
people were afraid to say things to black people.
2. Bill O'Reilly screamed
that Geraldo Rivera wanted anarchy because Rivera didn't think that the most
important element of a drunk driver killing two children was the fact that the
driver was an illegal alien (as opposed to him being a murderer).
1. Bill
O'Reilly thinks that gay marriage will lead to people marrying goats, dolphins,
and ducks."
There really is something about O'Reilly that is crazy. I think it is one thing to talk about people who want the end of the Iraq war as being wrong, it is another to say that they hate America. O'Reilly's rhetorical language stirs the pot of national discussion but does little to address the important problems. He has been waging a war against Soros and his movements in the media and on the internet. To argue that he doesn't have a right to have his voice heard, is to imply that Rupert Murdoch does not have the right to have his voice heard.
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