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O'Reilly - Olbermann Feud Gets Ethnic

oreilly-olbermann-feud-gets-racialThe ongoing clash between cable titans Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly has officially been deemed offensive. After a Nazi gesture was used, the Anti-Defamation League has now decided to join the fight.

In a letter to MSNBC's Olbermann, the ADL states their "deep dismay" with the "use of the Nazi 'Seig Heil' salute." Olbermann used the gesture while holding up a mask of O'Reilly during a recent Television Critics Tour.

Olbermann was quick to explain his actions to TMZ, saying "I did that in the persona of Bill O'Reilly because he's been defending the Nazis at Malmedy for the last year." (The so-called 'Malmedy Massacre' of American POWs by German troops occurred during the famous Battle of the Bulge in World War II.)

The ADL, however, claims any use of the Nazi gesture "Even in jest - only serves to trivialize the Holocaust, and denigrate the memory of the six million Jews and others who died as a result."

Since their heated feud began, O'Reilly has referred to Olbermann - although not by name - as a "notorious smear merchant." Olbermann has named O'Reilly his "Worst Person in the World" at least 15 times.


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46. I guess it's a safe bet that Abe Foxman's kids weren't allowed to watch Hogan's Heroes

Posted at 6:28PM on Aug 8th 2006 by ol cranky

47. You really are brain dead, DUDE!!! First of all Murdoch makes no secret about his political ties and what he stands for. YOu got that?/ For the last 40 odd years your PEOPLE, the SOCIALISTS have been tellling us that they are not on one side or the other. The difference between the two is that ONE IS LYING and the other is not.

How in the hell have you been robbed of a free press einstein? Before FOX all you heard was Liberal mantra. Gee, in hte last election 88% of JOURNALIST voted for KErry, is that not correct? Not to mention almost all the newspapers and magazines were all liberal related. But get ONE, THATS RIHGT, ONE STATION that is not Liberal and you socialnuts go off on a tangent how your point of view gets washed away. Like 40 some years was not enough for your nefarious party to brain wash people.

You have nothing but you retarded OPINIONS. If you thinnk that the major news medai is all to the RIGHT then you are not brain dead, you are sh*t for brains.

30. Don't wanna be an american idiot... One nation under the new media. Can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mind F**k america...
Fair and balanced... we report our, you decide... What nonsense. What party does Rupert Murdoc support? Hmmmmmmmmm... Who owns Fox? Hmmmmmmmmmm.... It isn't complicated people. We have been robbed of a free press. The lie is in full force.The actual news is not shown on commercial TV or heard on commercial radio. America! You have been declared officially brain dead.
I like how the Companionate Conservatives claim the left has no argument so they resort to name calling as they call names. Very intelligent people. I expect the very worst from you.

Posted at 6:06PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Mike

Posted at 6:31PM on Aug 8th 2006 by JOhn

48. 33. Mike,

I Just read your post. It's interesting, and I am going to argue with you for fun now, ok ?

Yea, well why dont you move to Canada. Duh, were free here in America. Were allowed to have free speech unlike the people in Nazi Germany. The government is our friend and your comments reveal you to be a terrorist and enemy of the state. Dissent from people like you is unacceptable, you need re-programming. Whats the matter dont you support our troops, duh if you hate our troops and firemen so much then you should move to France. Fox News and MSNBC are great information sources, you can form a really neat-o world view by watching this news. Your so dumb Mike.



Posted at 6:15PM on Aug 8th 2006 by I Surrender

:D I'm just a redneck in the woods!

Posted at 6:33PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Mike

49. Please explain to me how Bush is a Dictator? I mean he did not get his full tax cut in? If he was a Dictator like you say then we would have had it all!

Thats righ, we have not learned from history. If we had then we would not be a nation that tries to appease liberals, socialist and communists!!!

Go ahead and eDuMaCaTe me.

Sheesh! I guess that's the end of THC (The 'Hitler' Channel)...they're 'seiging' all over the place...besides, with Bush in The White House, I think that's a proper salute these days...History; we still haven't learned from it, so here we go again, but this time people actually 'elected' the dictator!

Posted at 6:12PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Stevo

Posted at 6:35PM on Aug 8th 2006 by JOhn

50. I'm sure you believe JOhn. Like I said, I expect the very worst from you. And your not even funny!
gawd....

Posted at 6:37PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Mike

51. Bill Oreilly does give both sides of the story. Yes, he interupts people, thinks his opinion matters alone, and is rude. IT'S HIS SHOW!!! Who wouldn't!! I agree with just about everything he says and I really like the guy because he says it like it is. When I say 'like it is' his point of view and he stands by it. I watch his show everynight and his facts are always correct. I also like him because it is very known that the media is very liberal and for the most part read towards their view. I like Fox news because it's more conservative. Why don't we just all agree to disagree and watch who we like. remember: opinions are like buttholes, everyone's got one and they all stink.

Posted at 6:52PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Angie

52. It is so sad that a 50 year old man can be obsessed with another human the way Olberman is with O'Reilly.I occasionally flip through the channels and come across this fool every once in a while and EVERY time he is talking about O Reilly,Fox News,or anyone even remotely connected to the "right".But the ratings say it all,nobody watches Olberman and it seems like everyone watches O Reilly,and to Bills credit he doesnt even respond and just ignores that clown.

Posted at 6:52PM on Aug 8th 2006 by paul Seidenzahl

53. O'Reilly acts like a Nazi. I'm glad somebody finally stood up to him.

Posted at 6:55PM on Aug 8th 2006 by cass71898

54. O'Really may not be a Nasty but you have to wonder why his show is called the "Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda" . I mean c'mon, he's just asking to be parodied with a title like that for a show. Also why does he call himself the "Propagandaministerium"? Everyone knows that the Fuhrer only appointed Goebbels to that position and no one else, so I've got to wonder where does O'Really come off thinking himself so high and mighty? If the Fuhrer really had faith in O'Really he would have made it clear that O'Really was the new Propagandaministerium, so I just don't think it's right, not right at all. Shame on you Bill, shame on you.

Posted at 6:58PM on Aug 8th 2006 by peter griffin

55. Why anyone would say that O'Reilly favors Nazi's is beyond me. Olberman is trying to increase his ratings so he is trying to blow smoke. He is just a jealous LOSER!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 6:59PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Gloria Hogan

56. Both Keith Olbermann and Al Fraken have more morals than Bill O'Reilly. Bill is a married father of two and he had phone sex with another woman. She accused him of sexual harassment...believe me just like Michael Jackson if Bill wasn't guilty he wouldn't have paid the woman off.

Posted at 7:02PM on Aug 8th 2006 by rainlillie

57. Yea, How can he live under a dictatorship if we elected them and he didnt get his tax cuts in ?

Thats so stupid. We have like two totally different parties to choose from, and they are so very different. And if you dont like Bush why did you vote for him. And dont tell me he stole the election, duh that was like 6 years ago. For us to be under a dictatorship but for them to not take all the power at once would be some kind of strategy to incrementally make changes that remove civil liberties. That doesnt make any sense. It would be like they are presenting the allusion of freedom when really there is none at all. Well thats just crazy. People who believe that can just move to Canada or France to smoke weed and have bum sex. But we stand for values. Get with the program

Posted at 7:04PM on Aug 8th 2006 by I Surrender

58. Both Keith Olbermann and Al Franken have more morals than Bill O'Reilly. Bill is a married father of two and he had phone sex with another woman. She accused him of sexual harassment...believe me just like Michael Jackson if Bill wasn't guilty he wouldn't have paid the woman off.

Posted at 7:04PM on Aug 8th 2006 by rainlillie

59. O'Reilly should stick to what he knows best - sexual harassment and any right wing cause.

Posted at 7:06PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Peter Rochon

60. OCTOBER 13--Hours after Bill O'Reilly accused her of a multimillion dollar shakedown attempt, a female Fox News producer fired back at the TV star today, filing a lawsuit claiming that he subjected her to repeated instances of sexual harassment and spoke often, and explicitly, to her about phone sex, vibrators, threesomes, masturbation, the loss of his virginity, and sexual fantasies. Below you'll find a copy of Andrea Mackris's complaint, an incredible page-turner that quotes O'Reilly, 55, on all sorts of lewd matters. Based on the extensive quotations cited in the complaint, it appears a safe bet that Mackris, 33, recorded some of O'Reilly's more steamy soliloquies. For example, we direct you to his Caribbean shower fantasies. While we suggest reading the entire document, TSG will point you to interesting sections on a Thailand sex show, Al Franken, and the climax of one August 2004 phone conversation.

Posted at 7:10PM on Aug 8th 2006 by Kara

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