Bill O'reilly has quite a bit to answer for in his life. He has made a career off of spewing lies, character attacks, occupying luffa's, and pushing people already on the cusp of mental disorders into committing crimes like murder. He sees nothing wrong with this as it serves to continue selling his books and increasing his ratings.
Last week on Dec 2nd Jesse appeared on The Ed Show for his fourth appearance.
Transcript
Now Jesse has a habit of not only speaking the truth - but speaking truth to power and those codified by the establishment. These guys seem to have very thin skin when confronted with something that can not be clearly defined as us and them or black and white.
Here are some select quotes from the interview:
SCHULTZ: You heard Chris Moody. He`s reporting from the room that
these governors are concerned about how they`re going to deal with the 99
Percenters out there, how to talk to them and how to coach the rest of the
people out there that you`re not going down the correct path here. Isn`t
that somewhat of a victory in itself?
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LAGRECA: In a small sense, yes, but we`re winning battle. I think --
you know, Politifact called Frank Luntz`s talking points the lie of the
year. Fox News is a lie factory. If I`m a working class guy who`s the
message man, then that`s my talking point. Fox News is a lie factory.
Don`t believe what they say.
SCHULTZ: I want to point out, a couple months ago, Fox News stuck a
camera in your face at the Occupy Wall Street and you knocked it out of the
park. I mean, how can other people do the same thing? You were just right
off the cuff and just nailed them, just took the words right out of the
mouth of the reporter. He was speechless. How do you do that?
LAGRECA: I read a lot. I like to consider myself a student, so to me
it`s about education. And I think Fox News would like to get rid of every
book except Ayn Rand`s collected works and the Bible. You know, to me,
it`s about making yourself aware. We`re talking about closed minded people
who are selling an agenda. So let`s be aware of who we`re up against.
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Now this is where it gets interesting. Bill O'Reily after his talking points section of his show decided to respond to Jesse. God help me for linking Fox.
Pinheads & Patriots.
Very frustrating for some liberal Americans to acknowledge the fact that Fox News dominates prime-time TV news coverage. There's simply no one even close. So the lefties run around, spouting propaganda, and some of it is pretty amusing.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
JESSE LAGRECA: The reality is Fox News is irrelevant. We've totally moved beyond them.
I consider myself a student. So to me it's about education. And I think Fox News would like to get rid of every book except for Ayn Rand's collected works and the Bible.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
O'REILLY: Sure. Now, Mr. LaGreca is obviously a pinhead, but not because he doesn't like Fox News. It's because he simply will not tell the truth.
And here's some advice to you far-left loons, OK? The reason you have zero credibility is because of dopey stuff like that. You'd be far better off to say, "Fox News does very well. We don't agree with it, but facts are facts." Then you might get some respect.
Well you know we are doing something write when Bill O'Reilly calls us far-left loons. This man has no compunction to ever tell the truth. We already assumed he would selectively edit anything to try and denigrate Jesse and any other activist that stands up to the manufactured lie mill That is Fox News.
What credibility do you have Mr O'reilly? All I have to do is google your name along with scandals and a wealth of information pops up.
You can go to Oreilly sucks and see tons in a heartbeat
This will not be the last attack that this man will level at Jesse. Now we were talking after we saw this. Our first reaction was anger - then pride - then having a beer - then talking logically about it. This comes as no shock. Our answer to this though is not going to be where we continually curse out Bill-o for his many imperfections as a human being.
The answer is civility and discourse in this instance. Jesse spoke of including the republicans, teapartiers, libertarians, and other folk who have been disillusioned into believing lies by a propaganda network so thoroughly that they vote against their own interests. Let's have a conversation with them. Let's have an honest one. Bring Bill O'reilly in the same room with Jesse, Ed, and whoever else wants to participate.
Will this happen? Not likely because Bill is a bully and bullies don't like to cede any advantage that they have. Should Jesse go on Fox news and debate Bill in person? I personally say no. If an honest conversation is going to happen - it has to happen in an honest place and Fox News is not the place where that can happen.
Please tell us what you think we should do.