CBS News releases video referenced in O'Reilly dispute

[alp227]

Source: AP

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News on Monday released video from four stories it aired about the Falklands War in 1982, all part of a dispute involving Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly and his subsequent statements about covering the war.

None of the stories mention O'Reilly, then a young CBS reporter, or makes any specific reference to a CBS crew member being hurt.

The television time travel was prompted by a Mother Jones article last week calling into question O'Reilly claims that he reported in a "war zone" or "combat zone" during the brief conflict between Britain and Argentina. Few reporters made it to the front of the war, some 1,000 miles from the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires.

O'Reilly has said that he covered an anti-government demonstration in Buenos Aires that turned violent and that a photographer he was working with was knocked to the ground and was bleeding. Describing the events two years ago, O'Reilly said he "dragged off" the photographer from danger.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/590e34e590aa409b9585b9486cb4489d/cbs-news-releases-video-referenced-oreilly-dispute

[Fred Sanders]

1. CBS versus Fox versus NBC - inevitable that the jackals of American media would turn on each other

after the veil was lifted by Brian Williams massive loss of trust....the virus is spreading.

It is a good virus.

[davidpdx]

19. Seeing them tear the shit out of each other is kind of satisfying isn't it?

Yet poor Brian Williams is on vacation during the whole debacle. He may have gotten the best deal with the way things are going. Let the bombs drop where they may.

[The Stranger]

27. Well, I hate Fox worse.

Far worse.

[TwilightGardener]

2. And now today it's revealed that VA Sec. McDonald lied on camera about

being in Special Forces. WTF is it with these people? Why do they have to make up shit when they're already accomplished?

[alp227]

3. WOW.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141021541

[Demit]

4. They have very huge egos that require attention. It's like a drug, they always need more.

[TwilightGardener]

5. It's weird, because the truth will always come out sooner or later--

how can it be worth the risk of one's career and reputation?

[Demit]

7. Well, we've seen many public figures survive that risk just fine.

Depending on how much power they have; what their worth is to those who can defend and protect them & how much power THOSE people have; and all of them bank on the eventual forgetfulness of the public. If there's too much fuss, there's always the ostentatious display of contrition; then if necessary, the period of lying low; then the comeback. They've gamed it all out.

[7962]

9. I know, I dont get it either. Makes no sense. nt

[billhicks76]

13. Because Lying Has Become Acceptable

No one was ever held responsible for lies about 911, the Iraq War, the financial meltdown, police lying and abuse, cheating in general etc. There is no accountability...it's all about getting yours.

[Fred Sanders]

20. What were the details of this huge, huge "lie caught on camera"?

Outrage first, sentence before trial, facts later?

[randys1]

26. Is that guy a liberal? Or is he a righty that Obama felt he had to appoint for the reasons

we are all too familiar with?

If anybody knows?

[KeepItReal]

6. The United Kingdom did not drop a single bomb on Buenos Aires, Argentina

So his statement that he was in a War Zone or Combat Zone is a bald faced lie.

That MF-er knows his average viewer is geographically challenged and doesn't know the capital of Argentina is over 1,000 miles away from the Falkland Islands, an actual combat zone.

[Taitertots]

12. He could say he bombed the moon and the average viewer would believe him

There is no limit to how far "Combat zone" can be twisted in their minds.

[randome]

23. He could see the Falklands from his porch.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

25. Yeah, but the US sent in O'Reilly - doesn't he think he's "da bomb"?

[cheapdate]

8. Associated Press -- BULLSHIT! You Rat Bastards!

"O'Reilly has said that he covered an anti-government demonstration in Buenos Aires that turned violent and that a photographer he was working with was knocked to the ground and was bleeding."

That is NOT what this is about and you f%$king know it!

Bill O-Reilly said he was in a "combat zone" in the "Falklands".

The AP does this kind of subtle, subversion ALL THE TIME.

[alp227]

16. In rebutting Mother Jones this year, O'Reilly clarified he went to Buenos Aires.

But he evaded the fact he's boasted about being in the falklands before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_O%27Reilly_%28political_commentator%29#Falklands_War_coverage

[cheapdate]

21. Okay, AP did report the body and essence of O'Reilly's lies about the Falkland War.

I see that now after reading closer.

I'm still bothered by a lot of the AP's news coverage. I often see them frame issues in ways that reinforce right-wing opinions. I think they rarely frame issues in ways that are favorable to liberal or progressive opinions.

[Fred Sanders]

28. All the time with AP, subtle propaganda by leaving things out...they do it all the time. Good catch.

On the good news front:

"Revenue declined 6% at the news and information-services unit that accounts for about two-thirds of News Corp's overall revenue. The unit, which comprises the company's newspaper holdings in Britain, Australia and the U.S., including The Wall Street Journal, reported a 15% drop in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization."

[cheapdate]

32. Its how they frame the issues.

What they leave out is part of it. They often frame stories to support a right-wing perspective. I almost never see them frame stories to support a left perspective.

I kind-of jumped the gun on this one, though. But the point remains. Thanks.

[Major Hogwash]

10. Billo the Klown needs to return his oak leaf cluster!

That he gathered from beneath that oak tree!!

[forest444]

11. Here's the link if anyone's curious.

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/from-the-archives-cbs-news-coverage-of-the-end-of-the-falklands-war/

[rpannier]

17. Thanks

The link is very informative

[forest444]

30. You bet; and I'm glad CBS released these, as they are indeed revealing.

O'Lielly has often described his experience in Buenos Aires in the same breath as El Salvador, leading his (mostly provincial and bigoted) audience to believe they were in any way similar. This footage instead looks like a protest of the kind you could have seen in any number of European capitals at the time.

The only "war zone", one hopes, is the one that will erupt in New York courtrooms when Billo is sued by his former CBS colleagues and -I pray- fired.

[chervilant]

22. Did you notice

that the only "news person" in this clip who pronounced "junta" correctly (consistently) was Diane Sawyer?

[forest444]

29. Now that you mention it, I hadn't. Good catch!

It's also worth mentioning that, until then, the news media was mostly supportive of the Junta (the "Proceso", as they were known in Argentina). Life Magazine was the worst.

That all changed with the Falklands invasion, of course - but fortunately so for Argentina's people, since the defeat forced the hard-line, far-right Galtieri to resign. His successor, Reynaldo Bignone, eased monetary and wage policy, restored labor rights, freed hundreds of political prisoners, and against the wishes of the rest of the Junta, called elections. All in all, the fiasco was a blessing in disguise.

[bigworld]

31. Even so, I'm intrigued by how meaty the news was then versus now.

[chervilant]

33. And the delivery,

so much more professional.

[7962]

14. Looks like its turned into a pissing match. Its going nowhere.

Matter of fact, if Bill hadnt pitched such a fit it likely wouldve been off the news after a couple days
Still funny watching him get all huffy though

[Midnight Writer]

15. O'Reilly also claimed he was on the porch of George de Mohrenschildt

and heard the gunshot that killed him. O'Reilly said that he was knocking on de Mohrenschildt's door for an ambush interview when he heard the shot, as though George was so afraid of facing O'Reilly that he had to end himself. I have no first hand knowledge of the truth here, but I have never seen the name of O'Reilly mentioned in connection to this from any other source than O'Reilly.

O'Reilly said he knew immediately what had happened, and so sadly turned away and left. Smells like BS to me, and I am a country boy.

[navarth]

24. Wow...is that true?

After reading a couple of books on the Kennedy assassination, I find George de Mohrenschildt to be a fascinating character. Never was Billo the Clown mentioned...this is interesting. Does he say he shot Oswald too?

[Midnight Writer]

34. Yes , it is true, see Mediaite story today

[rocktivity]

18. None of which would be happening if he had kept his mouth shut

about Brian Williams -- I'M LOVING IT!!!


rocktivity