Media Throw Up in the Mouth
A) O'Reilly KNEW what Glick's position was, otherwise he wouldn't have had a reason to have him on the show. Glick wouldn't have stuck out as a worthy interviewee to present if he wasn't radical in a way to justify O'Reilly's opinions. O'Reilly knew exactly what Glick would say and was probably preparing some rant meriting nothing more than a shock value before Jeremy even arrived at the set. Similarily with Donahue's interview, he seems to invite people on his show who have opinions differing to his own, takes exception to them and spends the entire INTERVIEW slamming them down unceremoniously. Why the hell it isn't called a debate forum is beyond me.
B) Never...EVER...have the audacity to invite someone to be interviewed and then tell them to 'shut up'. Such crudeness is enough to have the most common journalist fired, and I really do not know why O'Reilly is permitted to turn his show into a presentation of shock value, if it wasn't for the fact that is seems to have a lot of viewers.
C) Jeremy's father passed away. I doubt (though I could be wrong, but I do not think that is likely in this example) that O'Reilly knew Jeremy's father in such a way that allows him to presume what Glick would approve and disapprove where it concerns Jeremy's actions and opinions. I personally find that comment of his hilarious and very enraging because in an interview with Donahue, Donahue asks O'Reilly if he'd send any of his children to Iraq to fight. (Donahue is discrediting the war. Three guesses as to what O'Reilly's position is). O'Reilly takes it very personally and in the only way he knows how, which is loud and obnoxious, declares that his nephew had recently enlisted in the reserves, that he is proud and tells Donahue not to discredit his patronage, or something along those lines. So when O'Reilly takes exception to people making assumptions as to the ambitions and reasoning of his own family, where the hell does he get off on telling Jeremy that his father would not be proud of what he was doing. What IS that? It's disgusting, that's what it is.
If he wants to defend Bush's actions, that is perfectly within his right. When he is on national television and makes a spectable of Bush's policies by being crude, unprofessional and all around inadequate as a political debater, that is more than enough grounds to be dismissed. Permanently.
Glick vs. O'Reilly
Donahue vs. O'Reilly
B) Never...EVER...have the audacity to invite someone to be interviewed and then tell them to 'shut up'. Such crudeness is enough to have the most common journalist fired, and I really do not know why O'Reilly is permitted to turn his show into a presentation of shock value, if it wasn't for the fact that is seems to have a lot of viewers.
C) Jeremy's father passed away. I doubt (though I could be wrong, but I do not think that is likely in this example) that O'Reilly knew Jeremy's father in such a way that allows him to presume what Glick would approve and disapprove where it concerns Jeremy's actions and opinions. I personally find that comment of his hilarious and very enraging because in an interview with Donahue, Donahue asks O'Reilly if he'd send any of his children to Iraq to fight. (Donahue is discrediting the war. Three guesses as to what O'Reilly's position is). O'Reilly takes it very personally and in the only way he knows how, which is loud and obnoxious, declares that his nephew had recently enlisted in the reserves, that he is proud and tells Donahue not to discredit his patronage, or something along those lines. So when O'Reilly takes exception to people making assumptions as to the ambitions and reasoning of his own family, where the hell does he get off on telling Jeremy that his father would not be proud of what he was doing. What IS that? It's disgusting, that's what it is.
If he wants to defend Bush's actions, that is perfectly within his right. When he is on national television and makes a spectable of Bush's policies by being crude, unprofessional and all around inadequate as a political debater, that is more than enough grounds to be dismissed. Permanently.
Glick vs. O'Reilly
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