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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKurtz rips O’Reilly’s ‘correction’ after falsely claiming NBC silent on drones
CNN media critic Howard Kurtz on Sunday said that Fox News host Bill OReilly had missed the mark by offering an absurd defense after asserting that NBC News had not covered a story about drone attacks that the network was actually first to report.
On Wednesday nights OReilly Factor, the Fox News host opined that liberals had not complained about recent revelations of the Obama administrations justifications of drone attacks on American citizens the way that people on the left were outraged about the use of waterboarding against detainees during President George W. Bushs presidency.
Remember the outcry over waterboarding? OReilly asked Fox News contributor Bob Beckel. You know, everybody jumping up and down? NBC News, I thought they were going to, like, melt down over there.
You heard anything on NBC about the drones? he continued. So you havent heard anything over there about this, and neither have I. Neither has my staff. Okay? So we havent heard anything. But we heard a lot about waterboarding, but nothing about drone strikes. How do you process that?
Kurtz pointed out that OReillys comments were kind of curious, given that the story had been discussed on NBC News and the MSNBC cable network repeatedly after NBC News chief investigative reporter Michael Isikoff exclusively released the memos that President Barack Obamas administration used to justify the drone strikes.
So OReilly obviously misspoke and I thought he would just come back the next night and correct the record, Kurtz assumed.
But, instead, OReilly shocked viewers by blaming the far-left machine for painting him a deceiver.
True! he exclaimed. I didnt say NBC broke the [drone] memo story because we werent talking about that. Waterboarding vs. drone strikes!
Raw Story (http://s.tt/1zBQt)
AndyA
(16,993 posts)These absurd fantasies at Faux News are not passing the smell test for people anymore. Even Faux's half-educated bigots are beginning to notice that Faux is anything but "fair and balanced." More like unfair and unbalanced.
Soon, the only viewers Faux will have will be the extreme right wingers who believe everything they hear, as long as it fuels the hatred and fear inside.
AndyA
(16,993 posts)Rachel Maddow had a very good segment on it, and she certainly didn't rubber stamp what the Obama Administration is doing.
Of course, Faux News wasn't too upset to find out America was torturing people under approval from the Bush Administration. Perhaps they should check their broadcast history on that subject before they complain about any other network.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)is because those who believe him don't bother watching anything else, and take his word as gospel.
Thus, they would have NO idea that the "liberally-biased media" is outraged about Obama's use of the drones. Because he told them that the "liberally-biased media" didn't cover any of it.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)Last edited Sun Feb 10, 2013, 07:14 PM - Edit history (1)
He thinks he can lie and spin with idiotic stupidity and regularity. How Republican is that?