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O'Reilly on Media Matters: "Any of the presidential candidates who can deport those swine -- I'm voting for them"

March 20, 2008 6:17 pm ET

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SUMMARY: On his radio program, Bill O'Reilly called the "people" at Media Matters for America "the worst Americans in the country" and stated, "If I could, I would deport them." O'Reilly also asserted: "But this Media Matters, this disgusting, despicable, far-left website, they do it all the time. And MoveOn and all these people, that's what they do. They disagree with you, and they brand you a racist."

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While discussing Sen. Barack Obama's March 18 speech about race on the March 19 edition of his nationally syndicated radio program, Bill O'Reilly called the "people" at Media Matters for America "the worst Americans in the country" and stated, "If I could, I would deport them." O'Reilly also asserted: "But this Media Matters, this disgusting, despicable, far-left website, they do it all the time. And MoveOn and all these people, that's what they do. They disagree with you, and they brand you a racist." O'Reilly also attacked Media Matters during the March 19 edition of his Fox News television program, The O'Reilly Factor.

During the radio show, O'Reilly said: "Now, I'm an idiot, because I do [discuss race]. But I have to be honest. After I got accused of being a racist, when I went to up to Harlem to have dinner with [Rev.] Al Sharpton, when I was doing, as all of you know, a rant against racism, they turned it around, and nobody even listened to it, and they called me a racist. After that, forget it. I'm not going to do that ever again." O'Reilly's statements referred to criticism he received over his comments on the September 19, 2007, edition of his radio program discussing a meal he had with Sharpton at Sylvia's, a famous restaurant in Harlem -- which Media Matters documented, providing relevant audio and transcript. O'Reilly stated that he "had a great time, and all the people up there are tremendously respectful," adding: "I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City. I mean, it was exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks, primarily black patronship." Later, during a discussion with National Public Radio senior correspondent and Fox News contributor Juan Williams about the effect of rap on culture, O'Reilly asserted: "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.' You know, I mean, everybody was -- it was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all." O'Reilly also stated: "I think black Americans are starting to think more and more for themselves. They're getting away from the Sharptons and the [Rev. Jesse] Jacksons and the people trying to lead them into a race-based culture. They're just trying to figure it out. 'Look, I can make it. If I work hard and get educated, I can make it.' "

Also during the March 19 radio show, co-host Lis Wiehl said: "But I'm still hung up on what you said earlier. The -- can I quote you again? 'I'm an idiot.' " O'Reilly responded:

Look, I tried to do it. If you read Culture Warrior, I've got a whole chapter on it, the minority report. And I -- but I should have been smarter about it. I mean, I set myself up for these far-left liars when I came on the radio and did this discussion that were -- my grandmother didn't like black people but never knew a black person. Now, you had to listen to the whole thing. And you knew that I was speaking against racism, and these people at Media Matters -- these are the worst Americans in the country. There are no worse Americans than this. If I could, I would deport them. All right? And they turned it around. And then instead of listening to the conversation, which we had posted everywhere -- you could have listened to the entire thing -- the press ran out -- because the press would like to destroy me. And then I had to sit there and watch this garbage. You know, it was awful. But that's what happened. And then I said, "Uh-uh. No more. Not going to do it again." And I won't.

Wiehl then interjected: "[Y]our deportation comment-- you're going to be anti-immigrant now." O'Reilly replied: "No. I want Media Matters deported. And if anybody can work that -- if Barack Obama can work that -- I'm voting for him. OK? Any of the presidential candidates who can deport those swine -- I'm voting for them."

O'Reilly also attacked Media Matters while discussing Obama's speech on the on the March 19 edition of The O'Reilly Factor, saying: "Many white Americans understand that any disagreement with a person of color could get you branded a racist. People like Jesse Jackson and far-left smear machines like Media Matters make livings off race-baiting."

Later during the television program, while addressing what he called the "reaction to the call for race discussion," O'Reilly said to Fox News analyst and radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham: "I did two hours on this on the radio. And I guess it's come up with you. But you know, many white Americans are still -- we're not going to even discuss this because any mistake is going to lead to what we talked about being branded a racist. So, I mean, how does Barack Obama think we're ever going to get any kind of detente here?" Ingraham responded: "Yeah, there's something I'm doing wrong here. Look, what I think is going on here is beyond the headline of 'U.S. of KKK' and all of that, we have a deeply anti-American movement growing worldwide, right? With the far-left radicals worldwide -- and it -- there's a strain of it, as you talk about almost every night, here in the United States. It's MoveOn.org, it's Media Matters, all these organizations. The General 'Betray Us' ad and all that."

Later during the discussion, Ingraham asserted that "the left is obsessed with race." O'Reilly responded: "But they use it as a club. But the left doesn't want good race relations. They want to hurt Laura Ingraham and Bill O'Reilly. The left doesn't want good race relations. They want to use it as a club." Ingraham then said: "Improved race relations, sadly, hurts the careers of people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and maybe even Reverend Wright, OK? That's the sad fact of what happens when you foment this type of anti-American, deeply suspicious of anyone who's not the same color skin that you have. I thought that's what we were trying to get beyond."

From the March 19 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

O'REILLY: Hi, I'm Bill O'Reilly. Thank you for watching us tonight. Race in America, starring Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson -- that is the subject of this evening's "Talking Points Memo."

Senator Obama was at his most eloquent yesterday when he said this.

OBAMA [video clip]: The fact is that the comments that have been made and the issues that have surfaced over the last few weeks reflect the complexities of race in this country that we've never really worked through, a part of our union that we have not yet made perfect.

O'REILLY: Absolutely true. And Americans can only work those problems out if blacks and whites talk to each other. But that will not happen, ladies and gentlemen, until bogus claims of racism become cardinal sins. Many white Americans understand that any disagreement with a person of color could get you branded a racist. People like Jesse Jackson and far-left smear machines like Media Matters make livings off race-baiting.

Here's a partial list of people branded with a racist label by Reverend Jackson: President Bush, President Bush the elder, Newt Gingrich, Gary Hart, Ronald Reagan, Trent Lott, Vicente Fox, Jeb Bush, and Menachem Begin.

Here's a partial list of people's race smeared by Media Matters: Alan Colmes, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan, Michelle Malkin, Neil Cavuto, Neal Boortz, Michael Smerconish, Fred Barnes, Sean Hannity, Bo Dietl, and John Gibson.

"Talking Points" is simply fed up with this and is curious to know whether Senator Obama understands that race-baiters on the left are interfering with constructive dialogue. Obama mentioned conservative race people in his speech yesterday, but by far, the worst offenders are Jackson and Media Matters, both dedicated leftists.

So far, Reverend Jackson has been silent about the Reverend Wright controversy, so Fox News producer Griff Jenkins asked him about it at the far-left Take Back America convention in D.C.

[begin video clip]

GRIFF JENKINS (Fox News producer): So reverend, do you condemn Reverend Wright's words? I mean, six days after 9-11, he talked about our chickens are coming home to roost.

JACKSON: I'm really not going to address any of that now, frankly, because I think to feed into it is to expand it. And I'm struggling, as others are, to put the focus on the war, a focus on the economic collapse, a focus on poverty, which is crippling and growing, a focus on the impact of the health insurance crisis for working people.

JENKINS: But we can't deny the controversy it's caused.

JACKSON: Well, indeed it is.

JENKINS: Do you condemn Reverend Wright's comments?

JACKSON: But you do have a choice as to what you're going to speak to and what your priorities are. And you'll hear my priorities today. Thank you very much.

JENKINS: So you won't condemn Reverend Wright's comments?

[end video clip]

[...]

O'REILLY: Bottom line is Senator Obama must understand that many white Americans will not engage in race discussions because they fear making a mistake and being called a racist. That is undeniable. And if you still don't buy it, just give liberal icon Geraldine Ferraro a call. And that's the memo.

Now for the top story tonight, reaction to the call for race discussion. Joining us from Washington, Fox News analyst and radio talk-show star Laura Ingraham. I did two hours on this on the radio. And I guess it's come up with you. But you know, many white Americans are still -- we're not going to even discuss this because any mistake is going to lead to what we talked about being branded a racist. So, I mean, how does Barack Obama think we're ever going to get any kind of detente here?

INGRAHAM: Well, first of all, Bill, I'm really upset that I didn't make the Jackson list, because all of you guys, all my friends made it and I clearly didn't make it.

O'REILLY: Well, you will after tonight.

INGRAHAM: Yeah, there's something I'm doing wrong here. Look, what I think is going on here is beyond the headline of "U.S. of KKK" and all of that, we have a deeply anti-American movement growing worldwide, right? With the far-left radicals worldwide -- and it -- there's a strain of it, as you talk about almost every night, here in the United States. It's MoveOn.org, it's Media Matters, all these organizations. The General "Betray Us" ad and all that.

And you saw that also in a different form at that pulpit at the Trinity United Church with the type of language about America that doesn't engender a sense of loving America, or loving her and protecting her, wanting her to grow and wanting people to come together. Instead, it's a divisive kind of rhetoric that I think scares people, Bill.

I think people are terrified by people like Reverend Wright. And I'm sure he's done some good things in his life. And I'm sure he's an affable guy, and he's an interesting guy. But I think a lot of people are just afraid at this point. And I think you're right. How are we going to get beyond this if we can't even talk about it?

O'REILLY: OK. And I think that's a good analysis, that there is a lot of fear in the air. Because look, the guy that confronted Griff Jenkins, our producer that you just saw, he was totally out of control. This was a far-left nut. Didn't matter whether he was black or white, didn't matter. The guy was just out of control. Reverend Wright was out of control in what he was saying.

Now Barack Obama -- see, I don't under -- I don't know whether Barack Obama understands what you just said, that there are a lot of Americans of all colors, but particularly white Americans who fear the far left because Barack Obama has not come out. And he distanced himself from the comments of Reverend Wright, he did. And he did it very clearly. But he's not come out and defined it any further than that. I don't know if he understands the fear in white America, vis-a-vis the race issue. I just don't know.

INGRAHAM: Well, and I think that the next question, the logical question that I had hoped that he would get into during his speech is, if these feelings are out there -- and they obviously are and apparently they're quite prevalent at some churches -- if those feelings are out there, is fomenting this stuff from the pulpit and putting this out there, U.S. government injecting people with the AIDS virus, traveling to Libya with Farrakhan to meet Qadafi, all this stuff, is that helpful to black America, Bill? Is that helpful to any Americans? To --

O'REILLY: Well, it hasn't been helpful to Barack Obama.

INGRAHAM: No, but I think --

O'REILLY: I mean, Barack Obama's candidacy is now on the rocks.

INGRAHAM: Right, but the larger question --

O'REILLY: Now, he could come back.

INGRAHAM: Right.

O'REILLY: He could come back.

INGRAHAM: And I think the --

O'REILLY: Go ahead, go ahead.

INGRAHAM: Yeah, I think the larger question, though, is beyond Barack Obama. This may sink him; he may be able to skate past it because the media doesn't really want to stay on this issue, the mainstream media.

But I think the larger question, Bill, that Barack Obama should address, is this kind of hatred toward America and this distrust, this basic distrust of America in holding onto these sins of the past with this angst and anxiety and anger. Is that helping people advance in their businesses --

O'REILLY: Well, but I think that's an easy one for Barack Obama --

INGRAHAM: -- in their personal lives, period?

O'REILLY: -- to hit it out of the park. And I think he did address it.

INGRAHAM: Well --

O'REILLY: And he said --

INGRAHAM: No, I don't think he did at all.

O'REILLY: No, he did. And here's how he did it. He said that Wright's comments were erroneous because Wright had an obsolete view of the country. He doesn't believe --

INGRAHAM: Then why was he there?

O'REILLY: Well --

INGRAHAM: Why was he there day after day, week after week?

O'REILLY: -- but then you go back to judgment about --

INGRAHAM: No judgment.

O'REILLY: -- and then he says, there's a difference between public and private. And he's my private counselor.

INGRAHAM: Reconciliation.

O'REILLY: But there's a bigger picture here.

INGRAHAM: Correct.

O'REILLY: The bigger picture here. And the bigger picture is that black and white Americans now are on parallel tracks.

INGRAHAM: Well, the left is obsessed with race, though.

O'REILLY: Some have reached detente.

INGRAHAM: Yeah.

O'REILLY: Some have reached detente. But most of them --

INGRAHAM: The left is obsessed, Bill, with race. The left is absolutely obsessed with the issue.

O'REILLY: But they use it as a club. But the left doesn't want good race relations. They want to hurt Laura Ingraham and Bill O'Reilly. The left doesn't want good race relations. They want to use it as a club.

INGRAHAM: Improved race relations, sadly, hurts the careers of people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton and maybe even Reverend Wright, OK? That's the sad fact of what happens when you foment this type of anti-American, deeply suspicious of anyone who's not the same color skin that you have. I thought that's what we were trying to get beyond.

And I think Barack Obama, I think he could have really turned this into a teachable moment. And despite the eloquence of the speech, I think the images and the language used by Reverend Wright, I think that's going to stick in the craw of a lot of voters out there. And I think that's actually really sad, because I think a lot of good maybe could have been done in this speech. And I think he missed the opportunity.

O'REILLY: We'll see. All right, we got a number of other reports coming up on this, including new polling, which may bear out what Laura has to say. Laura, thanks very much.

From the March 19 edition of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:

O'REILLY: Now, race in America. Tonight, we have a confrontation with Jesse Jackson we will play you. It is fascinating. And I just want to run down, before I get into my remarks -- here is a partial list of people that Jesse Jackson has either called a racist or implied they are racist. President Bush the elder, President Bush the younger. Senator Gary Hart. Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Newt Gingrich. Mexican President Vicente Fox. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Trent Lott. Don Imus. Ronald Reagan. Khallid Abdul Muhammad, the aide to Louis Farrakhan. He's a racist, too. So --

WIEHL: This is a partial list.

O'REILLY: You know, there is a black guy -- there's a black guy on there. And Jerry Falwell. And that's just a partial list.

Now, did he call Ted Turner a racist or not? It says "reportedly." What does that mean? We can't confirm that he -- Jackson called Ted Turner a racist. All right.

So, Jackson runs around -- he's a race-baiter. He just calls everybody a racist, people he doesn't agree with. They're all racists. And that's the extreme case. But this Media Matters, this disgusting, despicable, far-left website, they do it all the time. And MoveOn and all these people, that's what they do. They disagree with you, and they brand you a racist. You don't believe me? Call up Geraldine Ferraro. Liberal icon. Poor Geraldine Ferraro. She's a racist now. You make one mistake, bang, you're a racist.

So most white -- not man-- maybe not most. Many white Americans say, "Look" -- and the polls show this -- "I want good things for my black countrymen, people of color. I do. But I'm not going to get involved; I'm not going to engage. Because I don't know what to say, I may say the wrong thing, and then I'm a racist. So I'm not even going to get involved." And believe me, Barack Obama, that is absolutely true.

You would not disagree with that, would you?

WIEHL: Absolutely not. It's obscure to talk about it.

O'REILLY: Absolutely. So, white Americans are basically going to say, "Look, you're on your own. I'm not going to talk about it with you. I mean, not going to discuss it at work, on the subway, at the game, we're not discussing it."

Now, I'm an idiot, because I do. But I have to be honest. After I got accused of being a racist, when I went to up to Harlem to have dinner with Al Sharpton, when I was doing, as all of you know, a rant against racism, they turned it around, and nobody even listened to it, and they called me a racist. After that, forget it. I'm not going to do that ever again. No, I'll go up to Harlem and have a meal, but I'm not going to talk about it. And if I don't know you and you're a person of color and you ask me a question, I'm not going to answer it. I'm absolutely not going to answer it. Why would I? I'm not putting myself in a position where somebody can run out and say, "O'Reilly said this or" -- I'm just going to say, "Hey, have a nice day." I'm not going to do it.

And that is a decision I had to make based upon the gross unfairness of the race-baiters in America. It is an industry, it's an industry. Jesse Jackson makes money doing it. OK? Now, we asked Jesse Jackson about Reverend Wright, because he hasn't said anything about him. Now, here -- you know, if Jesse Jackson were really interested in, you know, equality and bringing the races together and all of that, he would have had a press conference on Reverend Wright. Now, I'm going to play you that on TV. I don't want to play it on radio for you. You've got to see it. You've got to see it. Oh, man, wait till you see it tonight on the television side.

So that's my take, that Barack Obama is absolutely right, absolutely right in his contention that we need a big discussion in America, and we need to, you know, get together, because there are people who want to kill us.

Now, I've got three sound bites on Barack Obama. I'm just going to play Sound Cut Four. Roll the tape.

[begin audio clip]

OBAMA: Race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same mistake that Reverend Wright made in his offending sermons about America -- to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality.

The fact is that the comments that have been made and the issues that have surfaced over the last few weeks reflect the complexities of race in this country that we've never really worked through -- a part of our union that we have not yet made perfect.

[end audio clip]

O'REILLY: And that's -- that was just an excellent two paragraphs by Obama. Excellent. Because it's absolutely true. But unless Barack Obama and all African-Americans understand that white America -- many of us -- are not going to engage on a level that could lead to big improvements because we fear being branded racists if we make a mistake or say something that we don't mean to be offensive but is taken the wrong way, you're not going to have the conversation. You're not going to have that.

So, Barack Obama and all African-Americans need to understand that and to start distancing themselves from the hysteria surrounding Geraldine Ferraro and other controversies. Unless that happens, you're not going to get any dialogue. It's going to stay the same.

All right, is Sharpton coming on? We got his -- we don't know? Do we have him?

WIEHL: Is he here?

O'REILLY: I mean, anybody find him? He's going to call us? That could be anytime. You know Sharpton.

WIEHL: [unintelligible] But I'm still hung up on what you said earlier. The -- can I quote you again? "I'm an idiot."

O'REILLY: Yeah, I was --

WIEHL: "I'm an idiot."

O'REILLY: Look, I tried to do it.

WIEHL: Right.

O'REILLY: If you read Culture Warrior, I've got a whole chapter on it, the minority report. And I -- but I should have been smarter about it. I mean, I set myself up for these far-left liars when I came on the radio and did this discussion that were -- my grandmother didn't like black people but never knew a black person. Now, you had to listen to the whole thing. And you knew that I was speaking against racism, and these people at Media Matters -- these are the worst Americans in the country. There are no worse Americans than this. If I could, I would deport them. All right? And they turned it around. And then instead of listening to the conversation, which we had posted everywhere -- you could have listened to the entire thing -- the press ran out -- because the press would like to destroy me. And then I had to sit there and watch this garbage. You know, it was awful. But that's what happened. And then I said, "Uh-uh. No more. Not going to do it again." And I won't.

WIEHL: Now, your anti-deportion [sic] comment -- your deportation comment --

O'REILLY: Well, I want --

WIEHL: -- you're going to be anti-immigrant now.

O'REILLY: No. I want Media Matters deported.

WIEHL: I know, I know, I know.

O'REILLY: And if anybody can work that -- if Barack Obama can work that --

WIEHL: Yeah?

O'REILLY: I'm voting for him.

WIEHL: There you go.

O'REILLY: OK? Any of the presidential candidates who can deport those swine --

WIEHL: You get the --

O'REILLY: I'm voting for them.

WIEHL: Voting for them.

O'REILLY: I'll be back in a moment.

[...]

O'REILLY: All right, now, it's not just blacks calling whites racist, it's white loons on the left. Media Matters -- the worst, as we pointed out -- has called the following people racist: Alan Colmes, John Gibson, Glenn Beck, Don Imus, Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan, Michelle Malkin, Neil Cavuto --

WIEHL: Neil Cavuto?

O'REILLY: -- Neal Boortz, Michael Smerconish, Fred Barnes, Sean Hannity, Bo Dietl, Ann Coulter, Senator Trent Lott, and on and on and on. All conservative people.

But they -- this is a pattern of behavior, and it is despicable. But you don't hear black leaders condemning it as they should. And that is what's going to have to happen to open up racial dialogue. Going to have to get leaders like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Barack Obama to say, "Knock it off." And if they don't, then I'm telling you, white Americans are going to say, "OK."

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    • Author by mefirst (March 20, 2008 6:21 pm ET)
         
      actually i don't think billy was accused of racism in the restaurant incident as much as he was accused of being clueless.  i know that was my take.
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      • Author by socal7425 (March 20, 2008 7:44 pm ET)
           
        Well at least he ADMITS he's an idiot..I'll give him credit for that.  Poor old Bill says he wants to "deport" Media Matters.  Now THAT"S funny!
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    • Author by ufleirx (March 20, 2008 6:28 pm ET)
         

      Do you fell like we are being unfair to you Bill-O?

       Good then we are doing our job.

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      • Author by carlileb5935 (March 20, 2008 8:06 pm ET)
           

        I love how O'Reilly has been confusing MMFA with every other group he hates, or how he always conflates it with Kos.

        Lately, he's been bashing these 'hate groups' for bashing Hillary-- but he doesn't seem to know that MMFA has been very fair to her-- they are hardly in the same category..

        yet, he continues.....

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        • Author by roundhouse (March 20, 2008 8:34 pm ET)
             
          "I love how O'Reilly has been confusing MMFA with every other group he hates, or how he always conflates it with Kos."

          It's kinda like the way you confuse Obama supporters for idiots, so yeah I can see what your saying.
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          • Author by carlileb5935 (March 21, 2008 2:18 am ET)
               

            Say what? Does BOR not conflate the two? What's your point?

            Problem is, O'Reilly indeed confuses MMFA with the Daily KOS. And many Obama supporters are-- as displayed right here, right above me now-- obvious idiots. Why? They make no sense.

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            • Author by roundhouse (March 21, 2008 8:23 am ET)
                 
              No the difference is that O'Reilly intentionally puts all leftwing blogs in the same category . He's not confused. Kinda like the way you're not confused, you're simply wedded to the belief that you could not possibly be wrong.
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              • Author by edenscape246494 (March 21, 2008 9:58 am ET)
                   
                On point Round, good call
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              • Author by greatjob (March 21, 2008 3:54 pm ET)
                   
                So is he an idiot or is he a nefarious genius out to besmirch your good names?
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                • Author by roundhouse (March 21, 2008 6:29 pm ET)
                     
                  What's the difference? he still the same old liar he's always been.
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                • Author by solon (March 21, 2008 11:37 pm ET)
                     
                  He is an idiot out to besmirch our good names. Hope that clears up the confusion for ya
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    • Author by wzwriter (March 20, 2008 6:33 pm ET)
         
      Even better - let's ship Bill O'reilly over to North Korea, where he can help Kim Jon Il shape public opinion.  They seem made for each other......
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      • Author by Col. Harlan Sanders (March 20, 2008 6:37 pm ET)
           

        I love when I catch BilldO's show and he's talking about MMFA. He looks so frustrated, knowing that he can't cite anything specific against the site, and everything he's saying is going to be added to his stoopid list.

        Yet he can't stop himself.

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        • Author by worrierking (March 20, 2008 6:48 pm ET)
             
          To me you sound like one of those far-left loons.
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          • Author by carlileb5935 (March 20, 2008 8:08 pm ET)
               
            What do they sound like, specifically?
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            • Author by worrierking (March 20, 2008 8:43 pm ET)
                 
              Similar to the sound of a far-right loon, just that the sound is louder in your left ear.
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        • Author by stevensm (March 22, 2008 9:25 pm ET)
             

          I love when I catch BilldO's show and he's talking about MMFA. He looks so frustrated, knowing that he can't cite anything specific against the site, and everything he's saying is going to be added to his stoopid list.

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          I do too. He's never able to give specific examples where MM has smeared him. It's always vague comments about MM attacking him (or calling him a racist which they have not) or some other such thing. MM doesn't attack; they put up his exact words in context for people to read. I get to decide for myself what to think.

          But then O'Reilly knows just how despicable and inaccurate what so much of what he says is and all he's got to respond with is to lash out in self-defense. I think he's been totally taken aback that the internet does not let him get away with saying whatever he wants without also taking responsibility for it. MM does an excellent job of recording his words and O'Reilly can't handle it.

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    • Author by mr. l (March 20, 2008 6:43 pm ET)
         
      LOL- O'Reilly says he WON"T talk to blacks he doesn't know because MMFA`broadcasted what he said in Harlem.  Who knew?  Good job, MMFA!! (Good job in the sense that O'Reilly not talking is a ggod thing) 
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    • Author by snoopy (March 20, 2008 6:44 pm ET)
         

      O'REILLY: No. I want Media Matters deported.

      Racist bigot.

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      • Author by thedailyphosdex (March 21, 2008 1:31 pm ET)
           

        Deported to where, might I ask?

        And aren't we forgetting the past suggestion of Mr. "No-Spin Zone" that high-school students not achieving an arbitrarily-defined pass score on civics and American history tests be shipped off to Canada (even if it means dumping busloads thereof along the 401 freeway in Ontario under cover of darkness)?

        And how do we know such would not violate the Eighth Amendment's proscriptions on "cruel and unusual punishment"?

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        • Author by mefirst (March 21, 2008 7:12 pm ET)
             
          that's the really silly part.  deportation requires that you actually be from another country.
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    • Author by mr. l (March 20, 2008 6:45 pm ET)
         
      And what is the deal with Laura's reading/listening comprehension skills?  Does she REALLY think Obama didn't do race relation issues justice in his speech?  Really? come on, Laura- you don't have a clue, do you?
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    • Author by snoopy (March 20, 2008 6:54 pm ET)
         
      Billdo the racist needs to spend a little more time having his nazi police review his own website. Seems racism abounds there, (as suspected) and it isn't removed when found...
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    • Author by Limit Corp. Ownership (March 20, 2008 6:59 pm ET)
         

      Billy is such a moron...

      I almost feel sorry for him.  He's a complete joke.

      The fact that he has a fairly large (though shrinking) audience is a perfect explanation for the state that America is in.

       

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    • Author by eweston8542983 (March 20, 2008 7:04 pm ET)
         

      So Bill how bout if we're made to wear blue and white stars. That way patriotic americans can properly identify who its ok to be violent with. Cut down on collateral damage maybe.Probably not. Having the ok to be violent on specific population is weird because despite the most homicidal efforts, the population of targets never seems to decrease. At least thats been the historical model so far.

      Bill O'Rielly, a Grout Hamerican.

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    • Author by snoopy (March 20, 2008 7:19 pm ET)
         
      I keep reading this, and all I can say is the right is really struggling with this one. They've been forced into the position of defending their racism, and they weren't able to frame the debate in their favor. The right was forced to come at this from the gutter and are gonna suffer big time for that!
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    • Author by solon (March 20, 2008 8:39 pm ET)
         
      So O'falafel thinks we ought to be subject to deportation because we disagree with him, and because this site has the temerity to quote him accuratly? The man has delusions of grandeur when he cant even pull off adequacy.
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    • Author by worrierking (March 20, 2008 8:55 pm ET)
         
      "No, I'll go up to Harlem and have a meal, but I'm not going to talk about it. And if I don't know you and you're a person of color and you ask me a question, I'm not going to answer it. I'm absolutely not going to answer it."

      Bill O'Reilly, the last, best hope for racial tolerance in America.

      He's just going to ignore any non-white person that speaks to him.

      That's mighty white of you, Bill.

      Is there any way we could disown Bill? I know this rile up Finafan or whoever he was, but Bill makes me ashamed to be white. Christ, he makes me ashamed to be human.
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      • Author by Col. Harlan Sanders (March 21, 2008 1:04 am ET)
           

        WK, BilldO didn't say he'd ignore the person, just that he wouldn't answer questions. He can talk for an hour without answering any questions, so this might be bizness as usual.

        I caught the end of his show tonight, the email segment where he gets to deliver his pithy responses. One T-Warrior in training wrote that some loon called BilldO a racist, asking the wise one if an attempt should be made to reason with the moonbat.

        "No!" said Bill, "just tell them they're making a fool of themselves, and walk away".

        So it appears even BO is aware that the party's over, and his clown act is out of gas. They're cutting off all communication. It seems to be working for Grampa McCain, avoid any discussion and  the ratings go up.

        I've seen some teasing and promising hints of it here, the realization that the wingnut arguments are being shot down more quickly, and a cut & run under the pretense of not wanting to engage in nasty arguments is the easy way out.

        Those must be the smarter ones. I noticed CompliantConsent has suddenly become really wordy. He's the wingnut's wingnut, maybe.

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        • Author by Lorelei (March 21, 2008 10:36 am ET)
             

          I have noticed that when the right cannot win the argument they either 1. resort to name calling or 2. run.....

           

           

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    • Author by magnolialover (March 20, 2008 9:09 pm ET)
         
      Hey Bill!

      It's pretty easy you lunkhead. Stop saying really idiotic stupid ignorant and sometimes racist things, and you won't be on here. No really, it's that easy. Stop lying your pants off, and you won't be on here. Stop misinforming the country, and you won't be on here. I mean, it really is THAT easy.

      How is this a bad site, if what they put on here are your OWN words. So by your own assertion, you're a bad person, because you disagree with this website, and since they use your own words, well, you suck. But hey, any rational normal human being can actually see that for themselves, because you can't keep your big mouth shut, or at least not say something that is, once again, super stupid.

      Poor Bill. Ingrained with the stupid...
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    • Author by jawill11 (March 20, 2008 9:14 pm ET)
         
      I know that Bill comes off as being a colossal idiot, but if he can figure out how to deport a website, I'll admit that he is a true genius.  
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    • Author by eweston8542983 (March 20, 2008 9:30 pm ET)
         

      Somewhere in the south of France, with per-deim? Spend all day peeling grapes and cooking dinner. 

      Is he willing to put his money where his mouth is?

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    • Author by roundhouse (March 20, 2008 10:42 pm ET)
         
      "and these people at Media Matters -- these are the worst Americans in the country. There are no worse Americans than this. If I could, I would deport them. All right?"

      F U B O.
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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (March 20, 2008 11:46 pm ET)
         
      What else do you expect from Bill'O and the rest of these right wing loons ? They can't  handle anyone that disagrees with them. They can't handle sites like MMFA that throws the truth back in their lying faces.
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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (March 21, 2008 12:05 am ET)
         
      The sooner that people realize that Bill'O, Flush Limbaugh, Sheer Insanity, Annthrax Coulter, and others are all mouthpieces for the Bush administration and the Republican party ,the better  off we all will be. Dr Josef Gobbles would be proud of these clowns.
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    • Author by FNC Liberal (March 21, 2008 1:13 am ET)
         
      Any presidential candidate who can force the firing of Bill from News Corporation will not only get my vote, but the Fox News low level employees as well.
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    • Author by pete592 (March 21, 2008 1:26 am ET)
         
      The internet is proving to be O'Reilly's worst nightmare.
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    • Author by fawltylogic (March 21, 2008 1:57 am ET)
         

      Oh noes... Billdo isn't going to tell stories of his adventures in Harlem anymore? Say it ain't so, it was great comedy.

      I'd love for Billdo to say exactly what the lies are here at MMFA.

      these people at Media Matters -- these are the worst Americans in the country. There are no worse Americans than this

      That should be MMFAs new slogan! 

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    • Author by loislap (March 21, 2008 2:10 am ET)
         
      Its interesting how victimized Bill feels by the "far left swine" at MM, given that all this site really does is "Report and YOU DECIDE"?Gosh where have we heard that whopper before Billy boy?Oh right-thats what FOX NEWS disingenuously,pathetically claims to do.Isn't that the brash,clamorous annoying collection of Clots you work for you big dope?Do you get the rich irony Bill?Do ya? No I didn't think so.
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    • Author by cpinva (March 21, 2008 2:16 am ET)
         

      bill o'reilly wants pigs deported now? geez, shouldn't they at least get a fair trial first, see if they really are terrorist pigs or not? it would be the right thing to do.

      if found guilty and sentenced to death, i want the baby-back ribs!

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    • Author by Clevenative (March 21, 2008 7:53 am ET)
         

      I strongly disagree with what BiiO says here - and he is a racist. LOL

      He's also a hypocrite, sexist, pervert, homophobe, (that's just the short list) who HATES the fact that a website that could expose him for who he REALLY is, is even be allowed to exist.

      He knows there are websites that paint him in even far worse light and with a much greater frequency (Sweet Jesus, I hate Bill O'Reilly, International, oreilly-sucks.com, and News Hounds, to name a few) but he only focuses on MMFA because they are the site that encompasses the total "big picture" of conservative misinformation - Besides the obvious reasons that he's not about to mention and expose these other sites on his own shows.

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      • Author by political_left-religious_right (March 21, 2008 11:04 am ET)
           

        I'm not as sure about the rest, but he's definitely farm-animalist.  Calling us swine, indeed.  How adult can you get?

        But I'd like to step back a bit and look at O'Reilly's charge--that MMFA has accused people of being racist.

        First of all, is it true?  I doubt it, especially in the case of Alan Colmes.  Now, has MMFA pointed out when media figures make racist (or what can be readily perceived as racist) comments?  Of course.

        But let's suppose it is true, that MMFA has directly accused the people on O'Reilly's little list of being racist (and good luck finding the links to those!).  Is this enough to get people deported?  Leaving aside the pesky fact that people get deported only to the country they came from (so it wouldn't work with MMFA, whose contributors are probably all Americans), it doesn't happen--or certainly shouldn't happen--when the "crime" is exercising a basic American right, that of free speech.

        Furthermore, could anyone actual argue that MMFA has posted things more incendiary that O'Reilly himself has?  If MMFA is in line for deportation, what does O'Reilly deserve?

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      • Author by August Heat (March 21, 2008 12:51 pm ET)
           
        Great post.  I agree 100 percent.  He knows MediaMatters makes sense and logically calls him on the bs he so proudly represents.
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    • Author by foghornleghorn (March 21, 2008 7:54 am ET)
         

       we have a deeply anti-American movement growing worldwide - Ingraham

      And guess who's to blame for that, Laura.  Here's a mirror to help you out.

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    • Author by Clevenative (March 21, 2008 8:11 am ET)
         

      This screen graphic from BillO needs a little work…

      First off, change the title to “OUR RACIST GUESTS:” – then reduce the font size in the list to allow Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, et al to fit. Oh wait – if they reduced the font size enough to include everyone who belongs in the list, it would look like the print at the bottom of a Capital One Credit Card commercial.:)

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    • Author by rwmacdonald67802 (March 21, 2008 10:46 am ET)
         
      DSM Criteria Narcissistic Personality

      A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:[1]

      has a grandiose sense of self-importance

      is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brillance, beauty, or ideal love

      believes that he or she is "special" and unique

      requires excessive admiration

      has a sense of entitlement

      is interpersonally exploitative

      lacks empathy

      is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her

      shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes

      People who are overly narcissistic commonly feel rejected, humiliated and threatened when criticised. To protect themselves from these dangers, they often react with disdain, rage, and/or defiance to any slight criticism, real or imagined [7]. To avoid such situations, some narcissistic people withdraw socially and may feign modesty or humility.

      Though individuals with NPD are often ambitious and capable, the inability to tolerate setbacks, disagreements or criticism, along with lack of empathy, make it difficult for such individuals to work cooperatively with others or to maintain long-term professional achievements [8]. With narcissistic personality disorder, the person's perceived fantastic grandiosity, often coupled with a hypomanic mood, is typically not commensurate with his or her real accomplishments.

      The exploitativeness, sense of entitlement, lack of empathy, disregard for others, and constant need for attention inherent in NPD adversely affect interpersonal relationships.

      *****Billo must pay cash for his sessions cause there's not an insurance company in the world that would reimburse the doc for such a long term project. ******
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    • Author by shaggles (March 21, 2008 11:36 am ET)
         

      I love the way O'Reilly, Savage, et al accuse Media Matters of "attacking" them when it simply repeat what they have said. I wonder if any of them have ever even looked at Media Matters. They are damned by their own words not by Media Matters.

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    • Author by billie789 (March 21, 2008 11:37 am ET)
         

      O'REILLY: Well, it hasn't been helpful to Barack Obama.

      INGRAHAM: No, but I think --

      O'REILLY: I mean, Barack Obama's candidacy is now on the rocks.

      INGRAHAM: Right, but the larger question --

      O'REILLY: Now, he could come back.

      INGRAHAM: Right.

      O'REILLY: He could come back.

      INGRAHAM: And I think the --

      O'REILLY: Go ahead, go ahead.

       

      Wow! Now there's some cutting-edge political commentary. Ingraham's a fool and O'Reiily's a pervert wrapped in a flag.

      Disgusting excuses for Americans.

      At what point in our history did we turn the microphones over to the worst of our species?

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    • Author by SadOldVet (March 21, 2008 1:19 pm ET)
         

      I would be pleased to vote for anyone who would promise to expel Bill-O & Rush & Laura & Glen Beck...

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    • Author by writingindependence (March 21, 2008 2:17 pm ET)
         

      O'Rye Cracker's fluoridation buddies need to be deported, to Gitmo.  A cell is waiting.

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    • Author by moe (March 21, 2008 3:00 pm ET)
         

      "Talking Points" does not believe you are a racists BillO but "Talking Points" does agree that you are an idiot.

      "Talking Points" hopes that settles the issue. 

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    • Author by john174541842 (March 21, 2008 3:44 pm ET)
         
      Jenkins: "So reverend, do you condemn Reverend Wright's words?"

      Jackson: "I'm struggling, as others are, to put the focus on the war"

      What? Well, sorry pal, you were just asked if you condemn the statements by rev. wright. By the way, not if you condemn the rev. or the church or the people who attend it....simply the statements being played on the news. Any decent person should quickly condemn those particular statements. Jackson avoids, and refuses to answer, exposing himself completely to be what we all know he is: a race-hustler, a racketeer, and a fraud.
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    • Author by pithaughn (March 21, 2008 6:44 pm ET)
         
      Listen, if brother Bill says he is not a racist then that is a fact, ok? Deal with it. Who are you going to believe, Bill or your lying ears (or eyes)?
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    • Author by interestingobserver (March 22, 2008 12:05 am ET)
         
      Look at the last  O'Reilly portion of this piece (where he begins "All right, now...").  He calls Alan Colmes conservative!!  Media Matters is right: this man is a source of misinformation. 
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      • Author by solon (March 22, 2008 3:44 pm ET)
           
        True enough Colmes is not a conservative. A designate whipping boy yes. Conservative no. Colmes is fairly moderate but moderate left not moderate right.
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        • Author by interestingobserver (March 22, 2008 8:03 pm ET)
             
          So then why didn't Media Matters call him out on this piece of misinformation?  Had he listed a group of liberals and threw in "Joe Scarborough" or "Tucker Carlson" in there, it would have been a whole 'nother ball game for Media Matters now wouldn't it have?
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    • Author by watadoo (March 22, 2008 10:57 am ET)
         
      If Bill-o would pay my way, I'd gladly leave this wretched, rapidly degenerating country.
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      • Author by interestingobserver (March 22, 2008 6:08 pm ET)
           
        I love how the left wing bloggers here don't pounce on this anti-American turd that just said he hates his own country but as soon as a conservative mentions anything that defies the left's talking points, he/she is verbally beaten beyond recognition. 
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        • Author by mescal (March 22, 2008 10:58 pm ET)
             

          Interestingobserver?

          Is that you?

          I can hardly recognize you any more.  :o) 

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          • Author by interestingobserver (March 23, 2008 12:44 am ET)
               
            No Interestingobserver is on hiatus now.  The above comment (and this one) were written by his alterego "Banalobservant."  IO will be back shortly.   
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