I know this one is tough because the knee-jerk answer is BOTH, but which of these fools is more misleading, and slices and dices the facts more than the other one?
I'm actually leaning towards O'Reilly, but that's probably because I've heard more from him lately.
2006-10-25 08:12:38 · 19 answers · asked by thehiddenangle 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
How can people write in here that O'Reilly doesn't lie? He is caught in a lie about once a week. Here are the best:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_controversies
I think O'Reilly lies more. Rush just repeats the neocon ideology and uses spin.
Edit:
Apparently I need more examples:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200502170002
http://mediamatters.org/items/200501250001
http://www.oreilly-sucks.com/misinformer.htm
These were from a simple search on google. It took me about 10 minutes.
2006-10-25 08:18:40 · answer #1 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It is a tough one. I would have to go with Limbaugh on the lying and O'Reilly on the distortion.
As far as hypocrisy, it's a draw. You have Limbaugh, a junkie, demanding severe punishment for drug abusers and blathering about "morals" and "family values," then showing up at customs, divorced again and currently unmarried, with a drug that has no purpose than to facilitate sexual activity.
O'Reilly, another paragon of virtue, sexually harasses a subordinate and writes books with detailed descriptions of underage girls trading sex for drugs that, 40 years ago, would have landed him in prison.
About the only clear winner between the two is in the "pathetic" category. Here, the clear and undisputed winner is O'Reilly, who can't go a day without whining about how he is being persecuted by someone. Either it's a website that "smears" him by printing exact transcripts of his swill, a talk show that hasn't invited him to pimp his latest tripe or imaginary terrorists who have put him on their equally imaginary "hit list." But, the worst has to be his habit of, when confronted by an argument he can't find any other response to, he runs and hides behind children.
2006-10-25 08:54:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
O'Reilly has many more guests and covers more topics, so he has the opportunity to distort more. However, Rush hammers and hammers his two or three talking points for three hours. The last time I listened to Rush, I waxed and buffed my car while he pontificated on just one thing. So in terms of quantity of distortions I'd say O'Reilly wins, but for the deep brainwash, Rush is the champ.
2006-10-25 08:25:13 · answer #3 · answered by Snowshoe 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
When are you people going to realize that flunkee airhead america went bankrupt because the majority of americans dont agree with you extreme leftists?Thats why Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly are so successful,they think rationally and have facts to back up their points.Its nice to know you libs are so threatened by rational thinking and will do anything to shut them up.Wheres you freedom of speech you all claim to support?
2006-10-25 08:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by halfbright 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
None of the above. Alan Colmes, Pelosi, Kennedy, Rangle, Clinton, Murtah, Barney Frank. Need I go on?
2006-10-25 08:16:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Neither, the description fits YOU. Both Limbaugh and O'Reilly back their statements up with factual references and you just babble on. If you're leaning towards anything, it's probably retardation.
2006-10-25 08:16:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
Neither why dont you give us a choice of people that really lie. I mean like Clinton and Pelosi. Of the two that you mention I would have to say "none of the above"
2006-10-25 08:24:35 · answer #7 · answered by bildymooner 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
All depends on which type of pond scum's
opinion you value more...
A drug addict who will be thrown in jail if he's caught
with anything stronger than Viagra
OR...
A motor mouth jerk who's addicted to phone sex...
2006-10-25 12:11:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you not see my question a few mins ago?
Could you cite one LIE that was told by them, please.
And citing a wording mistake, like saying ,"the word "Normandy" instead of "Malmedy." does not constitute a lie.
If you want an example of a lie, look at when bill clinton said, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman", where he was proven to have done so.
2006-10-25 08:22:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't watch either regularly.
I dislike Rush, not for his politics (I have a lot of Conservative friends), but because he would make up fictitious studies and reports to maske his case. His drug hypocracy does nothing for him either.
O'Reilly seems to me more blatant in his distortions, from what little I've seen. His nasty attitude, I think, works against him more that Rush's feigned "moral" indignation.
So from what I've seen (not that I've seen a lot of either), I'd have to choose Rush.
2006-10-25 08:18:25 · answer #10 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋