O'Reilly: Tasered Student "Biggest Wimp In The United States Of America"

Media Matters:

During the September 18 edition of his Fox News television show, while discussing the recent incident involving University of Florida student Andrew Meyer, who was shocked with a Taser after a confrontation with police that began while he was asking questions of Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) during a September 17 campus forum, Bill O'Reilly asserted: "I've been tasered for a story, and all I can say is: He is the biggest wimp in the United States of America." O'Reilly added: "And I don't say that with any kind of bravado, but the overreaction to being tasered -- it's not -- it's an electrical shock is what it is." Also, only moments after showing a video clip of Meyer being shocked, during which the he cried out, "Don't tase me, bro. Don't tase me," O'Reilly stated: "It's not pleasant, but that idiot, he wanted this to happen. He wanted the cops to do it."

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Comments

[gopnot]

01:51 PM on 09/21/2007

ok,this is what i'd like to see,LET'S STRIP THIS WORM O'REILLY NAKED,LET A OFFICER TAZER HIM,ESPECIALLY ON HIS LITTLE "NAUGHTY BITS",YEAH,HE SAID IT WAS JUST A "SHOCK",LET HIM EXPERIENCE IT,FILM IT FOR HIS SHOW,THAT BASTARD.the kid was a bore,he should have possibly been thrown out,BUT TAZERED,THAT F**K HANNITY ALSO SAID YES TO THIS,IS THIS WHAT AMERICA HAS BECOME,A NATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE ATTACKED FOR BEING A "NUISANCE,BORE",SHOCKED TO NEAR DEATH,AND DON'T FOOL YOURSELVES AMERICA,MANY,MANY PEOPLE DIE FROM THIS "SHOCK",IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME,HERE IN ARIZONA IT HAPPENED JUST LAST WEEK,A MAN TAZERED FOR A MINOR INFRACTION,HE DIED,THIS IS THE PRICE FOR "CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE",THANK GOD HITLER AND MUSSOLINI DIDN'T HAVE THESE DEVICES,and they are applauding in their graves,UNBELIEVABLE,AND THE BASTARDS SAT IN THEIR SEATS,AND THAT OLD SLUG KERRY JUST STOOD THERE,NEVER DEFENDED THAT TRUTH THAT THEY STOLE HIS ELECTION,WHAT A MISERABLE BAD LUCK PRICK

[Podewumun]

02:57 PM on 09/21/2007

Yeah, sure, our BillO got "an electrical shock".
Bill, they make a BATTERY-POWERED vibrator, didn't anyone tell you...? Geeze.

[Podewumun]

03:07 PM on 09/21/2007

P.S. Hope you liked the pillow. My wife did that Made In USA crosstitch herself. -Condi

[rovezaleeker]

12:41 PM on 09/21/2007

Andrew, as punishment for being such a bad boy we're going to send you quail hunting with the Vice President. On the way there you will have headphones taped to your skull and we will make you listen to radio replays of O'Reilly, Hannity and Limbaugh.

Don't worry you'll be O.K. It will make being Tasered seem like no big deal.

[rektruax]

11:46 AM on 09/21/2007

The more I watch Jon Stewart the more I like him. He is truly balanced.

His assessment of this situation...

The police over reacted to a non threat.

The college puke was a pushy asshole.

[kroses98]

11:17 AM on 09/21/2007

And Bill O is the "Worst Person In The World," and he's LOSING the "Ratings War" to Keith Olbermann, and he's LOSING his radio program, and he's the biggest jerk on TV!

[Podewumun]

03:04 PM on 09/21/2007

mktg FUX News
9/21/2007
Rupert,
BillO ratings tanking by hour. Marketing dept. has FABULOUS idea for bounce. Have BillO take "shock" LIVE/ON-AIR.
That'll show that smarmy Olbermann a thing or two!

[dora rice]

10:52 AM on 09/21/2007

Another student who doesn't want to follow rules, but this coming from a married catholic who likes phone sex...doesn't mean squat to me.

[leftLibertarian]

08:11 AM on 09/21/2007

Pot Kettle Black.
O'Reilly just another Chicken Hawk who never served but loves war.
PUSSY!

[CyrusBeaucephus]

08:52 AM on 09/21/2007

Damn there are a lot of guys like that out there. There inadequacy and need to overcompensate are really transparent--get help

[Rosanneofpgh]

06:51 AM on 09/21/2007

Actually, billo, that's you! So your title of biggest wimp in america is still safe, draftdodger that you are!!

[Lilly06]

06:50 AM on 09/21/2007

Don't agree with this guy's conduct, he acted like an idiot but I think the electric shock was a bit over the top. That was excessive force, he's already been overpowered by so many police officers. That was force enough.

[ddellapiana]

06:23 AM on 09/21/2007

Yeah, I agree the guy was a jerk. He was looking for attention by being a loud-mouthed fool. If that were grounds for being tasered, Bill O'Reilly would be permanently attached to a cattle prod. Not only is Billy O a big mouth, but he's a pretty accomplished liar. I can't see him being "tasered for a news story" because he's just a right-wing talking head. He wouldn't know what journalism was if it hit him in the face.

[wars4profit]

03:17 AM on 09/21/2007

The photo for this article on Huffpo's front page shows a new camera angle. If you're sensitive and you watch the tape, it's fakey. The fellow bounds around ostentatiously and appears to be acting. The cops look ineffectual in a way real cops generally do not. Tasers produce temporary paralysis yet the fellow's response is to yell, "Ow! Ow! Ow!" We're not told where the tape supposedly came from.

It's not that I don't believe in police brutality. In the real world, it happens a lot. But this particular video doesn't look authentic.

Why would the corporate monopoly media put out a fake video featuring mock police tasering? It's anybody's guess. Maybe they want to inure us to more blatant police violence? Maybe they want to "test the waters" and see how we respond?
.

[shag11]

01:38 AM on 09/21/2007

Is the kid a bigger wimp than say, the host of a cable show, who begs the audience to watch the show on Fridays so that they can reverse the declining ratings. And, if they can't watch, the should dvr the show, so Nielsen will get the count.

[sammy333]

12:06 AM on 09/21/2007

Orally really deserves to be ignored. Why anyone is paying attention to what this idiot has to say?

[helonias]

11:41 PM on 09/20/2007

Thats what happens when they don't get the folks to sign loyalty oaths.

[noamjunior]

11:35 PM on 09/20/2007

just because Orielly hooks a car battery to his nipples while he's jerking it with a vibrator up his ass..........

[wescoast]

11:24 PM on 09/20/2007

I will probably burn in hell, but I fully agree with Billo on this one. That kid is a huge, fame seeking prick.