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View Poll Results: Do you like Bill O'Reilly?
Yes 7 26.92%
No 13 50.00%
Sometimes 6 23.08%
Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-17-2009, 01:31 PM
 
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Does anyone here actually find him likable?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrNl6-j9x5w
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Old 12-17-2009, 01:35 PM
 
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Yes Bill O is condesending but he is looking out for the folks so it is ok.

and there was only 1 real "shut up" moment on his show on foxnews...
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Old 12-17-2009, 01:41 PM
 
Location: 3.5 sq mile island ant nest next to Canada
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Yup.
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Old 12-17-2009, 01:43 PM
 
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Yes Bill O is condesending but he is looking out for the folks so it is ok.
Which folks? The Archie Bunker demographic of America?

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and there was only 1 real "shut up" moment on his show on foxnews...
Uh, no. He says it frequently, as evidenced in the video clip provided.
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Old 12-17-2009, 01:47 PM
 
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Does anyone here actually find him likable?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrNl6-j9x5w
So where was the condescension?
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Old 12-17-2009, 01:48 PM
 
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So where was the condescension?
I think interrupting guests and telling them to "shut up" is condescending.
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Old 12-17-2009, 01:50 PM
 
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That video is not a good example of condescension if the goal is to compare apples to apples with Rachel Maddow.

Most of the "shut ups" I heard were rhetorical "shut ups," not direct attacks.
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Old 12-17-2009, 01:56 PM
 
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He can be from time to time, but yes, he does care about humans. He was one of those who went after states to pass Jessica's law for starters.

Nita
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Old 12-17-2009, 01:58 PM
 
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He is a penis with ears.
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Old 12-17-2009, 02:02 PM
 
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Which folks? The Archie Bunker demographic of America?



Uh, no. He says it frequently, as evidenced in the video clip provided.
Uh the clip shows him using the "Shut up" line as a personal attack twice. Once on his program (the one he admitted to as being the only one related to the show) and another at some event not on fox news when he was being harassed (I neither know nor care if the harassment was justified or not).

The other examples here are not direct, in your face smack downs.... they are simply comments that people ought to shut up.... that is very very different. One of those listed here, he includes himself in those who ought to shut up.

This is typical hit piece material.

Bill is arrogant and condescending. This hit piece is not an example of him being a habitual jerk.

I would also suggest that Jermy Glick deserved to be slapped. Really really hard. Right across the face.
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