O'Reilly screwed up and then corrected it. There was nothing else that needed to be done. I get that you have a pathological hatred for O'Reilly and Fox News. Fine, but your position that it's slander is simply insane. Some of our troops in WWII did the exact thing that O'Reilly said they did. His mistake was in not properly establishing the timeline of the events. It's not an insignificant error, but it was corrected, and it wasn't slander.
This further shows your lack of regard for the soldiers who served in WWII. If Bill wants to accuse troops who actually did commit those war crimes of doing it, then that is fine. But he stated that it was a matter of record that troops who were victims committed the war crimes. That is slander. You are lumping all the troops together which is a huge disservice. Because some U.S. troops committed war crimes, doesn't mean that it is ok and basically accurate to accuse all troops of doing that. The error wasn't correct it was covered up, and an attempt was made to spin out of it. If I mistakenly accused a victim of a crime of committing a crime I would not only correct I would apologize. That is true of anyone. It is especially true of soldiers who lost their lives in WWII. Obviously doing that is ok with you and Bill O'Reilly. But please don't get on a high horse about who does or doesn't support the troops.
If he corrected it, he would have said that he was wrong. He never did. Instead he tried to weasel out of it by saying it wasn't 'clear'. If I accidentally slandered the good name of WWII soldiers who died at the hands of Nazi war criminals I would correct it and apologize for my mistake. I wouldn't try and weasel out of it, to make it sound like I was correct the whole time. What a shameful display.
The shameful display is from you and the rest of the Olbermanniacs who are pissing on the graves of the slaughtered Americans to score petty and ultimately insignificant points against O'Reilly
Sticking up for slaughtered Americans is hardly pissing on them in any way shape or form. I can't see where there is any insult at all toward any service men or slaughtered Americans from trying to protect the accusations against those that died at Malemdy. It seems like you are just throwing out insults without rhyme or reason. You can disagree with what I am saying, but I am trying to give reasons why I hold my position.
Every single fact in this case is consistent with a simple mistake on O'Reilly's part. You and Mr. GoKillYourself, on the other hand, are obssessing over a mistake and conjuring it up as a great affront by O'Reilly. You're making a mountain out of a molehill, and you're using the memory of these long dead Americans to construct that phony mountain.
I agree it was a mistake. What makes this so agregious is that rather than admit it was a mistake and that he didn't know what he was talking about he pretended that it was just unclear, and let the insult to the slaughtered servicement stand. That is the whole problem. Rather than admit he was wrong, apologize and move on, Bill decided to let the insult stand. If I accidentally say that Bush used WMD's on his own people, and buried many of them in mass graves, twice, I would say, "Oops I made mistake. I apologize." I wouldn't try and claim I meant something else without ever correcting the incorrect words that were initially directed at Bush. That is what happened. Bill made a mistake... twice. His mistake directed incorrect and offensive words at servicement who did nothing wrong, and were slaughtered by Nazis. He never took back the offensive words, and pretended that he was unclear rather than mistaken on one occasion, and didn't offer a correction of any sort on the other. The offending words were never taken back. That is the problem.
Of course, he "took it back". He offered the correction. I guess you will be satisfied only by a tropical storm-like deluge of Orpah-style emoting. This is not at all necessary. He was not being malicious, he simply misspoke and there is no need for him to do anything other than correct the record. It's a done deal. Move on.
Yes he did, and it's also the reason why many people, myself included, pay absolutely no attention to him whatsoever. And, yes, I do occasionally watch Fox News, but I never watch his show. I don't trust anything coming out of his mouth because Lord knows what the hell has been inside of his mouth!
If that is what those soldiers reputations are worth to you, and you are ready to defend this and move on, then it makes my point.
You have a very low regard for the reputation of the soldiers if you think two subsequently corrected misstatements are capable of inpugning them.
The families of those soldiers as well as their memories deserve an apology for O'Reilly's egregious error. They didn't get one because he cares more about being right than doing the right thing. Just like you. You couldn't care less about the troops. They are a political football for ones such as you. You should be ashamed of yourself.
I'm using them as a political football? Uh, no, I didn't start down this path, that would be you and the rest of the Olbermanniacs. O'Reilly's comment would have faded into oblivion had it not been for Mr. GoKillYourself and his merry bands of psychopaths.
You've proven time and again that your support for the troops and their families only extends to their willingness to enthusiastically support Bush and his war. As soon as they exercise their right to free speech and criticize either you have no problem at all abandoning and even bashing them. This doesn't have anything to do with the talking heads. You're full of crap and you have a lot of damn nerve accusing anyone of failing to support the troops. You couldn't care less about them.
Are you positing the liberal infallibility argument? Are you saying that an ex-soldier/general who opposes Bush is beyond criticism? Once again, for the zillionth time, there was no slander. This whole contraversy was just a publicity stunt by a guy whose ratings suck.
