Do you really think Bill O'Reilly is "fair and balanced"? I mean really think about the meaning of thosewords

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fair1  /fɛər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fair] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, -er, -est, adverb, -er, -est, noun, verb

–adjective 1. free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice
bal‧ance  /ˈbæləns/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bal-uhns] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -anced, -anc‧ing.

–noun 1. a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of weight, amount, etc


Hey john, i love how people that only watch one network say people that read many different viewpoints are brainwashed.

I never said i was liberal, conservative or anything at all. I just asked according to the real meanings of those words do you think he is. I didn't even insult him like you did me.

Answer 1

Neither fair or balanced he has mind made up before he has an interview. He pokes his finger at guest at times they can not answer his questions plus he is on a ego trip.

Answer 2

Semantics are the last resort in an argument. Bill O'Reilly IS fair and balanced, no matter how you and others try to alter that. I watch the Factor almost every night and I listen to it on the radio very often and have heard nothing to convince me that he is spun to the left or right. Now, this being said, he does have a RIGHT to have his own political beliefs, just as you and I do. I am saying that he bends over backwards to be fair and present a balanced opinion on any subject. If you are trying to disprove this by "meanings of words" you are trying to take anything Bill says out of context.

Answer 3

Billy was a goofy-looking Mama's Boy who couldn't get a date in high school or college. Because of this stunted sexual development, he indulged in childish phone sex and got sued by the mature woman he harassed.

O'Reilly's education was a fraud and consisted of brown-nosing, cramming for exams, and forgetting most of what he pretended to learn. His spastic repetition of something from the previous sentence is an indicator of a mental or psychological disability ("mental or psychological. Right? OK. What say you?") This is a symptom of early Alzheimer's, or similar to stuttering, if it is physical. But it is really caused by his phoniness and his knowledge that he is putting on an act to make himself popular--deep inside, he is really an insecure and pathetic brown-noser. Someone trying to come on with stuff he doesn't really believe in (because he doesn't believe in anything at all, only what sells) will try to push his artificial image by re-inforcement and repetition. What say you? Let me repeat that: spastic, putting on an act, insecure. Now do you get it? Or is your head spinning?

Answer 4

Bill O'Reilley is just as fair and balanced as Keith Olberman at MSNBC. My only complaint about O'Reilley is how he treats his guests. If they are conservative / Republican, he lets them speak their mind more often, gives them softball questions, doesn't shout at them. When the guest is liberal / Democratic, he interrupts them before they ever get an answer out, baits them with absurd questions, and shouts a lot.

And strangely, liberals keep agreeing to be on the show.

O'Reilley is a commentator, a rabble-rouser for the right, not a serious journalist. Expecting him to act like one is delusional.

Answer 5

What makes you say that? He takes the Bush administration to task all of the time. I am a conservative and I don't agree with every thing that President Bush does but I support him as President of The United States. I think Bill is very fair. He gives liberals their due when he feels they are right. That is more than I can say for anyone on the left. They never give the President his due.

Answer 6

Of course he isn't. If he was, why would they write it in glow-in-the-dark font for all to read?

Opinions aren't news, they're just opinions. The news doesn't need so much commentary. In fact it could do with a break. People need a breather from aggressive finger-pointing commentators.

Answer 7

Look, O'Reilly doesn't claim to be personally "fair and balanced." O'Reilly is a commentator. He gets paid for his commentary on issues. Fair and balanced means his show presents BOTH sides of an argument.

Answer 8

I've always found it amusing that FoxNews trademarked the term "Fair and Balanced" for their network. This is particularly interesting because, according to U.S. trademark regulations, descriptive phrases cannot be trademarked. Thus, having "Fair and Balanced" approved as a trademark means that the term is *not* a description of the newscasts.

Answer 9

He is a commentator! Not a news reporter. He does not have to be fair and balanced. Just like Al Franken, Rush, Hannity and Combes and other commentators. They are supposed to give their opinions, and hopefully, rather than taking them as fact, people will realize that they are meant to be food for thought so we can all form our OWN opinions.

Answer 10

If he is a journalist then "NO", otherwise "YES".. Its his show... Its his opinion.. freedom of the press (if you could consider him a press)... Actually sometimes its a good way to attract people in watching his show... if you know what i mean.