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Bill O’Reilly And Bernie Goldberg Decry Corrupt Tea Party Media Coverage

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Have we seen this clip before? In the context of alleging that the media coverage has marginalized the Tea Party movement, the topic turned to coverage of the Obama Administration. Bill O’Reilly surmised that the media has begun to see their role “..not to inform anymore but to defend a sitting administration. That’s corruption.” Guest Bernie Goldberg couldn’t agree more. Talk about a Slobbering Love Afair.

Goldberg brought the topic back to the Tea Party protesters during the passing of health care bill, specifically, the allegations of racial epithets hurled at African-American members of congress.

In the case we are talking about Tea Partyers racism and all of that and absolutely disgraceful comment by congressman Cohen, he based that comment on news reports of racial slurs and spitting. The more i look into this, Bill, the more I’m convinced that it never happened. Now, if it did, it is shameful, period. But one congressman, a black congressman said that he heard the “”n”" word shouted 15 times. Shouted. Not whispered. Not once but 15 times. you think somebody else might have heard that John Lewis, I don’t buy into his politics but is he a civil rights hero. He hasn’t come on this show or any other show to say they called me the “”n”" word. The third ranking democrat in the house, another member of the black caucus James Clyburn says “I heard terrible things out there”. But when he went on television he said I never heard any racial slurs. The spitting incident, when you hear that a white demonstrator spit at a black congressman a certain image pops into your head but when you look at the videotape, that’s not the image.

The “say it, don’t spray it” Incident may not have been the “spat upon” evidence that was once claimed. But when a protester is so pitched in his or her yelling that saliva is projected onto a congresssman’s face…well, that hardly absolves the situation, does it?

As Alex Pareene asked in his post on Gawker, if “It Isn’t on YouTube, Did It Really Happen?” Apparently not. Somehow, the claims of our own elected officials and civil rights heroes can not be taken at face value, unless footage exists that can corroborate the claim.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Watching O’Reilly and Goldberg together is like watching two 14 year olds making out at a school dance. Anyone who takes either one of those hacks seriously has their allotted two brain cells on cruise control. The tea party is not the force claimed and, thus, it’s not marginalized but spinning its wheels.

  • TfT

    Here, let me fix something for you:

    But when an MSNBC News anchor is so pitched in his yelling that saliva is projected onto a congresssman’s face…well, that hardly absolves the situation, does it? Kind of like how Chris Matthews earned the nickname “the spitter”.

    Camera’s were rolling all day and still no evidence of racial epithets. Brietbart still has his $10K.. Innocent until proven guilty not the other way around, despite the attempts by media to lay guilt when no proof exists.

  • writer

    “…the claims of our elected officials….can not be taken at face value…”

    Bush was an elected official. I never heard the left say he was incapable of lying.

  • timzank

    ““It Isn’t on YouTube, Did It Really Happen?”

    20 years ago, we (as a public) may have taken their word for it. However, all indications are today they (politicians, civil rights “leaders”, MSM) have proven themselves to be lying thieving whining bastards, hence the believabilty factor is long gone.

    My dog chased a black squirrel out of our yard yesterday, he is now a racist. Film at 11:00

  • The Real Royal King

    In my part of Texas, elderly men get together and play dominoes until “dinner”. After they have eaten and napped, they return and play until “supper”. The entire day can pass without a word being said. I wish O’Reilly and Goldberg would take up dominoes. There would be less angst in America.

  • writer

    Going by the left’s comments on this site, I can’t see where O’Reilly came up with that far fetched idea that anyone would unfairly stereotype all members of the tea parties.

  • fanofamerica
  • fanofamerica
  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Anyone that has watched, on C-Span, the congressmen involved in this incident know they always lie. They are race baiters. When C-Span makes all their archives available we will be able to replay the lies these clowns told on the house floor. The democrat one minute speechs are a gold mine of HATE and REAL name calling.

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