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The Daily Show Takes On Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Comments

Posted by Matt Ortega | September 29, 2007 | Comments (0) »

Larry Willmore, the “Senior Black Correspondent” for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, went to dine at Sylvia’s restaurant in Harlem following Bill O’Reilly’s racist remarks regarding blacks.

(Hat tip: Nicole Belle, Crooks & Liars)

Maher: Cross-Dresser/Mormon ‘08

Posted by Matt Ortega | August 23, 2007 | Comments (1) »

Bill Maher, host of HBO’s popular Real Time with Bill Maher, appeared on The O’Reilly Factor to discuss the September 11 testimony of General David Petreaus and the field of presidential candidates.

O’Reilly: “Now, Republicans - are anybody on the right, on the Republican side appealing to you, Bill Maher?”

Maher: “They’re appealing to me as a comedian -”

O’Reilly: Ok, but you wouldn’t vote for them unless hell froze over.”

Maher: ” Right. But I would like to see the cross-dresser and the Mormon run together.”

O’Reilly explicitly said there’s no accountability for the Bush administration but in the history books. Apparently, Bush cannot and should not be held accountable by Congress, Democratic, Republican or otherwise. O’Reilly also has a skewed perception of what is “left wing” — a common problem inflicting media types.

Watch the segment below.

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FOX Attacks: Bloggers

Posted by Matt Ortega | July 26, 2007 | Comments (0) »

The new chapter in the FOX Attacks series by Robert Greenwald’s Brave New Films, the production company that did Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism and Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, shows how FOX News Channel personalities attack liberal bloggers.

Rick Perlstein, writing for the Campaign for America’s Future, jumps into the fray.