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| All content taken from The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel. Each weeknight by 6 PM EST a preview of that evening's show will be posted and then updated with additional information the following weekday by noon EST.
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"A new study by a conservative group says that 85% of network news evening news stories on Fort Hood did not mention the word 'terror,' and only 29% of the evening news stories even mentioned that Major Nidal Malik Hasan is a Muslim. Unbelievable! In Time magazine, an article is titled: 'The Fort Hood Killer: Terrified ... or Terrorist?' The article discusses the pressure of Iraq and Afghanistan, but you can't be blaming American foreign policy for the actions of a terrorist killer like Hasan. NPR, the usually liberal outlet, has been a sane voice in evaluating Hasan, reporting that Hasan's supervisors in Washington had reprimanded him for telling a patient 'Islam can save your soul.' Hasan was involved with Islamic terror elements, but the media still doesn't want to acknowledge the truth. It's time the American media wised up, got honest, and told the folks exactly the danger we all face."
The Factor asked FNC media analyst Bernie Goldberg why so many pundits and reporters are reluctant to report Hasan's terror ties. "To mention terrorism or religion," Goldberg asserted, "violates their liberal sensibilities. Every rational person in the entire country knows that Hasan shot up the place because he's a Muslim terrorist. The only people who don't know that are monumentally and terminally dense, but way too many journalists are willing to ignore the facts because the facts make them uncomfortable. They will lose what is left of their credibility, integrity, and honor because they don't want to offend Muslims." The Factor tried to rationalize why so many journalists try mightily to avoid offending Muslims: "Liberal people in general feel sorry for the underdogs, and in America Muslims are the underdogs. They are in a precarious position so liberals are rallying to their defense."
Time magazine editor-at-large Nancy Gibbs, who wrote the article mentioned in the Talking Points Memo, entered the No Spin Zone and gave her take on the Fort Hood killer. "Based on everything we know so far," Gibbs said, "Hasan is absolutely a terrorist. But what really matters is whether our whole definition of terrorism is misleading us. This guy was much harder to catch because he was not part of a conspiracy or a network. Of the many questions that are going to be debated over the next few weeks, one is why someone who was getting poor performance reviews was promoted?" The Factor added that Hasan left a long trail of damning clues: "His business cards include the abbreviation 'SoA,' which stands for 'Soldier of Allah.' There is no doubt that this guy was a jihadist and the Army should have known it.? |
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| As President Obama continues to debate whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan, one mother of a soldier killed in that theater is pleading with the president to make a decision. The Factor scrutinized the president's dilemma with former Clinton administration official Nancy Soderberg and K.T. McFarland, a Pentagon spokesperson under President Reagan. "The thing I worry about," McFarland said, "is not only what he's going to decide, but who else is watching us. The Russians are watching, the Iranians are watching, and everybody is saying how can we exploit this guy, he's weak. He's already undercut his position by taking so long." But Soderberg lauded the president's extended deliberation. "He is trying to avoid the mistakes that were made in Iraq by rushing in without an adequate civilian political program. Eight years into this war we are fighting the tough political battles that should have been fought six or seven years ago. President Obama will be a strong leader if he gets the strategy right." The Factor put forth this recommendation: "If I'm president, I send the additional 40,000 troops to protect the other 60,000 already in the field. And I tell the American people that my role as commander-in-chief is to protect my forces in the field.? |
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| Culture Warriors Gretchen Carlson and Meghan McCain, sitting in for Monica Crowley, discussed the widespread complaint that women politicians are often viciously attacked. "I think women in general get a rougher time," Carlson declared. "The overall perception is still that women are not as smart as men. Hillary Clinton was thought of as being 'too tough,' then Sarah Palin comes along and, because she's pretty, people say she's probably not that smart. So it's a no-win situation." McCain worried that young women are being turned off to politics. "We have a whole generation of women who are going to be intimidated to run for office because they see the way Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin are treated. I don't think the criticism is legitimate, and I wonder what would have happened if my father had picked a male running mate and his teenage daughter was pregnant. Would the media have handled that in a different way?" The Factor surmised that "conservative women get it worse than liberal women and a lot of that has to do with the abortion issue.? |
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| Speaking about the House health care bill last week, Laura Ingraham said this: "Nancy Pelosi basically did everything but sell her own body to get this bill passed." Ingraham's critics, eager to pounce, condemned the reference to Pelosi, which came as no surprise to Miss Laura. "I didn't say she did sell her own body," Ingraham protested, "I said she did everything but sell her own body. My point was humor through exaggeration, and I need an investigation to find out what phrases and what jokes conservatives can and can't use. Meanwhile, Bill Clinton can call protesters 'tea baggers,' which is actually a sexually derogatory term, so I find this whole thing rather rich." Ingraham also accused her critics of diverting attention from the health care legislation itself. "We have a bill that the overwhelming majority of Congressmen have not read, but they don't want to talk about that.? |
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| Former Miss USA Carrie Prejean took off her microphone and stopped talking during an interview with CNN's Larry King. The Factor's Check: "Miss Prejean objected to call-in questions - she says the deal was that there wouldn't be any." The Factor also had this Check on a new Gallup poll: "It's good news for Republicans. Asked which party's candidates they would vote for if elections were held today, 48% say Republican, 44% say Democrat." Meanwhile, the GOP is searching for a strong presidential candidate in 2012, but General David Petraeus says there is no chance he'll run. The Factor's Check: "For the record, I think General Petraeus would make a good candidate.? |
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| Thursday's Patriots: Country stars Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley, who sang "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Kanye" at the Country Music Awards, mocking Kanye West for interrupting Taylor Swift during the MTV Video Music Awards. And the Pinhead: The ring-bearer who "accidentally" knocked a bride into a pool as she was exchanging vows. |
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Robert Berkowitz, Denville, NJ: "Bill, superb interview with Sally Quinn. I don't mean to inflate your ego, but it took a no-nonsense fact-driven argument to persuade her Hasan is a terrorist."
Sharon Williams, Shreveport, LA: "I think Sally gave into you, O'Reilly, just to shut you up."
Michael Trivisani, Fort Pierce, FL: "Mr. O, when Ms. Quinn finally called Hasan a terrorist, I jumped out of the chair and said yessss!"
Tony Barbaro, Schodack, NY: "O'Reilly, watching Ralph Nader dodge your questions on terrorism shows he is a good politician. I'm surprised he was never elected."
Jeremy Racca, Seattle, WA: "Bill, I voted for Nader but he was being disingenuous on terrorism. Thanks for looking out for me.? |
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