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Segami

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9. It was known back then but....

Reply to JonLP24 (Reply #8)

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 11:19 AM

Feb 2015

"...In a better media world, this would offend every journalist who wasn't an ideological ally of O'Reilly's. This would get the rest of the press's back up. But it won't, because the nerdy members of the Journalism Club see O'Reilly and the rest of the people at Fox as BMOCs who sit at the cool table in the media's high school cafeteria. They fear Fox. So most of them won't wade into the fight...."

http://crooksandliars.com/2015/02/defense-bill-oreilly-enters-thuggish-phase

Looks like a big reason for that was that journalists 'feared Fox'................

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interesting, but it confuses the issue Enrique Feb 2015 #1

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Bill must be so happy to be just like Ronald Reagan.... JHB Feb 2015 #2

Sounds like his internal history is confused with his fictional wishful thinking Android3.14 Feb 2015 #5

Looks like he created his own false memories dhol82 Feb 2015 #6

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How did this controversy suddenly become more interesting JonLP24 Feb 2015 #8

It was known back then but.... Segami Feb 2015 #9

R#16 & K n/t UTUSN Feb 2015 #10

O'Reilly got his start in trash tv hamsterjill Feb 2015 #11