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In reply to the discussion: Matt Taibbi Slams David Gregory: 'I Don't Know How He Can Call Himself A Journalist' [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)79. Just stop it. Everyone can see what you're doing, and it's pretty low down.
Here's a link for you--I provided it elsewhere but apparently you were too wrapped up in your sanctimony to click on it and read it. http://www.oreilly-sucks.com/peabodyfacts1.htm
That's where the whole business started. Later, when O'Reilly was fighting with Al Franken, he dialed it back to a Polk...or perhaps YOU forgot about that (or were maybe too young to remember)?
As Franken pointed out in his book, the University of Georgia, which administers the George Foster Peabody awards, lists every winner since 1940; Inside Edition is not among the recipients. Franken wrote that he contacted O'Reilly regarding this inconsistency, and O'Reilly explained that it was a George Polk award -- not a Peabody -- that Inside Edition had won. Franken relayed this information to former Washington Post columnist Lloyd Grove. In his March 1, 2001, "The Reliable Source" column, Grove quoted O'Reilly admitting his mistake: "Al Franken is on a jihad against me. So I got mixed up between a Peabody Award and a Polk Award, which is just as prestigious." Franken noted on page 70 of Lies: "A couple other papers picked up the Peabody story from the Post. Newsday ran a March 8 [2001] column by Robert Reno titled 'Some Factors About O'Reilly Aren't Factual.' " ....
http://mediamatters.org/research/2005/11/08/on-the-situation-author-alan-skorski-falsely-at/134181
Inside Edition, as I said, was like the TMZ of its day. And that is operative with or without Bill O'Reilly.
You're childish and offensive, and your last line
Excuse me, I have to get ready for my part time job artificially inseminating cows.
lets us all see, clearly, your maturity level. Or should I say, lack thereof.
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Matt Taibbi Slams David Gregory: 'I Don't Know How He Can Call Himself A Journalist' [View all]
kpete
Feb 2014
OP
Snowden is not a Russian or Chinese spy. There is no evidence anyone "put" Snowden up to anything
dballance
Feb 2014
#21
Snowden put himself in Hong Kong and Russia, I have not seen any evidence he was forced to enter
Thinkingabout
Feb 2014
#29
If Greenwald wants to publish the truth then it would be a good time for him to start.
Thinkingabout
Feb 2014
#34
You brought up Russia and China, though, and then got mad at the poster for mentioning them.
MADem
Feb 2014
#47
Snowden never signed any oath. He signed a contract that spelled out the likely ramifications
Luminous Animal
Feb 2014
#70
Dildo Reilly won that award too...and tried to pretend it was a Peabody Award ... or something on
MADem
Feb 2014
#48
The point is, awards are sometimes granted in error, or to undeserving recipients.
Maedhros
Feb 2014
#54
No. He claimed that the show won a Peabody. The SHOW did not win either.
Luminous Animal
Feb 2014
#76
Inside Edition did not win a Polk award. Two reporters won a Polk award. Polk awards
Luminous Animal
Feb 2014
#85
Nice ageism snark--do you insult your grandparents with that mouth in the same fashion?
MADem
Feb 2014
#86
With his experience and skill as a journalist, I trust Taibbi to comment on Gregory's behavior
Maedhros
Feb 2014
#45
I don't "have a vendetta against Greenwald." Come on, grow up--saying silly things like that just
MADem
Feb 2014
#77
Well, here's two--he called George Bush "a retarded Christian AA version of Woodrow Wilson”
MADem
Feb 2014
#65
And I would repeat that people who call the subjects of their articles the "r" word and the "m" word
MADem
Feb 2014
#81
When did David Gregory become a journalist? He's a GOP mouthpiece, and an ugly one at that. nt
valerief
Feb 2014
#12
Greenwald and Snowden are "guilty" of telling the people what their government does.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2014
#22
Here's my question to Gregory: Since you bl*w every Republican, and you're in Virginia...
joeybee12
Feb 2014
#26