“No spin zone” my ass.
I’m so sick of this self-important windbag I can’t take it anymore. Who appointed this asshole as the guardian of American morality? It’s like he thinks he’s the national assistant principal or something.
Rap music is EVIL! The Sopranos is EVIL! VH1 is EVIL!
Everything is an outrage with this guy.
His never-ending hatred of the Clintons doesn’t bother me that much. It’s annoying but it’s par for the course for right-wing demagogs. (not to mention FNC) Ditto his obsessive crusade against Jesse Jackson, predictable and tired, but again, no different than the Limbaughs of the world.
What really bugs me is his PRETENSE of objectivity. His laughable assertions that he does not have an agenda. At least Rush does not pretend to be neutral. O’Reilly claims that his show is a “no spin zone,” and then starts every day with a self-righteous, liberal-bashing rant in his ridiculous (and superfluous) “Talking Points” segment.
He seems to reserve most of his hatred for the least powerful people in society: blacks, (who he nevers tires of giving patronizing, moralistic lectures about) homosexuals, and the homeless. (the HOMELESS for Christs sake)
There is also a misogynist tone to his constant tirades against Hillary Clinton, Janet Reno, Martha Stewart, etc.
In contrast, he is an abject, butt-sucking apologist for the Bush administration. Yeah, he makes the occasional, token critisism to keep up the “objectivity” charade, but he always qualifies it with statements like “…but I believe Bush is a good man…” He has gone after John Ashcroft NOT because of his religious zealotry or his contempt for the bill of rights (2nd amendment hypocritically excepted) but because he hasn’t tried to “prosecute” Janet Reno or the Clintons for whatever nebulous hypothetical crimes exist in O’Reilly’s imagination.
O’Reilly has made it a personal point to go out of his way to hammer Bush’s “bomb Iraq” talking points day after day, swallowing every word of White House bullshit hook, line and sinker.
When Tom Shales was on the show recently, O’Reilly whined about Shale’s writing about GWB’s “sickening grin,” and told Shales (a critic) that he should leave his “criticism” out of his writing.
He says that selling pot is a “violent crime.”
O’Reilly is also kind of dumb. He often misuses or mispronounces words. One example that I’ve heard several times is the use of the (non-existent) word “pillared” when he means “pilloried.”
He says that children should “afraid” of their fathers.
He is unfair and bullying in his “interviewing” tactics. He interrupts, name-calls, and yells at people who disagree with him. He believes that being louder makes him correct.
He often has guests on to offer “both sides” of an issue, creating a scenario where it is always he and the other conservative ganging up on the liberal.
Lately he has become a self-appointed morality cop, taking it upon himself to decide what other people can watch on TV, or who can endorse Pepsi, or who can be in a muppet movie.
This rant is getting really long but I’ve barely even started.
Does anyone out there really believe that Bill O’Reilly is truly unbiased? Is there anyone who doesn’t know who he voted for in the last presidential election?