Bill O'Reilly caught being a liar just like Williams, will Fox News do anything?

[duane1969]

I guess we shall see. CBS says they have archived video footage of O'Reilly from the Falklands scenario that he recounts in his broadcast and they are looking for it.

[gsj68]

[maccards44]

WHAT O'REILLY SAID: In his 2001 book, "The No Spin Zone," O'Reilly wrote, "I've reported on the ground in active war zones from El Salvador to the Falklands."
On his show "The O'Reilly Factor" in 2013, O'Reilly told a guest, "I was in a situation one time, in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands, where my photographer got run down and then hit his head and was bleeding from the ear on the concrete. And the army was chasing us. I had to make a decision. And I dragged him off, you know, but at the same time, I'm looking around and trying to do my job, but I figure I had to get this guy out of there because that was more important."
Speaking of the riot, O'Reilly said in his book"many were killed."

SOME FACTS:
*Claims he was in the Falklands when he was 1,000 miles away
*Saying things like I was in an "active war zone in the Falklands with the army chasing me" sure sounds better than "there was a protest"
*None of his co-workers remember a photographer being injured in the protest they covered
*Nobody was ever reported as killed in the protest (1,000 miles away from actual war)

Since this war was quite awhile ago I'll make an more current analogy, this is like saying you were embedded with troops liberating mosul when you are actually covering an anti-war protest in Germany... Even if it was a big one with lots of tear gas.

[JustAlex]

Still waiting for Fox News to do the right thing...oh wait, I just remembered they have zero integrity as a "news" organization and constantly lie out of their teeth on a nightly basis, why should they care about one more lie...

[sanfran22]

Bill O'reilly is a talk show host, not a news anchor. There is a difference.
Should we hold Jon Stewart to the same standard?

[Star_Cards]

I'm not sure on where I stand on this anchor vs talk show host. If either makes a mistake about something that's pretty different than embellishing a story about something they have done. I'm not really up on the O'reilly claim. I'll have to get more info about it before I can weigh in.

[gsj68]

i dont watch any of the talking heads so all i know is if o'reilly did his little act and pointed his finger at me i'm going to break it,just another viking claiming to be irish

[maccards44]

Bill O'reilly is a talk show host, not a news anchor. There is a difference.
Should we hold Jon Stewart to the same standard?

So is fox news not really news?

[sanfran22]

So is fox news not really news?

Do we really have to have this discussion? There are news programs on fox news as well as opinion talk shows. They are not the same. Is this really that difficult?

[37jetson]

WHAT O'REILLY SAID: In his 2001 book, "The No Spin Zone," O'Reilly wrote, "I've reported on the ground in active war zones from El Salvador to the Falklands."
On his show "The O'Reilly Factor" in 2013, O'Reilly told a guest, "I was in a situation one time, in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands, where my photographer got run down and then hit his head and was bleeding from the ear on the concrete. And the army was chasing us. I had to make a decision. And I dragged him off, you know, but at the same time, I'm looking around and trying to do my job, but I figure I had to get this guy out of there because that was more important."
Speaking of the riot, O'Reilly said in his book"many were killed."

SOME FACTS:
*Claims he was in the Falklands when he was 1,000 miles away
*Saying things like I was in an "active war zone in the Falklands with the army chasing me" sure sounds better than "there was a protest"
*None of his co-workers remember a photographer being injured in the protest they covered
*Nobody was ever reported as killed in the protest (1,000 miles away from actual war)

Since this war was quite awhile ago I'll make an more current analogy, this is like saying you were embedded with troops liberating mosul when you are actually covering an anti-war protest in Germany... Even if it was a big one with lots of tear gas.

Thanks for sharing. Looks to be Brian Williams Part Deux. Now that O'Reilly has brazenly attacked his accuser I would say it is time for him to find another career.

Looks there was fire where there was smoke.