Posted by
Icarus on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 11:46:27 AM
Bill O'Reilly has a huge fan base. He beats most other cable news talk shows in viewership. I think he is just another member of the media elite herd.
I heard him on Mike Gallagher's show this morning talking about Sen. B.H. Obama. Two things jumped out at me.
First, Gallagher asks Bill if he thinks Obama is a Leftist. O'Reilly responds with "I don't know." Whaa?!? Obama's career in government was launched in the home of a man who bombed the Pentagon and complained that that wasn't enough, and who was recently photographed stomping an American flag into the ground. Obama was the only Illinois State Senator who voted to ensure that infants born alive after a botched abortion were left to die. Obama has
the most liberal voting record in the US Senate. And there is much, much more. But O'Reilly doesn't know if Obama is a Leftist? What would it take, a photograph of Obama standing arm in arm with Hugo Chavez, denouncing American "imperialism"
Second, O'Reilly believes that the Main Stream Media "is not in the tank for Obama." They are only about 80-20 for Obama. Meanwhile, it is noted today that one of the VP debate moderators,
Gwen Ifill, stands to make a healthy profit if Obama becomes the 44th POTUS.
And then there is this bit of whistle blowing that it making
its way round the blogosphere:
AN INSTAPUNDIT READER AT A MAJOR NEWSROOM EMAILS: "Off the record, every suspicion
you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4
people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single
one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae. Editor refuses to publish
anything that would jeopardize election for O, and betting you dollars
to donuts same is true at NYT, others. People cheer when CNN or NBC run
another Palin-mocking but raising any reasonable inquiry into obama is
derided or flat out ignored. The fix is in, and its working."
But O'Reilly doesn't think the media is in the tank for the Obama-Biden ticket?!?
I really don't like Bill O'Reilly.
