Bill O’Reilly Says His Obama Interview “Is Going To Go Down In Journalistic History”

Bill O'Reilly

The Titanic ego that we all know as Bill O’Reilly of Fox News, has once again demonstrated the enormity of regard that he has for himself. In an appearance on fellow Foxie Geraldo Rivera’s radio show, O’Reilly critiqued his performance during the Superbowl interview of President Obama saying…

“I’m going to predict that the interview that I did is going to go down in journalistic history as what should be done. It takes a certain skill to pose questions in a factual way and be persistent without being disrespectful.”

I totally agree. It does take a certain skill, one that O’Reilly utterly lacks. However, there are many elements of the interview that merit historical remembrance. For instance, he likely broke his own record for flagrant rudeness by interrupting the President forty-two times. He also earned a place in history by raising only the topics that his bosses at Fox have certified as official scandal bait (the ObamaCare website, the IRS, and of course, Benghazi), or as Jon Stewart described it, O’Reilly was “dipping whole-scale into the full Fox scandal grab bag.” And History will surely note that some 40% of the interview consisted of O’Reilly talking, making him nearly as much the subject of the interview as the President.

After the interview, O’Reilly was taken to task by Dana Milbank of the Washington Post for many of the reasons enumerated above. This caused O’Reilly to bust a gasket, calling Milbank a weasel and a liar, although never once did he specify what Milbank said that was allegedly false. PolitiFact, however, assessed the dispute and gave Milbank a “Mostly True” rating.

It’s endlessly entertaining to watch O’Reilly exalt himself as the journalistic eminence that he clearly believes himself to be. It’s like watching a child brag about his sports ability and then taking his ball and going home after he embarrasses himself. The difference is that O’Reilly is so egotistical that he is impervious to shame. So thanks, bill, for showing us all how it should be done – by negative example.

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5 thoughts on “Bill O’Reilly Says His Obama Interview “Is Going To Go Down In Journalistic History”

  1. Billo should always remember that those with an IQ above that of my pet rock are laughing at him, not with him. And I doubt he will ever realize that.

  2. I don’t know – the guy in black on the right hand side looks a lot more like Colin Mochrie from Whose Line. Should we be concerned?

  3. The “guy in black on the right hand side” is the late Hans Bethe, Nobel laureate in Physics, head of the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project, and long-time lecturer at Cornell University (which is probably where the picture was taken). You may have more reason to be concerned than you think…

    • Scary. A man of intelligence in the same picture as Billo the Clown…

  4. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a person push for adulation from all his guests after having conducted an interview. Even two weeks after he’s still asking if they saw the interview.
    It has since passed sad and gone to pathetic.
    And now he can’t understand why Nancy Pelosi won’t come on his show?

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