Countdown's Worst Person In The World: O'Reilly
By Nicole Belle Tuesday Oct 09, 2007 11:47am
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I don't think there are three more deserved awards. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the embodiment of all that is wrong with political discourse nowadays...the unapologetic rationalization and justification for treason, rank (and ignorant) partisanship and the victimization of private citizens and children for cheap political shots.
To this day, when it clearly has all come down, Bill O'Reilly has never apologized for those comments, nor the sickness inside him they represent, nor the pain they caused. Because he is not only not enough of a man to do so, but not enough of a human being.
None of them are, Keith. None of them are.
John Amato:
I broke this story about O'Reilly when it happened because it was so repulsive. BillO likes to say he's protecting the children, but when he had his chance he immediately attacked Shawn Hornbeck in as cruel and vicious a way as a person can. He blamed Shawn for not running away from Devlin. We got him kicked out of speaking to the Missing Kids dinner a while back because they were unaware that O'Reilly blamed Shawn for his own horrible situation. Now Devlin has just cut a deal and we get this heartbreaking account:
But then Devlin began telling the judge in graphic detail what he had done to their boy, his high-pitched and raspy voice devoid of any emotion. Devlin didn’t seem to notice when Pam Akers collapsed weeping into her husband’s arms.
After the boy, then 11, was abducted at gunpoint while riding his bike in rural Washington County, Devlin took him to his apartment in suburban St. Louis and repeatedly sexually assaulted him. Days later, Devlin took Shawn back to Washington County in his pickup truck, apparently intent on killing the boy.
He said he pulled Shawn from his truck and began to strangle him. Shawn resisted. “I attempted to kill (Shawn) and he talked me out of it,” Devlin said Tuesday.
Devlin stopped the choking, but then sexually assaulted the boy again. Prosecutors say it was at that point that Shawn told Devlin he would do whatever was asked of him to stay alive.
It was a “devil’s bargain” that kept Shawn under Devlin’s sway, even as the boy had phone and Internet access, said Shawn’s stepfather, Craig Akers. “We know now the details that made him not run away,” Akers said after the hearings.
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Countdown’s Worst Person In The World: O’Reilly
Hasn't Billo earned this distinction about half a dozen times now?
Half a dozen times... THIS MONTH!
VeeKaChu @ 2:
Ha ha. I think we need to change the formula here. Before we fall behind.
Shawn is still alive and that counts for something. I don't know what that young man had to endure to stay alive, but I say God Bless Him. He helped the other boy get away and that should make Shawn a hero.
L.A. Confidential @ 1:
Yeah, that's cuz Billo keeps acting like a total asshat.
Now, who wants to talk about the Alabama preacher who died with a dildo up his ass?
Those three pieces of shit are the trifecta of evilness. They will burn in hell for eternity for their vile actions, at least they will, if there is a God.
bor apologize? never.
Good one.
The music takes an even more ominous tone for some reason...
Rosanne @ 6:
This is hell.
It may be time to retire O'Reilly's number. He is preventing other worthy "Worst Persons" from getting the recognition they deserve.
I propose that Keith rename the award "The Bill O'Reilly Worst Person In The World Award" and then let some other losers join the competition.
BTW...We may not have O'Reilly to kick around forever. He is literally losing his mind on the air:
The O’Reilly Fear Factor: They’re Coming To Take Me Away
Billo is truly sick and pathetic. I wish KO would not keep bringing him up. We get it.
The ones who don't get it don't watch KO. They agree with BO and defend torture at home and away.
Keith needs to keep bringing it up. Bill is a disgusting human being. Keith needs to kill Bill, possibly. I'd aquit him.
I have refused to watch Faux Noise for over a year. The last time I watched was for only
one pupose....determine WHO the advertisers/sponsors of O'Liely show were and then
contact each and inform them that until they discontinue supporting such an asshole,
(and his lies/misinformation), I would be boycotting their products.
L.A. Confidential @ 1:
Try DOZENS and DOZENS.
and deserving of every one of them.
This is a man who sexually assaulted an employee of his show, stalked her over the phone, and proceeded to have non-consensual phone-sex with said employee.
While pleasuring himself anal-y with a sex toy designed for WOMEN.
And anyone is surprised he sides with the pedophile??!!
like...DUH!
bill will kill bill. his own poison has infected him and he is dying a slow, miserable death right before our eyes. his tombstone will read, "i was taken out of context"
the fact that ko does not reflect msm as a norm, and that billo has the audience he still has, makes me wonder, worry, and weep...
Mark @ News Corpse @ 11:
ROTFLMAO
I'm from Kirkwood, MO, where Devlin kept Hornbeck, and we, the entire town including my mother and father who still live there, were sick when this story originally broke earlier this year.
My father is a rabid fan of BOR and defends his every word and action (or tries to, anyway). He said BOR was "taken out of context" when he first slammed Hornbeck.
After this recent news, he's said now that if Bill O'Reilly doesn't apologize on the air tonight he's never going to watch again. I don't see that happening and dad's a man of his word, even if misled politically.
Thank God for small miracles in the face of putrescence. Keep digging your hole, Billo...
Paedophiles are a plague and should be smote.
katie, something like consequences would be nice...
ultvio @ 17:
and Vibrator O'lie-ly DOES represent MsM??
at one time "Full House" was the most watched show on t.v.
Doesn't mean it isn't still shit.
BILL O’REILLY: ‘I WAS KIDNAPPED BY FOX, BUT WANTED TO STAY’
kuishan...understood, but where is the shame...tv shows are one thing...billo is porno, period.
kulshan, sorry
Katie, thank you for braving sharing your experience. I really feel for the entire community, but most esp. the Hornbeck family. Peace.
ultvio @ 24:
my point is LOTS of people watch REALLY bad t.v., Vibrator O'lie-ly included.
gotcha
21--Eh? I don't understand to what your referring...
How many times does o'really have to win worse person before he gets a trophy for Jesus to suck on?
ysbaddaden @ 30:
Bwahahaha! ROFLMAO!
Let's pray that young Shawn can somehow overcome the tremendous amount of abuse he has endured and have himself a good and happy rest of his life.
And f*ck Bill O'Reilly, the worthless, heartless POS.
He had the nerve to talk about this case just yesterday (or the day before). Used some kind of fake empathy voice and said he was given Devlin statement to read (like he was the only one) and it was horrific. Someday he will pay. Have pity for his wife and children.
Did anyone see the way he spoke to Vincente Fox? Very disrespectful. As if the former President of Mexico gives a crap what O'Dildo thinks about the way that country should be run. It was hilarious.
Doggiebobo @ 14:
I blocked FNN altogether a few of years ago. Smart move. I think the only people that actually watch it now are the thirty-whatever percent of the pecker-woods that still support the WarPig mis-Administration.
I forwarded Bill a copy of the CNN article from yesterday regarding that motherEffer Devlin. I suggest everyone write Bill and remind him of his wrongsided position on the matter. I don't know...maybe he sides with pedophiles for a reason.
write him: oreilly@foxnews.com
Any person like this idiot who blames a child for what happens to them should lose everything that is important to them. I can't believe-yes I can-how horrible these so called compassionate conservatives treat everybody else. Jesus would be so ashamed that these people are using his name in vain.
ScottM @ 35:
...and you're not a-quiver with trepidation at the dreaded Fox Security???
BRB_TheFireball @ 5:
Ooh! Ooh! I do! ;-)
Seriously, though, why is anyone surprised? In the few times I've seen Bill on The Daily Show, he's struck me as a cornered man. People are never so dangerous as when they know, deep down, that they're wrong and that other people know it.
I just wish Keith would quit using Bach's Tocatta and Fugue for that segment; hey, I used to like that piece!
Yes John,
KO was disgusted with BO too last night.
wingnuts are pathetic:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/10/10/123529/74
Geez.
Thank you so much for highlighting this.
O'Reilly's attempt to psychoanalyze this kid from his news desk was downright disgusting at the time. But this new information reveals that O'Reilly's an even bigger idiot than we were initially led to believe, if that's even possible.
I admire KO's courage. I love his tirades. But dehumanizing our opponents is going too far.
"'... Because he is not only not enough of a man to do so, but not enough of a human being.'
None of them are, Keith. None of them are."
Yessir, nothing like dehumanizing your fellow citizens in order to form a more perfect union. I'm sure they'll take this to heart and immediately change their evil ways.
Let me get this straight: Limbaugh et al. are guilty of all that is wrong with America: "the unapologetic rationalization and justification for treason, rank (and ignorant) partisanship and the victimization of private citizens and children for cheap political shots." So denying their humanity, denying any common ground whatsoever, is going to help...how? After all, look how effective their similar attacks have been on changing our minds, opinions, and positions.
Dehumanizing one's opponent is the first step in war propaganda, you know. When one's opponents aren't even human, who needs to accord them human rights? Don't you see how this is EXACTLY the mindset you denounce?
Talk about "rank (and ignorant) partisanship"! How more partisan can you get than saying WE are human, THEY are not?! And doing it in a post about how bad they are. Stunning!
I call on you to repudiate this remark and pledge to honor the humanity of even the most despised among us. Or is all your talk about equal rights, justice, etc. just that?
Here's a tip for you C&LLNMC: "Putting Out Fire (with gasoline)," by David Bowie.
I think it is pretty telling that KO didn't close out that bit with his usual dramatic "Worst....Person...in the wooooorrrrrlld..." You could tell he was genuinely disgusted with BO.
all these "Christians" go on his show and suck up to BIll when he thinks kids enjoy being raped. Joe Farah of World Net Daily publishes Bill's columns while parroting Scaife conspiracies about the Clintons
Bill-O was TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT!! Can't you libruls get that straight?
do-si-do @ 12:
Honestly, I think KO is doing it just to get under Bill's skin, but I agree with you...we get it. O'Reilly just isn't worth this much time or effort. Forget him and he will simply vanish.
Devlin and BillO should be lanced on the same pitchfork in hell.
I'm sure they would enjoy each other's company for an eternity.
I understand why Leona Helmsley left her money to a dog. Disgusting humans.
BRB_TheFireball @ 5:
Huh? is that for real?
know!buddhaU @ 42:
Hey, Gandhi -- reread the post. KO says he's not enough of a human being, not that he's not a human.
I don't really swing that way, but since BOR only seems to appreciate "eye for an eye" retaliation and lacks a degree of empathy, I think someone needs to volunteer their services to [deleted--do not advocate violence on this site, even sarcastically] BillO so he can understand what that poor kid's ordeal was like. It seems that he can't appreciate why people do what they do, but he insists YOU appreciate why he does whatever he does. So maybe experiencing the same sensations - physical AND emotional - might drill an ounce of humanity into Bill's withered excuse of a soul.
* it's sarcasm, ain't gonna happen, any of it, so all you trolling Freepers can forgo that "he said someone's gotta hurt Poppa Bear" wounded animal schtick that you do oh so well, not to mention claim that I inspired the act were it to happen (fingers crossed, not really, man are you neo-con dillholes gullible!)
It's truly fucking sad that right-wingers just can't get enough of these shitheads and the completely evil shit that they're constantly spewing. If the Dems win the presidency and gain an even greater majority in Congress, it wouldn't suprise me in the least if these hateful right wing fucks turn violent.
Last month, I was at an airport on Long Island. Sitting across from me at the gate, a couple of white, overweight, middle-aged businessmen were discussing Hillary Clinton. The conversation ended with one guy saying: "I don't know what I'd do if she became president... How long has it been since a president was assassinated?"
Once upon a time, most people had some sense of shame. They kept their evil, hateful, fucked-up thoughts to themselves because they understood that such things didn't reflect well on them. Not anymore. Not after Dick and Bush got done fucking this country and the rest of the world.
know!buddhaU @ 42:
aha...the old "concern troll" bit
so lets see, we should just ignore what these pieces of garbage do and say on the airwaves?
el druggo attacks a boy, lying to his audience about his circumstances
lufa boy speculates that a boy enjoyed his years of torture and sexual molestation
the devil incarnate states that wilson didnt care that he and his wife were placed in mortal danger
but god forbid we should dehumanize those who have already done so with their words
they arent going to change no matter what we say or do....but damn if we should ever hold out an olive branch to this scum
and yes, all 3 are exactly what is wrong with this country...they must finally be held accountable for their words
know!buddhaU @ 42:
In the best of all possible worlds, extending the hand of love in the face of evil might work, but this is not the best of all possible worlds. The denizens of hate radio laugh at people like you.
Bill O'Reilly injured a child for profit. He isn't untermenschen because of that, nor did Olbermann say he was, but he is evil and was not acting as a human should act.
People like him, like Coulter, like Malkin - the list is endless - are paid to slime, to insult and to hurt others. Truth to them is nothing. Goodness, they spit on. And it's bad enough that they slander adults. But when they attack the most vulnerable, a child who has spent four years in hell, in order to raise their ratings or sell another book, when they say the husbands and wives of those who died in the attack on the Trade Center are prifiting from those deaths, are actually glad of them - there are no words to describe the O'Reillys, the Coulters or the Malkins that bad enough that they should be taken back.
In a perfect world, we would ignore them and they'd be forced to act like human beings or starve. But this isn't a perfect world, so people like Olbermann are correct to point out the slime among us.
It's not dehumanizing our opponents when our opponents prove they're not human, it's merely pointing out what should be the obvious.
There sure was something that Shaun Hornbeck liked about his situation... it's known as staying alive. I'm sure Bill-o would have made the same choice or would Bill-o have insisted on having a falafal with his loofa.
Hokuto @ 39:
Is that t he Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor?
I love that song.
Has it ever been used in any horror movies.
Funny thing is some folks in Texas make it sound like whore movies.
I like them both.
Oh yeah, and I totally grok on Mussorgski's Night on Bald Mountain, Tchaikovsky's overature to Swan Lake, and Wagner's Rienzi-Overature.
This account needs to be shoved in Bill0's fave until he comments on it.
Bill O'Reilly rejects the Stockholm Syndrome as a horseshit theory. Billo is convinced that Shawn Hornbeck was a victim of Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome. Was Billo right or wrong in his expert medical diagnosis of Hornbeck? Damned if I know...you decide.
[...] was going to blog about this myself, but Crooks and Liars has all the links. I was reading this morning about pedophile William Devlin confessing to his attempt to kill Shawn [...]
Yikes the stream's slow......you sharing your bandwidth with Radiohead or somat?
mrogi @ 59:
Bill-O claimed Hornbeck enjoyed his situation. Only a sick lowlife scum would state that and only an even lower scumbag loser would even attempt to defend O'Reilly.
Shawn is a survivor. Good on him. Shame on BoR.
If per chance , everyone would quit talking about these people , they would just fade away. Why keep them on the screen ? Talk about the 3 best people. A couple of which more than likely got burned to death in Iraq today.
O'REILLY: "Impact" segment tonight, the disturbing case of the two kidnapped boys in Missouri. As you know, police found 15-year-old Shawn Hornbeck in an apartment of 41-year-old Michael Devlin last week, along with 13-year-old Ben Ownby. Both boys allegedly had been kidnapped by Devlin, who ran a pizza place in the town of Kirkwood. Shawn had been missing for four years.
And the question is, why didn't he escape when he could have? There are all kinds of theories about that. Joining us now from Washington, Greta Van Susteren, who has been out to Missouri reporting on the case.
All right, you know, the Stockholm syndrome thing, I don't buy it. I've never bought it. I didn't think it happened in the Patty Hearst case. I don't think it happened here.
[...]
O'REILLY: I'm not buying this. If you're 11 years old or 12 years old, 13, and you have a strong bond with your family, OK, even if the guy threatens you, this and that, you're riding your bike around, you got friends. The kid didn't go to school. There's all kinds of stuff. If you can get away, you get away. All right? If you're 11.
[...]
O'REILLY: This is what I believe happened in the Hearst case and in this case. The situation that Hearst found herself in was exciting. She had a boring life. She was a child of privilege. All of a sudden, she's in with a bunch of charismatic thugs, and she enjoyed it. The situation here for this kid looks to me to be a lot more fun than what he had under his old parents. He didn't have to go to school. He could run around and do whatever he wanted.
VAN SUSTEREN: Some kids like school.
O'REILLY: What?
VAN SUSTEREN: Some kids like school.
O'REILLY: Well, I don't believe this kid did. And I think when it all comes down, what's going to happen is, there was an element here that this kid liked about his circumstances.
[.;.]
VAN SUSTEREN: It may turn out -- you may turn out to be right. I don't know.
O'REILLY: I usually do. I usually -- that usually is what happens.
VAN SUSTEREN: Especially when you're the jury.
O'REILLY: If I'm wrong, Greta, I'll -- you know, we'll play this tape and you'll get your points.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So, O'Reilly was wrong as usual.....when will we play this tape and get her points!!??!?!
mrogi @ 59:
please....lufa boy only went out to find experts to talk abut csaas after he made his statements saying that hornbeck enjoyed his years of torture and abuse
he did so to cover his ass
csaas is a form of the stockholm syndrome...both are survival techniques
know!buddhaU @42
Bottom line is, if push came to shove, we would defend their human rights. I doubt that they would accord us the same respect.
Interestingly, Oprah had Bill O'Reilly on her show shortly after O'Reilly made these hateful comments about the kidnapped boy. Oprah never questioned O'Reilly about these comments and in fact hailed O'Reilly as a heroic advocate for protecting children against predators.
Dr. Matt @ 65:
ya...and hearst really enjoyed being raped in a closet and being told on a daily basis that she was going to die
cuz gosh, every college student wishes for that life
Billo Reilly used Oprah to cover his ass in the Hornbeck controversy. O'Reilly used Al Sharpton, Juan Williams and Jesse Jackson to cover his ass in the Harlem restaurant controversy. I am dumbfounded how Billo convinces intelligent, prominent Black people to pull his scrotum out of the fire whenever he needs it.
Huh, strange...no comments yet about Bill-O's ratings are license enough for him to spew his lies and hate.
Media whore of the lowest level.
There's your title billy boy, wear it well.
And a well deserving for the Falafel King. This year is not done yet and the Falafel King is in the running for the Hall of Scum.
I have FuxNoise blocked on my TV and VCR. I refuse to have it stain my living room. The very thought of O'Reilly or Malkin or Coulter or Hannity spewing their lies in my home is horrific. Someone visiting once asked what channel FuxNoise was on, and I said the channel broadcasting from a freezing hell. BOR's treatment of Hornbeck was unforgiveable, and would have resulted in any other TV personality (I will not say "newsman" because I would not be able to stop laughing long enough to finish typing) being fired or at least saying his mea culpa on the air every night for a month straight. But not Fux; they cannot admit to ONE lie because then they will be forced to admit to EVERY lie. I think, though, that it is beginning to catch up with them. They are becoming truly delusional, and this Malkin thing with the Frost family may be the tipping point. I do not think, with the vast majority of Americans in favor of SCHIP, that it is a good -or sane- idea to pick on a 12-year-old boy and his family, but these FuxNoise people, and their deranged audience, honestly believe it is good politics and journalism. I think that they will bring the Republicans down faster than the Democrats will, because they are showing the true and frightful face of conservatism.
Bill O’Reilly is a sick man who needs professional psychiatric help very badly. Other than O’Reilly being a very sick man, I have nothing else to say about him any longer. The man makes no sense at all.
#49:
"Hey, Gandhi — reread the post. KO says he’s not enough of a human being, not that he’s not a human."
Thanks, but I really don't deserve such an honorific. Especially because Gandhi was a modern Hindu, and the Buddha lived around the time of Moses. You can call me Bud.
Tell me of this amazing power you have: to discern relative degrees of humanity. So who's 'most human,' who is 'least human,' etc.? I suppose people who look, think, speak, and act like us, those are the humans, eh? This is the very nature of dehumanizing. Can't you disagree without questioning someone's humanity? Don't you see this is a BillO tactic?
All this mutual demonization is leading us all straight to hell. I'm sure the fundamentalists among the Sunni and Shia speak of each other this way. And after victory, then what? How will we reconcile and live as neighbors with people we've said are less human than we?
#59
"aha...the old "concern troll" bit"
Pardon me? I post something critical of KO and call out C&L for dehumanizing our opponents, and that makes me a troll? What part of "Know! Buddha U" don't you get?
"so lets see, we should just ignore what these pieces of garbage do and say on the airwaves?. . . .but god forbid we should dehumanize those who have already done so with their words"
WHAT? Where are you getting that? You are attacking a stance I did not take.
"they arent going to change no matter what we say or do....but damn if we should ever hold out an olive branch to this scum"
'So why bother with civil society, right? I mean, why even treat them with the respect we treat ourselves? Why even consider them equally human as we?' This is precisely my point. Mutual disregard and demonization are the fast tracks to civil war.
"and yes, all 3 are exactly what is wrong with this country...they must finally be held accountable for their words"
I wholeheartedly agree. What's going right over your head is that this site is practicing what it decries.
Are we on the Left all so petty as not to be able to disagree without descending into barbarous attacks on each other's humanity? Try decaf already!
This is where Right meets Left. Some of us on the Left, if our words are to be taken at face value, think that our opponents are less human than we are and that they will never change. I repeat: how more partisan can you get than thinking WE are more fully human than THEY?
Everybody in this political system, with the possible exception of my man Kucinich, believes in Life as Holy War. Let me explain.
Once upon a time, there was a Golden Age. But then the Others, anyone on the other side of a line I never stop drawing, did Us all in. So if We just get rid of the Others, We'll restore the Golden Age. Just like a murderous Blackwater mercenary, you have only two choices: with Us, or against Us. There can be only 1.
This binary thinking sees no common ground between opposing stances. Its practitioners take their wide stance astride the whole planet. Rummy said, "We don't talk to evil," when presented with an overture from Iran. Bush is infamous for living in an impenetrable bubble. That's because it's psychic, not physical.
Before you get to feeling all self-righteous, please note that we all share the assumption of an atomised self: we think we exist apart from that which gives rise to us. Watch:
Draw a one-sided line. Note that 'Side A,' 'Side B,' and the 'Line' all appear in a field that begins and remains _indivisible_. That's us, that's our common ground. All this dividing is tearing us apart.
That field, in which 'things' seem to have independent existence, that's the source of We, the People. That's why political power inheres in us. Just so, divinity also inheres in us. “We hold these truths to be self-evident,” the Founders wrote, then discounted the humanity of blacks at three-fifths of whites. Humanity itself is inalienable, and it's for this reason that human rights are inalienable.
Partisanship only gives a false sense of progress. Partisanship powers the wheel of samsara, the endless vicious cycle of living in the Divide and Conquer frame of mind.
out of the infinite
post-partum, we stand; divided, we fall
back into the infinite
Sorry, but I nothing in common with the tactics of BillO, et al.
Never assume to appeal to a person's rational, humane side.
History demonstrates that many have none.
Self interest, on the other hand...
Hey Booda, pass it over here, man!
[...] effective supporters. Though O'Reilly will, no doubt, remain on the air in San Diego, despite the damage and shame his irresponsible "reporting" brings to our [...]
George_Metesky @ 37:
well, i signed it "rupert murdoch"
ScottM @ 81:
Mr. M, you are my lunch box hero today. Rock on.
[Deleted. Out and out lying-Sitemonitor]
You Democrats are a bunch of touchy feely liberals that can go suck spit.
[Take your own 'advice.'-Sitemonitor]
OxyCon @ 32:
Agreed, O'Reilly is disgusting and vile. His depraved comments and lies warrant the continuous coverage from Olbermann.
The worst person in the world. Gee, lets see have we even seen them yet? One thing is for absolute certain- its a far longer list than the worlds best people- because the best people to have to stick around for very long. And brave and courageous Shawn survived because he is a survivor and our number is up when it is up and not a second before.
Appearances are definitely deceiving. Life does have meaning- there is a point to this experience which means there is a plan which also means that things are not random as it seems.
Of course this also means that there is a Creator of which we know very little about. Does the Creator care about this human experience or us collectively and/or individually? And does the Creator have the ability to change this perception into something it prefers- say world peace for instance?
These are really the questions that no person can answer for anyone or anything else and to base even an attempt with the current information in possession of man and what w