He gets away with it by stating he's progressive when he seems to be right-wing in disguise to me. I listen to him occasinally because he's on during my work shift. He's more tolerable than some of the other nutjobs anyway who make me want to explode, but I can usually only bring myself to listen to about half the show.
Really, though? O'Reilly is all about himself. No matter the topic or validity, he always brings everything back to himself and how important he thinks he is. I think he wants to be a politician but knows no one will vote for him.
Dude, he told his guest to "shut up," told him downright he was a disgrace and his dead father would hate him for saying such things and then went on about how bad a citizen the guy was. The next show, he completely twisted the guy's words around and accused him of stuff he didn't say. That is incompetence and just bad journalism. I'm amazed he isn't fired for it.
Oh, he's told people to shut up more than once. But twisting words around is the way of the 'entertainment' press in general. If you fire him for that, you have to fire everyone. It's also the responsibility of the people to research their facts and not just be taken in by talk-show hosts who aren't actually news anchors, but entertainers.
He gets by because he claims he isn't partisan. He supposedly treats both the left and the right equally. I don't think he does but many people do think he does. He has a pretty big audience, mostly of right wing moderates and left wing conservatives.
Frankly, most people know what they're getting into when they agree to appear on his show.
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Date: 2004-11-02 11:46 am (UTC)Really, though? O'Reilly is all about himself. No matter the topic or validity, he always brings everything back to himself and how important he thinks he is. I think he wants to be a politician but knows no one will vote for him.
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Date: 2004-11-02 11:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-11-02 09:47 pm (UTC)He gets by because he claims he isn't partisan. He supposedly treats both the left and the right equally. I don't think he does but many people do think he does. He has a pretty big audience, mostly of right wing moderates and left wing conservatives.
Frankly, most people know what they're getting into when they agree to appear on his show.