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Gee, O'Reilly actually "mispoke" more times than I thought. From the March 1, 2001 Washington Times article:
"I anchored a program called 'Inside Edition,' which has won a Peabody Award for investigative reporting" ("The O'Reilly Factor," Aug. 30, 1999);
"All I've got to say is that 'Inside Edition' has won, I -- I believe, two Peabody Awards, the highest journalism award in the country" ("The O'Reilly Factor," May 8, 2000);
"A program that wins a Peabody Award, the highest award in journalism, and you're going to denigrate it?" ("The O'Reilly Factor," May 19, 2000).
And you still call Franken's calling "Mr. No-Spin" on this a "cheap shot"?
: The "living sh*t"? OK, let's go to the facts.
: In February 2001, O'Reilly gave a speech taking credit for winning a coveted Peabody award during his tenure on Inside Edition. After Franken points out the fact that the show never won a Peabody, O'Reilly retorts on the O'Reilly Factor, March 13, 2001, and I quote: "Guy says about me, a couple of weeks ago, 'O'Reilly said he won a Peabody Award.' Never said it. You can't find a transcript where I said it."
: Now the truth. O'Reilly had lied about the award on previous occasions. The transcript of his May 19, 2000 broadcast reveals how he repeatedly told a guest who brought up his tabloid past: "We won Peabody Awards . . . We won Peabody Awards . . . A program that wins a Peabody Award, the highest award in journalism, and you're going to denigrate it?"
: As the Washington Post reported on March 1, 2001, Inside Edition never won a Peabody Award, only a Polk Award, and not while O'Reilly was there. Notice, too, that O'Reilly didn't just "mispeak" as he claimed on C-Span. Sure, you can confuse Polk and Peabody, but O'Reilly referred to the award as "the highest award in journalism." That's like confusing Phi Beta Kappa with the Key Club.
: So, Franken calls him on it once and O'Reilly flatly denies it. Is it a cheap shot -- when someone repeatedly lies about his credentials, then later denies every ever making any such statement -- to point it out and say "Hey, you're a liar?" I don't think so.
: Open your mind to the possiblity that everything you hear on Fox isn't true.
: : : Anybody catch your boy get the living shot stomped out of him today by O'Reilly on C-Span? Franken tried to take some cheap shots but Bill totally stood his ground and made an out of Al despite the liberal crowd of cowards clearly siding with Al. I was hoping Bill would take a swing at Franken. I would have if I was there. Franken said it's time for him and other liberals to start fighting back. Great, his first encounter can be with a United States Marine
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