O'Really claims to be on AlQuaeda's "death list" - FBI, Fox disagree

[The Count]

Media Matters for America



Thu, Sep 21, 2006 5:29pm EST

O'Reilly claimed to be on Al Qaeda "death list," but that's news to FBI, others at Fox News

Summary: Bill O'Reilly's claim to be on an Al Qaeda "death list" has reportedly been disputed by an FBI official and a "correspondent" at Fox News.

According to a September 20 ABC News Online article promoting an upcoming appearance of Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on ABC's 20/20 to promote his new book Culture Warrior (Broadway, September 2006), O'Reilly stated that he receives "death threats on a daily basis," and that it's "a little disconcerting" that "the FBI came in and warned me and a few other people at Fox News that al Qaeda had us on a death list." But O'Reilly's claim to be on an Al Qaeda "death list" has reportedly been disputed by an FBI official and a "correspondent" at Fox News.

A federal law enforcement officer reportedly told the website Radar that he is "not aware of any FBI agents warning anyone at Fox News of their presence on any list" and that he is "not aware of any Al Qaeda hit list targeting journalists."
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From the September 20 article on ABC News Online:

O'Reilly says his fame and success -- and sometimes controversial views -- have come with a price.

"With the controversy comes death threats on a daily basis," O'Reilly said. "Not only from kooks. But the FBI came in and warned me and a few other people at Fox News that al Qaeda had us on a death list. ... That's a little disconcerting."

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[AlCzervik]

1. maybe they'll just try water boarding, Billo says there is no problem

with that so maybe they'll try it out on him.

[stepnw1f]

2. Fascist Fruitcake (nt)

[Jackpine Radical]

3. Just for the record, O'Reilly is not on my death list.

He is, however, on my "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" list.

[ShortnFiery]

4. You're not that important Bill ... talk about Delusions of Grandeur

The only people who listen or take "papa bear" seriously are like minded right wing psychos.

You are important ONLY to the deluded kool-aid drinking republican faithful.

You know? What Stephen Cobert referred to as "back wash." :puke:

That's your faithful audience ---> the human sputum of our nation. :wow:

Truth is, you don't mean sh*t to them Bill, you morAn! :rofl:

[Turbineguy]

5. Well, if he is

let's hope they don't waste a suicide bomber on him.

[pauliedangerously]

6. Delusions of Grandeur

That guy is just a nitwit on TV. They probably haven't even heard of him. The only people who would believe that bullshit are the nitwits who watch his show.

[agates]

8. Exactly

In fact, if they knew or cared who he was, they'd probably like to recruit the guy.

[joemurphy]

7. In a cave in Afghanistan, as we speak, Osama Bin Laden

and his turbaned cohorts are planning the liquidation of Bill O'Reilly. God help us! Where will America be without our one clear-thinker?

[area51]

10. LOL. (n/t)

[ComerPerro]

13. More likely, they are reading his books and nodding in agreement

especially when they get to the parts where he preaches about the evils of secularism, and the need for religion to dominate government.

[kenny blankenship]

9. is this like his famously invisible Peabody Awards?

a hit list featuring his name that exists only in his own mind?

[ComerPerro]

11. lets make a list of OhReally's claims that are proven lies

his Peabody Award

his being a registered Independent (he may be now, I am not sure, but he sure as hell wasn't when he claimed to be)

his claim that he is on Al Qeada's hit list...




what else?

[ComerPerro]

12. Why would Al Qeada hate Faux News? Its their propaganda outlet

it keeps Americans in a state of terror and irrational fear without the terrorists actually needing to do anything

[radwriter0555]

14. Mullahs, sitting around, making a list... and putting right wing radio nut

cases on it?

You know... considering they're trying to save their own lives and to drive the west out of their nations, I think they have many, many more things on their mind than the insipid, irrelevent and hopelessly insane loofah lovin' O'reilly.

[Historic NY]

15. O'Lielly is a legend in his own mind..................

:crazy::freak:

[upi402]

16. FBI, Fox makes O'Liarly's terrorist traitor list

This hole in the air gets on TV?
Maybe the media really *is* liberal.

[Rex]

17. Wow, just look at was the 'news channels' have become!

One word, pathetic. I can't believe what I see nowadays. Stupid, egotistical nobodies, with no knowledge of journalism, opining like experts in the field of news.

Incredible, really. From RW propaganda movies (with a speech from an Orwellian leader) on ABC, to the dumbest commentators since the invention of TV. It would almost be funny, if it wasn't damaging to US credibility - if that even exists.

Sad people, sad, sad, sad.

[alittlelark]

18. Let's waterboard him to force the names of the media he's contacted

Can I do it myself????


Actually, no, I cannot. WHY? Because I believe in the Geneva Conventions - even for those possessed of Great Hyberbole and little falafels.