When Bill O’Reilly went on an attack against legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas, it drew the ire of more than a few people and made Bill O’Reilly look like the elitist and pompous ass he is … masquerading as an objective commentator (he sure is no journalist since the majority of journalists have some degree of ethics). Here is what Bonnie News of U.S. News and World Report said (as quoted by Crooks and Liars):
Bill O’Reilly mocks everyone—all right, I get it. He’s a venom-spitting curmudgeon and works hard to build that image and protect his niche.But calling veteran journalist Helen Thomas a “wicked witch” after her question to President Obama at his news conference last night was not only ugly, it was petty.
O’Reilly is living proof there are a lot of hateful TV viewers out there because they must get a rise out of watching an angry homunculus who’s outlived his useful life span.What else would prompt someone to watch his show? Quite frankly I’d have a better time parking on a freeway in rush hour and dealing with all the angry motorists, than watching Venom Boy spew. Can’t somebody recommend to O’Reilly a competent psychotherapist? But then where would angry TV news viewers go to watch highly-paid cobras?
Bonnie, as well as you wrote it and as much as I know where you’re coming from, it won’t work. As my dad used to say” You can’t talk to people like O’Reilly because “he’s hard headed.” He thinks he is a Fox News gangsta who can say or do whatever he wants. This is a man who has a complex that makes him think he is so much better than common people … so much so he wipes his shoes clean by moonwalking all over everyday people, integrity, humility, class and the kind of ethics and class most people show. Helen Thomas forgot more about journalism in the last week than Bill O’Reilly has learned in his lifetime … and she’s still 10 times better and more respected than BillO.
Crooks and Liars:
http://crooksandliars.com/silentpatriot/billo-mocks-helen-thomas-calls-her-o
U.S. News and World Report:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2009/02/10/bill-oreilly-attacks-on-helen-thomas-are-ugly-petty-and-hateful.html
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