On February 4th, during a live interview on the Fox News program
“The O’Reilly Factor,” media personality Bill O’Reilly verbally
attacked Jeremy M. Glick, a signer of the Not In Our Name “Statement
of Conscience” whose father was killed in the World Trade Center on
9/11. Bill O’Reilly has referred to the signers of the Statement as
“anti-American” and has said they should be “held accountable” for
the expression of their dissenting opinion. After cutting short the
interview Bill O’Reilly threatened Mr. Glick, a professor at Rutgers
University and teacher in the state prisons system, with physical
violence.
The following day, Bill O’Reilly continued his attacks on Mr. Glick
by falsely claiming that Mr. Glick “was out of control and spewing
hatred.” The transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor” itself shows that
these statements are wrong. What Mr. Glick said was “Why would I
want to further brutalize and punish the people of Afghanistan…” “The
people of Afghanistan … didn’t kill my father,” and the CIA “…that
trained a hundred thousand Mujahedeen” bore some responsibility. Mr.
Glick remained calm, focused and dignified throughout the entire
show. The video shows it was Bill O’Reilly that lost his composure.
After the interview he told Mr. Glick to “Get out, get out of my
studio before I tear you to f**king pieces!....”
aus
http://www.disinfo.com/pages/article/id3119/pg1/
"Bully Bill
I caught a bit of the O'Reilly Factor during dinner last night,
during which Bill berated Jeremy Glick, a signatory of the Not in Our
Name ad whose father died in the 9/11 attacks. I couldn't find a
transcript on the Fox site, but happily, one came in over the transom
(probably pulled off Lexis, so no link available).
This is how Bill O'Reilly behaves when faced with genuine
disagreement:
O'REILLY: You are mouthing a far left position that is a marginal
position in this society, which you're entitled to.
GLICK: It's marginal -- right.
O'REILLY: You're entitled to it, all right, but you're -- you
see, even --I'm sure your beliefs are sincere, but what upsets me is
I don't think your father would be approving of this.
GLICK: Well, actually, my father thought that Bush's presidency
was illegitimate.
O'REILLY: Maybe he did, but...
GLICK: I also didn't think that Bush...
O'REILLY: ... I don't think he'd be equating this country as a
terrorist nation as you are.
GLICK: Well, I wasn't saying that it was necessarily like that.
O'REILLY: Yes, you are. You signed...
GLICK: What I'm saying is...
O'REILLY: ... this, and that absolutely said that.
GLICK: ... is that in -- six months before the Soviet invasion in
Afghanistan, starting in the Carter administration and continuing and
escalating while Bush's father was head of the CIA, we recruited a
hundred thousand radical mujahadeens to combat a democratic
government in Afghanistan, the Turaki government.
O'REILLY: All right. I don't want to...
GLICK: Maybe...
O'REILLY: I don't want to debate world politics with you.
GLICK: Well, why not? This is about world politics.
O'REILLY: Because, No. 1, I don't really care what you think.
GLICK: Well, OK.
O'REILLY: You're -- I want to...
GLICK: But you do care because you...
O'REILLY: No, no. Look...
GLICK: The reason why you care is because you evoke 9/11...
O'REILLY: Here's why I care.
GLICK: ... to rationalize...
O'REILLY: Here's why I care...
GLICK: Let me finish. You evoke 9/11 to rationalize everything
from domestic plunder to imperialistic aggression worldwide.
O'REILLY: OK. That's a bunch...
GLICK: You evoke sympathy with the 9/11 families.
O'REILLY: That's a bunch of crap. I've done more for the 9/11
families by their own admission -- I've done more for them than you
will ever hope to do.
GLICK: OK.
O'REILLY: So you keep your mouth shut when you sit here
exploiting those people.
GLICK: Well, you're not representing me. You're not representing
me.
O'REILLY: And I'd never represent you. You know why?
GLICK: Why?
O'REILLY: Because you have a warped view of this world and a
warped view of this country.
GLICK: Well, explain that. Let me give you an example of a
parallel...
O'REILLY: No, I'm not going to debate this with you, all right.
GLICK: Well, let me give you an example of parallel experience.
On September 14...
O'REILLY: No, no. Here's -- here's the...
GLICK: On September 14...
O'REILLY: Here's the record.
GLICK: OK.
O'REILLY: All right. You didn't support the action against
Afghanistan to remove the Taliban. You were against it, OK.
GLICK: Why would I want to brutalize and further punish the
people in Afghanistan...
O'REILLY: Who killed your father!
GLICK: The people in Afghanistan...
O'REILLY: Who killed your father.
GLICK: ... didn't kill my father.
O'REILLY: Sure they did. The al Qaeda people were trained there.
GLICK: The al Qaeda people? What about the Afghan people?
O'REILLY: See, I'm more angry about it than you are!
GLICK: So what about George Bush?
O'REILLY: What about George Bush? He had nothing to do with it.
GLICK: The director -- senior as director of the CIA.
O'REILLY: He had nothing to do with it.
GLICK: So the people that trained a hundred thousand Mujahadeen
who were...
O'REILLY: Man, I hope your mom isn't watching this.
GLICK: Well, I hope she is.
O'REILLY: I hope your mother is not watching this because you --
that's it. I'm not going to say anymore.
GLICK: OK.
O'REILLY: In respect for your father...
GLICK: On September 14, do you want to know what I'm doing?
O'REILLY: Shut up! Shut up!
GLICK: Oh, please don't tell me to shut up.
O'REILLY: As respect -- as respect -- in respect for your father,
who was a Port Authority worker, a fine American, who got killed
unnecessarily by barbarians...
GLICK: By radical extremists who were trained by this
government...
O'REILLY: Out of respect for him...
GLICK: ... not the people of America.
O'REILLY: ... I'm not going to...
GLICK: ... The people of the ruling class, the small minority.
O'REILLY: Cut his mic. I'm not going to dress you down anymore,
out of respect for your father.
We will be back in a moment with more of THE FACTOR.
GLICK: That means we're done?
O'REILLY: We're done.
The last few seconds of that exchange were really something to watch.
I don't think I've ever seen a shouting head actually tell his guest
to "Shut up! Shut up!" or to tell his producer to "cut his mic."
“The O’Reilly Factor,” media personality Bill O’Reilly verbally
attacked Jeremy M. Glick, a signer of the Not In Our Name “Statement
of Conscience” whose father was killed in the World Trade Center on
9/11. Bill O’Reilly has referred to the signers of the Statement as
“anti-American” and has said they should be “held accountable” for
the expression of their dissenting opinion. After cutting short the
interview Bill O’Reilly threatened Mr. Glick, a professor at Rutgers
University and teacher in the state prisons system, with physical
violence.
The following day, Bill O’Reilly continued his attacks on Mr. Glick
by falsely claiming that Mr. Glick “was out of control and spewing
hatred.” The transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor” itself shows that
these statements are wrong. What Mr. Glick said was “Why would I
want to further brutalize and punish the people of Afghanistan…” “The
people of Afghanistan … didn’t kill my father,” and the CIA “…that
trained a hundred thousand Mujahedeen” bore some responsibility. Mr.
Glick remained calm, focused and dignified throughout the entire
show. The video shows it was Bill O’Reilly that lost his composure.
After the interview he told Mr. Glick to “Get out, get out of my
studio before I tear you to f**king pieces!....”
aus
http://www.disinfo.com/pages/article/id3119/pg1/
"Bully Bill
I caught a bit of the O'Reilly Factor during dinner last night,
during which Bill berated Jeremy Glick, a signatory of the Not in Our
Name ad whose father died in the 9/11 attacks. I couldn't find a
transcript on the Fox site, but happily, one came in over the transom
(probably pulled off Lexis, so no link available).
This is how Bill O'Reilly behaves when faced with genuine
disagreement:
O'REILLY: You are mouthing a far left position that is a marginal
position in this society, which you're entitled to.
GLICK: It's marginal -- right.
O'REILLY: You're entitled to it, all right, but you're -- you
see, even --I'm sure your beliefs are sincere, but what upsets me is
I don't think your father would be approving of this.
GLICK: Well, actually, my father thought that Bush's presidency
was illegitimate.
O'REILLY: Maybe he did, but...
GLICK: I also didn't think that Bush...
O'REILLY: ... I don't think he'd be equating this country as a
terrorist nation as you are.
GLICK: Well, I wasn't saying that it was necessarily like that.
O'REILLY: Yes, you are. You signed...
GLICK: What I'm saying is...
O'REILLY: ... this, and that absolutely said that.
GLICK: ... is that in -- six months before the Soviet invasion in
Afghanistan, starting in the Carter administration and continuing and
escalating while Bush's father was head of the CIA, we recruited a
hundred thousand radical mujahadeens to combat a democratic
government in Afghanistan, the Turaki government.
O'REILLY: All right. I don't want to...
GLICK: Maybe...
O'REILLY: I don't want to debate world politics with you.
GLICK: Well, why not? This is about world politics.
O'REILLY: Because, No. 1, I don't really care what you think.
GLICK: Well, OK.
O'REILLY: You're -- I want to...
GLICK: But you do care because you...
O'REILLY: No, no. Look...
GLICK: The reason why you care is because you evoke 9/11...
O'REILLY: Here's why I care.
GLICK: ... to rationalize...
O'REILLY: Here's why I care...
GLICK: Let me finish. You evoke 9/11 to rationalize everything
from domestic plunder to imperialistic aggression worldwide.
O'REILLY: OK. That's a bunch...
GLICK: You evoke sympathy with the 9/11 families.
O'REILLY: That's a bunch of crap. I've done more for the 9/11
families by their own admission -- I've done more for them than you
will ever hope to do.
GLICK: OK.
O'REILLY: So you keep your mouth shut when you sit here
exploiting those people.
GLICK: Well, you're not representing me. You're not representing
me.
O'REILLY: And I'd never represent you. You know why?
GLICK: Why?
O'REILLY: Because you have a warped view of this world and a
warped view of this country.
GLICK: Well, explain that. Let me give you an example of a
parallel...
O'REILLY: No, I'm not going to debate this with you, all right.
GLICK: Well, let me give you an example of parallel experience.
On September 14...
O'REILLY: No, no. Here's -- here's the...
GLICK: On September 14...
O'REILLY: Here's the record.
GLICK: OK.
O'REILLY: All right. You didn't support the action against
Afghanistan to remove the Taliban. You were against it, OK.
GLICK: Why would I want to brutalize and further punish the
people in Afghanistan...
O'REILLY: Who killed your father!
GLICK: The people in Afghanistan...
O'REILLY: Who killed your father.
GLICK: ... didn't kill my father.
O'REILLY: Sure they did. The al Qaeda people were trained there.
GLICK: The al Qaeda people? What about the Afghan people?
O'REILLY: See, I'm more angry about it than you are!
GLICK: So what about George Bush?
O'REILLY: What about George Bush? He had nothing to do with it.
GLICK: The director -- senior as director of the CIA.
O'REILLY: He had nothing to do with it.
GLICK: So the people that trained a hundred thousand Mujahadeen
who were...
O'REILLY: Man, I hope your mom isn't watching this.
GLICK: Well, I hope she is.
O'REILLY: I hope your mother is not watching this because you --
that's it. I'm not going to say anymore.
GLICK: OK.
O'REILLY: In respect for your father...
GLICK: On September 14, do you want to know what I'm doing?
O'REILLY: Shut up! Shut up!
GLICK: Oh, please don't tell me to shut up.
O'REILLY: As respect -- as respect -- in respect for your father,
who was a Port Authority worker, a fine American, who got killed
unnecessarily by barbarians...
GLICK: By radical extremists who were trained by this
government...
O'REILLY: Out of respect for him...
GLICK: ... not the people of America.
O'REILLY: ... I'm not going to...
GLICK: ... The people of the ruling class, the small minority.
O'REILLY: Cut his mic. I'm not going to dress you down anymore,
out of respect for your father.
We will be back in a moment with more of THE FACTOR.
GLICK: That means we're done?
O'REILLY: We're done.
The last few seconds of that exchange were really something to watch.
I don't think I've ever seen a shouting head actually tell his guest
to "Shut up! Shut up!" or to tell his producer to "cut his mic."