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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-23-07 09:42 PM
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Bingo!! Bill O and Co. attacked Oprah for "Liberal Bias" in Oct. 06 and she caved.....
Edited on Fri Feb-23-07 09:44 PM by kerry-is-my-prez
Looks like Bill, MIchelle Malkin and their minions basically "blackmailed" her into putting Bill on.

http://newsbusters.org/node/8396

Bill O’Reilly and Michelle Malkin Take on Oprah Winfrey
Posted by Noel Sheppard on October 17, 2006 - 14:29.
As reported by NewsBusters last Friday, famed television talk show host Oprah Winfrey recently had the New York Times’ Frank Rich on her program to hawk his new Bush-bashing book. On Monday’s “O’Reilly Factor,” the host and one of his guests, conservative writer and blogger Michelle Malkin, took Oprah to task for the amount of time Rich was given to spew his vitriol, and for the fact that Oprah rarely has conservatives on to push their books (hat tip to Hot Air). O’Reilly began (video link and full transcript to follow):

Her daytime talk program is a launch pad for books, movies, TV shows, and records. Most who appear on Ms. Winfrey's show benefit from the experience greatly. But an analysis of the programs shows that liberal guests far outnumber conservatives and traditionalists in the arena. We can only find four traditional guests in the past four years. Four. President Bush, Rudy Giuliani, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Mel Gibson.


-snip-

But here we have a woman who's the most powerful woman in the country. And I think that we should know if she is running a program in an ideological way, because here's the importance of it.

-snip-

MICHELLE MALKIN, FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR: I don't think there's any question that she's been sort of a soft, reflexive liberal. And I think that what's happened is as she's become more and more successful -- and as you say, Bill, there's no question that she is a shrewd businesswoman and a very successful capitalist, that she's lost touch with those roots that you talked about. And she is your typical limousine liberal in the broadcast industry.......And I think that, as you say, she can -- she can invite anyone she wants to, but I think she risks alienating a large portion of the daytime audience. There are millions of stay-at-home moms who watch her show who don't agree that Frank Rich is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-23-07 09:44 PM
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1. So what if she's liberal?
Bill O'Reilly has an extreme bias. Obviously, bias is allowed.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-23-07 09:50 PM
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2. I'm trying to figure out how Guliani and der Gropenfuhrer are traditionalists
They're both philanderers (note to self: dust off that word more often) many times over, and Ahnuld is also a drug abuser who's had group sex.

Maybe "traditionalist" means something else to Republicans. :shrug:
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-23-07 09:50 PM
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3. Where the HELL is our noise machine to counter the right wing?
All they ever do is scream "liberal bias" at anything that is not 100% in their court! :argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh::argh:
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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-23-07 09:59 PM
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7. Those dittoheads and O"Reilly worshippers can bring down anyone...
n/t
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-23-07 09:54 PM
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4. This makes Oprah even more of a POS than I thought if this had any bearing on
wht she gave that other POS O'Lielly credibility and an adoring audience.

Keith Olbermann voted them as the worse persons in the world, and of course he was dead on!
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-23-07 10:08 PM
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9. I have never been able to figure out why OPRAH is popular.
She's about as bright as a used flashbulb...
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:39 AM
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11. I used to watch her most every day until she became a cheerleader for the Iraq War. I stopped
watching her then.

With her fame and influence (and she Does Have Influence), there is so much good she could do in waking up America, and I believe that she has been corrupted, in one way or the other, and is working to keep Americans' eyes off of the real ball.

Her disgusting display with O'Lielly just confirmed these feelings.
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KingFlorez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-23-07 09:57 PM
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5. Who are they to criticize anyone?
Their real problem is that a lot of people watch Oprah and the truth was shown to those people, they don't like that.
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-23-07 09:59 PM
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6. True. Oprah does not need the Fox "News" Thugs for anything.
She can survive on their own, or can she?
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-23-07 10:02 PM
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8. I'm not an Oprah watcher anymore, but she's apparently had him on
numerous times. Town Hall meetings, book discussions. :puke:
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Berry Cool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 09:33 AM
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10. Oh, please. What wackjobs.
They accuse other people of "spewing vitriol," but what are THEY spewing?

Oprah is a wuss for caving in to these idiots. They know exactly what they are doing. It's time the public fought BACK.
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