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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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Guests: Brit Hume
"There have been a number of leaks to the press about sensitive issues about life and death. Number one, the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA locate bin Laden - details about him found their way into the newspapers and he is now serving 33 years in a Pakistani prison. Second, somebody told the New York Times about Stuxnet, a computer virus targeting nuclear facilities in Iran. Third, the 'kill list.' Somebody told the Times that President Obama has a terrorist death list and the leak, some believe, was designed to make the President look like a tough guy. Attorney General Eric Holder has assigned two Justice Department officials to investigate, but many people don't believe Holder will do anything that might embarrass his close friend Barack Obama. Obviously, some Obama folks are talking and New York Times' reporter David Sanger admits it. So President Obama finds himself in a very embarrassing situation that could escalate into a full-blown scandal. Here's what we know: There have been leaks, they have caused human suffering, they have put America in danger, and they need to be uncovered. The Attorney General is far too close to President Obama and it's a conflict of interest to have his people investigate. An independent counsel should be appointed immediately."
The Factor asked FNC's Brit Hume to put the leaks into perspective. "These are pretty serious," Hume said, "and the outrage on Capitol Hill is bipartisan, this is no partisan witch hunt. But I don't think you can look to the investigative reporting teams in Washington to pursue this story very eagerly because things involving President Obama tend not to look as bad to them." Hume also opined on the Republicans in Congress who want to cite Eric Holder for contempt over the 'Fast and Furious' gun-running scandal. "It's possible that the stonewalling at the Justice Department over documents could continue and Eric Holder could be held in contempt of Congress. But if you're a leader of Congress and you're about to take this action against the first African American Attorney General, you may want to think twice because you know what's going to come at you. Everyone would say they wouldn't do this to him if he were white." |
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Guests: Mary Katharine Ham and Juan Williams
"The private sector is doing fine." That assertion, put forth by President Obama last Friday, has been widely ridiculed by Republicans, and The Factor assessed the damage with Fox News analysts Juan Williams and Mary Katharine Ham. "I'm a little puzzled about this one," Williams asserted, "because what the President said is exactly right. He didn't say the economy is doing fine, he said the private sector is doing fine, and the private sector is doing fine. Corporations have more cash on hand than at any time since the 1960's." Ham theorized that President Obama actually meant what he said. "This was close to saying the economy is doing fine because most people think of the economy as the private sector. This further illustrated his priorities of putting public sector first and I don't think this was a 'gaffe' in that it wasn't actually a mistake." The Factor took issue with Williams' defense of the President's statement: "Doesn't the private sector include working people, and are they doing fine? I'm seeing a lot of fear and they don't seem to think they're 'doing fine.'" |
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Guests: Jim Steyer
New York City principal Greta Hawkins banned the song "God Bless the USA" at a kindergarten graduation, worrying that it could "offend" someone. The Factor welcomed attorney and child advocate Jim Steyer, who defended the principal, if not her principles. "As an educator myself," Steyer said, "you always want to support principals and teachers who know their community better than we do. I think you should back principals even if they don't make decisions you agree with." The Factor urged Ms. Hawkins to step up and defend her decision: "I think this woman doesn't like the country and she doesn't want 5-year-olds singing 'God Bless the USA' She owes the public an explanation because we pay her salary." |
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Guests: Jesse Watters
Factor producer Jesse Watters dropped in on a trade show dedicated to technology and social media. Returning to the No Spin Zone, Watters revealed what he learned about two coming technological wonders. "One thing is 'life streaming,'" he reported. "You have a video camera in the sunglasses, then you put them on a celebrity like Snooki. She goes out to a club and she pumps in a live feed of her night, and you go on line to experience Snooki's world as she sees it. You hear what she hear, you see what she sees. The second thing is a microchip in your bloodstream. If you're low on fiber, the computer will interface with your brain and say, 'eat more wheat.' It's instant intelligence." Needless to say, The Factor was far more intrigued by the latter of those two innovations. |
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Guests: Bernie Goldberg
News legends Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow are often lionized as examples of impartial reporting, but MSNBC's Chris Matthews now describes them as "establishment liberals." The Factor invited FNC media analyst Bernie Goldberg to opine on Matthews' claim. "I was pleasantly surprised," Goldberg said, "and he was absolutely right, so I give Chris credit for saying it. If we're ever going to make progress on this media bias problem, it's going to take liberals to admit there's a liberal bias and it's going to take conservatives to admit that there's a conservative bias. There are biases on both sides." The Factor contended that media conservatives are generally more open about their ideology, adding, "All the big guys making money in radio are conservative, not one liberal yakker makes any money." |
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| 53-year-old Madonna exposed her breast to concertgoers in Turkey. The Factor's Check: "She flashed more than 50,000 fans while singing her song 'Human Nature.' Is it human nature to expose yourself?" Also, while being interviewed on Fox Business, Congressman Barney Frank lashed out at anchor Melissa Francis when she interjected. The Factor's Check: "Of course, Barney, why would you want to be interrupted by the facts? It was 'rude' of Melissa Francis to interrupt your propaganda, how dare she do that!" The Factor also explained last week's absence: "I was in Iceland, perhaps the most isolated country in the world. It's a very 'green' country with geothermal energy all over. About 350,000 people live in Iceland and everybody has many, many sweaters. It was a very interesting place to visit, but there's no place like here." |
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Jerod Lammi, Sioux Falls, SD: "Mr. O'Reilly, I was ashamed when I heard you say the state of California should get involved with the Octomom's children. I don't agree with her choices, but aren't we all for personal freedom?"
Justin Marx, Coral Springs, FL: "I'm completely against gender-based abortion but what's to stop a woman from giving a different reason to the abortionist?"
Ken Glover, Asheville, NC: "O'Reilly, your segments with Jesse Watters are, without question, the low point of American television."
Art Volk, Twin Lakes, CO: "Whoever puts together the Watters World segments is a genius." |
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| Monday's Patriots: ABC's Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts, who revealed that she has a blood disorder that requires a bone marrow transplant, and her older sister Sally Ann Roberts, who is a close genetic match and will be donating the marrow. |
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