Let’s get real. FOX is a station of over-the-top media whores. O’Reilly has to go over-the-top of the top to maintain his position. While I suppose his fringe viewers, of which there are many, might be inspired to illegal activity, I don’t think O’Reilly commands the slavish, mindless devotion that a Beck or even a Hannity does. To thinking Americans, O’Reilly inspires more revulsion than fear. He is not a danger to America’s leaders. To female subordinates, to common sense, to good taste, yes, he is a real and present danger. We all owe Andrea Mackris a hearty thanks for neutering O’Reilly. He is very much a fixed male cat now. Grouchy and unpleasant at times, but no threat to the sparrows or the now dry furniture.

Ted Baxter critiquing Foghorn Leghorn…

One has to wonder, could this possibly get even more ridiculous? There is a huge difference between ridiculing another pundit (which is perfectly acceptable) and actually saying the other pundit is a danger to the safety of elected officials. I can’t imagine even Olby’s fans are stupid enough to think that O’Reilly was serious.

It’s like MSNBC is on an actual mission to drive viewers away.

Olby must not have a very good opinion of the CIA if he actually thinks they would run out and kidnap them, because O’Reilly says they should.

He is an hysterical bottom feeding troll. What would Olbermann do if FOX no longer existed? He wouldn’t have an act anymore.

Why do his viewers even care what FOX is doing? If they cared, they could just switch channels… Oh, wait. They have.

While I certainly agree that Olbermann was being the same ridiculous buffon we have all come to know, and, as I stated, the only people to whom O’Reilly is a legitimate threat are female subordinates at FOX, we ought to keep in mind that there have always been legitimate concerns about the safety of public officials, some from the far left of the political spectrum, but more often from the far right. Olbermann may have a general point worth or remembering. He was clearly wrong to ascribe such power or purpose to O’Reilly, however.

I also have to say, if as Americans we are not highly skeptical of the CIA, we aren’t being very good citizens.

The Gen Xrs make me laugh. They wouldn’t know a dangerous person if he bit them on the butt. Kieth Olbermann is a comedian for the intellectually deficient. That does news, and opinion to get a emotional reaction, and he gets one. Not many, judging by his ratings. Now on the other hand O”Reilly does a news cast with Opinion. with very high ratings. This Ex Collage Professor with a Harvard Masters Degree. Wants to inform people what is going on in the world. He invites you to do your own research. and let him know if he is wrong. Something Olbermann would never do. Why because Olbermann just wants to create descent among the nations young, and illiterate. He doesn’t want you to challenge his lies. He is a sick deviant of poor character. and is looking for company. Which the youth of this nation are quick to join, due to there own lack of morals and intelligence. Once the youth of this country dicide to put away the “pipe” and start hitting the “books” they just might wake up and see what is going on in this country. A complete dumbing down, of a generation raised on Nintendo, and Cartoons. Frightening to say the least. O’Reilly is not to be feared, he is not the “bogeyman” that the progressive fascist want you to fear. Like I said he is only a journalist trying to inform the public what is going on in the world. Wake up you youth of America and realize you are the problem, not O’Reilly…

In Scott Brown we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against woman and against politicians with whom he disagrees…The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is close to sending this bad joke to the Senate of the United States.

and this is inciteful and dangerous? this doesn’t encourage hatred and violence?

No. It inspires only contempt for the person who communicated this.

Like I said he [O'Reilly] is only a journalist trying to inform the public what is going on in the world.

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True: O’Reilly is not a boogeyman. Utterly false: O’Reilly is a journalist.

If you wish to live dangerously and run the risk of having your credulity, your mental balance, and your sense of propriety and common decency blown kerplooey, then you might try playing Olbermann’s games.

With that in mind, I’ll warily suggest that the whole concept of Worst Person In The World is an inducement to violence, and then run out for a restorative and soul cleansing lunch.

Olbermann is spot-on like always. Bill O’Reilly is a rabid, violent and sex-crazed human being. Thank god for norms of society, because if we lived in an anarchistic society with no laws ruling savage human behavior Bill O’Reilly would probably be the most gruesome and fearsome of us all.

“Rabid” often applies. “Violent” applies, at least to my way of thinking, only is the same way as an assault is violent even absent the battery. I don’t know of any battery committed by O’Reilly. “Sex-crazed”? The Mackris deal seems to be far more troubling than FOX has ever made it out to be. A very good argument can be made O’Reilly ought to have been fired over that episode. I’m not sure most reputable companies would have continued O’Reilly in their employ in light of the very, very troubling aspect of that episodic incident.

The Real Royal King says:
January 27, 2010 at 12:00 pm

It is as descriptive of cable news, as “Newspaper” describes the “editorials.” Um… wasn’t it Olbermann who said that somebody needed to take Hillary Clinton, “out back?”

Oh, yes it was…

Olbermann was discussing the election with Newsweek’s Howard Fineman, a frequent guest. They topic was, how can a winner finally be determined in this never-ending Democratic race for the nomination? Of course, the assumption was that it was Clinton that should be shown the door (despite clearly still earning her spot in the race thanks to, um, voters). Fineman said that, all the delegate math aside, ultimately it was going to take “some adults somewhere in the Democratic party to step in and stop this thing, like a referee in a fight that could go on for thirty rounds. Those are the super, super, super delegates who are going to have to decide this.”

Said Olbermann: “Right. Somebody who can take her into a room and only he comes out.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/25/keith-olbermanns-idea-for_n_98557.html

Whoops! That statement got all garbled when I was pasting it back over from Word.

Try again:

Wasn’t it Olbermann who violently fanaticized about beating Hillary Clinton in the presidential race?

Oh, yes it was…

Olbermann was discussing the election with Newsweek’s Howard Fineman, a frequent guest. They topic was, how can a winner finally be determined in this never-ending Democratic race for the nomination? Of course, the assumption was that it was Clinton that should be shown the door (despite clearly still earning her spot in the race thanks to, um, voters). Fineman said that, all the delegate math aside, ultimately it was going to take “some adults somewhere in the Democratic party to step in and stop this thing, like a referee in a fight that could go on for thirty rounds. Those are the super, super, super delegates who are going to have to decide this.”

Said Olbermann: “Right. Somebody who can take her into a room and only he comes out.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/25/keith-olbermanns-idea-for_n_98557.html

don’t forget calling MM a mashed up bag of meat with lipstick.

ChickaBOOMer — Beyond Salvage: Keith Olbermann Pisses Off The Wrong Target
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2010/01/keith-olbermann-pisses-off-wrong-target.html

Every single night O’Reilly’s show involves talk and display of sex, blow jobs or other types of mischievous behavior. He’s the biggest hypocrite in the world because he spends almost every night talking about it because he knows it generates ratings, but gets a free pass because he’s “socially conservative”. Phone sex isn’t a traditional value, Bill.

“mischievous behavior”

:D

The Real Royal King says:
January 27, 2010 at 12:04 pm
….. “Sex-crazed”? The Mackris deal seems to be far more troubling than FOX has ever made it out to be. A very good argument can be made O’Reilly ought to have been fired over that episode. I’m not sure most reputable companies would have continued O’Reilly in their employ in light of the very, very troubling aspect of that episodic incident.”

Really now? We have an episode with O’Reilly and an ex-worker and we have a pattern.

Well we have Olby with Suzy Kobler locking herself in a bathroom to get away from him. & Olby stalking Rebbeca Lobo. How about that rambling message Olby left on Mary Cary’s voice mail? Also let’s not forget that ‘Karmabites thing’. How about his current live-in girlfriend that he was visiting way, way, back in the day?
No pattern there?

Oh but with O’Reilly we have a patttern with one episode and he should be fired. Yeah okay.