Al Franken catches Bill O'Reilly doing a little funny editing- INCREDIBLE!

[Ian David]

Do you guys remember the show that used to be on HBO called "Not Necessarily The News"?...
http://www.lanesarasohn.com/tvwriter/tv_guide.html

----


Al Franken catches Bill O'Reilly doing a little funny editing

via Al Franken Show: So much O'Reilly, so little time. This one is particularly egregious. The Spark Notes summary: O’Reilly took video from Senator Joe Biden’s Sunday appearance on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, edited it to misrepresent what Biden said, then advocated his now edited-out position (all the while criticizing him).

More:
http://shows.airamericaradio.com/alfrankenshow/node/2803


Video-QT
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/The_Al_Franken_Show_OReilly_Biden.mov

Video-WMP-low quality
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/The_Al_Franken_Show_OReilly_Biden.wmv

From:
http://radiocomments.userland.com/comments$trackback?u=140194&p=3367&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crooksandliars.com%2F2005%2F06%2F09.html%23a3367

[Dover]

1. O'Reilly is a 'baby-man'.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/Issues/2005-06-09/news/feature_print.html

[AzDar]

12. Off topic....But OMG, I just read that story in the New Times this am....

I've SEEN Baby-man, (not fully comprehending what I was witnessing, of course)pumping gas near Camelback and 40th st.(iirc). Almost got into an accident I was laughing so hard. Unbelievable!!

[Ravenseye]

2. Shock and Awe

They don't call him O'Liely for nothing.

[kris10ep]

3. That's pretty sickening

It's typical for O'Reilly to cut and spin something....but the worst part of that clip is that what he cuts of Biden is the suggestion he ends up touting as his own.

WTF????

[usregimechange]

4. Worse than Newsweek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kick and recommend.

[truthisfreedom]

5. o'reilly literally mouthed word-for-word what Senator Joe Biden had said,

adopting it as his own position, while editing out Joe's own words to purposefully misrepresent what Joe was saying. just amazing, bald-faced, and so gutter-level that it goes to prove, once again, that every attack Al Franken has made on o'reilly has been 100% on-target. this guy o'reilly is a crackpot and a pathalogical liar who can only serve to embarrass any network saddled with his exposed, sorry ass.

[Spectral]

6. Why don't these guys ever get called on what they do?

Thank goodness for Franken

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

7. Let the church say, "Amen"

I know that Franken isn't everybody's favorite radio host, but his work in attacking these cretins has been invaluable. I personally believe that "Rush Limbaugh Is A Big Fat Idiot" had a lot to do with the Gasbag's serious decline in popularity in the late 1990's -- remember that in 1994 was the keynote speaker in an official orientation for incoming Republican Congressmen. Today? Well...

[Mad_Dem_X]

10. Franken rules

I can't understand how anyone can not like him. He's intelligent, he does his research, and he speaks the truth with just the right amount of dry humor. :bounce:

[usregimechange]

11. This is outragous! Will O'Reilly lose his job over this?

[welshTerrier2]

8. Franken: "he is a horrible, horrible human being"

that video is incredible !!! thanks for posting it ... think about how frightening this really is ...

imagine how many people don't watch the Stephanopoulos show and have no idea what Biden really said ... and imagine that they don't listen to AAR and never hear, or see, the Franken show ...

all they watch is O'Reilly's show ... is it any wonder they vote republican ???

in a democracy, what good is voting if we allow lies and distortions as blatant as this to be disseminated over the MSM???? that's not freedom of speech; it's treason!!!! it is a very really threat to our democracy.

O'Reilly should be fired for this and then he should be put on trial for treason !!

[usregimechange]

9. Reccomend and e-mail/call Biden, It is time to hold THEIR feet

to the fire!

[kenny blankenship]

24. Email Biden ??

Why? He'd only criticize Franken for being a loudmouth.

[gordianot]

13. I've been upset with Franken lately but he is at his best with Bill.

If someone wants ratings they need to put these two on a show together. They could get a couple bouncers for protection I suspect Franken would kick O'Lielly's ass given a chance. Maybe they could work out seat belts in their chairs, (I'm sure Bill would want to bolt). They could bill this as pay per view battle of the mouths. These two generate magic when in the same room.

[Hobarticus]

15. Who did Al want to fight?

He offered to go rounds with some boob who said that Democrats can't or won't fight.

It was in "Lies"...the guy backpedaled in a hurry.

My money's on Al.

[gordianot]

17. Wasn't it Tucker Carlson?

[Hobarticus]

18. I love Google...it was Rich Lowry, National Review editor...

And here's his reply to Al's challenge. Funny how he still manages to take swipoes at Al's masculinity even while backing away:

http://alfrankenweb.com/mag6.html

[gordianot]

21. Franken wrestled either in High School or College.

Last year he tackled and held a heckler on stage and there were some complaints when he did that. I suspect Franken was serious in his offer.

A couple summers ago I was playing around with my 22 year old son in the back yard and found I remembered some things I learned in Army ROTC. My son is a lot stronger and in much better shape, as such his masculinity trumps mine. I love it when Freeper types assume Liberals and Progressives are all unarmed passive pushovers. On the other hand Freeper types assume might makes right which is wrong.

[progressoid]

14. Oh, C'mon people. This stuff is in the Fox employee handbook

BFD

If Bill's ratings weren't in the toilet, he'd get a bonus for this.

[Spectral]

16. They have a handbook?

I didn't know those guys at Fox could read...

[progressoid]

19. It's their audience that can't read

[Hobarticus]

20. It's all pop-up...

[suegeo]

22. I hate Bill O'Reilly

Sweet Jesus I hate Bill O'Reilly.

[geckosfeet]

23. What a shill and a sham this guy is. Vacuous info-tainment.

[Ian David]

25. Just wait until Stephen Colbert's new show starts

NPR : 'Daily Show' Correspondent Readies 'The Colbert Report'
All Things Considered, May 4, 2005 · Robert Siegel talks with the Daily Show's Stephen Colbert about his new program, which is scheduled to air on Comedy Central this fall. The Colbert Report will be fashioned as a satire of TV talk shows such as The O'Reilly Factor.

More (Audio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4630860

[geckosfeet]

26. If I watched TV,,,, that would be on my list.

[McCamy Taylor]

27. I have never watched O'Reilly because I dont watch Fox but I sent email

Here it is:

AL Franken is on to you and now so are a lot of people like me who have much better things to do than watch Fox News. I watched Fox News once in an airport. Some Swift Boat Vet type told the host that he had deduced that John Kerry had illegally ventured into Cambodia. The host nodded his head and ended the interview. I decided that if this was what passed for journalism at Rupert Murdoch’s station, I would pass on Fox News. Since they have such incredibly low standards, I am pretty sure your producers could care less if you edit the hell out of your video or even make up stories or tell out and out lies, but remember, you are the one who will be an embarrassing stain in the history books of journalism, not them.

[ngGale]

28. Par for FAUX news, can't say I'm surprised...

it fact, I'd be surprised if it hasn't happened before - just not caught.

[FreedomAngel82]

29. O'Reilly is such a sleeze!!