Tuesday, July 27, 2004

FOXNews.com - The O'Reilly Factor - Talking Points - Eight-Minute Challenge for Michael Moore

FOXNews.com - The O'Reilly Factor - Talking Points - Eight-Minute Challenge for Michael Moore: "So here's the deal. Moore will be on The Factor tonight. And believe me, you do not want to miss this. Ridiculous? Well, you'll make the call after you see the show."

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posted by JOlmsted @ 7/27/2004 03:03:00 PM   1 comments

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At 11:24 PM, Blogger JOlmsted said...

IMDb Forum ThreadO'reilly VS moore!! who do you think won??

The transcript is available on the Fox website.

O'Reilly was a leg up on _anyone_ who appears on his show just because he can call for director, cameraman, or sound mixer to cut the other guy at his whim. As hot-headed as Moore can be, I expected him to be a trivially easy conquest for Bill.

That wasn't the case though. Moore was persitent without be arrogant. Made O'Reilly look like the weasel with Bill's insistence that "not telling the truth" is really different from "lying". And when one boils down the essence of just why we are in Iraq (as opposed to some other dictatorial country), the waffling propagandist really didn't look to be Mr. Moore.

If you had never seen Bill O'Reilly's show before, you'd probably think it came out as a draw. But with the way O'Reilly usually crushes his interviewees, I think the advantage clearly went to Michael Moore because he was able to make a clear point, not be harassed or humiliated, and didn't destroy his own credibility with an irrational diatribe or by flying off the handle.

My guess is that while you'll probably hear more about Moore in the future, it's unlikely we'll see him appear again.

 

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