Bill O'Reilly vs. Richard Dawkins on 'The Magic of Reality'

[faust-yusov 103]

Job #1 is to sell soap,

Who sells more than him?

Not many.

Which is precisely why he ought not be taken seriously.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

All those guy: O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Savage etc. They're all cartoon characters, none of them should be taken seriously.

[Danno 1,228]

All those guy: O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Savage etc. They're all cartoon characters, none of them should be taken seriously.

Don't stop at just naming Right-wingers.... keep going if you are to be consistent.

Which is precisely why he ought not be taken seriously.

And no doubt the fewer the people that care to tune in.,,,, the more seriously one can be taken?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Don't stop at just naming Right-wingers.... keep going if you are to be consistent.

How predictable of you Danno. And how completely irrelevant you continue to be.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

And no doubt the fewer the people that care to tune in.,,,, the more seriously one can be taken?

The format and content have more to do with being taken seriously.

More people will see Transformers in the cinema than will see an Ingmar Bergman or David Lean film. It doesn't mean that Transformers is 'better'.

But by all means - if tabloid rubbish is what floats your boat then by all means knock yourself out.

[faust-yusov 103]

And no doubt the fewer the people that care to tune in.,,,, the more seriously one can be taken?

You're dodging the issue, Danno. You said it yourself - O'Reilly's selling something. Such practice is inimical to the tenets of trustworthy journalism.

[mawilson 2,133]

You're dodging the issue, Danno. You said it yourself - O'Reilly's selling something. Such practice is inimical to the tenets of trustworthy journalism.

You fail to distinguish the news shows from the opinion shows.

Bill O'Reilly is a commentator and entertainer, not a journalist.

His program (the Factor) is an opinion show - it's not 'news'. Neither is Glenn Beck's show, or Hannity's show or any other partisan shows on Fox.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You're dodging the issue, Danno. You said it yourself - O'Reilly's selling something. Such practice is inimical to the tenets of trustworthy journalism.

It's a tabloid magazine show interpresed with plugs for O'Reilly's books. Entertainment for some people, but not news.

[faust-yusov 103]

His program (the Factor) is an opinion show - it's not 'news'.

Well, indeed. This is partly my point.

But 'The Factor' is, nonetheless, an opinion show tacitly granted an undue credence for its presence on a major news network, despite being far more concerned with viewership than holding itself to any degree of journalistic integrity.

Edited October 10, 2011 by faust-yusov

[Danno 1,228]

How predictable of you Danno. And how completely irrelevant you continue to be.

That you could not name one show even on MSNBC, shows have vacant your view point is.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

That you could not name one show even on MSNBC, shows have vacant your view point is.

I think that post right there shows how vacant your general thought processes are.

Presumably in your world, unless one pays lip service to every shock jock or talk show cowboy out there they are somehow biased in favour of those they do not mention.

Frankly, that's idiotic - but not untypical when it comes to your puerile rebuttals.

[웃 910]

[웃 910]

This guy fvcking rocks!

[웃 910]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F92vIsFZASM&feature=related

[Danno 1,228]

This guy fvcking rocks!