O'Reilly Interviews Biden Interlocutor Barbara West

Last night, Fox spitting-head Bill O'Reilly sat down with Florida news anchor Barbara West, who told O'Reilly that her daffy questions to Joe Biden represented "serious issues!" and that "we are running out of time!" O'Reilly thought that her questions were "fine," naturally. None of this surprises you, the reader, I'm sure. Fittingly, in the clip of the interview O'Reilly shows, West is shown gravely quoting Marx as if she were a serious adult, and asserting that widely debunked falsehoods -- like that Obama was a community organizer for ACORN -- are true, as well as making it sound like his efforts to compel the State of Illinois to comply with the Motor-Voter Act were done so as some sort of personal retainer to the aforementioned group. O'Reilly, naturally thinks that this constitutes toughness -- though I'm guessing that he'd probably himself punk out of any interview containing tough questions about loofahs. Similarly, I'd have to imagine that an interview with Sarah Palin that covered such topics as witchcraft and Alaskan secessionist parties and rape kits would be the equivalent of a tough interview, but I imagine that O'Reilly would likely label such a reporter a "pinhead."

Anyway, West paints herself, and her actions, as those of a "probing, penetrating" reporter. She even believes that she gave John McCain the same sort of thorough grilling that she gave Biden. Hey, why not watch for yourself! I'm sure all that coddling she gave McCain really stung him!

She should offer up an example of a prior probative penetration of someone on the opposite end of the ideological spectrum from Biden, then! I'm guessing however, that her Biden interview was a brief flirtation with penetrative probes, as I'd never heard of this lady until last week and am looking forward to forgetting who she was around about the time I finish this sentence. There. What we're we talking about? Bill O'Reilly's crazy loofah fetish? OH YEAH. He's one BOLD, FRESH, PIECE OF HUMANITY, that one!

Comments

[Beverlya143]

Probing, Penetrating Journalism????? This woman should sit down and watch a true journalist! Her "type of journalism" is dangerous to our county and does nothing but cause dissention and hatred amongst the masses. Lets put her in line with Hasselbeck, Coulter, Buchanan...oh...and lets not forget their "leader"..­.......Pal­in! And their sidekick..­.Limbaugh!

[radnip]

What is Chico, Groucho or Harpo? Does anyone think she knows?

[indigo53]

barbara west was on noon news today and TV9 displayed a misspelled word......the staff payscale is so low....this week on talk Radio "Bud" show she claims she read headlines to prepare...­..headline­s.......sh­e is a medical reporter, at best promoting Big Pharma....the TV9 management are slackers, the Orlando market a joke....thank you HuffPo

[suvbaby]

Her questions were framed by her husbands association with the GOP. Plain and simply rediculous, and the fact that she is a low level health reporter interviewing what I hope is the next VP of this great country ?...give me a break!

[Icantbelieveher]

They make me laugh that Obama went too far canceling all interviews with this station!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=874yiexEM_k&feature=related

[AnselAnvil]

Americans should be concerned by interviews like these...Barbara West, Fox News, John McCain, Sarah Palin, et. al are pushing a new form of McCarthy-ism. This was not right in the 50's and it's even more outrageous now.

[radnip]

They think they are good people. Is there one of these righteous types that DOES NOT think they're doing good?

[plooger]

I love how O'Reilly says, near the end of this video, "I had no problem with it" in reference to West's framing of her Biden's questions -- even though earlier he said he thought she'd used phrasing that he wouldn't have used.

[maidenofdforest]

I saw the interview. The woman lacks substance and depth that no follow Q up was ever given to wring the test on Sen. Biden. It was what I call out grandstanding pseudo journalist con woman.

If anything, this woman is not a journalist but a talking script just like Sarah Palin. Don't they know they are a JOKE?

[LizM]

No, they don't know that they are a joke.

They consider it nothing less than a absolute badge of honor when they are mocked on the Daily Show - they don't even know when they are the BUTT of a joke!

[Tinsdale]

To be fair, you must admit that Ms.West looks amazingly life-like.

[Diogenis]

She is a programmed robot!

[massive]

Everybody in Orlando should call the station that employs this miserable excuse for a journalist and tell them that they are calling the station's advertisers. If the station doesn't fire this Barbara West idiot, then the advertisers' products don't exist anymore.

Don't buy any products from advertisers who buy time on this station.

Barbara West is nothing but a lousy Republican operative. She's the furthest thing from a journalist.

[JLopez]

Barbara & Wade West - Synopsis
Barbara West of WFTV is married to Wade West.

Barbara has a long history of attacking the Clintons and puffing up George W. Bush.

Wade has long standing relationships with many Republicans. His connections date back at least to Governor George W. Bush in Texas, inculdes his protests for Bush during the 2000 election, and extends to his employment by over 85 congressional Republicans plus Bush cabinet members. It's been suggested one of his companies was involved in the Pentagon scandal that promoted PR as news. It's possible he's the same Wade West who President George HW Bush, the father of President George W Bush, commended in his 1990 Thanksgiving day speech in Saudi Arabia.

Daily Kos.....

[Husker59]

Well gee wiz Barbara!

Thanks for the real hard hitting questions with canned talking points from wingnuts across the right wing blogosphere.

Lets talk about ACORN again. Sean Hannity loves it, Maybe you could mention that there is video of McCain as the keynote speaker at an ACORN fundraiser? Naw, that was back when McCain was proud of their "GREAT WORK" a whole 3-4 months ago.

Speaking of ACORN; can we look at the facts Barbara? Yes they have a voter registration program. Yes a few persons hired to register voters did stupid things like registering Mickey Mouse, and "one person registered 27 times!" What is the result of this Barbara? Is Mickey mouse going to suddenly show up at the polls? Please tell me. I want to be there too! Is John Doe going to show up 27 times to vote??

The answer is NO! This is voter REGISTRATION fraud, not voter fraud. There is a big difference. One results in a miscount of voters. The other results in a miscount of the VOTES. Consequently, one is a misdemeanor and the other is a federal crime. ACORN as required by law submitted the list of voters they registered and marked which ones they thought were obvious frauds and which ones they thought were legitimate. How on earth is this a scandal? Please for the love of god, do a little research before you do another political interview.
Just let me tell you how amazing you are.

...Amazingly dumb.

[mshubbard]

Her c.v. (on the station website) says she has a master's degree from the University of Vermont and served as an assistant professor there. ??!!! In what field?

[RAFord24]

Pleeeeze, even this "woman" facial expressions were different in those two interviews. She a true Republican (smug and evil). Larry King, didn't believe what she had to say on he's show when he interview her last night and rush her off. Man, I hate I live in the same state as this "lady".

I thought i'd use the McCain "air" quotes...lol

[Diogenis]

You win! She is a programmed Republican robot!

[frisco1]

This is so funny to me that you all blog with each other and agree with each other..like some lovefest. Did you know the only way to learn was to talk to people with differing opinions other than your own and by asking questions like West? Oh, maybe you are for squelching the free press?
Did you even know that Obama was potentially born in Kenya? did you know that he propped up a socialist leader named Odinga who committed mass genocide in recent years? Did you know he attended a madrasse in Indonesia? Have you been to Indonesia? Do you knowANYTHING about economics? Oh, And CHANGE is your answer?!!!! It's like a cult..follow the change right off the bridge!

[madinirose]

Prove your allegations, please!!!!!

[Quaoar]

All of your right wing smears of Obama have long been disproven. Free Republic must not have updated their talking points lists for trolls recently.

[Icantbelieveher]

That is the dumbest argument anyone has ever come up with!!!!! Is the United States government so lax that they wouldn't check out a U.S. Senator thoroughly once he put his name in for the U.S. Not to mention the committees he has been on needing a very high security clearance. If this is the best the government can do on background checks, I'd say we'd better all hang it up, because Homeland Security is not doing a very good job with checking out the leaders of our country!!

Look things up on the internet, or if not, call your state government and talk to someone who knows facts, rather than listening to those fear mongers who promote ignorance!!!

By the way, you can see a copy of Obama's birth certificate online if you bothered to look. And the stories of it being a fraud have been refuted, and again, tell me that the FBI or CIA haven't looked into his background, and if they have, they're not very good and we shouldn't be paying them!

[EverAnOptimist]

Frisco1, you must get all your news from McCain campaign literature. Try a little actual research before you follow the party line right into disaster. Cult leaders adore people like you, so be careful.

Obama-Biden, hope for our country!

[AnselAnvil]

McCarthy-esque pinheads...