Fox: O'Reilly Didn't See Bombings In Ireland, But He Saw Photos Of Them

[DonViejo]

Fox News issued a clarification on Friday on behalf of its star host Bill O'Reilly, saying that he said he'd "seen" bombings in Northern Ireland because police showed him photos of them.

The Washington Post spotted a passage in O'Reilly's 2013 book, "Keep It Pithy," in which he described seeing lethal bombings in Northern Ireland.

“I've seen soldiers gun down unarmed civilians in Latin America, Irish terrorists kill and maim their fellow citizens in Belfast with bombs," O'Reilly wrote.

A Fox spokesperson told the Washington Post that O’Reilly did not witness any bombings or injuries in Northern Ireland but was simply shown photos by police officers.

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[marym625]

1. I saw monsters attack Tokyo

I swear. It was on tv.

[GreatGazoo]

23. I saw Bush perform an autopsy on one of the aliens at Area 51, in fact...

now we are all investigative journalists! Congratulations! Because seeing a picture is just like being there:



http://www.freakingnews.com/Autopsy-Pictures-23468.asp

[marym625]

24. Isn't it though!

I love it when I solve crimes in NYC. Especially, sexually based crimes. But my absolute favorite is when I diagnose something no one else can.

[yuiyoshida]

34. HELL...i HAVE SEEN THE STAR SHIP ENTERPRISE BEFORE ITS TIME!!!

It was posted on Twitter!

[marym625]

37. damn! you should write a book!

And start your own talk show.

You are a hero!

[yuiyoshida]

38. Ikr?

No thanks, Bill O'Reilly has that covered, and he is an established liar for this decade.

[spanone]

2. well he did personally 'see' photographic depictions/reproductions of ALL those events....

this man reads the paper and writes his resume

[Kingofalldems]

3. I saw the Pope on television.

[Journeyman]

5. Oh, so you've had an audience with the Pope . . .

Me too.

[EEO]

47. I had President Underwood over last night.

[Journeyman]

48. I have to admit, my life is richer and infinitely more exciting now that I know . . .

the O'Liely secret for experiencing everything the world has to offer -- and a whole lot more that it doesn't!

[pinboy3niner]

4. Poetic liecense. nt

[xocet]

44. Very clever! n/t

[obxhead]

6. I once ate a donut

Therefore I'm qualified to be a CEO of Dunkin' Donuts.

[Initech]

7. I saw President Obama on TV.

So therefore I had an audience with the President.

[Skittles]

8. he is such a lying asshole

[Mike Nelson]

9. I saw photos of The Moon, but...

...I wasn't there...

[ZX86]

10. Howard Kurtz of Fox News tap danced like a mofo today.

No mention of the additional allegations of lying. No mention of the lame to non-existent responses. Just O'Reilly's original offer to debate/berate real journalists on his show and his ratings are going up. He also had some talking head on there babbling about it's an opinion show and he's a commentator.

Excuse me. When did lying become synonymous with opinion? Opinion is "I think the tax rate should be X and you think the tax rate should be Y". Falsifying your presence in combat zones and witnessing acts of extreme violence is straight up lying.

Fox News is a complete joke.

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. I think he needs to prove that claim as well

He has claimed that he was shown photos of killed nuns in El Salvador, images that were not made available to the public. He claimed that other journalists were shown these as well.

Did that really happen, either?

Who showed him these photos? For what reason? When? Whom was he with? Can they corroborate that authorities or somebody displayed images of killed nuns to American journalists, including Bill O'Reilly?

Even this claim of having been show pictures is suspect, and should be investigated fully. He has consistently claimed that he "saw" these events. In ordinary language, that means to witness in person. Now he's saying he was merely shown pictures of these events, which few native English speakers (and I use the term loosely for Levittown, Lawn Guyland) would describe as "having seen," but do we know if even this minimalist version of "to see" is true?

Here's my take: I don't think it is. I don't think the original claim of having seen is true, and I don't think the weasel word claim of having been shown photographs is true. They're neither of them true. The man is a pathological exaggerator.

[ZX86]

15. Of course he's lying.

His quote was, "I saw nuns get shot in the back of the head". As far as I know there is no photographic or video footage of the murders in progress. He may have seen crime scene photographs (which I seriously doubt) but no way did he see nuns get shot in the back of the head, in person or in photographs.

[LiberalElite]

12. I saw the Sixty Minutes segment

with the Irish Catholic who'd been hit between the eyes by a British rubber bullet.

[AZ Progressive]

13. The O'Reilly defense, a novelty

Really

[AZ Progressive]

14. LOL this defense is appropriate for Faux News.

[Throd]

16. I saw some footage of Marines raising the flag at Mt Suribachi.

It's like I helped them or something...

[progressoid]

17. I saw the Apollo moon landings.

One small step for Progressoid, one giant leap in logic.

[AverageJoe90]

18. I once saw Hitler ranting about his latest failed attempt to kill Hermann Fegelein.

I also saw Hans Krebs blathering about his map collection, Goebbels whining about Goering eating all the Fuhrerbunker's food, and Alfred Jodl complaining about yet another sure-to-fail plan to kill Fegelein.....but you didn't hear it from me; I wasn't there.

(P.S. points to anyone who gets the pop culture reference. )

[frylock]

19. Billo Reilly has seen attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion

[George II]

66. Yeah, and he probably saw the rings around Uranus

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

20. I've seen it all!

[dixiegrrrrl]

62. Best meme of 2015, so far.

Wonder when the Hitler hears O;Liely video will be up?
There is already one about Brian Williams.

[libodem]

21. None of Fsux viewers care

He keeps them riled up. They believe him.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

22. I saw the Nazis commit horrific atrocities at Auswitz.

There were a lot of pictures.

[Doctor_J]

25. That makes me a witness to the civil war

I saw a ten hour movie about it

[HeiressofBickworth]

26. I was at Dachau

I saw the ovens and the ash mounds. When? Does it matter when?

Ok, it was 1966, but I WAS FUCKING THERE!!!

It's as valid as any of O'Reilly's claims.

[Thor_MN]

27. He's not a journalist, but he's an asshole on TV.

[Rex]

28. And the most pathetic thing about this entire epic, the Foxnews audience will forgive him.

It would cause too much mental trauma for them to question their own belief system.

[randome]

33. Maybe if he cries on TV and asks for forgiveness, his ratings will go up.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[Rex]

46. Hmmm...I don't think Billy Blowhard has the ability to admit wrongness on his part.

I would be shocked if he admits to anything. He's never had to admit to being wrong, like Gush and his filtered radio show.

[Fred Sanders]

53. And brings in a huge statue of Jesus and a choir....the ratings would soar! Then he would win!

[bhikkhu]

29. In the bone-chilling cold of the Himalayas, I saw Hillary summit Mount Everest

...and now so have all of you!

The O'Reilly Defense should work wonders for our ability to make up impressive BS, without being, technically, lying bastards. All those old National Geographics and Time magazines are going to come in handy after all!

[Botany]

30. Thanx and now we were there when Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris

[rgbecker]

31. I saw Ruby shoot Oswald....Sunday morning, November, 1963.

[randome]

32. I saw Bigfoot driving Bigfoot. Now everyone has.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[Roland99]

35. I saw Moses part the Red Sea

or maybe that was a movie...

Wait...was the NRA around in B.C.E?

[wolfie001]

36. After he registered as a republican.....

....he then proceeded to push the canard that he was in fact an "Independent". Maybe this was intended to give him an aura of impartiality. Al Franken outed his deceit in his political satire/facts 'Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them'. Page 75 in the first edition has the photo. He's a pathologic sociopath filled with hatred. Disgusting piece of sh*t too. I think it was this piece of evidence that really brought out the authentic madness of this nasty scumbag. Way to go Al!!!!

[UTUSN]

39. R#16 & K for, OMZ!1 I'm realizing *I*ve seen pics too so *I*m a war correspondent TOO!1 n/t

[KansDem]

40. I saw us walk on the moon!

Really! I did!!!

[sinkingfeeling]

41. Wow! I guess I'm a journalist! I've seen all the same photos Bill has.

[MurrayDelph]

42. So there I was

minding my own business, walking down the street on the planet Alderaan...

[Motown_Johnny]

43. I saw a guy hit a golf ball on the moon!

Seriously, I saw (video of) that.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

45. I saw Lincoln at Gettysburg

[packman]

49. I've seem everything, but an elephant fly

I guess that makes me super special : )

Well, I seen a horsefly)
(And I seen a dragonfly)
(Yeah, I seen a housefly)
(Ha-ha-ha-ha)

Yeah, I seen all that too...

I seen a peanut stand, heard a rubber band
I seen a needle that winked its eye
But I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
When I see a elephant fly

(What d'you say, boy?)
I said when I see a elephant fly

I seen a front porch swing, heard a diamond ring
I seen a polka-dot railroad tie
But I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
When I see a elephant fly

(I saw a clothes horse, he r'ar up and buck)
(And they tell me that a man made a vegetable truck)
(I didn't see that, I only heard)
(But just to be sociable, I'll take your word)

(I heard a fireside chat, I saw a baseball bat)
(And I just laughed till I thought I'd die)
But I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
When I see a elephant fly

Well I be done seen 'bout ev'rything
When I see a elephant fly
(With the wings)
When I see an elephant fly


END VERSION:

(I seen a peanut stand, heard a rubber band)
(I seen a needle that winked it's eye)
ELEPHANTS:
Now I be done seen about ev'rything
When I see an elephant fly
(Oh my!)
CROWS:
When I see
When I see
When I see an elephant fly
(Look at him go)
When I see an elephant fly
(Happy landings, son)
(Yippee!)
When I see an elephant fly
I sure wish I'd a-got his autograph
(Oh man, I got his autograph)
Well, so long glamour boy!

Extra verses not used in the film:

I even heard a chocolate drop
I went into a store, saw a bicycle shop
You can't deny the things you see
But I know there's certain things that just can't be.

The other day by chance, saw an old barn dance
And I just laughed 'til I thought I'd die
But I think I will have done seen ev'rything
When I see an elephant fly


**********

[Plucketeer]

50. A "Spokesperson"

has to tell us this? Why aren't we getting it straight from the horse's rump???

[tanyev]

51. I can only imagine what Stephen Colbert would be doing with this.

[lame54]

69. that made me smile and frown

[Fred Sanders]

52. Fox: Roger Ailes Did Not See Obama Being Born in Kenya - but he was shown photos of the birth.

Poetic licensing of truth is what Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, all of their Empires, and Fox, does as a business model...how is it such a struggle to know this?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

59. ...

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

54. ...but he did stay at a Holiday Inn! nt

[left-of-center2012]

55. Did O'Reilly report ....

Didn't O'Reilly accompany the first astronauts to land on the Moon?

[Karmadillo]

56. Don't forget about his wife, Morgan Fairchild, whom he's seen naked.

[truebluegreen]

57. Dude needs therapy.

I'm almost beginning to feel sorry for him.
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Almost.

[forest444]

58. I once saw 'Some Mother's Son' on cable.

Riveting film. Helen Mirren was terrific as always.

That makes me the DU resident expert on the Troubles, don't-cha-know.

[hibbing]

60. I'm sure he's seen the inside of his colon, and not just a picture of it n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

63. Lol.....good one.

[George II]

67. A "selfie" colonoscopy

[deutsey]

61. LOL

Hey Billo:

[mwooldri]

64. He probably watched "Inside Ulster" or "Good Evening Ulster" in his Belfast hotel room.

I'm going to do everyone a favor here. Bill O says that he has seen bombings in Northern Ireland. Your local evening newscasts in Northern Ireland weren't like anything you would see in the rest of the UK, as there were a fair number of bombings, explosions, and murders to report on.

Below is a YouTube link to a video where a person has compiled a number of news reports about The Troubles (early 1990s), most of which were from local newscasts. Be mindful that the video is a compilation mainly from a Unionist point of view - though mentions of "loyalist" terror attacks are included. Both BBC NI and UTV have always had to tread a delicate middle ground - UTV particularly had a schizophrenic presentation style - one minute dour and serious, the next minute introducing some light entertainment program.

So there you have it. You now witnessed a bomb going off, thanks to a UTV camera crew being at the scene of the murder of a female Army soldier. You're just as informed as Bill O and you've seen bombings and mortar attacks in Northern Ireland.

[George II]

65. Rumor is that he sat in his "man cave" in the basement watching "Saving Private Ryan"....

....and recorded a first-hand report on the Normandy Invasion!

[samsingh]

68. i know all about Mars - i've seen the photos

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

70. O'Reilly has a new theme song

It starts at 1:30

It's from a record soundtrack, so there's no image.