Dayton Daily News fires back at misinformer Bill O'Reilly

[MnFats]

from editorandpublisher.com

how long are people going to put up with this moron?



NEW YORK After Bill O'Reilly on Fox News and on the Web called his paper "friendly to child rapists," Jeff Bruce, editor of the Dayton Daily News replied today, even though he said he knows what happens "when you wrestle a pig." But this O'Reilly charge was "so outrageous and such a distortion" he felt he had no choice.

According to the Daily News, O'Reilly, through a producer of his TV show, has responded to Bruce's reply this way: "Previous attacks launched on me disqualify the Dayton Daily News from any serious debate. We believe that Jeff Bruce is not an honest individual."

An article in the Dayton paper said that O'Reilly's commentary had already resulted in more than 1,000 e-mails arriving.

The Daily News editorial, which ran Sunday, cautioned against removing Judge John Connor of Franklin County Common Pleas Court, without a formal complaint or investigation, after Connor gave probation and house arrest instead of prison to a man convicted of repeatedly raping two boys.

Here is what has followed.

Statement from O'Reilly's Web site:

"What newspaper in the United States of America is most friendly to child rapists? Could it be the Dayton Daily News which has supported Judge John Connor's sentence of probation for a man who raped a 5 year old boy and a 12 year old boy over a 3 year period.

"Not only that... but the Dayton Daily News attacked the Governor of Ohio, the Attorney General of Ohio and Bill O'Reilly for reporting the story and actually asking for the removal of Judge Connor. The vicious personal attacks launched by the Dayton Daily News were strange when contrasted to the lack of condemnation for the judge.

"So, can one conclude therefore that the Dayton Daily News is a newspaper that has sympathy for child rapists and the judges who will not incarcerate them?"


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the paper's response...


"As readers of the Dayton Daily News know, this newspaper is not soft on child molesters. Just the opposite.

"Here's what's really happening: Mr. O'Reilly is upset with the newspaper because in an editorial we referred to his own recent legal history in which he was accused of sexual harassment. His producer threatened that unless we published an apology they would resort to their 'bully pulpit.' That's what they've done. This isn't about being 'soft' on child molesters. It's about Bill O'Reilly getting even.

"We never defended Judge Connor's decision to sentence a child molester to a year of house arrest and five years' probation. What we said is that if the judge deserves to be removed from office then due process should be followed – the same sort of due process that Bill O'Reilly relied upon when he was sued and, ultimately, settled out of court.

[Erika]

1. O'Lielly is cooking his own goose

One should clean up their own sex record before attacking others.