Billo's Hate Site

This Bill O'Reilly/Daily Kos flap is getting pretty ugly, but if you live by cherry picking comments, I guess you have to die by them, too:

FOX News' Bill O'Reilly has been attacking the liberal blog Daily Kos, and liberal blogs in general, over some extreme comments left by some of our visitors. It's interesting therefore that O'Reilly's own Web site contains some of the most hideous hate you've ever seen. Over the next few hours, we'll be documenting some of that hate. And you'll be interested to know that while O'Reilly holds others responsible for the words strangers leave on their Web sites, on O'Reilly's Web site, he's not responsible at all for the hate and threats his readers leave behind. And I quote O'Reilly's own Web site:
"BillOReilly.com will not be held liable for any user activity on the message boards. We do not actively monitor user-submitted content."

You see, it's okay when he does it.

And with no further ado, examples of BillOReilly.com's threats against Hillary.

Posted By: Wildabeast (4638 posts) - 24 July 2007 8:15am PT

Reply: RE: If Hillary WIns, WIll You Be Respectful of Her?

If Hillary wins, I will be respectful of our leader. If you could read my thoughts, I would be on the SS [Secret Service] watch list.

The only thought that would put you on a Secret Service watch list vis-a-vis the president is a possible threat to their life.

Apparently, Lane Hudson took a look at this and called the Secret Service, who is now investigating threats on the life of Hillary Clinton.

It's clear to me that cherry picking random comments and ascribing them to the website's proprietor is a fool's errand. Of course, Billo doesn't seem to think so. He claims that his site is moderated and that any untoward comments are from Daily Kos plants. Well, this guy who posted about Hillary has 1,000 comments on the O'Reilly site, so he must be deep undercover.

I don't endorse random comment cherry-picking. But this is self-defense. O'Reilly went after advertisers, there's going to be pushback. Especially when the hypocrisy is so clear. And this is more about exposing the lies of a Big Media practitioner.

UPDATE: Another comment promotes a terrorist attack on the US Capitol. Again, this isn't about comment cherry-picking as much as it's about "what's good for the goose is good for the Billo."