http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/westwood_one This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Westwood One en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200008 On his radio program, Bill O'Reilly called the "people" at <em>Media Matters for America</em> "the worst Americans in the country" and stated, "If I could, I would deport them." O'Reilly also asserted: "But this <em>Media Matters</em>, 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." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200008 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:17:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210008 Discussing his previous comments about Michelle Obama, Bill O'Reilly stated that "[t]he word 'lynching' was used because I said it quite clearly. I'm not going to go on some lynching party against Michelle Obama; that's ridiculous." However, O'Reilly had said: "I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence, hard facts, that say this is how the woman really feels. If that's how she really feels -- that America is a bad country or a flawed nation, whatever -- then that's legit. We'll track it down." O'Reilly also attacked a caller who asked him if he owed "Michelle Obama an apology for that disrespectful lynching analogy," calling him a "far-left loon." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802210008 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:05:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802200006 Bill O'Reilly falsely asserted on his Fox News show that <em>Atlanta Journal-Constitution </em>editorial page editor Cynthia Tucker -- whom he called "an antireligionist and a far-left zealot" -- wrote that former Gov. Mike Huckabee "is unfit to hold any national office because of his belief in God." In fact, Tucker did not cite "his faith in God" as the reason Huckabee "shouldn't be on any ticket"; she specifically noted his support for constitutional amendments banning abortion and same-sex marriage and quoted Huckabee on what he said was the need "to amend the Constitution so it's in God's standards." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802200006 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:37:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200712140001 On his radio show, Bill O'Reilly took a call from a listener who said, "It sounds like [Oprah Winfrey is] voting for [Sen. Barack Obama] because he's black." O'Reilly responded: "I don't think your assessment is wrong." In a recent speech, after naming several specific actions Obama has taken, Winfrey said: "We need a president with clarity and conviction, who knows how to consult his own conscience and proceed with moral authority. We need Barack Obama." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200712140001 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:35:30 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270017 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270017 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:04:05 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270003 In defending his controversial comments about race, Bill O'Reilly claimed that "we didn't hear one complaint about the program that ran on more than 400 radio stations." Similarly, an Associated Press article stated that "O'Reilly said the [Juan] Williams conversation was carried on more than 400 radio stations and there wasn't one complaint from a listener." In fact, during the same broadcast in which O'Reilly made his controversial remarks, a caller told O'Reilly: "I think your spinning and bloviating does not do the black community justice. You're just giving fodder to your viewers who have a negative view of black people anyway, so your pointing out a couple of [rappers] Twistas and Ludacrises in the large general population is shameful." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200709270003 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:58:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260014 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260014 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:12:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260010 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709260010 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:08:10 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250009 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250009 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:15:51 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250002 On CNN's <em>Out in the Open</em>, Rick Sanchez and CNN contributor Roland Martin discussed Bill O'Reilly's statement that he was surprised there was "no difference" between Sylvia's restaurant in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan and other New York restaurants, even though Sylvia's is "run by blacks." Sanchez reported that during an "animated" phone conversation, O'Reilly denied any "racial intent" in his comments and described the story as "a hatchet job by <em>Media Matters</em>." http://mediamatters.org/items/200709250002 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:46:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709240009 Bill O'Reilly told a listener: "I didn't call for any boycott. I never do that, except for France, and that's lifted." It was not the first time that O'Reilly falsely claimed that he "never" calls for boycotts. As <em>Media Matters for America</em> has <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200606290001" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200606290001">documented</a>, O'Reilly has previously denied calling for boycotts, but has in fact called for them on several occasions. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709240009 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:45:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709240001 On <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em>, Bill O'Reilly responded to a viewer who asked him to "stop labeling those who criticize our continued stay in Iraq as anti-American" by asserting: "I respect dissent on the Iraq war." After Fox News anchor Laurie Dhue stated that "[w]e welcome dissent in this country," O'Reilly replied, "We do. And on this program." In fact, O'Reilly has repeatedly attacked both the members of the anti-war movement and the media for their coverage of the war, asserting that they are "declar[ing] defeat" and "rooting for the USA to lose in Iraq." http://mediamatters.org/items/200709240001 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:28:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709210007 Discussing his recent dinner with Rev. Al Sharpton at the Harlem restaurant Sylvia's, Bill O'Reilly reported that he "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." O'Reilly added: "There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who was screaming, 'M-Fer, I want more iced tea.' " <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200709210007 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:24:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709120008 http://mediamatters.org/items/200709120008 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:49:11 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200709070007 On <em>Countdown</em>, Keith Olbermann named Bill O'Reilly the "winner" of his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment for calling <em>Media Matters</em> "assassins" who smear people with whom they disagree through <em>The New York Times</em> and NBC News. http://mediamatters.org/items/200709070007 Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:03:21 EST