Rudy Giuliani turned down an invitation from Fox News host Bill O'Reilly to bash the New York Times in an appearance Tuesday.
O'Reilly accused the Times -- based on no presented evidence -- of "concentrating on your family, and your private life." While Giuliani said he wasn't surprised "they would go after me," the twice-divorced former New York mayor did not criticize the Times' coverage of his rocky relationship with his children.
"They don't like you," O'Reilly charged.
Giuliani laughed off the suggestion saying, "they don't agree with me; I don't know about liking me, I don't think it's personal." The Republican presidential frontrunner then smoothly transitioned into talking points on his economic policy.
It is unclear on what evidence O'Reilly bases his accusation that the Times' is "concentrating on your family" and will continue to do so. Giuliani said the Times was not "anywhere near the worst on that."
"Oh, gosh, I think The Times in some ways — I've always thought The Times on personal issues has been better than some of the other publications," Giuliani said. "On political issues, on political characterization, we got a lot of differences, but on personal issues I don't think The Times has been that bad. I think they've been professional."
A database search reveals the Times has mentioned Giuliani's wife, Judith, or his children, Caroline and Andrew, 32 times over the last six months, or in less than 8 percent of all 415 Times articles that mentioned Giuliani's campaign.
The following video is from Faux's Falafel Factor, broadcast on August 14. A transcript is available here.
Nothing but a political strategy for Rudy in his campaign and for Murdoch in possible pursue of a NY Times newspaper takeover.
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