Bill O'Reilly Attacks New York Times, MSNBC, Liberals For 'Exploiting' Arizona Shooting (VIDEO)

On Monday's "O'Reilly Factor,"a furious Bill O'Reilly excoriated the New York Times, MSNBC and some liberal groups for, in his view, exploiting the tragedy of the Arizona shooting, lying about its origins, and ignoring their own instances of extreme political rhetoric.

Speaking during his nightly "Talking Points" segment, O'Reilly condemned the shootings and called alleged shooter Jared Lee Loughner a "psychopath." But then he turned to what he called a "disgusting display sweeping America." That, he said, was the exploitation of the murders for political means.

"Conservatives encouraged Jared Loughner to pull the trigger," he said sarcastically. "Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Fox News, all spurred the psychopath to kill the six people. The merchants of hate who are peddling this stuff should be accountable."

O'Reilly then turned to the New York Times, which strongly condemned Republicans and the right-wing press in an editorial on Monday, saying. "it is legitimate to hold Republicans and particularly their most virulent supporters in the media responsible for the gale of anger that has produced a vast majority of these death threats."

O'Reilly called this view "flat-out reprehensible." He then moved on to Times columnist Paul Krugman, the National Organization for Women, and MSNBC. The rival network, he said, allowed "vicious personal attacks on anyone who doesn't toe the far-left MSNBC line. The hatred spewed on that cable network is unprecedented in the media."

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"Decent people simply do not ascribe motivation to a psychopath like Loughner unless that motivation is proven beyond a reasonable doubt," O'Reilly said. "I can't tell you how angry this makes me. Far-left loons have attacked me in vile way for years. I have to have security around the clock. Has the "New York Times" ever said a word about that?"

Comments

[truthglow]

12:55 AM on 01/20/2011

O'Reilly knows nothing about "exploitation," does he? Give me a break! His entire network does nothing but "exploit." O'Reilly is a hypocrite of the first magnitude.

[Quasi-Stellar Object]

01:31 PM on 01/18/2011

From Media Matters for America...

Fox News: A 24/7 Political Operation

http://www­.youtube.c­om/watch?v­=YRx5ethd8­JU

[gasface]

12:46 PM on 01/17/2011

Sarah Palin should have waited to speak. She upstaged the state of Arizona, it's guest speakers, and the President. Yes, we know all that. But here are a few forgotten in all of this: 1. the victims, 2. the entire world sitting and listening to a weak taccit entry to become the Commander & Chief, 3. passengers flying @ 30,000ft and those in ships on the open seas, and the brother in-law of the shooting victim. A good friend would have warned Sarah before hand, but the "Dude" wasn't in the picture. Sarah was in a skit on SNL where a Moose was shot, and with the Kate 'brewed', Sarah killed one of St Nicks four legged-friends. Wearing hip-boots, Sarah can catch a 25 inch fish, but she misses the point about politcal correctness. The Arizonians were not merely cheering, all the guest. They were not cheering @all. Not all funerals are somber and gray. The expressions seen by the world, like @ the death of Princess Diana, and the many cards and letters read in volumes, and contrasted Ms Palin's attempted spoil of [their] evening. The Emperoress is naked.hand she has alway been, [we've] been subject to having our eyes "wide shut"... Sarah, do you remember how we supported you when [your good friend Dave] spoke about one of your kids?... You forgot about the 9 year old, in age range of one of your kids. Shameful on your part to have forgotten her!!!

[Quasi-Stellar Object]

12:08 PM on 01/13/2011

O'Reilly is using a classic Fox "News" strategy:

1) politicize criticism with lies
2) defend crime with partisansh­­­­­­ip

Again O'Reilly and Fox succeed in diverting everyone into a distracted and irrelevant argument about politics when the issue is accountabi­­­­­lity and credibilit­­­­­­y.

Fox "News" distorts legitimate criticism as political attack...B­­­­­­Y DESIGN. Their viewers and critics dutifully follow, spiraling into an ancillary partisan debate.

As long as Fox's critics debate and argue Fox's LIES on Fox's terms the issues will remain embedded and unresolved­­­­­­.

This is neither a political nor a partisan issue. This is about accountabi­­­­­lity, veracity and credibility. Fox "News" and O'Reilly have neither.

[Quasi-Stellar Object]

11:51 AM on 01/13/2011

O'Reilly is using a classic Fox "News" strategy:

1) politicize criticism with lies
2) defend crime with partisansh­­­­­ip

Again O'Reilly and Fox succeed in diverting everyone into a distracted and irrelevant argument about politics when the issue is accountabi­­­­lity and credibilit­­­­­y.

Fox "News" distorts legitimate criticism as political attack...B­­­­­Y DESIGN. Their viewers and critics dutifully follow, spiraling into an ancillary partisan debate.

As long as Fox's critics debate and argue Fox's LIES on Fox's terms the issues will remain embedded and unresolved­­­­­.

This is neither a political nor a partisan issue. This is about accountabi­­­­lity, veracity and credibilit­y. Fox "News" and O'Reilly have neither.

[marinatha]

12:17 AM on 01/13/2011

Gee I could have called this one.

[jo smith456]

09:46 PM on 01/12/2011

MSM, part of our problem!!!!!

[PuffDragon]

06:25 PM on 01/12/2011

Bill: as if you actually took any time to read/watch NY Times or MSNBC.

Please.

[JohnMav]

06:08 PM on 01/12/2011

SELF-REFLECTION, unfortunately, is not a conservative strong suit.

[terramartom]

05:28 PM on 01/12/2011

Denial, denial, denial. The republican clan answer to responsibility.

[gomezrules]

05:06 PM on 01/12/2011

O'Reilly was spot on as usual with his condemnations. The left's assertions and allegations have been thoroughly discredited, but they've never been hampered by letting facts and truth get in their collective way. Good for exposing them, Bill O!

[24hourrifle]

04:42 PM on 01/12/2011

OReilly....two shows....120 minutes....ZERO MENTIONS of the condition of the Congresswoman or any of the others....ZERO MENTIONS of the heroes who actually saved lives on Saturday.

[goleafsgo]

06:34 PM on 01/12/2011

Really?   What was he talking about?

[frameofmind2]

01:10 PM on 01/13/2011

Thank you for the information, though not too surprising. My admiration for your dedication to sacrifice for 120 minutes of billo, good grief!!

My gratitude, 24.

[pammiethekid]

03:44 PM on 01/12/2011

O'Reilly can't tell us how angry it makes him to be accused of spewing anger. And yet despite his inability to express himself fully, there are few in this country who can't picture him spitting all over himself.

[pdsimdars]

02:47 PM on 01/12/2011

There is one line of thinking that I have seen in many comments, namely that there were nasty threats directed toward Bush by the left. You know, that fake equivalency argument.
I'm sure there were grandmothers here and there, being thrown out of their homes by the Bush policies who were cursing him with all kinds of threats on their way to being homeless, but no sane person can show that it was the Democratic party leaders, major media show hosts and constant 24/7 smears on a major network who were spewing the hate, fear and threats.
There is no equivalence except those made up in your mind.

[HenryOh]

02:41 PM on 01/12/2011

"Murder in Arizona and the gross exploitation of it...
That is the topic of today's Talking Points."

Wow...