Media World: Why are people still outraged by Bill O’Reilly?
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Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly stirred up a hornets nest in the mainstream media when he attempted to give a compliment to Sylvia’s, a famous restaurant in Harlem, saying: “It was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun.”
Was the host of the “O’Reilly Factor” expecting a drive-by shooting before the main course was served, or for his fellow diners to start spontaneously rapping? Believe it or not, he dined at Sylvia’s with the Rev. Al Sharpton and even picked up the check.
What O’Reilly said was obviously stupid, but is it any dumber than the other stuff he says on his broadcast? Media Matters, the liberal media watchdog group he despises, has compiled a list of his racially insensitive remarks here, which shows O’Reilly’s comments on his radio show on September 19 were par for the course.
I am amazed that people are amazed by Bill O’Reilly. Evey time O’Reilly shoots off his mouth or bullies someone, people always act like something new has happened. It seems like they’ve never watched his show or even heard of the guy. That’s why people who suggest O’Reilly is in hot water for his remarks about Sylvia’s are wrong. His inflammatory rhetoric is still ratings gold. Why would News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) honcho Rupert Murdoch punish O’Reilly for being himself?
By the way, some enterprising promoter should book Sharpton and O’Reilly on the rubber chicken circuit. You can bet that some business groups would pay big bucks to have these two titans debate each other over the pressing issues of the day like rock’em sock’em robots. I sure would want to attend that conventions.
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