Hypocrisy in the Anti-O'Reilly Army

[jimnyc]

Simply posting the news for discussion. As the first paragraph states, if the accusations are true, there is nothing to defend. I never ever watched O'Reilly. Only Youtube replays of highlights. I really don't watch any pundits for that fact.

But harassment is harassment....

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Hypocrisy in the Anti-O'Reilly Army

Fox News took Bill O'Reilly off the air after a heavy campaign to fire him led by CNN's media unit and The New York Times. If all the charges of sexual harassment are true, his case is indefensible. That said, it's time for his media critics to stand down. They are guilty of rank hypocrisy.

These same media outlets despised the idea that Donald Trump would drag Bill Clinton's sexual harassment lawsuits into the presidential campaign. On Jan. 8, 2016, the Times editorial staff sneered: "It is also a tired subject that few Americans want to hear more about. If Mr. Trump has not read enough, he can curl up with a copy of the Starr report."

Bizarrely, the editorial noted that Hillary Clinton had told a New Hampshire town hall questioner a month earlier that Juanita Broaddrick's tale of rape was not to be believed. Yet it was Trump who was denounced as sexist and beyond the pale. The Times said: "His aim is to dredge up an ancient scandal and tar Mrs. Clinton with it in a clearly sexist fashion. There should be no place for that kind of politics in this country." That is, unless it's the top draw at Fox News, in which case it's suddenly America's greatest concern.

On April 2, 2017, the Times published a 3,148-word front-page article lamenting "O'Reilly Thrives as Settlements Add Up." Reporters Emily Steel and Michael Schmidt declared that their investigation found five women who received payouts from either O'Reilly or Fox "in exchange for agreeing to not pursue litigation or speak about their accusations against him. The agreements totaled about $13 million."

As they noted, the lion's share of that total came in a $9 million settlement from 2004. That was 13 years ago, but it didn't qualify as a "tired subject" or some "ancient scandal."

CNN relentlessly pushed for O'Reilly's dismissal, calling up advertisers and pressuring them to take commercials off their competition. Bashing O'Reilly dominated their Sunday show "Reliable Sources" for weeks and their "news" programming after their victory.

But two days after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke in 1998, CNN aired a town hall meeting titled "Investigating the President: Media Madness?" Host Jeff Greenfield insisted that millions of Americans were "asking the press one question fraught with significance: What the hell are you people doing trying to find out what kind of sex the President of the United States might or might not be having?"

Rest here - https://townhall.com/columnists/bren...-army-n2316166

[pete311]

I agree, Hillary Clinton, although a victim herself of Bill's transgressions, made the calculations and swallowed the truth to save her professional career. Sexual abuse and harassment must be condemned at all levels.

[jimnyc]

I agree, Hillary Clinton, although a victim herself of Bill's transgressions, made the calculations and swallowed the truth to save her professional career. Sexual abuse and harassment must be condemned at all levels.

There have been HUNDREDS of scumbags on BOTH sides of the aisle that I have seen since the 80's, involved in all kinds of scandals involving cheating, harassment and worse. Not sure why this crap is attracted to politics.

[Gunny]

I agree with premise of the OP. Bill gets caught screwing his intern with a cigar and what do we hear? It's nothing. I didn't have sex with that woman. Trump knocks himself off a piece, allegedly and it's treason. The double standard is in bold, lead story, page one.

[pete311]

I agree with premise of the OP. Bill gets caught screwing his intern with a cigar and what do we hear? It's nothing. I didn't have sex with that woman. Trump knocks himself off a piece, allegedly and it's treason. The double standard is in bold, lead story, page one.

Bill went through an impeachment trial. One of a few ever. So it wasn't "nothing".

[Black Diamond]

Bill went through an impeachment trial. One of a few ever. So it wasn't "nothing".

And the dems played the role of Lewinsky and Clinton got off Scott free.

[Gunny]

Bill went through an impeachment trial. One of a few ever. So it wasn't "nothing".

You're always looking to argue with people you know nothing about. First off, Bill went through an investigation. That magically was originally an investigation of Hitlery and that dumb broad from Miami Bill made AG refocussed the investigation on a lame duck President with nothing to lose. Some of us don't forget the facts and truth.

It is irrelevant to me whether of not Trump knocked off some tail If I'm one of the richest men in the world? You won't even need to ask. Except it won't be with one of those ugly-ettes Bill paid for. If I'm buying dinner and a movie and I'm President? I'm getting a HOT chick and saying yep, it was me.

[pete311]

You're always looking to argue with people you know nothing about. First off, Bill went through an investigation. That magically was originally an investigation of Hitlery and that dumb broad from Miami Bill made AG refocussed the investigation on a lame duck President with nothing to lose. Some of us don't forget the facts and truth.

It is irrelevant to me whether of not Trump knocked off some tail If I'm one of the richest men in the world? You won't even need to ask. Except it won't be with one of those ugly-ettes Bill paid for. If I'm buying dinner and a movie and I'm President? I'm getting a HOT chick and saying yep, it was me.

When was Trump other than by yourself brought up in this thread? All I argued was that Bill's situation was not "nothing".

[Gunny]

When was Trump other than by yourself brought up in this thread? All I argued was that Bill's situation was not "nothing".

I don't recall bringing Trump up. If I did oh well. He's one side of the little leftwing hypocritical tale.

Oh and I meant O'Reillty. That's my bad. The point remains ... You'll give criminals a pass on PROVEN crimes yet convict your opposition on accusations. Some Americans.

[Black Diamond]

When was Trump other than by yourself brought up in this thread? All I argued was that Bill's situation was not "nothing".

Clinton got the same thing OJ Simpson got: away with it.

[pete311]

Clinton got the same thing OJ Simpson got: away with it.

yup