Agreed. The show used to be good, but Bill thinks he's smarter than he really is.  First of all, I don't ever give a crap what O'Reilly has to say, yet he always ALWAYS talks over and cuts off his guests, who are much more interesting and informed than he is.

He also is no conservative...he bends over backwards to try and be "fair" but ends up being slightly leftly tilted as well (now he wants major regulation of wall street, the bailout, etc)

And lastly, I agree, all he does is shill for his frigging books and merchandise...I don't mind he sells it, but NOT ON A SHOW!

 I don't watch him anymore, other than an exercise in masochism when nothing else is on (same with Hannity and Colmes...*shudder*)

Sadly, you are correct.  In the old days, when journalists had ethics, the story was more important than the source.

In the old days that my journo profs in the 80's endlessly prattled on about, if a journalist listed an unnamed source for his story, every other journalist from competing organizations immediately went on a rampage to find out who was the source.

 This stopped, as best as I can tell, during the Watergate affair when journalists seemed not to care about sourcing from Woodstein and Bernward.  They all performed some low level "I think the source is X" reporting, but no one followed either of those two journalists and badgered them to release the information.  No one interviewed Woodward when he tried to pitch a book and did not let him off the set until he told them the answer.

Leakers? THey subsequently exploded when it became well known that anyone who spoke to the press would be covered for as long as it made a conservative squirm.

Instead of journalistic ethics, today we have the "Professional Courtesy" of sharks as long as the sharks only eat conservatives.

I hope she can see Alaska from her house. I think you meant the SNL spoof that has Tina Fey claiming she can see Russia from her house. In fact that's possible from many parts of Alaska but I've never found a source quoting such a comment from Palin and it would hardly qualify her on foreign policy on it's own so I doubt she would have said it. She does in fact have two foreign countries as neighbors but it is still a weak foreign policy background. Just nowhere near as weak as a less-than-one-term US Senator who doesn't even know how many states his own country possesses. People get the leaders they deserve so the next 4 years will be interesting.

What does Gov. Palin have to do with Show Biz or entertainment, other than their own self-entertainment with trash. 

You're right, it's just a not-so-fancy cover for sleazy gossip.

Like Jon Stewart uses "fake news show" as his license to spew his garbage.

I've heard no one other than the article that appears on this site, charging or saying Cameron "might" have been the victim of a hoaxer. Thats pulled out of thin air.

I don't think Cameron should be trashing someone over gossip with unnamed sources. But its another thing entirely to plant the idea that he "might" have been taken in by a hoaxer when its apparent the author WAS taken in by a hoaxer.

I really hate to be a stickler, but this site is supposed to be the good guys.

Delsa,

I've noticed that Carl Cameron is one of those people, like Sen. Richard Luger, who always seems to be smiling, no matter how serious a matter they're discussing. I don't know if it's it's a physical oddity they can't help or just a bad habit, but it's annoying and cringe inducing.

This is exactly why I can't even think of Carl Cameron without getting mad anymore.  While reporting this trash, especially the fake "towel" incident (which at the time was a "bathrobe"), he looked ecstatic.  That made my stomach turn.

O'Reilly's defense of Cameron is indicative of where he stands.

Even a tad bit of research on this site would tell you that most conservatives here would place you and Bill in the same category. Look at ME, ME, MEEEEE! It's a well known fact that neither of you are conservative or very useful and definitely not looking out for us. The only reason for O'Reilly's high ratings is the fact that when he skewers someone on the left, he is likely the only one doing it. Conservative shish-ka-bobs are standard fare at ALL of the other outlets. We like balance in our diets, even if we dislike the chef.

No representation, without taxation!

Bill O'Reilly is NOT a conservative.  Although he takes the conservative side on some issues (national security for example) he is very liberal on other issues.  BOR often states he's a registered Independent for this reason.

Secondly, BOR would be the first to tell you he's no longer a journalist, which he originally was, unlike Chris Matthews who states he IS a journalist, whose job it is to promote the success of his Lord and Saviour, The One.

So while you can come here and sling around whatever talking points and blather you'd like, you might want to try backing up your statements with some evidence for a change.  If you can find an article by, or video of BOR, within the last three years, stating he either is (or was) a conservative (not conservative on one issue) or a journalist, I'll publicly apologize to you.  Otherwise, take your talking points elsewhere.

Just so you know, I think BOR is a puffed up piece of work, who showed absolutely no judgement in airing this piece.  But your lies and talking points don't fly.  We have an old saying here....link or slink.  I'm betting you'll slink. 

CBS and Rathergate. Enough said. 

If conservatives are RIGHT, then liberals must be WRONG.

I agree - Bill had this weird 25 Days of Obama.  I figured it was probably the price for having Obama on his show.  Each day he would cover some controversial facet of Obama's life - alternating pro and con Obama commentators.  What I noticed is that he generally agreed with the supporters and disagreed with the non-supporters. It stopped long before the 25 days were up - maybe when he realized that he was helping Obama get elected? 

O'Reilly is everything you say, and I might add, a "Catholic". By the way, "conservative" is the antonym of that.

"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...

"NOBODY PUTS ONE OVER ON FRED C DOBBS"

No -- he put one over on himself. One of Bogey's best movies. Great stuff. 

If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same...
Yours is the earth and all that's in it...

Hi Janetta,

Glenn will be a very welcome addition to Fox News Channel. I just wish Neil Cavuto and Glenn would get the best time slots. I respect and admire both of them.

No representation, without taxation!

I would find the study of mold spores more interesting.

Winston Churchill ~ "Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy."