Interesting transcript

“Wish I'd seen this one.

From the tom tomorrow website:

O'Reilly Factor, during which Bill berated Jeremy Glick, a signatory of the Not in Our Name ad whose father died in the 9/11 attacks. I couldn't find a transcript on the Fox site, but happily, one came in over the transom (probably pulled off Lexis, so no link available).

This is how Bill O'Reilly behaves when faced with genuine disagreement:

O'REILLY: You are mouthing a far left position that is a marginal position in this society, which you're entitled to.
GLICK: It's marginal -- right.

O'REILLY: You're entitled to it, all right, but you're -- you see, even --I'm sure your beliefs are sincere, but what upsets me is I don't think your father would be approving of this.

GLICK: Well, actually, my father thought that Bush's presidency was illegitimate.

O'REILLY: Maybe he did, but...

GLICK: I also didn't think that Bush...

O'REILLY: ... I don't think he'd be equating this country as a terrorist nation as you are.

GLICK: Well, I wasn't saying that it was necessarily like that.

O'REILLY: Yes, you are. You signed...

GLICK: What I'm saying is...

O'REILLY: ... this, and that absolutely said that.

GLICK: ... is that in -- six months before the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, starting in the Carter administration and continuing and escalating while Bush's father was head of the CIA, we recruited a hundred thousand radical mujahadeens to combat a democratic government in Afghanistan, the Turaki government.

O'REILLY: All right. I don't want to...

GLICK: Maybe...

O'REILLY: I don't want to debate world politics with you.

GLICK: Well, why not? This is about world politics.

O'REILLY: Because, No. 1, I don't really care what you think.

GLICK: Well, OK.

O'REILLY: You're -- I want to...

GLICK: But you do care because you...

O'REILLY: No, no. Look...

GLICK: The reason why you care is because you evoke 9/11...

O'REILLY: Here's why I care.

GLICK: ... to rationalize...

O'REILLY: Here's why I care...

GLICK: Let me finish. You evoke 9/11 to rationalize everything from domestic plunder to imperialistic aggression worldwide.

O'REILLY: OK. That's a bunch...

GLICK: You evoke sympathy with the 9/11 families.

O'REILLY: That's a bunch of crap. I've done more for the 9/11 families by their own admission -- I've done more for them than you will ever hope to do.

GLICK: OK.

O'REILLY: So you keep your mouth shut when you sit here exploiting those people.

GLICK: Well, you're not representing me. You're not representing me.

O'REILLY: And I'd never represent you. You know why?

GLICK: Why?

O'REILLY: Because you have a warped view of this world and a warped view of this country.

GLICK: Well, explain that. Let me give you an example of a parallel...

O'REILLY: No, I'm not going to debate this with you, all right.

GLICK: Well, let me give you an example of parallel experience. On September 14...

O'REILLY: No, no. Here's -- here's the...

GLICK: On September 14...

O'REILLY: Here's the record.

GLICK: OK.

O'REILLY: All right. You didn't support the action against Afghanistan to remove the Taliban. You were against it, OK.

GLICK: Why would I want to brutalize and further punish the people in Afghanistan...

O'REILLY: Who killed your father!

GLICK: The people in Afghanistan...

O'REILLY: Who killed your father.

GLICK: ... didn't kill my father.

O'REILLY: Sure they did. The al Qaeda people were trained there.

GLICK: The al Qaeda people? What about the Afghan people?

O'REILLY: See, I'm more angry about it than you are!

GLICK: So what about George Bush?

O'REILLY: What about George Bush? He had nothing to do with it.

GLICK: The director -- senior as director of the CIA.

O'REILLY: He had nothing to do with it.

GLICK: So the people that trained a hundred thousand Mujahadeen who were...

O'REILLY: Man, I hope your mom isn't watching this.

GLICK: Well, I hope she is.

O'REILLY: I hope your mother is not watching this because you -- that's it. I'm not going to say anymore.

GLICK: OK.

O'REILLY: In respect for your father...

GLICK: On September 14, do you want to know what I'm doing?

O'REILLY: Shut up! Shut up!

GLICK: Oh, please don't tell me to shut up.

O'REILLY: As respect -- as respect -- in respect for your father, who was a Port Authority worker, a fine American, who got killed unnecessarily by barbarians...

GLICK: By radical extremists who were trained by this government...

O'REILLY: Out of respect for him...

GLICK: ... not the people of America.

O'REILLY: ... I'm not going to...

GLICK: ... The people of the ruling class, the small minority.

O'REILLY: Cut his mic. I'm not going to dress you down anymore, out of respect for your father.

We will be back in a moment with more of THE FACTOR.

GLICK: That means we're done?

O'REILLY: We're done.


The last few seconds of that exchange were really something to watch. I don't think I've ever seen a shouting head actually tell his guest to "Shut up! Shut up!" or to tell his producer to "cut his mic."”

“my wife and were cheering bill on that night. it was awesome!

great post phaeddypoo, thanks for reminding me of how liberals like you view the world....”

“You're welcome.

O'Reilly and I agree on many corporate-related issues, but I dislike his style, and think he should have given this man his share of the mic time, rather than taking his mic and going home because someone disagreed with him and made valid points.

And, by the way, you're using the term "liberal" again to lump me in with someone very different.”

“good to hear that.

i think oreilly was really offended by this guy and had made up his mind before the interview started. the dood offends me too but i think oreilly prolly shouldn't have interviewed him if he couldn't hold his temper....it was still pretty funny at the time though....”

“i often find myself agreeing with O'Reilly, but i think he's a total jerk too often. how can you call that an interview? it's a shoutdown. what an embarassment.”

“O'Reilly, just like every other host on CNN, FOX, et al, is an ENTERTAINER, people, not an expert on any subject. His JOB is to provoke you & get your juices going.

This is an ENTERTAINMENT industry, not NEWS or INFORMED EDITORIAL.”

“wanderer, i disagree. he is an analist. he's been a journalist for many many years and has seen alot of the world and covered some big stuff in his day. he's not stupid or ignorant. you may not agree with his conclusions, but he's good at what he does, or he wouldn't be #1. doing so in an entertaining way does help in the niche, but to me he's not that entertaining at all. limbaugh is much more creative and entertaining, in my opinion....”

“ive noticed that conservative commentators's style is to shout down the oppositions viewpoint, to constantly interrupt, to do everything they can not to let alternative viewpoints be heard. by definition, thats what a conservative WOULD do. i dont always agree with liberals points of view, but at least they let the opposing speaker SPEAK.”

“STFU SCOOPS!

CUT HIS KEYBOARD MATT! ! !”

“SEE!? SEE!?”

“O'Reilly would need to EVOLVE to see eye to eye with pond scum.

"Out of respect for your father..."

What a complete load of shit: a new low, even by O'Reilly's 'standards'.”

“AND I AM NOT DEFENSIVE! NOT ONE BIT!”

“tilt, how was your scrumpets and tea?”

“Yeah, its his show, he can do what he wants to.”

“Big O Reilly practicing for an upcoming interview......




I'm tired of all these hollywood types spouting off with their opinions, what gives them the right to use their position in front of the camera to voice different and diverging opnions.......wait a minute, thats what I do......”

“I've seen Bill cut people's mics often. When they will not remain on the topic that they are discussing and after being asked to remain on topic he will cut them off. This guy was trying to go all over the place the whole time. I can take Bill at face value because he is a regular guy like me. I love seeing these talk show hosts lose it. It shows their human side and shows that they are more than talking heads. Of course, I am a conservative so keeping my perspective...

My guess is this Glick guy was a leftist A hole before his dad was even killed.”

“Alas, the liberals, the conservatives, and *sigh* the vast silent complacent majority.”

“And proud of it! 8)”

“I'm proud of my complacency”

“You may think me a liberal, but I'll kill anyone that trys to take your right to be proud away.”