Paris Hilton

Bill O'Reilly loves to say that he doesn't care about Paris Hilton. In fact, he has said it on about half of every radio show he has broadcast over the last few months. Does anyone else see a paradox here?

Yesterday, on his show, he talked about how Paris was "kicked out of jail" last night. He went on to talk about people who were there for her release at midnight to say "we love you Paris". He then on to question who these people are. He then alluded to the media being very corrupt in covering the Paris Hilton story.

So why does Bill O'Reilly continue to talk about Paris Hilton? He continues to say her story is not important. We here at Fire Bill O'Reilly agree. Paris Hilton should not be covered in any depth by the large media outlets. So Bill, please practice what you preach and never mention her again.

Our government is involved in an undeclared war. We are fighting "terrorists" which really cannot even be defined. This makes victory also undefinable. The inflation rate is very high do to the excesses of the fed. Americans are in more personal debt than ever in our history. The level of housing foreclosures is at an all time high. Millions of Americans have no health care. And on and on. The list of problems with the current American governing system are endless. With your important pulpit, you can discuss any number of important issues. I ask you as strongly as I can to please do so.

Intro

The O'Reilly intro:

[Music in the background; Gary Wright's "Love is Alive"]
Well I think its time to get ready to realize just what I have found

[O'Reilly's voice]
"The way I get things done is to say to politicians and powerful people, either you do the right thing or I'm going to tear your throat out."

[Barbara Walters]
"He's very controversial. He takes certain stands."

[Other voices I don't recognize]
"I think that he has a United States of America view honey!"

"Is he conservative or is he liberal?"

"I don't agree with O'Reilly but I think he has talent."

"I love Bill O'Reilly. Well balanced. Neither right nor left. Always tells the truth."

"I'm in this to win it. I'm in it to win it, the culture war."

[Rosie O'Donnell]
"All the criticism you get. You're obnoxious. You're rude. Does it bother you or do you like it?"


Are you kidding me? This is the intro to a news show? He threatens to tear the throat out of people he disagrees with. He has a bunch of people talk about how he doesn't lie and is perfectly balanced. He has Rosie O'Donnell call him obnoxious and rude. This is the state of modern journalism? Pretend you are balanced and then spend 2 hours on the radio (more like 70 minutes with the plethora of commercials, not to mention the constant selling of his books, t-shirts, mugs and premium website access) espousing a very specific and directed agenda.

I thought I would start out by giving you a taste of how he sells himself. In the days, weeks, months and years to come (who are we kidding, we will get bored of writing in this blog by Thursday) we will go into details about O'Reilly's tactics as well as the tactics of "journalists" from sources as varied as Fox, The New York Times, CNN, Free Market News Network, etc etc.