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"The Unfunny Factor" (makes Trent Lott look like MLK)
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The Unfunny Factor
By Lloyd Grove
Tuesday, April 15, 2003; Page C03
Maybe Bill O'Reilly should declare a "No-Quip Zone."
Emceeing Saturday night's Best Friends rock-and-roll gala at the Marriott Wardman Park -- which raised $800,000 for the 15-year-old charity benefiting inner-city schoolchildren -- the Fox News Channel star was trying to fill dead air during a lull in the entertainment.
Members of the "Best Men," as the sixth-to-eighth-grade boys in the program are called, were delayed getting onstage to perform a lip-synced rendition of the Four Tops standard "Reach Out (I'll Be There)." O'Reilly ad-libbed: "Does anyone know where the Best Men are? I hope they're not in the parking lot stealing our hubcaps."
Many in the audience -- which included Cabinet secretaries Tommy Thompson, Gale Norton and Mel Martinez, Mayor Tony Williams and business types Fred Malek and Jim Kimsey -- apparently didn't hear about the hubcaps amid the hubbub. A witness spotted attendee Bo Derek's jaw dropping, and yesterday she confirmed that she did hear it, but declined to comment further. Channel 9 anchor Andrea Roane was overheard murmuring: "Unbelievable."
"To say that this conservative audience -- dominated undoubtedly by many of Mr. O'Reilly's biggest fans -- was aghast, is an understatement," one attendee e-mailed us, asking for anonymity. "The well-known Republican politicians and their spouses seated at or near my table were appalled."
Yesterday O'Reilly told us: "This is ridiculous and foolish. No good deed goes unpunished. If you guys want to snipe at me, then snipe at me. This thing raised a lot of money for a good charity. Everybody was happy. I don't want to comment on anything else."
Best Friends founder Elayne Bennett, wife of virtues czar William Bennett, said O'Reilly has donated $60,000 to the program over the past 1 1/2 years, including a $5,000 check he handed over Saturday: "Bill has been wonderful to these boys. He puts his money where his mouth is. He's a New York guy. He was a schoolteacher in the New York City public schools. He loves these kids."
As for O'Reilly's attempt at humor, Bennett told us: "I didn't hear it, but it was absolutely a throwaway line."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Apr15.html
Ahhh, O'Reilly conducts himself in such a professional manner, in tune with the honorable network in which he works for.
Since O'Reilly donates, I'll limit my bashing. He is definitely afflicted with "Foot in Mouth" disease. 
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April 17, 2003, 12:27
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It was a tasteless joke, but pretty damn funny.
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April 17, 2003, 16:19
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Yeah it was 
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April 17, 2003, 16:20
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I can't stand the guy. He irritates the hell out of me. Therefore, I avoid him like the plague.
I'd rather listen to Rush Limbaugh. Think about that for a second.
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April 17, 2003, 16:25
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Stupid ****er. 
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April 17, 2003, 16:26
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I'm glad I don't know who he is. 
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April 17, 2003, 16:26
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Not really on a par with Lott, IMO. There's a pretty big difference between insinuating that inner-city kids are thieves while actively raising funds for inner-city kids and insinuating that segregation was a good idea while at the birthday party of a segregationist. I mean, hell, if O'Reilly had insinuated that inner-city kids are thieves on his talk show then nobody would have even batted an eyelash.
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April 17, 2003, 16:32
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Originally posted by Osweld
I'm glad I don't know who he is.
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I didn't know who he was either...
until now. Now I know him as "that stupid ****er."
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April 17, 2003, 16:35
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Originally posted by loinburger
Not really on a par with Lott, IMO. There's a pretty big difference between insinuating that inner-city kids are thieves while actively raising funds for inner-city kids and insinuating that segregation was a good idea while at the birthday party of a segregationist. I mean, hell, if O'Reilly had insinuated that inner-city kids are thieves on his talk show then nobody would have even batted an eyelash.
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Shut up. We're having fun bashing the stupid ****er.
I'm really just looking for an excuse to say "stupid ****er" a few more times, but I will also seriously answer the post.
Lott's comment is extremely vague. "All these problems" could refer to pretty much anything. The stupid ****er (5 times now ) was blatant.
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April 17, 2003, 16:46
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While it was good O'reilly participated in fund raising oriented towards help for these people, his joke shows the utter contempt he has for them.
With such a contempt, I son't think O'reilly's motivations by doing this charity were noble at all. Yet, one has to acknowledge it reamins good if his participation actually brought more money to the charity.
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April 17, 2003, 17:00
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Jesus, none of you stupid ****ers has a sense of humor... 
Loinburger excluded, of course. It's physically impossible for a man with that avatar to have a stick up his ass. 
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April 17, 2003, 17:18
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Anybody who pays attention to O'Reilly can only blame themselves for being offended. What exactly do you think an incompetent blow-hard does for a living?
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April 17, 2003, 17:21
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Anybody who pays attention to O'Reilly can only blame themselves for being offended. What exactly do you think an incompetent blow-hard does for a living?
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Amen to that. Don't you guys remember when O'Reilly was host of "Inside Edition"? His credibility went out the window a long time ago...
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April 17, 2003, 17:29
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No-one short of Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon could make Lott look like MLK.
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April 17, 2003, 17:58
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Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior
Shut up. We're having fun bashing the stupid ****er.
I'm really just looking for an excuse to say "stupid ****er" a few more times, but I will also seriously answer the post.
Lott's comment is extremely vague. "All these problems" could refer to pretty much anything. The stupid ****er (5 times now ) was blatant.
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Is that the American stupid ****er?
Or the British stupid ****er?
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April 17, 2003, 19:39
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I think O'Reilly already had top billing as "Stupidest ****er on Cable TV"
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April 17, 2003, 21:39
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I'm awfully glad this important issue was brought to my attention. I shall be writing my congressman post-haste!
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April 17, 2003, 21:41
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i actually thought it was quite funny :/
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April 17, 2003, 21:45
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I thought it was incredibly OFFENSIVE and RACIST! How DARE he even SUGGEST that these LITTLE ANGELS would EVER do such a thing?!
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April 17, 2003, 21:48
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Re: "The Unfunny Factor" (makes Trent Lott look like MLK)
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Originally posted by Sava
Since O'Reilly donates, I'll limit my bashing. He is definitely afflicted with "Foot in Mouth" disease.
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Agreed. The comment was unfortunate.
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April 17, 2003, 21:49
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what the hell is the big deal? he raised money for inner-city people... did more to help poor people than you do, Sava...
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April 17, 2003, 21:50
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I think it's a small price for those who benefited from the charity to pay.
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April 17, 2003, 21:59
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Did the 'Best Men' or whatever they're called give a damn? if they weren't offended then no harm done.
Why do outsiders always get offended?
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April 17, 2003, 22:13
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Coming from a Nazi apologist...
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April 17, 2003, 22:17
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typical response of someone who knows I'm right but doesnt want to admit it...
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April 17, 2003, 22:22
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Originally posted by Albert Speer
Did the 'Best Men' or whatever they're called give a damn? if they weren't offended then no harm done.
Why do outsiders always get offended?
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I can't believe I'm saying this but, I agree with Albert........
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April 17, 2003, 23:04
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outsiders always seem to get offended, especially if they're of the majority, because they think that the poor minorities are too weak, backwards, or stupid to understand the slight that was done to them.
generally only happens around "unassimilated" minorities, however.
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I have simply said that he's a stupid ****er. (6) I've never said I was offended. As far as I'm concerned, if he wants to be a stupid ****er (7) he can be a stupid ****er (8). However, that does not detract from the fact that he is a stupid ****er (9) and people will probably be offended. And if they are, it's his own damn fault, the stupid ****er (10).
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