Matt Ortega

Jeremy Glick is the son of a former Port Authority worker who was killed on September 11, 2001 in the terrorist attacks on the United States. This “interview” was conducted February 4, 2003 — at the height of the “anti-American” charges in the lead up to the War in Iraq.

O’Reilly’s conduct during the interview was purely unprofessional and disgusting. He constantly bullies his “guest” and takes a position where he pretends to know Jeremy’s slain father and tries to use it against Glick.

Glick confronted O’Reilly with the known fact that, with George H.W. Bush as Vice President, the U.S. trained Islamic fighters in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets that gave rise to the the al-Qaeda terror network led by Osama bin Laden. O’Reilly backed down claiming he “didn’t want to debate world politics.” But what’s there to debate about that? That’s common knowledge.

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Bill O’Reilly attacked The Daily Show host Jon Stewart’s “influence” on the 2004 Presidential election, real or imagined, and took shots at Stewart’s audience, claiming “87 percent” were “intoxicated” while viewing his show. (The source of these statistics was never cited.)

Stewart made him pay by citing that the show is design for comedy and spoofing politics — not news. Stewart noted the lead into his show is “sock puppets making crank calls.”

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Senator Zell Miller’s (D-Georgia) appearance before the 2004 RNC Convention was incredibly controversial before he showed up at Madison Square Garden in New York City, but his actual speech exceeded expectations.
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Miller’s post-convention interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is now infamous in U.S. political convention lore for the senator’s desire to challenge Matthews to a duel.

The interview caused The Daily Show host Jon Stewart to quip the following day, “That’s Democratic Georgia Senator Zell Miller, building that bridge to the 18th century.”