Friday, February 20, 2015

Bill O'Reilly Calls David Corn a "Despicable Guttersnipe" for Revealing his Falklands Combat Lies


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/19/1365607/-Bill-O-Reilly-Calls-David-Corn-a-Despicable-Guttersnipe-for-Revealing-his-Falklands-Combat-Lies?detail=email

Bill O'Reilly - Caricature

Earlier today, David Corn published a scathing piece in Mother Jones about the ridiculous combat lies of Bill O'Reilly. An excerpt:
In April 2013, while discussing the Boston Marathon bombing, O'Reilly shared a heroic tale of his exploits in the Falklands war:
I was in a situation one time, in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands, where my photographer got run down and then hit his head and was bleeding from the ear on the concrete. And the army was chasing us. I had to make a decision. And I dragged him off, you know, but at the same time, I'm looking around and trying to do my job, but I figure I had to get this guy out of there because that was more important.
Yet his own account of his time in Argentina in his 2001 book, The No Spin Zone, contains no references to O'Reilly experiencing or covering any combat during the Falklands war. In the book, which in part chronicles his troubled stint as a CBS News reporter, O'Reilly reports that he arrived in Buenos Aires soon before the Argentine junta surrendered to the British, ending the 10-week war over control of two territories far off the coast of Argentina. There is nothing in this memoir indicating that O'Reilly witnessed the fighting between British and Argentine military forces—or that he got anywhere close to the Falkland Islands, which are 300 miles off Argentina's shore and about 1,200 miles south of Buenos Aires.
http://www.motherjones.com/...
That's just a taste - I highly recommend clicking the above link and reading the entire article. But that's just the beginning - after the jump, learn how Billo responded earlier this evening... 
On Thursday, O’Reilly called Corn a “despicable guttersnipe” and said he never claimed to have been on the islands.
http://www.rawstory.com/...

wonder if he will address this on his talking points segment and will they same denials and name calling be the tone?  we know the guy lies and bloviates till the cows come home but when challenged he goes viral and all but demands confirmation by whoever is in front of him.  hard to see Moyers or anyone else if your face isn't in the place.  how much of this is getting to "the folks" and how many are taking a second look for the first time. he obviously fears the exposure will cause some sort of trauma if only to himself by himself.  by product of an over active alter ego.