NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News on Monday released video from four stories it aired about the Falklands War in 1982, all part of a dispute involving Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly and his subsequent statements about covering the war.
None of the stories mentions O'Reilly, then a young CBS reporter, or makes any specific reference to a CBS crew member being hurt.
the video shows no more of a riot than we see here Ferguson might have had more violence. if you listen closely to O'Reilly he's playing on words and ignoring the original inferences of his being and reporting from the Falklands. the gyuy on the phone seem to confirm loosely than not confirm saying at one point "you called it a riot" speaking to O'Reilly.
Former CBS News correspondent Eric Engberg, who also was covering the event, characterized O'Reilly's account as "dishonest" and "completely nutty" during a Huffington Post interview on Monday. Engberg said none of the camera operators working the night in question remembers any colleague being injured. The camera person who was said to be hurt has not spoken publicly about the matter.
During one of the CBS reports, then-anchor Dan Rather said that several television crew members were knocked to the ground and that North American television crews were "jostled."
i think he over embellished an incident as he does many times and true to his nature could not help repeating it. but his intent i believe was to foster his presence where no one else was and reporting events no one else had. i also notice his usual tactic of trying to discredit anyone who opposes him or his views, regardless to there relevance it's about agreeing with him or you are pond scum.
implying the guy who commented as hiding in the hotel let's say he was getting away from the crowd and tear gas does that mean he could not hear or there were no windows in the hotel?
do Rather who acts a bit eccentric of late and CBS have an interest to protect, if O'Reilly indeed over emphasize the events would it not impune CBS's credibility after all all the usual suspects in this article worked for CBS and one no longer a NBC employee
