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April 16, 2009
O'REILLY'S PRODUCERS DIDN'T WANT TO TALK.... The New York Times' Brian Stelter had an interesting item today on Bill O'Reilly's practices of ambushing his perceived enemies in public. You know the drill -- someone offends O'Reilly in some way, so he sends guys like Jesse Watters out to make the adversary appear foolish. In defending the practice, O'Reilly has said, "I'm doing it because there's no other way to hold these villains accountable." And what does Jesse Watters have to say about his role as O'Reilly's attack dog? Not much.
Wait, wait, wait. Jesse Watters "refused repeated interview requests"? By the reasoning of his employer doesn't that necessarily mean that the NYT's Brian Stelter should have gone to Watters home and ambushed him? After all, the New York Times was "trying to get answers," right? If Watters won't come to the Times, shouldn't the Times go to Watters? Apparently, via Twitter, Stetler explained, "O'Reilly's ambush producers wouldn't talk. I tried asking thru PR people; tried Facebook; tried phone calls. But didn't visit their homes." Interesting standard. —Steve Benen 4:30 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (9)
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Par for the course, the explanation is a complete lie. Neither O'Reilly or anyone connected with his show contacted Amanda Terkel before Jesse Waters followed her down the freeway for 2 hours and ambushed her on the street during a weekend vacation. Posted by: tanstaafl on April 16, 2009 at 4:34 PM | PERMALINKEveryone is fodder for Bill's show. It's all about Bill. That's why Bill and his crew don't have to cooperate with others but feel completely free to attack, intimidate, lie, and otherwise make pests of themselves. Posted by: freelunch on April 16, 2009 at 4:44 PM | PERMALINKEven worse than the Amanda Terkel incident is this one that happened a few days later. In this case, Jesse Watters accosted a judge in a convenience store in order to get a story about a convicted sex offender who had been released on bail pending appeal. Per the linked story at Salon, what O'Reilly and Watters left out is that: 1) Florida law does not allow the judge to deny bail unless the convict is a flight risk. 2) Judges, naturally, are forbidden from discussing pending cases. Posted by: tanstaafl on April 16, 2009 at 4:49 PM | PERMALINKAnd yesterday, the local stations in Southern Arizona, including our own NPR station, referred to these demonstrations as "non-partisan." Which means either they are deliberately falsifying the their coverage these events to give it more gravity than they deserve or they are woefully unsophisticated. Posted by: Kurt on April 16, 2009 at 4:59 PM | PERMALINKCooping NPR was job one in the Bush Administration. Apparently they succeeded. Posted by: Ron Byers on April 16, 2009 at 5:12 PM | PERMALINKYeah, because anyone who criticizes Bill-O is a "villain". doesn't that necessarily mean that the NYT's Brian Stelter should have gone to Watters home and ambushed him? Better would be to follow him for three hours on a road trip and ambush him on the street. Why doesn't someone do this already? Posted by: Rob Mac on April 16, 2009 at 5:40 PM | PERMALINKWhen O'Reilly bragged to Andrea Mackris that he had a vibrator shaped like a tiny cock, he was referring to Jesse Watters. Posted by: Lou Farr on April 16, 2009 at 5:50 PM | PERMALINKi hate fox news, but realize it has value as a gulag for imbeciles. makes them easier to spot from a distance. Posted by: effluvientOne on April 16, 2009 at 6:52 PM | PERMALINK
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