Media Matters sez O'Lielly lying about his viewership threefold!

babylonsister

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Mon May-01-06 06:28 PM
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Media Matters sez O'Lielly lying about his viewership threefold!

http://mediamatters.org/items/200605010008

Overstating The O'Reilly Factor's viewership nearly threefold, O'Reilly claimed to have "6 million people watching me every night"

Summary: Bill O'Reilly dramatically overstated the amount of nightly viewers of his television program, saying, "I already got the 6 million people watching me every night." In fact, according to Nielsen Media Research, Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor averaged 2,274,000 viewers a night in the first quarter of 2006.
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Ahpook

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Mon May-01-06 06:31 PM
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1. Does not surprise me..

Edited on Mon May-01-06 06:37 PM by Ahpook

Who the hell wants to listen to that propaganda anyway?

Couple knuckle draggers around here that may, but they are in the minority.

Generally, folks are sick of this shit in this country.

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babylonsister

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Mon May-01-06 06:32 PM
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2. Welcome to DU, Ahpook! nt

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jerryster

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Mon May-01-06 06:34 PM
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4. Welcome!

Glad to have you on the DU!

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Gman

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Mon May-01-06 06:32 PM
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3. We should have suspected as much

he lies about everything else, Peabody award and other things.

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babylonsister

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Mon May-01-06 06:34 PM
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5. I know. I bet KO might tear him a new one for this though.

:evilgrin:

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Gman

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Mon May-01-06 06:42 PM
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6. Cool!

and he's coming on next!

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tridim

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Mon May-01-06 06:42 PM
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7. His drug buddy Rush does the same thing

Peas in a pod those two.

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Roland99

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Mon May-01-06 06:43 PM
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8. O'LIElly counts the viewers who watch the reruns of his show and adds them

Heck, 50% more viewers watch Spongebob on any given day.

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Notoverit

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Mon May-01-06 06:46 PM
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9. Dildo Reilly also got a Peabody award- right? Tell me I'm right!

Edited on Mon May-01-06 06:48 PM by Notoverit

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Left Below

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Mon May-01-06 07:20 PM
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10. Another "left wing smear merchant" with facts that O'Reilly

does not like.

I am sure that he "feels" like he has that many viewers....

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