O'Reilly Producer Stalks Amanda Terkel: THE VIDEO

So, over the weekend, Fox News sent their employees to stalk Amanda Terkel, a blogger for Think Progress.

They followed away from DC, into Virginia, across that state, and finally ambushed her on her vacation, in order to ask a bunch of frenzied, crackpotty question in an attempt to make her look fearful, agitated and incoherent on national teevee. They did this on behalf of another person in their employ, the thin-skinned shouty moron Bill O'Reilly.

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Why did this happen? Well, Terkel was one of many people who pointed out the super-duper hypocrisy of O'Reilly appearing as a speaker before the It Happened To Alexa Foundation, which is dedicated to assisting victims of rape. This was absurd, because O'Reilly doesn't particularly seem to care for rape victims. Of one, O'Reilly famously said:

"Now Moore, Jennifer Moore, 18, on her way to college. She was 5-foot-2, 105 pounds, wearing a miniskirt and a halter top with a bare midriff. Now, again, there you go. So every predator in the world is gonna pick that up at two in the morning. She's walking by herself on the West Side Highway, and she gets picked up by a thug. All right. Now she's out of her mind, drunk."

Such sensitivity, I know. But then what do you expect from a loofah wielding sex creep? By the way, if you want to ensure your O'Reilly ambush footage never makes it to air, simply repeat the phrase "loofah wielding sex creep" over and over again.

Interestingly, the complaints about O'Reilly did not begin, or end, with Terkel. As near as I can tell, O'Reilly's hypocrisy on rape victims was first noted by the Fox News watchdog site NewsHounds. Neither was Terkel the highest profile critic of O'Reilly on this regard. That honor would likely fall to Keith Olbermann of MSNBC, who hammered O'Reilly for days on the air. Somewhere between NewsHounds delivering the story and Olbermann repeatedly banging the outrage home, Terkel posted a brief item describing the matter on ThinkProgress. So, why was it Terkel that was singled out for stalking by the O'Reilly Factor? That's easy! Of all the people they could have possibly intimidated, Terkel was the smallest in stature and the most female. See, all of this is connected, back to the part where O'Reilly is a cowardly sex creep.

It's also connected to O'Reilly's extreme paranoia, which borders on camp. In this case, O'Reilly believes that Terkel is a part of a broad conspiracy, led by NBC News, to make him look foolish. After his broadcast of this addled ambush footage, O'Reilly intoned: "Well, Ms. Terkel is certainly a villain. She was obviously used by NBC News." Occam's Razor holds that what O'Reilly actually faces is not a conspiracy controlled by shadowy figures at NBC, but rather, the widespread belief that he is an uninformed, creepy, loudmouth - a belief that's taken root in the mainstream owing to such "O'Reilly factors" such as "the things O'Reilly does" and "the words that come out of O'Reilly's mouth" and "the creepy sex-loofah stuff, which skeeves people, massively."

If this ever happens to you, it's important to keep a few things in perspective. Last weekend, Terkel was enjoying a vacation, while O'Reilly's factotum, Jesse Watters, was crouched in a van with a cameraperson, stuck following a happier and more well-adjusted member of society across the state of Virginia. So, remember, when Jesse Watters runs up on you, you are about to be confronted by a loser. And if it turns out that you just don't have the time or inclination to speak to the Factor, just tell them that you are a homeless veteran. As it turns out, O'Reilly and all of his employees are terrified that they might one day come face to face with a homeless veteran.

MORE:
I Was Followed, Harassed, And Ambushed By Bill O'Reilly's Producer [ThinkProgress]
Bill O'Reilly Knows What To Do To Uppity Women That Won't Shut Up [Jezebel]
A Lot Of Parents Like To Say I'm A Villain [Attackerman]

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Comments

[ibwilliamsi]

"In this case, O'Reilly believes that Terkel is a part of a broad conspiracy, led by NBC News, to make him look foolish. "

I was under the impression that O'Reilly was already making himself look foolish without any help...

[BPCentrisAmerican]

I have one a question for Bill'O's creepy stalker. How much did Fox pay Andrea Mackris?

[billbb]

Reports vary... Somewhere between $4 and $60 million.

By the way, Think Progress is sponsoring an O'Reilly sponsor boycott - not a bad idea!

[Virgil Kane]

So was she invited on the Factor to debate O'Reilly? I thought he invited all the people he ambushes before he sends Waters or Porter Berry....

[steamboat]

Let me know if Olbermann EVER has a discussion with a person with an opposite view?

[BPCentrisAmerican]

Bill'O dosen't. One more question, when was Dennis Miller funny, I must of missed it.

[Virgil Kane]

He never has, doesn't look like he ever will.

[billbb]

Few will appear on his show, because he is pretty confrontational. Maddow is another story, though, and a large number of Republicans have appeared there. Not that they didn't look stupid, but they have appeared.

And, let's not forget the famous appearance by looney Minnesota Congressperson Michelle Bachmann on Hardball.

[fredisfred]

O'Reilly's show was more than a little disturbing last night. For starters, he did a segment about a sexual predator who was released and lived not too far from his victim. Uh, sexual predator? O'Reilly? You do realize you're one of them, right? Settling out of court does not = innocent.

And then he had his weasel boy Jesse Watters on, and the two bragged about what a great job they did stalking Terkel.

Next, O'Reilly had two pretty blonde women on his show talking about a movie about Hilary Clinton that had problems being distributed around election time because a judge ruled it was a really a campaign ad. And the two women start disagreeing and are really getting into it. and O'Reilly says words to the effect of he doesn't want them wrestling in jello. Yeah, it was just a joke, but coming from O'Reilly? Creepy.

[pghperson]

Amanda didn't cause the rape victim or her family any harm. She caused BillO some potential harm by shining a light on what he said previously. And that's why he put forth this piece on Amanda. On BillO's part - it's dishonest and slanted journalism. Maybe this sort of journalistic practice goes on in all quarters - but in the case of a rape victim - I don't know how else to say it except this young lady is possibly being used against her will again.

[gaja]

I hope Terkel gets a restraining order and gives O'Reilly and his producers a taste of their own medicine. Nothing more heinous than making excuses for rapists --

[BPCentrisAmerican]

She is already going after Bill'O on her blog, go get him and that creep stalker of his.

[howcome]

She was ridiculous on Olbermann ....Oreilly smoked her .

[joebloe]

Anyone with a modicum of skill can edit an interview to fundamentally change what a person is really saying.

So tell me again HOW Billo smoked her!

[Darthwave]

Troll Alert... you are better off ignoring him. Having a another man stalk a young women while on vacation to conduct a bullbait interview. A tactic taken right out of the nuts from Scientology's fair game playbook. O'Reilly you are real class act.

[InternationalObserver]

Note also that the 'interview' *finished* with Watters asking a loaded question of Terkel (more of a statement really) but not allowing her to answer. Maybe she answered it but they didn't like her answer. Either way they just cut back to BillO

[bigbluenat4]

Billo smoked her? I really hope you are joking? How about you tell someone who you are, then when you are on vacation they will come with a video camera and ask you a bunch of stupid inane questions and then play them on TV while ridiculing you...Oh wait, that happens to you all the time. Right rush?

[TruEngineHearing]

Howcome??? Phone Bill and he'll explain how - but keep your hands on the table! You're too excited.

[19JCMan]

It shows that you have a lack of basic understanding about the subject or about any subject.

[DeeW]

howcome - she was very intelligent and articulate on Olbermann last night. O'Reilly didn't smoke her he stalked her.

[HillaryGoAway]

Amanda Terkel is a wonderful and impressive woman for many reasons. I can't imagine being ambushed on vacation and keeping my composure the way that she did. I would have been in fiipflops, hair a mess and holding a beer going huh, wha????

[Lunchbreak]

Can we get a picture, bio and references on this "Jesse Waters" character? I want to see what kind of man hunts down a tiny girl and corners her for an "interview".

[doug108]

Sucker punching people is what cowards do. Also, blind siding people almost never produces truth. It's unfair. You can't expect someone to mount a good defense, if they don't know what they're accused of ahead of time. That's why our legal system provides for discovery. Of course, Bill O'Reilly has never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

I thought she handled herself very well, though.

[dphilip]

Hmmm? Would you portray what the bus loads of Acorn activist is doing to the executives and families of AIG as stalking??­?......... No, that's "justice" right?
This is why your side has no credibility.

[LibKitty]

Delusional???

[jungfreud]

Those executives are liberals. What now?

[cinesimon]

Get a grip!
The AIG overreaction was from both sides.

Have you people have any other justification than claiming other people do it?

O'Reilly claims to be a christian, not a follower of bad behavior. If he justified his behavior the way you do, ... oh, wait: he'd still have his audience: the most gullible folk on the planet!

[NHGranite]

You are on the side of AIG bonuses? And just because you use the word ACORN with no references, you don't scare us.

[bigbluenat4]

ACORN ACORN ACORN i said it so it must be TRUE!!!!!!!!! ACORN.....

http://www.acorn.org/ They fight for people's HOMES and allowing everyone to VOTE!!!

I guess that would be bad, if your a Rethug....

[smiz]

The poor libs are wild,
so sorry that they are the less intelligent of our USA.

[joebloe]

Can you please make an argument longer than a bumper sticker?

How are we wild?
In what ways are we "less intelligent"?

Oh, and you might want to fix up your sentence structure.
(my high school english teacher would have flipped out)

[bigbluenat4]

Less intelligent? I thought the whole Lib hating thing was that we were College people who thought we were better then the non-college crowd? Are we Elitist or are we stupid rednecks? which is it?

[sweetwhine]

Wild? Really? Why thank you.

[elsie900]

And what pray tell is *your* native language? 'Cause plainly it ain't American.

[Baggaratz]

What the heck was the Mel Gibson component?

[HappyMarsden]

Bill O' Krap says "In white collar circles, it doesn't get much more evil than a blogger repeating that I had said a woman who is too attractive to men deserves to get raped" on my radio show.

Yup. That's Bill O'Reilly folks. It doesn't get much more evil than Bill O'.

[AustinCynic]

The main difference is that Tesh had a modicum of talent, at least where music was concerned.

[timinhi]

And, even if one might think Tesh is kind of "dorky," I think most would agree that he at least seems like a genuinely nice guy, something that is of great ongoing dispute concerning Bill-o.

[doug108]

Debatable.

[BoSoxFanNC]

Hey lefties....O'Reily never said that she deserved to be raped and murdered. He said it may not be a good idea to wear a mini skirt and halter top walking down the street while drunk. This is FACT.

[rfshunt]

Well, you've got me curious, BoSox.

Just how short must a mini skirt be to make a rape acceptable. 8 inches above the knee? 10? And does it go straight from no rape to rape O.K. at that place. Or is there a transition zone, where it's O.K. just to grope?

And what is the blood alcohol level where rape is justified? Is it 1.0? 1.25? There's got be a line. Or are you saying that just one drink or two on the part of the woman and the rape is then fine in your book.

[MGNJ]

“I think it’s safe to say that if Mel Gibson didn’t get drunk, he wouldn’t be in this terrible situation he finds himself in,” said O’Reilly. “And if a young woman, 18-year-old Jennifer Moore of Harrington Park, NJ, didn’t get drunk, she’d be alive today.”

He didn't say deserved, but he also did not simply say "it may not be a good idea." Again, the implication is that she was RESPONSIBLE for her rape and murder. That is inexcusable.

[SSF]

What should she be wearing, a burqa?

[DeeW]

Excactly. Because women who wear burqa's are never assulted, raped or murderd. It's so infuriating that there are people who think what a woman wears is why she gets attacked, raped or murdered. There's only one person responsible and that's the one who murdered this woman.

[Openyermind]

When will you learn that we already KNOW he did not say those specific words. But implying the person was "asking for it" is morally repugnant.

And you think the left pays the victim card?!

[Raleigh Dave]

Rape is a crime of violence, it makes no difference what you wear.

Do we judge 80 year old women who are raped because they were raped.

Bill O'Reilly's argument is that everyone woman at a beach deserves to get raped while she is in the bathroom because she walked to the bathroom wearing a bikini.