In his "Talking Points" opening monologue Wednesday night, Fox News's Bill O'Reilly lit into the establishment press for allowing the notion that America is a "white supremacist nation" to go "largely unchallenged." He further accused the press of allowing itself to be "intimidated," leaving Fox as the only channel, in his view, "standing up for the truth."
I have been told that O'Reilly's monologue went about twice as long it usually does, but that's because he had a lot to say, and said it well.
The person who tipped me to this video told me that he has rarely seen O'Reilly as outraged as he was last night. I don't get to see many of O'Reilly's openers, but I have to agree that the Fox host was quite exercised, and with good cause:
Key media-related points:
- "That (the idea that America is a white supremacist nation bent on keeping black Americans down -- Ed.) is what the far-left is putting out there, largely unchallenged by a cowardly media."
- "That stuff is being put out to the entire world, with little skepticism on the part of American media that is afraid to challenge it. They're afraid because if they do challenge it, they may be labeled anti-black bigots. So the medis in the USA is intimidated. The only TV network that does not accept the blatant dishonesty that America is a white supremacist nation is Fox News — and some of us on this channel get viciously attacked for standing up for the truth."
- "On Saturday in Detroit, 12 black Americans were shot in Detroit at a party. Twelve! Did you hear anything about that? That included three women. One person was killed. The likely perpetrators? Black gang members."
- "The real racism is looking away from what is really harming black Americans, the root cause of poverty ... that is the dissolution of the African-American traditional family, the chaos on the streets in poor neighborhoods, and an educational system that does not demand the same standards of achievement that are demanded in the white neighborhoods."
- "And the far-left smear merchants have the nerve, the gall to say that America is a white supremacist nation? And the press does nothing about it? And Fox News is attacked when we report the truth? Well, you want a war, you've got a war. I'm not going to sit here any longer and take this garbage. People who lie, who run the country down, who are racists themselves, are going to be called out right here on the Factor."
- "In the real world, America remains the country which provides the most opportunity to the most people. That's why million of folks are trying to get in here, many of them people of color."
The charlatans who claim that this is a "white supremacist" nation like to claim that more government money, reparations and the like would somehow lead to full racial healing. It should be quite clear from their actions, statements and funding that they're not telling the truth. They are the ones whose primary interest is sowing further racial division.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
