I hold my nose to post this, but did you see O'Reilly's latest? Unbelievable.

[Faygo Kid]

We all know of his pathological hatred of Keith Olbermann, and his related crusade against NBC and MSNBC, but this is over the top, even for him. He is now attacking General Electric and its CEO regularly - GE, of course, owns NBC. I don't have a problem with criticizing rich corporate execs, but this is astounding. His hatred for Olbermann has him blaming GE CEO Jeff Immelt personally for deaths of our soldiers in Iraq (not Bush, of course). What a contemptible, vile person O'Reilly is, to so obviously use such tactics just to get at Olbermann. I imagine I will get criticized for posting this, but it's something I think we should be aware of.

Here's the conclusion:

". . . But far worse is the Iran deal. If my child were killed in Iraq, I would blame the likes of Jeffrey Immelt. There's no excuse for his behavior or his incompetence.

Millions of Americans hold GE stock in good faith, but this is a bad company. Doing business with people killing American soldiers and Marines is simply unacceptable. And paying a guy $20 million to run a company into the ground is simply breathtaking.

There are more than a few villain CEOs in this country, but Jeffrey Immelt could well be the worst.

And that's "The Memo."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,351332,00.html

[yankeeinlouisiana]

1. What an idiot!

n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

2. Fat chance of any O'Reilly's getting killed in Iraq.

I'm sure Billo has passed on the chickenhawk gene to his offspring.

[SpiralHawk]

3. IF you ever have a child, O'Reilly, it will surely be a CHICKENHAWK republicon

Just like you, you draft-dodging, sex-deviant republicon demagogue, you.

[Faygo Kid]

5. Yeah, I didn't want the post to be any longer, but that point is well taken.

How dare he deign to tell people whose children HAVE died in Iraq to blame Keith Olbermann's boss? He talks down regularly to his viewers (who must have strong stomachs, at least), but this is the most insulting thing he has yet done.

This may be too much overreach even for Faux News (I doubt it, though).

These words apply here: "Have you no decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"

[alfredo]

4. I wonder if he goes after Halliburton for electrocuting soldiers?

[TechBear_Seattle]

6. He is accusing GE, and Mr. Immelt personally, of treason

Why is he not being challenged for this? Where are the defamation and slander lawsuits? He, Faux News and Richard Murdoch should be sued to within a penny of abject poverty.

[hwmnbn]

7. Andrea Makris, loofah, dildo up his ass...

'nuff said.

[Bake]

8. Not to put too fine a point on it, but GE **is** a defense contractor

So it does profit from war. Also, it is one of the largest multinational conglomerates in the world, so it does have some interest in who controls various resources ... I'm just sayin'.

Frankly, I'm surprised at the number of people here defending the quintessential Big Bad Corporation.

Bake

[Faygo Kid]

11. They are not defending GE. They are insulted that O'Reilly would use this to slime Olbermann's boss

His false outrage is obvious. O'Reilly doesn't give a shit about the true perpetrators of this war, or whether or not GE profits from it. And he doesn't give a damn about the soldiers; witness the butthead's "if I had a child" garbage. That has nothing to do with his using the deaths of American soldiers to beat Immelt over the head. It's all about Olbermann. How low can he go?

I hold no truck for what GE has done. But this is disgusting even for O'Reilly, and I never thought even I would be shocked by anything the man says.

[Winterblues]

9. Not a bit of context here

What business did GE do to cause American deaths? I refuse to click on a Fox News link. Is there any mention of Halliburton doing business with Iran while sanctions were in effect? How does this relate in any way to Keith Olberman? Just because GE owns NBC or is there some other connection..No context given for anything so I find the post worthless.

[Faygo Kid]

12. Sorry. Most DUers are aware of O'Reilly's obsession with Keith.

It's simply a personal attack on the head of GE because he won't fire Keith. That makes it an especially disgusting use of the deaths of American soldiers by O'Reilly.

I can't help you further here. Sorry you don't like the post; I expected criticism, so I don't take it personally.

[dflprincess]

19. GE's new division, NBC, did help Bush lie us into this war

so the company certainly has some responsibility for killing Americans.

[Faygo Kid]

21. "If my child were killed in Iraq, I would blame the likes of Jeffrey Immelt."

Please understand that I am in no way defending GE here. This has everything to do with O'Reilly's new low, not GE. I am offended that someone would use the deaths of American soldiers this way. No, I am not surprised, however. But I thought this was worth posting to give a heads up about just how low O'Reilly will go.

Like I said, I expected criticism, but I hope most see the point I am trying to make here. Thanks.

[dflprincess]

27. I did see your point

I was ressponding to the poster who didn't seem to understand how GE could hold any responsibility - though O'Reilly really isn't holding them responsible for the same reasons most the rest of us would.

Strange (:sarcasm:) how Bill-O doesn't see how he would also be to blame for the deaths of any Americans when he was quite happy to help cheer Bush into this war.

[spanone]

10. he's only on the air because he has an audience...28 percenters

[Bucky]

13. Look for the big strategy here, folks: Fox wants to force GE to muzzle MSNBC

This is obviously his first volley in a new campaign to turn heat up on GE execs, hoping they'll get the message and start censoring the troublesome MSNBC commentators like Olberman, Abrams, and eventually Scarborough and Tweety.

[Bake]

25. O'Really can't force Immelt & Co. to do anything.

When Olbermann ceases to be useful to GE, i.e. profitable, he'll be gone.

Bake

[Dreamer Tatum]

14. Wait a minute...hang on

From the OP I am inferring that

(a) O'Reilly has it in for Olbermann;
(b) MSBNC is affiliated with NBC, which is in turn owned by GE;
(c) Immelt is CEO of GE, an enormous multinational corporation;
(d) O'Reilly is therefore going after Immelt to get to Olbermann (um...OK);

therefore

(e) Criticism of GE, which has previously come from all angles here on DU, is suddenly inappropriate?


All of which leads me to ask...


(f) WHAT??

[Faygo Kid]

15. Nope. Criticism of GE is fair game. But that's not what O'Reilly is up to here.

Does anyone sincerely believe Bill O'Reilly has a problem with war profiteers??

He is using the deaths of American soldiers to attack Immelt so as to get him to fire Olbermann.

And that is exceptionally disgusting, even for BillO.

[Dreamer Tatum]

17. I think your premise is wrong

I think BillO, stupid turd that he is, is trying to draw attention to the fact that he's calling out
a big corporation, with the subtext being, "See? I'm fair and balanced! I'm going after GE! I'm not a
right-wing shill after all!" Saying that Immelt is evil is an overcorrection, which I gather is part of the
point of the OP.

If he's going to put GE on trial for killing soldiers, then yes, he should also prepare indictments
for Halliburton, but of course that'll never happen.

What I found interesting about his attack on Immelt was his focus on the stock performance. It was something
like, "Not only is Immelt EVIL, but GE STOCK IS DOWN! That makes him DOUBLE evil!" I guess if GE returned more value
to its shareholders, BillO would let Immelt off the hook.

Sounds to me like Bill finally looked at the performance of his stock portfolio, and needed a dog to kick.

[Faygo Kid]

18. Thoughtful, but I'll stick with my original premise.

If this was a first-time attack, I might be persuaded to adopt your point of view. But there's a long history here, and it all fits together.

Whatever, O'Reilly's language is so strong, there's something personal here. And that something, I believe, is Keith Olbermann.

[NewJeffCT]

16. GE just had lower profits last quarter, not a loss

they're still a very profitable company. It's not exactly being run into the ground.

[Bake]

26. Immelt seems to be pretty good at what he does, actually.

I thought Jack Welch would be a tough act to follow, but Immelt has done a pretty good job for the shareholders.

That doesn't mean I approve of everything he does. Far from it.

Bake

[cynatnite]

20. Nope...and DU should not be subjected to this piece of shit....

and no one else should either. He should not be given this kind of attention by us or anyone for that matter.

This is the same man that said a boy didn't want to go to school and didn't go home when he had the chance....when in fact the boy was raped, abused and told he would die if he left.

[Faygo Kid]

22. I think we need to know. I knew I would get criticized, and I acknowledge it.

The fact is, he DOES get attention. I wish it weren't so. But I think it's best to be aware of this. Ignorance of it is hardly bliss.

Fire away, but I would post it again. The best way to chase the vermin is to shine a light upon them, and that's a valuable and powerful reason for DU.

[cynatnite]

23. DU will not be chasing this vermin away...

That's for sure. In the years O'Lielly has been on TV and despite the horrible things he's said Faux News has kept him on.

They will continue to keep him on the air and he will continue to have his shitty radio show as well.

If O'Lielly goes off the air...it will be because of one of three reasons....

Faux News gets rid of him.
O'Lielly quits.
O'Lielly dies.

Unfortunately, I don't see any of those happening in the near future and DU will have no role either.

I'm one of those folks who believes that O'Lielly does not belong on anyone's radar. He's not significant enough and he gets far more attention than he deserves.

[Contrary1]

24. Hey Billo...I fixed it for you.

"...If my child were killed in Iraq, I would blame the likes of Rupert Murdoch. There's no excuse for his behavior or his incompetence.

There are more than a few villain CEOs in this country, but Rupert Murdoch could well be the worst."

You're welcome! :hi: