Get Off O'Reilly's Back!

Okay, so in upcoming Michael Wolff biography of Rupert Murdoch, "The Man Who Owns The News," we discover that the Fox Corp head honcho "despises" Bill O'Reilly. Wolff also brings up the fact that FN's chief executive, Roger Ailes "loathes" the No-spinster.

Big deal. Bosses are supposed to hate their employees. It's in the blood; part of what drive them. You hate your boss, you don't think they hate you? It's as natural as Brit Hume's furled brow.

Enough already! It's been bad enough that liberal hosts (both of them) have had it in for O'Reilly, but when the gentile, right wing talker, Mark Levin said that Bill was, among other things..."A moron," "A phoney journalist, "A non-Factor who READ THE MYRIAD REASONS TO LET THE MAN BE

Award-winning TV writer, Steve Young, is author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" (www.greatfailure.com) and blogs at the appropriately named steveyoungonpolitics.com

Comments

[adam hartung]

You don't have to like Mr. Murdoch's politics (in fact, you can hate them). But you have to recognize what a great job he's done growing News Corporation into the media industry leader. Fixated on the future, obsessive about competitors, willing to Disrupt and full of White Space projects to try new things has made News Corporation a powerhouse - at a time when most media companies (look at Tribune Corporation) fear failure. Read more at http://www.thephoenixprinciple.com

[bogues]

Bill O'Reilly is a dangerous person because he has so much access to so many people and he has chosen to use that access to spew hate and division. I pray often that he will cease to have the kind of influence that he currenty does. I cannot take him seriously because of his personal history that includes some pretty sick behavior. I have never understood how he managed to stay on the air, after he was caught engaging in such a sick and inappropriate way.

[realpolitic]

Yes, and no one even rmentions his little telephone episode although he constantly scolds and berates others. He subjects his liberal guests not to a discussion or interview, but to ridicule.

[realpolitic]

If there is really a force called karma in the world, O'Reilly is long overdue to be visited by some negative energy. Just for sending his evil producer out to ambush any small town print journalist who happened to criticize him will earn O'Reilly some negative karma. If only someone would film O'Reilly leaving a motel room with a bottle of whisky and a couple of tranny hookers.

[realpolitic]

If you don't like O'Reilly "S-H-U-T U-P!" or he will shut your mic off.

[d45]

No way to treat an award winning journalist. He also markets some tasty Factor Gear that is to die for!

[realpolitic]

Yes, O'Reilly won a Peabody or Polk or something. That is where his feud with Al Franken started when Franken called him to correct the record and O'Reilly started screaming at him.

[Seldon]

It is not a matter of ganging up on O'Reilly. It raises an important point. Murdoch is not a neo-con. His is a business man, pure and simple. Fox News was created because it made Murdoch money, not necessarily because Murdoch agreed with the drivel they spouted. This is important to bear in mind for both those that think Fox News is fair and balanced and those that think it is a sanctuary for journalists who could not otherwise cope with reality.

Both sides need to acknowledge that Fox is loud because it sells, not because it is right and not even because it's creator thinks it is right. The people who most need to understand this are the airheads at Fox who believe their own press when they call themselves balanced.

[realpolitic]

Well, to do the kind of journalism Fox does, they have to be loud to distract from their lack of substance. It is all a sideshow. I do believe Murdoch is an arch conservative, although for business reasons he may donate money from time to time to Democrats like Hillary Clinton. Everything that Murdoch touches turns to conservative drivel. He installs the editors there that turn it in that direction. I guess he is lucky that for some reason his conservative drivel sells with an uninformed public.

[Seldon]

Well remember that Murdoch was instrumental in getting Blair elected in the UK after more than a decade of Conservative rule.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying Murdoch is a liberal. I just don't think he really cares, he is intelligent enough to understand how the world works (somewhat) and how to pedal spin, but his empathy drive is somewhat lacking.

[zanzig]

I don't think it is so much that he is "lucky ... his conservative drivel sells.." As someone else has noted, Murdoch is a businessman first and last. He sells the conservative drivel because he knows the uninformed public wants it; has nothing to do with luck I'm afraid. Rupert has never overestimated his audience.

[Leper]

If I might quote the venerable senior Senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens: NO!

[Bluedog12]

If they don't like Bill then Murdoch and Ailes must hate the troops, the flag and the "folks". Maybe it"s time Bill leads a boycott drive against fat guys and Australians.

[realpolitic]

Good point! No one visit Australia. Remember when O'Reilly made up those phony statistics from a magazine that did not exist to brag that his boycott of France was hurting the French economy. Sure!