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DonViejo

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Tue Mar 3, 2015, 11:13 AM Mar 2015

Flashback: Keith Olbermann has been calling out Bill O’Reilly’s lies for a very long time

With new allegations questioning Bill O’Reilly’s reporting on Monday, a segment late last year by ESPN’s Keith Olbermann can be seen in a new light.

On Nov. 19, Olbermann named the Factor host his daily “Worst Person In The World,” but not because of their long-standing political differences. Instead, a smiling Olbermann tore into O’Reilly’s public statements inflating his athletic prowess.

At the time, O’Reilly had given a radio interview talking about his days as a “varsity” football player at Marist College.

“We were undefeated our senior year,” O’Reilly told ESPN radio host Dan LeBatard. “That was a pretty good deal.”

But Olbermann had debunked that claim as far back as 2005, pointing out that Marist did not field a varsity team until 1978 — seven years after O’Reilly graduated.

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Flashback: Keith Olbermann has been calling out Bill O’Reilly’s lies for a very long time (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2015 OP
Al Franken, too! "Bill O'Reilly's Tales of Combat"! bullwinkle428 Mar 2015 #1
Here is Franken calling O'Reilly out in person at event about lies. cheyanne Mar 2015 #2
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