Fox's O'Reilly lies/"misrepresented" NY Times, Wash. Post editorials

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O'Reilly misrepresented NY Times, Wash. Post editorials on Abu Ali case
During the February 24 edition of FOX News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly quoted editorials by The New York Times and The Washington Post out of context in order to support his accusation that the newspapers were siding with an accused terrorist against the United States. Referring to alleged terrorist Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, O'Reilly exclaimed: "I'm just appalled by sympathy for an accused guy that's Al Qaeda. ... Some newspapers seem to be taking Ali's side." In fact, neither the Times nor the Post "took Ali's side." While they criticized the government's conduct in pursuing the case, neither editorial expressed the view that the charges against Abu Ali were unfounded, and both clearly described the serious allegations contained in Abu Ali's indictment.