I did not read Killing Reagan, but I’ll accept George Will’s review based on the dustup between George and the book’s author.
Incidentally, an author promoting his own book with a public microphone smacks of propaganda.
O’Reilly controls his microphone, that is why George Will made the mistake of going on O’Reilly’s show. In fact, anybody that goes on The Factor to defend themself is a fool. Notice how he shouts down George as he does with every guest who disagrees with him:
NOTE: Phil Donahue was a quasi-journalist with a tabloid talk show. For a number of years no media mouth was mightier than Donahue in the afternoon. His attempted comeback a few years ago came and went —— unnoticed and unloved by fickle viewers. O’Reilly’s technique always reminded me of Phil Donahue. Donahue used to run into the audience with his little microphone. The “lucky guy” he selected for comments would get three words out, and Donahue would take over. Of course, O’Reilly does not have a studio audience, but the technique is the same with his interviewees.
George Will’s second mistake was not evening the score by calling O’Reilly a sneak in that O’Reilly plays the fair and balanced journalist when he despises conservatism and conservatives.
O’Reilly is a stooge for big government, as well as the United Nations. O’Reilly, more than any other FOX talking head, fools the audience into believing he is a conservative, when, in truth, he cleverly promotes liberalism as he did in Killing Reagan —— just as George Will charged.
Finally, the way O’Reilly abuses his microphone is a variation of:
O’Reilly controls the language for big government.
Incidentally, an author promoting his own book with a public microphone smacks of propaganda.
O’Reilly controls his microphone, that is why George Will made the mistake of going on O’Reilly’s show. In fact, anybody that goes on The Factor to defend themself is a fool. Notice how he shouts down George as he does with every guest who disagrees with him:
"It is not a laudatory book," Will said about O'Reilly's Killing Reagan. "It is doing the work of the left which knows in order to discredit conservatism it must destroy Reagan's reputation as president. Your book does the work of the American left with its extreme recklessness."
"You're a hack," O'Reilly said to Will. "You are in with the cabal of the Reagan loyalists who don't want the truth to be told."
"You're a hack," O'Reilly said to Will. "You are in with the cabal of the Reagan loyalists who don't want the truth to be told."
O'Reilly vs. George Will: "You're A Hack," A "Reagan Loyalist" Who Doesn't Want The Truth To Be Told
O'Reilly vs. George Will: "You're A Hack," A "Reagan Loyalist" Who Doesn't Want The Truth To Be Told
O'Reilly vs. George Will: "You're A Hack," A "Reagan Loyalist" Who Doesn't Want The Truth To Be Told
NOTE: Phil Donahue was a quasi-journalist with a tabloid talk show. For a number of years no media mouth was mightier than Donahue in the afternoon. His attempted comeback a few years ago came and went —— unnoticed and unloved by fickle viewers. O’Reilly’s technique always reminded me of Phil Donahue. Donahue used to run into the audience with his little microphone. The “lucky guy” he selected for comments would get three words out, and Donahue would take over. Of course, O’Reilly does not have a studio audience, but the technique is the same with his interviewees.
George Will’s second mistake was not evening the score by calling O’Reilly a sneak in that O’Reilly plays the fair and balanced journalist when he despises conservatism and conservatives.
O’Reilly is a stooge for big government, as well as the United Nations. O’Reilly, more than any other FOX talking head, fools the audience into believing he is a conservative, when, in truth, he cleverly promotes liberalism as he did in Killing Reagan —— just as George Will charged.
Finally, the way O’Reilly abuses his microphone is a variation of:
He who controls the language controls the masses. – Saul Alinsky
O’Reilly controls the language for big government.