O’Reilly Blasts Sharpton on Ferguson, Calls Him a ‘Charlatan’ Who ‘Only Cares About His Own Self-Aggrandizement’
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[/TBODY]On Wednesday evening, Bill O’Reilly returned from vacation to anchor his Fox News Channel (FNC) program live to discuss the situation in Ferguson, Missouri since the death of Michael Brown on August 9. In just over an eight-minute-long “Talking Points” segment, O’Reilly addressed multiple aspects of the story, but specifically slammed MSNBC commentator and activist Al Sharpton as “this charlatan” who “has the nerve to insult the American police community” while only caring “about his own self-aggrandizement.”
After airing a clip of Sharpton speaking at a rally in Ferguson on Sunday in which he indirectly called out law enforcement for “smear[ing]” Brown instead of “the principles of justice and dignity,” O’Reilly grew extremely agitated: “Al Sharpton has the nerve to insult the American police community, men and women risking their lives to protect us. This charlatan has the gall to do that and NBC News is paying him. My god! Why is that acceptable?”
O’Reilly Blasts Sharpton on Ferguson, Calls Him a ‘Charlatan’ Who ‘Only Cares About His Own Self-Aggrandizement’ | NewsBusters
By Curtis Houck | August 20, 2014 | 22:50 | A A |
After airing a clip of Sharpton speaking at a rally in Ferguson on Sunday in which he indirectly called out law enforcement for “smear[ing]” Brown instead of “the principles of justice and dignity,” O’Reilly grew extremely agitated: “Al Sharpton has the nerve to insult the American police community, men and women risking their lives to protect us. This charlatan has the gall to do that and NBC News is paying him. My god! Why is that acceptable?”
O’Reilly Blasts Sharpton on Ferguson, Calls Him a ‘Charlatan’ Who ‘Only Cares About His Own Self-Aggrandizement’ | NewsBusters