>>BILL O'REILLY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CURRENT CONTROVERSY WE HAVE
AND THE STATUS OF THE PRESS UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND
WHETHER WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FREE PRESS, WHICH HE DEFINES IN AN
INTERESTING AND UNIQUE WAY.
>>SENATOR MCCAIN APPARENTLY BELIEVES THE AMERICAN PRESS IS
QUOTE FREE, BUT IS THAT TRUE?
MANY AMERICANS BELIEVE THAT THE
NATIONAL MEDIA HAS NOW BECOME AN ARM OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THAT IS, THEY DON'T COORDINATE WITH THE DEMOCRATS, THEY AREN'T
ATTENDING MEETINGS, BUT THEIR SYMPATHIES ARE SIMPATICO WITH
THE PARTY.
ON TELEVISION THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF
NEWSCASTERS ARE LIBERAL.
IT IS NOT A STRETCH FOR ANY
FAIR-MINDED PERSON TO BELIEVE THAT THE NATIONAL MEDIA LEANS
HEAVILY LEFT AND DESPISES PRESIDENT TRUMP.
NOT WILLING TO
GIVE HIM A CHANCE, OR ANY BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
SURELY
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.
SURELY.
SOME BELIEVE THAT THE FOX NEWS
CHANNEL IS NOT FAIR AND FREE.
I DISPUTE THAT, POINTING TO
ANALYSIS OF OUR ON-AIR PERSONNEL.
WE PUT FORTH BOTH
SIDES.
SUMMING UP, IF THE AMERICAN PRESS WANTS TO REGAIN
RESPECT, IT NEEDS TO DITCH ITS OUTWARDLY LIBERAL BENT.
>>I DISPUTE THAT, WE PUT FORTH BOTH SIDES.
WELL, COREY
LEWANDOWSKI FUCKING WORKED FOR CNN, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT,
BILL?
KAYLEE MCINERNEY OR WHOEVER, WHO HAS NEVER SAID
ANYTHING BAD ABOUT TRUMP -- JEFFREY LORD, WHO THINK THE KKK
IS A LEFT-WING ORGANIZATION, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE PAID BY CNN TO
GIVE YOU TRUMP'S VERSION.
YOU JUST SAID IT'S FREE AS LONG AS
WE PRESENTABLE SIDES.
THEY ARE NOT EVEN JUST SAYING IT, THEY
ARE PAYING TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS.
SO BY YOUR DEFINITION THEY ARE FREE.
>>ALSO HE'S GOT IT WRONG, AND THERE IS A POINT TO BE MADE THAT
IF YOU TOOK MOST, I SUSPECT, MOST PRINT REPORTERS, BEAR DOWN
THERE POLITICS, THEY ARE LEFT OF CENTER.
I DON'T DISPUTE THAT FOR
A SECOND.
I THINK THAT IS A WIN, TO ME THAT MEANS PEOPLE WHO ARE
ENGAGED IN THE DAILY EXCHANGE OF IDEAS HAVE COME TO A CONCLUSION
OF WHICH SIDE IS MORE LIKELY TO BE RIGHT THAN WRONG.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT HARD TO TAKE THAT OUT OF YOUR REPORTING.
IT'S NOT HARD.
PEOPLE MAY THINK IT'S HARD, IT'S NOT.
YOU FREQUENTLY BEND OVER BACKWARDS THE OTHER WAY.
>>AND WE CRITICIZE THE MEDIA FOR DOING THAT.
>>I DID THAT ALL THE TIME, THIS GUY IS LYING AND HE'S A FRAUD
BUT I BETTER GET HIS SIDE AND MAKE IT EQUAL, AND THOSE STORIES
BLEW WHEN I DID THAT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER.
TO THE
BIG-TIME TV GUYS, DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S TRUE.
AND IT DOESN'T
MATTER -- YOU THINK WOLF BLITZER IS A BIG LIBERAL?
I DON'T KNOW.
AND WHAT DOESN'T OCCUR TO BILL O'REILLY IS THAT THERE MIGHT BE
SOMETHING WRONG WITH TRUMP.
MATTER WHAT SIDE YOU'RE ON,
THERE IS A GRAVE MISTAKE THAT WAS MADE WITH THIS GUY, AND HE
POSES A DANGER TO THE FABRIC OF MANY THINGS WE HOLD DEAR IN
AMERICA, THEREFORE WE SHOULD BE ALARMED ABOUT THAT.
THAT DOESN'T
MAKE YOU A LIBERAL, IT MAKES YOU AN AMERICAN.
A SENTIENT,
THINKING AMERICAN WHO IS SIMPATICO WITH AMERICAN IDEAS.
>>HE HAS ALLOWED HIMSELF THAT ONE WORD.
IF A LIBERAL USED THAT HE WOULD CRITICIZE THEM AS BEING
ELITE AND OUT OF TOUCH, BUT HE CAN USE IT.
>>TO SAY THAT THE ONLY REASON FOR CRITICISM OF TRUMP IS
THAT THE MEDIA IS LIBERAL -- I HAVE NEWS FOR YOU, THE MEDIA WAS
FAIRLY HARD ON HILLARY CLINTON.
AND HIS DATA -- HOW DOES HE KNOW
THAT FOX IS FAIR AND FREE?
ON-AIR PERSONNEL.
NOT A STUDY,
BECAUSE EVERY STUDY SAYS FOX'S RIGHT WING, AND EVERY STUDY SAYS
THAT HILLARY CLINTON WAS TREATED -- I WON'T SAY UNFAIRLY --
ALL SAY CLEARLY NEGATIVELY BY THE NATIONAL MEDIA.
>>LET'S GO INTO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE POLLS,
THEY'VE DONE ANALYSIS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CHANNELS, WHAT IS THE
PERCENTAGE OF STORIES ABOUT X CANDIDATE THAT ARE POSITIVE OR
NEGATIVE?
OVERWHELMINGLY THE STORIES ABOUT CLINTON WERE
NEGATIVE, AND TRUMP, AND EVERY CANDIDATE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A
BIAS TOWARDS PRESENTING STUFF IT'S INTERESTING AND
CONTROVERSIAL, AND WILL THIS HURT THEM?
THAT IS WAY BETTER
THAN SIMPLY DOING A STORY, THEY HAD THIS POSITION ON TRADE.
THEY
WILL COVER THAT, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A LIBERAL OR
CONSERVATIVE, AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE INCREDIBLY
CRITICAL OF ALL OF THEM.
>>AND THAT IS WHY WHAT BEATS THAT IS A CULT OF PERSONALITY
THAT TRUMP HAD AN HILLARY DIDN'T.
THAT IS WHAT WON THAT
ELECTION.
A MILLION THINGS DID, BUT --
>>YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO ACKNOWLEDGE MULTIPLE THINGS.
>>TRUMP'S ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE -- I THINK I
MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, HE'S A HUGE FRAUD -- BUT HE'S A SKILLED
COMMUNICATOR IT HAS VERY PECULIAR MANNER OF
COMMUNICATING.
IT WORKS, BUT --
>>WHO ELSE WOULD SAY THE EXACT THING THAT'S WRITTEN ON THE
SCREEN IN FRONT OF HIM?
>>BUT MAN, DOES BILL O'REILLY HAVE THIS WRONG.
EVERY
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH STUDY HAS FOUND THE INCREDIBLE BIAS FOX
HAS, LACK OF BIAS ELSEWHERE, BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT REAL
PROGRESSIVE IDEAS, OTHER THAN SOCIALLY PROGRESSIVE IDEAS ON
SOCIAL ISSUES LIKE A MARRIAGE, OF WHICH THE NATIONAL MEDIA CAME
AROUND ON, PROGRESSIVE ECONOMIC ISSUES, THEY ARE TREATED AS IF
THEY ARE SHEER LUNACY IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA ON A CONSISTENT
BASIS.
>>REGARDLESS OF MSNBC OR FOX, DOESN'T MATTER.
>>EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW MOST AMERICANS AGREE WITH THEM, AS DO
THOUSANDS OF ECONOMISTS.
SO BILL O'REILLY'S ASSESSMENT OF I
LOOKED AT OUR STAFF AND WE ARE FAIR, AS OPPOSED TO STUDIES --
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, OVERALL COVERAGE OF CANDIDATES IS
NEGATIVE, BUT IT WAS OVERWHELMING TO HILLARY.
AND
MAYBE, AS THOSE ON THE RIGHT WOULD SAY, JUSTIFIED -- I DON'T
THINK IT WAS ALL JUSTIFIED, BUT SOME OF IT WAS, NO QUESTION.
AND THE TRUMP COVERAGE IS JUSTIFIED.
>>EXACTLY.
IF THERE WAS A TAPE OF HILLARY CLINTON SAYING SHE
LIKES TO GRAB WOMEN BY THE PUSSY I WOULD HAVE COVERED IT.
>>I WOULD HAVE BURIED IT BECAUSE I'VE SOLD OUT.
>>I WOULD HAVE DISCUSSED IT.