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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
I'm not claiming he meant to say "rarely". I'm saying that he should have said "rarely". I think he was wrong to use the word "never".
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Well, of course he was wrong to use the word "never" because it's not true! But it's what he said. He said something that wasn't true, that is an absolute fallacy about women's health, on air.
It was also on his show that Mark Foley was listed as a Democrat (and then he didn't correct the mistake; he just removed "Democrat" from the little blurb when they reran the show again), he claims he's won awards he hasn't won, for that matter, he claims a blue-collar background that he doesn't have, and selectively edits quotes by people to spin what they've said-- this link includes a section from Franken's show (which, I have to admit, I watched maybe once. Bad liberal!). Regardless of what you think of Franken, it shows a speech made by Sen. Biden, and then shows how O'Reilly cut it together on his show. It's an interesting look (and if anyone has a clear example from a liberal-based show of the host tinkering with speeches like this, please send it to me!). Scroll down; it's number 7:
http://throwawayyourtv.com/2006/09/b...roversies.html
Rupert, if you love Bill O'Reilly, of course you should keep watching him, but don't let him persuade you that what he's doing is news-- it's not; it's political-themed entertainment. And hey, in his defense, I thought the lawsuit he pushed Fox to file against Franken, claiming Fox owned the phrase "Fair and Balanced" made for hilarious news for a few weeks. (Franken claims O'Reilly wanted to sue becaue he was mad about the picture Franken used of him on the cover of the book, which he swears he had intended to get airbrushed until O'Reilly threatened Franken's editor, who is a rather tiny woman. It's actually a pretty funny account in the book, of O'Reilly cornering her and shrieking, 'This is what I look like! This is what I look like!" as he points at his face.)
And watching the clip reminds me of why I never got hooked on Franken's radio show-- he's really boring on radio.