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O'Reilly claims "Fox News was actually cautious" in reporting on Sherrod story, accuses NBC of being "character assassins"

July 22, 2010 8:36 pm ET

From the July 22 edition of Fox News The O'Reilly Factor:

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Previously:

Timeline Of Breitbart's Sherrod Smear

Times report notes Fox News' role in promoting the false attack on Sherrod

FoxNews.com missed the meeting

Fox News' response to Sherrod fallout: Ignore, whitewash, mislead

Breitbart flounders as his Sherrod story collapses

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    • Author by bailorgana (July 22, 2010 8:43 pm ET)
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      Bill say hi to the Tinman for me because you are living in the land of oz. You & your network launch the bigest smear campagin on her. If you take the heat get out of the kitchen. By the way Mad Magazine is more fair & balance then vicous network.
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    • Author by m00finsan (July 22, 2010 8:48 pm ET)
         
      Well, I guess it takes one to know one.
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    • Author by Bad News (July 22, 2010 8:50 pm ET)
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      "I think Ms. Sherrod should be Fired?"
      This is your idea of Cautious? God i wish you were Retired.
      Bill O'Reilly, You are a "Clown" & You are a "Joke", Did you really Win That Poke?
      Where's your Peabody? Should i ask Al Frankin? Is that Egg on your Face or just the Yoke?

      Speak truth to power.


      Mr. News
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    • Author by terrapin53 (July 22, 2010 8:52 pm ET)
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      Well Bill, you didn't follow Clemente's orders, nor did Hannity or Perino or Fox and Friends. I guess you all just decided to tell the boss to f**k off. He should fire you all for insubordination and failure to do your job. Bill's response would be, I wasn't a journalist during that segment, I was a pundit. LOL, he is a putz for sure.
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      • Author by stevensm (July 22, 2010 10:10 pm ET)
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        Exactly. Clemente should be coming down on all his talking heads but especially O'Reilly. He decided to run with the story without first checking out the facts. In Bill O'Reilly's bizarro world dictionary, the definition of "cautious" must read: proceed with reckless abandon; do not take all facts into consideration; right wing agenda trumps all.
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        • Author by my4cents (July 23, 2010 9:52 am ET)
             
          Also, why did BillO have to rely on the 'far left Washington Post' to cite his own colleague's words?
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          • Author by stevensm (July 24, 2010 6:30 am ET)
               
            Good point. On last night's show he again tried to use Kurtz as proof that FOX handled the Sherrod story correctly despite the fact that O'Reilly himself did not follow Clemente's directions. However O'Reilly didn't tell his audience that Kurtz mentioned how O'Reilly taped his show at 5pm before Sherrod's resign was announced.
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    • Author by Quicksilver M.S (July 22, 2010 8:52 pm ET)
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      Bill you still have not said You are SORRY for your Attack on Ms.Sherrod!

      To say .. "I owe Ms. Sherrod an apology for not doing my homework, for not putting her remarks into the proper context" IS NOT AN APOLOGY !!

      I can say to a friend I OWE you ten dollars.. and still not give him the Money even though I have the cash !

      Bill... Do the Right Thing and "SAY I AM SORRY"also STOP Trashing Ms.Sherrod!
      The rest of FOX news also should say they are SORRY!
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    • Author by bailorgana (July 22, 2010 9:04 pm ET)
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      I'm surprised he did not go after Shepard Smith.
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    • Author by kromecom48 (July 22, 2010 9:19 pm ET)
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      Project much Billo?
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    • Author by wookie (July 22, 2010 9:52 pm ET)
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      Sure Bill, and you never went after "Tiller the killer" either.
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    • Author by Randall Flagg (July 22, 2010 9:58 pm ET)
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      The whole Foxsnooze channel is based on lying, smearing, inducing fear and panic in its viewers. An apology doesn't count if it's a lie too. And Bill never seems to get that there is no line between "news" and "commentary" on his station, so he can't use that excuse either.
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    • Author by mcnairbo6573 (July 22, 2010 10:11 pm ET)
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      Poor Chris Matthews is so naive. He said he thought O'Reilly would apologize for his role in the smear. Instead, as usual, he digs in and steps up the attack. He cited the Sylvias' comment as being the same as this one but I don't remember him being fired for it. Hell, he wasn't even fired for sexually harrassing his producer.
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    • Author by cugagcmu805031 (July 22, 2010 10:30 pm ET)
         
      O'lielly, you're just upset because Rachel Maddow, Keith Olberman, and Eric Boehlert released a triple-size can of whoop-azzzz on Fox News. You got called out, now you're in defense mode. You deserved every bit of it, and there's more to come. Not everyone is under Fox News' spell.
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