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I'm not going to call Bill O'Reilly a liar... yet, but...

Posted on 07/31/2007 8:35:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

I'm not going to call Bill O'Reilly a liar... yet, but... on his TV show today, he read off a laundry list of ridiculous "hate" statements like "I hate blacks," "Hillary should be assassinated" and "homosexuals are dogs" that he said he personally found on Free Republic and claims that they were posted here today. I do not believe that. I doubt that he personally logged on to FR and I doubt he found any such thing posted here today.

Who knows what we may have missed and is buried deep in our archives of millions of posts, but our readers do a pretty good job of alerting us to anything out of bounds that is posted and we pull it. Also, one of our readers found a couple of the quotes he alleges, and if they are the ones O'Reilly is complaining about, he took them way out of context. They were simply quotes in the articles posted not statements posted by FReepers.

As soon as he provides me a list of the alleged posts and their URLs, I'll believe him. If he doesn't... then... well, guess he'll deserve to be known as what he is.


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KEYWORDS: billoreilly; bloviator; bor; falafelbill; foxnews; fr; freerepublic; oreilly; popinjay
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To: libbylu

He probably only searched, or had people search for him today. If he really wants to get a good handle on the sort of comments being made around here, he should probably check in more often. If nothing else, he’ll probably end up reporting that FRepublicans has packs of rabid dogs who are eating their own. ;) LOL


161 posted on 07/31/2007 9:42:17 PM PDT by Chena (“If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend”-LINCOLN)
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To: Rb ver. 2.0

Well, what have we here. BTTT


162 posted on 07/31/2007 9:42:44 PM PDT by Chena (“If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend”-LINCOLN)
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To: Jim Robinson

Even IF O’R found these quotes, and it is the BEST he could do, I find it amazing that he could think it comes ANYwhere close to the filth posted by the left. I have seen those sites myself and can testify to the monstrous garbage they post. In fairness to the man, he DID add (when talking to Harold Ford) that the left was far worse.

National Rev. had a cover of Reid and his netroots and the little cartoon in the lower right corner of the “little leftie” posting on his computer got it about right...


163 posted on 07/31/2007 9:43:30 PM PDT by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: Jim Robinson
As I come into this 157 posts/responses have been made and I have not read them all. I would advise/suggest the following:

File a defamation/slander lawsuit -- Let me know where to send the funds to help support your case.

BORe's ratings are deteriorating, but biting the hands that fed you, is not the answer.

Publicly challange hime (through appropriate channels) to put up or shut up.

164 posted on 07/31/2007 9:45:25 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ("The military Mission has long since been accomplished" -- Harry Reid, April 23, 2007)
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To: Jim Robinson
As soon as he provides me a list of the alleged posts and their URLs, I'll believe him.

You must have less faith than I do, because even if he does come up with a couple of hatefull posts I still won't believe him. He wants the world to believe that hate is the main theme of FR, and I simply don't believe that (based on my own observations).

165 posted on 07/31/2007 9:45:45 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Jim Robinson
As I come into this 157 posts/responses have been made and I have not read them all. I would advise/suggest the following:

File a defamation/slander lawsuit -- Let me know where to send the funds to help support your case.

BORe's ratings are deteriorating, but biting the hands that fed you, is not the answer.

Publicly challenge him (through appropriate channels) to put up or shut up.

166 posted on 07/31/2007 9:45:55 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ("The military Mission has long since been accomplished" -- Harry Reid, April 23, 2007)
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To: Chena; Jim Robinson

We should all govern ourselves accordingly, indeed.

However, I have a slight tinfoil-flavored twist on this. News Corp. [Rupert Murdoch’s parent corporation of Fox News, Sky News, NY Post, etc.] is bidding for the Dow Jones Corporate entity [they own, among a few other things, The Wall Street Journal and some intellectual properties]. Any merger of the two has to be signed off by both companies’ auditors.

Any legal brief, any, needs to be disclosed. The suit itself can always be withdrawn. Bingo. You have two corps with deep pockets risking securities fraud.

Do it, Jim. Just go to the DC Circuit and file a certori (or whatever it’s called).


167 posted on 07/31/2007 9:46:29 PM PDT by IslandJeff (Jeremiah 2:14-22)
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To: Jim Robinson
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168 posted on 07/31/2007 9:47:37 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom, Bible Thumper and Proud to be an American! RUN, FRED, RUN!!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

BOR tends to do very shallow research. That’s why he slammed FR and why he let’s Medea Benjamin walk all over him. Unless of course he likes her to walk all over him.


169 posted on 07/31/2007 9:48:56 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: IslandJeff

I don’t have a clue as to what you’re talking about, Jeff. Sorry, but it’s late and I’m done for the night.

You and JR will have to work it out amongst yourselves.


170 posted on 07/31/2007 9:49:16 PM PDT by Chena (“If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend”-LINCOLN)
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To: Jim Robinson
Good grief, Bill O’Reilly he sure is reaching to try and be talked about isn't he. Look at me, Me ME, I am Bill O’Reilly.

All I can say is thank God for Rush Limbaugh on the radio and Jim Robinson's forum. I am a happy camper. Bill O’Reilly can go into reitrement and will not be missed not even a little by me.

171 posted on 07/31/2007 9:49:36 PM PDT by Brandie (I am for Fred Thompson and Duncan Hunter, color me a Conservative.)
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To: Jim Robinson

We know you would never allow posts like that on FR. The Mods are swift and merciless.

Call O’Reilly out on this.


172 posted on 07/31/2007 9:50:20 PM PDT by barker ( A smile is a curved line that sets things straight.)
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man this whole thing of labeling folks haters if you don’t like them is so politically correct

just more STS......Smear To Silence.

I watched Bill tonight....i have two of his books...not too bad....a bit elementary but ok

he actually sad he was in favor of free speech but not hate speech

hey Billy Boy: Show me in the Constitution where it says hate speech ain’t free?

now Jim can monitor his site as he deems best for his objective but whether or not it’s protected Free speech is not Bill O’Reilly’s concern....who is going to determine in public speech what is hate or not?

when did this notion of hate speech start?

about the same time as political correctness.

was there hate speech at Dred Scott?

1860?

Spanish American War?

WWII?

Vietnam?

when did it start?....I’d wager 1960s or 70s

as for hateful speech....I’ve never seen what he claimed here unless it got yanked pretty quick

He needs to fess up.


173 posted on 07/31/2007 9:50:27 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: kristinn

You didn’t see it, but O’Reilly posed like McCarthy holding those printouts. “I hold in my hand a list of communists that work at the State Department.” Tooo bad he give the Pinko communists that sit in front of him a free pass.


174 posted on 07/31/2007 9:51:07 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (What's the difference between the CIA and the Free Clinic? The Free Clinic knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: Jim Robinson

O’Reilly is trying too hard to look “balanced” so he had to come up with a conservative site he could lump in wiht the hate sites like Daily Kos and DUh. He picked us.

Flatttering, in a way.


175 posted on 07/31/2007 9:52:26 PM PDT by TBP
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To: Jim Robinson
Hopefully, a lot more people will come to FR and learn the truth. Inquiring minds will want to know. Rush probably gets boosts the same way.
176 posted on 07/31/2007 9:52:38 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ("It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: Jim Robinson

Read first comment and sure there is more...not sure I would call him a liar, but he proved lack of journalistic integrity today by not checking his facts at about the same level as Dan Rather.


177 posted on 07/31/2007 9:52:44 PM PDT by Domandred (Eagles soar, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines)
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To: Jim Robinson

I was affected the same way by that segment of his show. I never see stuff like that on here.

One of his staff must have spent an 8-hour work day finding those three quotes. I thought our guy handled it well.


178 posted on 07/31/2007 9:53:07 PM PDT by no dems (Dear God, how long are you going to let Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd and John Conyers live?)
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To: Jim Robinson; kristinn; All

From a Black Freeper...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1874487/posts


179 posted on 07/31/2007 9:54:15 PM PDT by toldyou
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To: Jim Robinson

Campbell Brown can’t come soon enough. No, wait. Ugh!


180 posted on 07/31/2007 9:55:47 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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