NBC, frequently the object of Bill O'Reilly's scorn for its biased presentation of the news from the left, provided him with fresh evidence Monday evening as the NBC Nightly News, unlike the ABC and CBS newscasts, found it newsworthy in a story on the murder of Kansas doctor George Tiller, who performed abortions of viable fetuses, to highlight “on the Internet, questions from critics of commentator Bill O'Reilly about his blunt remarks regarding abortion and Dr. Tiller.”
In the piece from reporter Janet Shamlian, viewers then heard from O'Reilly in a Web video clip from an un-dated episode of O'Reilly's FNC show: “In the state of Kansas there is a doctor, George Tiller, who will execute babies for $5,000.”
MSNBC shows earlier in the day, as well as Countdown later where Olbermann went on a full rant, played the same O'Reilly clip pushed by far-left Web and blog sites.
From the story on the Monday, June 1 NBC Nightly News:
JANET SHAMLIAN: ...The anti-abortion group Operation Rescue denounced the killing, but today its founder, Randall Terry, fueled the fire.RANDALL TERRY: He was a mass murderer. He sowed death. And then he reaped death in a horrifying way.
SHAMLIAN: On the Internet, questions from critics of commentator Bill O'Reilly about his blunt remarks regarding abortion and Dr. Tiller.
BILL O'REILLY, IN UNDATED WEB VIDEO OF HIS FNC SHOW: In the state of Kansas there is a doctor, George Tiller, who will execute babies for $5,000.
SHAMLIAN: Now mainstream anti-abortion leaders worry the name calling and rhetoric could damage their place in the debate....
—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center
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Heard Ed Schultz rant on
June 1, 2009 - 19:49 ET by GregEHeard Ed Schultz rant on this one tonight.
Aside from the pro-life, pro-abortion arguement, is aborting a baby killing it, or does it live just fine through an abortion and grow up to live a normal life? Did Tiller perform abortions? Yes he did. Many? Yes he did.
Yep...something like a
June 1, 2009 - 19:53 ET by bigtimerYep...something like a mere 60,000.
But heck...what's in a number.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
What's in a number?
June 1, 2009 - 20:04 ET by Captain KirockI think it was Stalin who said "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of a million is a statistic."
Captain
June 1, 2009 - 23:25 ET by well99You are correct.At least by my recollection.
Dang. I wonder what kind of
June 1, 2009 - 20:10 ET by SRPwrdDang. I wonder what kind of person it takes to get through that...
"I believe in American Exceptionalism, just like Brits believe in British Exceptionalism and Greeks believe in Greek Exceptionalism." - PreBO, 4/4/09
Credit where credit is due
June 1, 2009 - 19:57 ET by nkviking75Today in Arkansas an Army Recruiter was murdered and another was wounded. (H/t Michelle Malkin) Should Olby, Ed, Chrissy, Schuster, Maddow, Airhead America, Code Pink, Harry Reid, et al., get the credit?
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Don't bet on it
June 1, 2009 - 20:39 ET by RobElz7There will never be any hint of a connection, even though the left-wing spouts hatred constantly for the military. I would think there is a much better case for a connection there than with the abortionist.
ok I have read the article
June 1, 2009 - 20:09 ET by kangaroook I have read the article heaps of times, just to make sure I am clear, but I still don;t think I am reading it right, Obamma is for partial abortion, no worries there, thats what he said previously, thats why notre damn was in an uproar, 5000 bucks to the doc to fix it near the end, you could get 20 grand alive, so who is sending these girls to the guy who just got shot, just sayin
Sure!!
June 1, 2009 - 20:15 ET by pbthinkerSure, and the MSM is responsible for the beheading of Nick Berg, oh wait, they really are. Anyway, liberals can't discuss facts all they can do is trash people.
I would almost be willing to bet the guy that killed him was not a steady O'Reilly watcher. But, if the MSM really wants to play this game, I'll just stick with my Nick Berg analogy.
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pbthinker I agree with
June 1, 2009 - 20:33 ET by kangaroopbthinker I agree with you,lib/dems are the kiilling nuts, as much as the conservs and repubs are the peacekeepers, we have our limits, but we wouldn't resort to harm, even with our guns and twizzlers(candy for our out of country friends)
Then Keith Olberman fueled AQ in Iraq
June 1, 2009 - 20:17 ET by dark_dsThen Keith Olberman fueled AQ in Iraq
_______ Him and the Unicorn he rode in on
Exactly. How many
June 1, 2009 - 21:59 ET by JerryExactly. How many American soldiers have been killed by terrorists who were emboldened by our MSM to keep fighting?
I guess Obama is responsible for the murder spree in Chicago, since he organized the community.
I guess Gore is responsible for the thousands of additional highway casualties caused by people getting squashed in battery powered tin cans.
And Teddy Kenedy is responsible for a large percentage of Lake Chappaquidic deaths.
And Olbermann is responsible for murdering millions of brain cells every year from people who happen to drop in on his show while channel surfing.
And the Clinton's are responsible for murdering Vince Foster, Ron Brown, and James McDougal.
And Democrats are responsible for murdering the Constitution.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
The first murder of an
June 1, 2009 - 20:22 ET by GrannyGrump42The first murder of an abortionist in ten years for apparent abortion-related motives has abortion advocates screaming about how it's the anti-abortion rhetoric that led to this murder.
So, for the last ten years, the tally of murders committed on the grounds that abortion is never acceptable: 1
"Prochoice" rhetoric is that abortion is a fundamental right of women. That "forced parenthood" is an evil and a violence done against the person. That an abortion only removes tissue, it does not kill. That there is no rational reason to object to abortion. That abortion is liberating. That abortion is good for women and families.
How many men have killed women based on this rhetoric? Murder is the most common cause of death among pregnant women. What percentage of those murders were fueled by proabortion rhetoric about how benign abortion is, how reasonable, how there's no reason to object, how it is freeing?
Can anybody get the data and do the math? I'd guess that it's in the thousands for the past ten years.
here's how I deal with
June 1, 2009 - 20:40 ET by red_dragon311here's how I deal with pro-babies killers
to make them calm down bout this I just tell them this doctor was aborted in the 22 or 23 (how old was the guy) trimester
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I think its unfair
June 1, 2009 - 20:49 ET by nwahsThere are very heated debates out there and it is blatantly unfair to suggest debates and rhetoric lead to murder. Mental instability and plain evilness leads to murder. Debate is a healthy discourse shunned by totalitarians. In all fairness, there is murder in the absence of debate, and in the presence of healthy debate. Murder is a fairly common human aberration. To suggest the murder was the fault of vocal pro life activist is as ridiculous as suggesting the 9-11 attacks were the result of religious tolerance advocates.
I didn't leave the Republican party, they kicked me out.
Well, I suppose when you murder children for a living
June 1, 2009 - 20:39 ET by Lord-come-soon-pleasethings like this are bound to happen every once in a while. Of course, the greatest hypocrisy going on in the Obama media today is the fact that none of these so-called "journalists" has ever raised a hue and cry about the millions of children murdered by abortionists like Tiller the Killer. But they are having a fit today over the death of a mass murderer. They are so in the bag with the abortion industry they can't look beyond their own nose to see abortion for what it is - genocide. Why are they surprised that some people would be happy to see a mass murderer get a taste of his own "medicine"? Maybe one of the babies Tiller murdered would have grown up to be a bodyguard and saved his life yesterday. Ya just never know......
look I am pro choice, I am a
June 1, 2009 - 20:48 ET by kangaroolook I am pro choice, I am a chick, and it is our right to choose, I do think that is is wrong to decide after a month, you know by then, you know how you got up the duff, by your own stupidty or forces behond your control, men are mongrals face it guys, they will dump you or stand by you, pay or not, mostly not, bottom line, time limit on pregnacy, one month or less to decide, after that keep it or adoption, keep it the guy pays or goes to the slammer, the only arguement I see is the later the termination (discusting) the more you pay the asshole doc, should be freaking illegal, nuff said
I'm a woman and I think in
June 1, 2009 - 21:15 ET by Radical1979I'm a woman and I think in 2009 you should choose birth control. Unless you are raped the forces are not beyond your control, and pregnancy from rape isn't as common as pro-abortion advocates like to insinuate. If we women want to be truly liberated there is no reason for us not to take control of our bodies BEFORE we have sex. There are to many options today to make an "accident" anything more than immaturity.
radical1979, though the
June 1, 2009 - 21:31 ET by kangarooradical1979, though the majority, are educated on birth control, it is not 100% efficient, what then, when your good intention fails you, and you are left with a choice, that includes you and your partner, what if it was a one night stand, thats the way the cookie crumbles, and unless you have been in that situation, you are not an expert or a person that can give an opinion on this subject, just your view, but state it as that, ok
"when your good intention
June 1, 2009 - 22:12 ET by Jerry"when your good intention fails you, and you are left with a choice"
No offense, but when your good intention fails you, you are left with a responsibility. Just like with everything else you do in life, there are consequences to your actions.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
The reality is that the
June 2, 2009 - 07:55 ET by Radical1979The reality is that the effectiveness of birth control is very high. It is not usually the reason for an unplanned pregnancy. Usually that is caused by a lack of birth control. I have a teenage daughter so I've looked into many aspects of birth control so that I can teach her the facts, because I believe the public schools don't do an accurate job on this subject. This is why I've also taught her that she needs to think through the consequences of sexual activity, because I don't beleive babies are disposable. If she's going to have sex she better be prepared to handle those consequences, whatever they may be.
I've never been hit by a drunk driver, but I feel comfortable saying that is wrong. One doesn't have to experience things to comment on them. I educate myself on an issue before I comment.
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June 1, 2009 - 22:02 ET by kangarooedit
Amazing!!
June 1, 2009 - 21:08 ET by NC CopThe left has managed to milk publicity for two issues out of one incident!! They get to trash Republicans for being hate mongers that lead to the deaths of people and then get to trash Fox News and get more ammunition for the "Fairness" doctrine.
They truly are the lowest form of life.
Nowhere does O'Reilly
June 1, 2009 - 21:13 ET by Radical1979Nowhere does O'Reilly instruct people to kill Tiller. He advertised what went on in Tiller's practice. Never did he incite violence.
Well that's not his job. I
June 1, 2009 - 21:30 ET by balboaWell that's not his job. I don't think he is inciting violence, either. He just wants to get people angry so that they'll come back to his show to see "plain speakin'" Bill O'Reilly, chip off the ol' block. ("He's just like us!")
→ Riiight
June 1, 2009 - 21:38 ET by Cool ArrowO'Reilly couldn't possibly have a problem with late-term abortions.
"The only reason Clarence Thomas is on the court is because he's black". - Joe Biden
Oh don't get me wrong. I'm
June 1, 2009 - 21:41 ET by balboaOh don't get me wrong. I'm sure he does. But the way he conducts his show is intended to gain viewers.
so if o'rielly is trying to gain viewers what is Olby trying to
June 1, 2009 - 21:46 ET by botggain?
knee-jerks?
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
Same. Of course they're
June 1, 2009 - 21:54 ET by balboaSame.
Of course they're both exercising their respective "I'm so right" functions, too.
CA
June 1, 2009 - 23:32 ET by well99Thanks I forgot about that.I add it to my Dem racist file.
He sees his job as reporting
June 2, 2009 - 07:46 ET by Radical1979He sees his job as reporting on stories that mainstream media doesn't cover. The number of late term abortions performed by Tiller suggested there was more to it than the health of the mother. O'Reilly's point was that the man's practice was actually in defiance of the law and motivated purely by profit, ingnoring the "first do no harm" ethic of the medical profession.
Fueled murder?
June 1, 2009 - 22:23 ET by Michael257Olbermann, Mathews, Garofalo, Maddow et al are always spewing vitriol. They constantly attack people who don't believe anything goes. Disagree with the left and your a redneck racist or a Uncle Tom or homophobic. O'Reilly Fueling Murder? I don't think so. The left are fueling a cultural revolution.
M57
June 1, 2009 - 22:40 ET by bigtimerThe left are fueling a cultural revolution.
That they are and have been for years and years...now it is at break-neck speed.
I see nothing stopping this either.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Wonder what warm, heartfelt
June 2, 2009 - 00:40 ET by RR GOPWonder what warm, heartfelt epithet will be put on this guy's tombstone?
60,000 aborted infants...quite an accomplishment. I think he far exceeded Mengele in the murder of the innocents department.
I'm sure that the Libtards will feel sorry for the perpetrator as they do with all murderers? I think he should hang for murder, but that's just the way a lot of us blood-thirsty neocons are.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Correct Me if I Am Wrong...
June 2, 2009 - 11:11 ET by UtherpendBut isn't this considered Libel and Slander by MSNBC stating that BOR is responsible for the murder?
"For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security."
Used to be
June 2, 2009 - 22:33 ET by general companyNot anymore, it's called "reporting" now. Any lie they want to say about you, to bad so sad?
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
There are some very sick
June 2, 2009 - 12:04 ET by rowdygirlThere are some very sick individuals in the world, and they use violence as their calling card. It really doesn't matter what their agenda is all about, they are determined to be heard in their own way.
No one person could make this murderer do what he did; he already had his mind made up and it doesn't have anything to do with being conservative, liberal or somewhere in the middle. You can't blame the left or the right for this. You blame the person who pulled the trigger.
Using his same twisted
June 2, 2009 - 22:19 ET by rbosqueUsing his same twisted logic, the left (the MSM in particular) is guilty of the deaths of those two soldiers who were killed yesterday. Why not? They certainly side with our enemies and no one calls them on it.