# Bill O’Reilly really is the most virulent scumbag in the media today **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 21, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-o-reilly-really-is-the-most-virulent-scumbag-in-the-media-today/170069 "2003-04-21T17:11:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-o-reilly-really-is-the-most-virulent-scumbag-in-the-media-today/170069/61 "2003-04-25T21:32:36Z")
That is inaccurate, Diogenes. There were long-standing accusations of a left wing media bias before Fox even was a network. There were long-standing accusations of a left-wing media bias before Limbaugh became a household word, too. Since there was no national extreme right voice to compare the others to, your view cannot be the correct one. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-o-reilly-really-is-the-most-virulent-scumbag-in-the-media-today/170069/62 "2003-04-25T22:29:44Z")
The left winged media bias is a myth, and nothing but. And I may be mistaken here, but I don’t recall any left wing fanatical news “journalists” (I use that term quite loosely in O’Reilly’s case) who’s behavior equals O’Reilly and Limbaugh’s. ---
**Author:** ![KurdPie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@KurdPie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KurdPie)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-o-reilly-really-is-the-most-virulent-scumbag-in-the-media-today/170069/63 "2003-04-25T22:59:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by girlb0x \* > \*\*Maybe the condition that drives you to violently hate someone who doesn’t agree with everything that you do, should be evaluated. I’d hate to see you suffer an embolism and die before you started to enjoy a life of diversity & open mindedness. > Bill O’Reilly may not be your hero, but he’s popular for being himself and having the open mindedness to not ride one side of every fence. > > 🙂 > > Cheers. \*\* Well said. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-o-reilly-really-is-the-most-virulent-scumbag-in-the-media-today/170069/64 "2003-04-26T15:34:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*That is inaccurate, Diogenes. There were long-standing accusations of a left wing media bias before Fox even was a network. There were long-standing accusations of a left-wing media bias before Limbaugh became a household word, too. Since there was no national extreme right voice to compare the others to, your view cannot be the correct one. \*\* Do you have a cite for _objective_ accusations of left wing bias in the media bfeore Rush Limbaugh, et al, came along? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-o-reilly-really-is-the-most-virulent-scumbag-in-the-media-today/170069/65 "2003-04-26T15:38:48Z")
Well, what of such well respected liberal thinkers as Paul Harvey? And didn’t G. Gordon Liddy begin to grace us all with his gentle wit and kindly disposition (“Head shots! Head shots!”) even before Rush, the Orca of the Airwaves? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-o-reilly-really-is-the-most-virulent-scumbag-in-the-media-today/170069.md?page=3)