The story broke yesterday that Geraldo, while on Fox News, a week or so back had given a dramatic testimonial about being in a location which there was a friendly fire explosion in which marines and us troops had died. He talked about being emotionally overwhelmed while seeing small pieces of US Uniforms torn to shreds. It turns out he never went there and was a 100 miles from there. Then later responding to the allegations he said he was talking about a different location that he went to two days after he gave is dramatic testimonial. I wonder if O'Reilly has the guts to interview him as harshly as he does everyone else. I don't know how Geraldo is still around, as far as i'm concerned the guy is not better than Jerry Springer and overdramatic liar at that.
I lost all respect for Geraldo with his stupidly biased coverage of the Clinton impeachment proceedings. He wants to be the center of attention, not a reporter.
I agree totally. Funny how FoxNews is suddenly okay with this. So much for "fair and balanced", huh? Just goes to show ya that media and political parties (namely Democrats and Republicans) ultimately care about their own interests and not that of the public.
...oh and another thing, I noticed that supposedly conservative outlets like newsmax.com doesn't have an iota of info on the Geraldo/Fox debacle on their websites. I really expected O'Reilly to get on this one, but can you say "company line"? ARGH!
Could NOT agree with you more.... <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19486-2001Dec23.html">Geraldo Rivera, In the Heat of Battle</a> <font face="arial" size="3"><b>Geraldo Rivera, In the Heat of Battle</b></font> <I>By Howard Kurtz</I> Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, December 24, 2001; Page C01 Geraldo Rivera is offering to resign from Fox News. If, that is, a panel of media analysts decides he did anything unethical in Afghanistan. Which, he insists, is ridiculous. Rivera acknowledges that he made an "honest mistake" by saying he was at a "friendly fire" incident in which three American soldiers were killed in a U.S. bombing raid. He was hundreds of miles away, near what he maintains was a second such incident in which two or three Afghan opposition fighters were killed. Rivera denounces the Baltimore Sun television writer who reported the mistake, saying: "The whole basic premise that I lied or was dishonest is absurd on its face, and were it any other reporter, would not even pass the laugh test. This is the most false, hideously absurd allegation I've ever had leveled against me." Sun writer David Folkenflik <B>"has slandered a journalist who is an honest person and has contributed arguably much more to American society than he has,"</B> Rivera says. <B>"This cannot stand. He has impugned my honor. It is as if he slapped me in the face and challenged me to a duel. He is going to regret this story for the rest of his career."</B> Folkenflik says he was "very careful" in framing the story and could find no military official or journalist in the region who could confirm Rivera's account. "I don't know how many bites of the apple he gets to get a version that works," Folkenflik says. "There may be an explanation for this that bears up to scrutiny, but we haven't seen it." The day after the Dec. 5 incident, Rivera told viewers he had walked the "hallowed ground" where the Americans had died: "The whole place just fried really and bits of uniforms and tattered clothing everywhere. I said the Lord's Prayer and really choked up." But Rivera was at Tora Bora, while the Americans died near distant Kandahar; Rivera says he "confused" the incidents. (Folkenflik quoted a Pentagon official as saying a friendly-fire incident at Tora Bora took place three days after Rivera's report; Rivera says that was entirely separate.) <B>Rivera also accuses CNN of "malignant hypocrisy" for covering the dispute, saying that anchor Aaron Brown's report "made me want to puke." Brown says he is "comfortable" with "a fair airing of what I believe is a legitimate controversy. There is no doubt in my mind, zero doubt, that if the shoe were on the other foot . . . Fox would be all over me like a rash."</B> <B>Rivera says he has unaired footage of the carnage and that if a journalistic panel backs him up, Folkenflik should resign.</B> "The time has come to stop the Geraldo-bashing," he declares. Folkenflik says Fox treated his questions as almost "illegitimate. . . . They've made the response rather personal." -------------------------------------------------- Dude is a publicity-seeking, Vecsey-like assmunch.
I never knew there was another Geraldo other than the same old BS-ing Geraldo. But, since I find much of television news BS (including, but not limited to FOX), then I would have to say that Geraldo has found a network that is perfect for him.
Thanks for the Article Clutch!! "The time has come to stop the Geraldo-bashing," he declares. Actually the Geraldo bashing hasn't happened to his face since he had his infamous KKK meets Black Panthers Episode. And WHAT the hell does he think he has brought to the American Society except spawning such atrocities as the Jerry Springer Show and other sensationalist, self-serving, decrepit, junk into our lives. This guy was actually a reporter for CNBC for a little while and to hear this moron talk about the financial markets as if he understood them was hystericle yet annoying. He tried to have these deep, emotional statements while using financial words he didn't even understand in the wrong contexts. And then Geraldo BASHES the guys that simply report the story, you know if if was someone else he would have a teary account about how media today is fixated on ratings and not truth and honor. JACKASS
My husband thinks they sent Geraldo to the war front in hopes that he would step a little too close to the bombs...
The guy is a nut and a half. And the sick thing is he doesn't have any political agenda, he could care less about democrats or republicans. It's not about race, it's not even about money, the guy is a publicity hound plain and simple. He'll take whatever side he thinks he can get the most controversy out of thus he gets more air time. The guy lies, and they aren't even well-planned, thought out lies, and he doesn't have a back-up plan to get out when his lies are found out, they're just random, exaggerated, off the wall, twisted lies. It's pretty sick. He wants people to remember his "bias" coverage of the Clinton trial, he wants people to remember his Panthers/KKK debacle, he wants you to remember that he opened Al Capone's vault and looked like a jackass, as long as you remember that it was <b>Geraldo Rivera</b> that looked like the ass. When he had his talk show you could see him becoming increasingly and increasingly crazy each episode. Then when he couldn't get all of the attention he craved on that show he canceled it and became an "on the spot" glory hound. He's literally Peter Vescey x 2 to the 3rd power. By the way, did you guys here that Geraldo Rivera is packing heat to quote "defend himself". Great, another nut for the boys over seas to worry about.
