Epic Fail: O'Reilly tries to counter Stewart's pointed jibes, but runs smack into his own hypocrisy
Jon Stewart got in his licks at Fox News the other night, accusing them of being "the new liberals" for their, umn, tolerant approach to the town hall health-care protesters.
Jon Stewart got in his licks at Fox News the other night, accusing them of being "the new liberals" for their, umn, tolerant approach to the town hall health-care protesters.
Stewart caught Bill O'Reilly saying recently:
O'Reilly: When we cover the town-hall meetings, we don't describe the protesters as "loons."
Stewart: Of course you don't describe the protesters as loons! What kind of monster would describe honest Americans voicing their political opinions that way?
Stewart: Of course you don't describe the protesters as loons! What kind of monster would describe honest Americans voicing their political opinions that way?
[Reverts to earlier clip of O'Reilly, describing an anti-war protest]
O'Reilly: Surveys show many protesters are simply loons.
So last night on The O'Reilly Factor, the Falafel Master offered, by way of excuse, to demonstrate that Stewart had edited out the exculpatory parts of his monologues which made it clear he didn't mean all the protesters. And indeed, on the longer clip, O'Reilly can be heard to say:
So last night on The O'Reilly Factor, the Falafel Master offered, by way of excuse, to demonstrate that Stewart had edited out the exculpatory parts of his monologues which made it clear he didn't mean all the protesters. And indeed, on the longer clip, O'Reilly can be heard to say:
O'Reilly: There are the anti-Bush protesters in New York City. While most of these people have been peaceful, more than a thousand have been arrested and surveys show, many protesters are simply loons, calling for the destruction of the American system, calling for retreat in the face of terrorism. Here's a bulletin for you Bush-haters: These protesters are not helping John Kerry.
O'Reilly somehow thinks this demonstrates his innocence:
O'Reilly somehow thinks this demonstrates his innocence:
O'Reilly: We were talking about the arrested protesters.
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