Think Progress; Stop the O'Reilly Harrassment Machine

[NewJeffCT]

Last Saturday, March 21, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly sent two of his employees to stalk, harass, and ambush ThinkProgress.org Managing Editor Amanda Terkel. Upset over a ThinkProgress report that noted O'Reilly's insensitive comment towards a rape victim, O'Reilly dispatched his producer Jesse Watters, along with a cameraman, to stake out Amanda's home in Washington, DC, follow her for two hours across state lines, and ambush her while she was on vacation in Winchester, VA. O'Reilly then used a small portion of highly-edited footage he obtained from Watters's ambush interview to falsely claim that Amanda was bringing "a lot of pain and suffering" to rape victims. Unfortunately, Amanda is just one of roughly 40 different victims of these kind of ambush tactics. Indeed, O'Reilly has hired producers whose primary job is to track, harass, and intimidate anyone whom O'Reilly perceives as an opponent or an enemy. That's not journalism -- that's a mafia-style intimidation operation, and we need to put an end to it. ThinkProgress has launched a campaign asking O'Reilly's major sponsors to issue a clear statement opposing O'Reilly's Harassment Machine. Please consider joining this campaign here.

http://thinkprogress.org/stop-oreilly-harassment/

Now, would they have stalked a 6'2" male vet? Or, does O'Reilly's staff get their jollies sending two big guys chasing after a young & petite woman like Ms Terkel? Or, was I being too sensitive in noticing the size disparity and the fact that Ms Terkel was alone?

Video of Amanda Terkel discussing the harrassment on KO:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x288591

[fascisthunter]

1. Maybe it's Time People Started Harrassing O'Reilly

[edbermac]

3. Ditto, pull an ambush interview on him.

Ask him about the lawsuit involving his sexual harrassment of his female producer. See how Loofah Boy likes that.

[Bunny]

4. Someone already did that, sort of.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bill-OReilly-gets-owned-home

[fascisthunter]

7. Harrass him until he loses his mind... every week another one

O'Reilly loves attention, so maybe folks should give it to him.

[Stevepol]

8. Wouldn't work. O'Reilly has no mind to lose.

[tularetom]

2. Someday one of these incidents will end tragically with deaths or serious injuries

Perhaps for one of O'Reilly's flunky goon squads.

It'll be interesting then to watch all the scurrying and backpedaling.

Although Mr Waters might look funny with a camera shoved up his fat ass.

[JuniperLea]

5. Isn't stalking a crime?

What a jackass that asshat of a bloviating gas bag he is!

[bdamomma]

6. done