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O'Reilly: Stewart's Off the Rails

'Secretly liberal' Fox News strikes back

By Jane Yager| Posted Aug 21, 09 4:49 AM CDT|

(Newser) – Bill O'Reilly hit back at Jon Stewart last night, saying the Daily Show host had gone "off the rails" with recent jokes about Fox News. Stewart Wednesday night sarcastically called Fox "secretly liberal," because commentators like O'Reilly are now doing all the things they attacked liberals for in old clips Stewart showed gleefully—supporting boisterous protesters, and whining if they're criticized. In response, O'Reilly said Stewart is pandering to his 45% liberal audience, the Huffington Post reports.

O'Reilly called Stewart's audience the most liberal on TV, and said that as a satirist Stewart thrives on cheap shots and distortions—which he labeled a "frightening" problem because young people in his audience take Stewart seriously as a news source. "He continues to dance down the liberal yellow brick road," O'Reilly scoffed.

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Bill O'Reilly has hit back at Jon Stewart for sarcastically lambasting Fox as "secretly liberal." (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)

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oldgoat
Aug 21, 09 4:56 AM CDT

funny that Oreilly is worried about frightening a audience that takes someone seriously as a news source. Stewart can make a point better with his satire than Oreilly ever will by his ranting and raving at people he doesn't agree with. Reply

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nick
Aug 21, 09 7:24 AM CDT

Hey Billo: Pot ... kettle ... black. :)

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DarkFrancis
Aug 21, 09 5:40 AM CDT

I've never heard a Fox 'head' say 'Hey folks, it's all in good fun and we are doing this in the name of comedy'. What Stewart does is obviously telegraphed as political satire (it's on a comedy network, for fuck sake), whereas Fox purports to be an agency of actual news and credible, well-sourced opinion. There's no way they can, in all seriousness, justify taking any kind of high road against The Daily Show. It shows its hand honestly and openly. Fox does anything but. Reply

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objectivemind
Aug 21, 09 6:09 AM CDT

isnt this supposed to say, based on truth...." that as a satirist O'Reilly thrives on cheap shots and distortions—which he labeled a "frightening" problem because young people in his audience take O'Reilly seriously as a news source." ??? Reply

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Newser001
Aug 21, 09 6:12 AM CDT

There's a reason why their called FauxNews; its in the name. Reply

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Newser001
Aug 21, 09 6:12 AM CDT

They're NOT their

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Newser001
Aug 21, 09 6:48 AM CDT

He's pissed because Stewart played O'Reilly's meltdown scene; the one where he has a complete meltdown and rants at the TelePrompTer using every swearword in the book. Take a look: http://gawker.com/5008668/bill-oreilly-meltdown-resurfaces

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Sonny_Crockett
Aug 21, 09 6:25 AM CDT

If Jon didn't strike a nerve, why do you feel the need to defend yourself , Bill ? Because Jon Stewart tells the truth, and you lie... OOOOOhhhh ! Reply

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donnz
Aug 21, 09 6:53 AM CDT

The world is full of A-holes I thought the trick' was, to not be one O'reilly brags as if he is proud to be an A-hole. Reply

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Corona_Kinq
Aug 21, 09 6:56 AM CDT

I like how everyone who calls O'Reilly on his bullshit is a "liberal". O'Reilly didn't actually refute anything Stewart said because he knows he has no argument. Bill, you got called out on your hypocrisy by a comedy show....deal with it like a man. Reply

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ruserious
Aug 21, 09 12:39 PM CDT

Conservatives don't like facts--they get in the way of acting batshit crazy.

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bewilderbeast
Aug 21, 09 7:05 AM CDT

You gotta hate yourself when you lie for a living. Reply

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armywife
Aug 21, 09 7:49 AM CDT

truly one of the purest cases of a pot calling a kettle black. oh the irony! lost on o'reilly, clearly... Reply

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Fondue
Aug 21, 09 7:56 AM CDT

Maybe I'm showing my age here - or perhaps Billo's - but what does off the rails mean? Seriously though, Jon was hilarious. Reply

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nick
Aug 21, 09 3:38 PM CDT

My guess: Off the rails = not on track.

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atomick
Aug 21, 09 8:05 AM CDT

Jon Stewart was voted America's most trusted newscaster in an online poll by Time magazine. That says a hell of a lot about the other news networks when a comedian is taken more seriously than an actual newscaster. Suck on that Billbo. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/22/time-magazine-poll-jon-st_n_242933.html Reply

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dax
Aug 21, 09 9:53 AM CDT

That is precisely what BillO is sucking on, the aura of Stewart's success, in the hope of boosting his own.

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Unaffiliated
Aug 24, 09 12:06 PM CDT

Online polls are useless. Like the Daily Show aired last week, Fox uses them all the time to show how "98% agree" with whatever opinion they just spouted 3 minutes before on the air. Jon is no newscaster, but he's certainly more trustworthy than many who are.

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Nelstorm
Aug 25, 09 5:06 PM CDT

Those are not online polls, those are text message polls.

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Gooner82
Aug 21, 09 8:06 AM CDT

"thrives on cheap shots and distortions—which he labeled a "frightening" problem" ------------------------------------------------- glass house billy Reply

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Circusdog
Aug 21, 09 8:37 AM CDT

I didn't think it could possibly happen but it did..Bill O'Reilly is dumber than I could imagine! Reply

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Caps
Aug 21, 09 8:59 AM CDT

Circusdog, O'Reilly is an ignorant blow-off. He is also a dumb A-hole, who shouts his guests down if they don't agree with his crazy ideals. I wouldn't waste my time to tune into his ravings. Reply

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MrsK
Aug 21, 09 9:20 AM CDT

There's a reason why fox is the #1 cable news channel. Reply

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dax
Aug 21, 09 10:01 AM CDT

Yes, #1 because the Right's tunnel vision drives them to one source, whereas the progressive mind seeks an array of information resources. Which resonates with the recent Pew Poll finding only 6% of scientists are Republican. Indicating a lack of intellectual curiosity.

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Corona_Kinq
Aug 21, 09 10:14 AM CDT

Mrs. K, that argument got annihilated the last time you spewed it out and it's not any more valid now. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

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odowd80
Aug 21, 09 10:41 AM CDT

Hey, MrsK, looks like the right can't blame "the media" anymore, because Fox is #1! Looks like Palin's going to need to find some other excuse for being a loser.

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atomick
Aug 21, 09 11:03 AM CDT

I think a lot of their ratings can be attributed to people watching out of sheer morbid curiosity, hoping and praying with all their might that somebody just up and punches that idiot in his big fat head.

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Snarfeh
Aug 21, 09 11:13 AM CDT

Yes, there is a reason. The people who watch it never leave the house except to attend town hall meetings where they scream incoherently. To you, msk, I can only quote what Barney Frank said to one of those incoherent ignoramuses, "Ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to have an argument with a dining room table."

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Circusdog
Aug 21, 09 1:09 PM CDT

Baaah Baaaaaaah....you are correct member of the flock.

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sache
Aug 21, 09 9:59 AM CDT

Billo is a bias pinhead (one of his favorite words). As Stewart said he will criticize liberals protesting issues they don't like , let a conservative do the same and good old Billo will praise them as highly patriotic. The man hasn't come across an issue he couldn't turn into a liberal vs conservative. Naturally with him the conservatives are Never wrong. Billo has no problem twisting facts to make it so. The man is a pompous idiot. Ideal person for faux news network. Reply

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Reader38
Aug 21, 09 10:19 AM CDT

Stewart's been going after Fox for weeks. It's even getting a bit boring. It seems too easy. And yet O'Reilly chooses the day Stewart goes on a 3 week hiatus to respond. Wimp. Reply

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Nelstorm
Aug 25, 09 5:08 PM CDT

Excellent point. And he criticized Stewart for cheap shots.

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BlahBlahBlah
Aug 21, 09 10:39 AM CDT

Poor Bill, is he upset that someone is making fun of him :( Boo Hoo for little ole billo the clown! Reply

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odowd80
Aug 21, 09 10:43 AM CDT

When are these guys going to learn? You just don't take on Jon Stewart. It's a total waste of time because he's smarter than you and will make you look like a fool. Reply

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cfedora
Aug 22, 09 1:24 PM CDT

Was O'Reilly trying to convince us that Stewart was wrong? Seems to me he proved John Stewart's point. Someone call the waaaaambulance, Bill needs 200 cc's of tender loving care, STAT. Reply

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Rocket448
Aug 22, 09 8:38 PM CDT

I've watched enough O'Reilly and Stewart to maybe know them when I see pictures of them. Instead I'm listening to NPR and reading Discover, Time, USNews, and Smithsonian, along with an even mix of fiction and non-fiction from the library. What I'm saying is that there are more ways to get a picture of the world than by allowing someone to frame it for you. I wonder what Mr. O'Reilly reads? I admit I'm not curious enough to Google it. I'm also left cold by this story which purports to be news but is actually pouring kerosene on a fire. Where oh where (other than NPR) is a reliable full-service news medium? Reply

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Nelstorm
Aug 25, 09 5:12 PM CDT

Oh well aren't you a shining jewel of virtue. Spouting your condescending crap here is pouring more kerosene. So shut it.

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Moderation
Aug 22, 09 10:23 PM CDT

Hey O'Reilly, how many times can you say liberal in one breath? You wouldn't know real journalism if it bit you squarely on the ass. I love it when Stewart shows the clip of you coming off the rails a few years back on that other pseudo news show you used to do. You are a funny old man! It's especially funny when you can't take Stewart and his "fake news" show's ribbing. You are pathetic! Reply

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JoeQ
Aug 26, 09 8:09 PM CDT

The bottom line for me: O'Reilly comes off as pompous, fatuous, vain, self-absorbed, poorly educated, and preachy. Jon Stewart comes off as cheerful, light-hearted, entertaining, and has an incisiveness that shows he can think hard. Reply

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