http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/bill_o_reilly This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Bill O'Reilly en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070013 Bill O'Reilly again falsely claimed that the Army Field Manual "says, quote, 'You are not to make any captured person uncomfortable in any way.' " In fact, the Army Field Manual includes an entire section on "Interrogation Operations," which includes several techniques and strategies that make detainees "uncomfortable." http://mediamatters.org/items/200901070013 Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:49:21 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812180004 On <em><em>The O'Reilly Factor</em></em>, Dennis Miller ridiculed Thomas Beatie, a transgender man who recently gave birth to a child, calling him a "nympho satyr" and saying: "[A]ll I know is the guy's more pregnant than the old woman in the shoe is. And somebody has got to get some protection for this guy, be it a condom or an IUD or a satellite dish or a catcher's mitt. I don't even know what he needs down there, but I need an equipment check on aisle five." Referring to the baby, Miller had video of the polar bear cub at the Berlin zoo aired. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812180004 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:51:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812100017 On <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em>, Bill O'Reilly claimed that "[t]he Army Field Manual bans any questioning that would make a suspect uncomfortable in any way," echoing his previous assertion that "[t]here is no interrogation under the manual. No unpleasantness." In fact, the Army Field Manual includes an entire section on "Interrogation Operations," as well as a chapter listing and describing "Approach Techniques and Termination Strategies" for use in interrogations of detainees, including several techniques intended to make detainees "uncomfortable." http://mediamatters.org/items/200812100017 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:17:25 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811250019 MSNBC's Keith Olbermann named Bill O'Reilly the runner-up in his nightly "Worst Person in the World" segment, saying that O'Reilly "called the media watchdog site, <em>Media Matters</em>, quote, 'the most dishonest website in the country,' because, well, it accurately quoted him, lying." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811250019 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:56:44 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811210012 Attacking <em>Media Matters</em> on his radio show for noting that his previous claim that Sen. Norm Coleman "was certified the winner" in the Minnesota Senate race was false, Bill O'Reilly repeated the falsehood, claiming: "[W]hat I said was, Coleman's victory was certified by the state because it was. He had 215 more votes, which is absolutely true." In fact, the Minnesota State Canvassing Board did not "certif[y]" a "victory" for Coleman or Al Franken, having authorized an automatic recount of ballots for that race; Minnesota election law states that "no certificate of election shall be prepared or delivered until after the recount is completed." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811210012 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:33:55 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190019 Echoing Sen. Norm Coleman's campaign, Bill O'Reilly falsely claimed that Coleman "was certified the winner" in the Minnesota Senate race against Al Franken, adding, "Coleman won by a mere 215 votes." In fact, the Minnesota State Canvassing Board did not certify a winner in the Senate race, having authorized an automatic recount of ballots for that race. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190019 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:53:47 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190017 While discussing the campaign for Proposition 8 to ban same-sex marriage in California, Bill O'Reilly asserted that if states allow same-sex couples to marry they would be required, "under equal protection," to allow polygamous marriages. In fact, the California Supreme Court explicitly stated that its May 15 decision that California's ban on same-sex marriage violated the state's constitution did not extend to polygamous marriages. http://mediamatters.org/items/200811190017 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:36:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811170014 Discussing actions by individual protesters of Proposition 8, Newt Gingrich stated: "I think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us, is prepared to use violence, to use harassment. I think it is prepared to use the government if it can get control of it. I think that it is a very dangerous threat to anybody who believes in traditional religion." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811170014 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:26:03 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811140015 Bill O'Reilly claimed that Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie (D) was "actively rooting for Al Franken" in the Senate race between Franken and incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman (R) and that "the fix is in." But O'Reilly did not note that Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty approved of the composition of the canvassing board Ritchie named to certify the vote and oversee the recount or that a lawyer for Coleman's campaign reportedly said that the "state should feel good about who's on the panel." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811140015 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:13:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811130013 On <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em>, Dennis Miller stated of Gov. Sarah Palin: "[M]ostly women on the left hate her, because to me, from outside in, it appears that she has a great sex life." He continued, "I think she has non-neurotic sex with that Todd Palin guy. I think most of the women on the Upper East Side, their husbands haven't been aroused since Mailer signed copy of <em>The Executioner's Song</em> at Rizzoli's back in the early '70s." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811130013 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:54:37 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200811100010 Fox News' Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly and Lis Wiehl falsely claimed that the ACLU has not raised privacy objections to the search by Ohio government officials of "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher's records, with O'Reilly saying the organization's response has been "nothing." In fact, ACLU of Ohio executive director Christine Link wrote in a letter that she "was deeply disturbed to hear that state officials approved the use of government databases to obtain information" Wurzelbacher, and the legal director for the ACLU of Ohio told <em>Media Matters</em>, "We would be very happy to talk to him and see if there's something we could do to pursue redress for this violation of his privacy rights." http://mediamatters.org/items/200811100010 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:12:48 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300018 Dick Morris falsely claimed that Sen. Barack Obama said that "it was a tragedy that the United States Supreme Court never addressed the issue of redistributing the nation's wealth to achieve social and economic justice." In fact, the "tragedy" Obama identified during the 2001 radio appearance to which Morris referred was that the civil rights movement "became so court-focused" in trying to bring about political and economic justice. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810300018 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:18:32 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810230018 Fox News' Bill O'Reilly stated on <em>The O'Reilly Factor</em> that "we're going to document every ACORN situation and any other voter fraud," but according to a <em>Media Matters</em> search of Nexis, the program has yet "to document" the reported complaints against Young Political Majors, a group hired by the Republican Party to register voters. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810230018 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:25:06 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810220013 Speaking with a caller to his radio show who noted that Sen. John McCain "accepted money" from G. Gordon Liddy, and that Liddy "held a fundraiser for him in 1998," Bill O'Reilly declared that "McCain has nothing to do with G. Gordon Liddy -- nothing," and added that comparing the ties between McCain and Liddy that the caller referenced with Sen. Barack's Obama's ties to Bill Ayers is "ridiculous." However, in addition to the connections the caller referenced, McCain has repeatedly appeared on Liddy's radio show during the presidential campaign, and McCain recently said that he was "not in any way embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy." http://mediamatters.org/items/200810220013 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:44:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200810110007 Fox News' Bill O'Reilly purported to defend his previous false assertion that Sen. Barack Obama did not cast a vote on a Senate amendment denouncing both a MoveOn.org ad that targeted Gen. David Petraeus and "Swift Boat" attacks on Sen. John Kerry by claiming he was referring to an amendment "sponsored by John Cornyn that also condemned MoveOn," which Obama did not vote on. But O'Reilly explicitly said in his previous remarks that the amendment Obama did not vote on was one that condemned both the MoveOn Petraeus ad and <strong><strong>"</strong></strong>the Swift Boating of Kerry.<strong><strong>"</strong></strong> The Cornyn amendment did not condemn the Swift Boat attacks; an amendment by Sen. Barbara Boxer, which Obama voted for, did. http://mediamatters.org/items/200810110007 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:52:11 EST