Out-of-control O’Reilly gets aggressive with Obama staffer

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It’s clear watching his show that Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly thinks he’s above such things as social norms, but I didn’t realize he’d go this far.

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly got into a confrontation with an Obama aide after O’Reilly started screaming at him as he tried to get Barack Obama’s attention following a rally here. O’Reilly eventually did chat briefly with Obama and asked him to be a guest on his show.

The incident was triggered when O’Reilly–with a Fox News crew shooting–was screaming at Obama National Trip Director Marvin Nicholson “Move” so he could get Obama’s attention, according to several eyewitnesses. “O’Reilly was yelling at him, yelling at his face,” a photographer shooting the scene said.

O’Reilly grabbed Nicholson’s arm and shoved him, another eyewitness said. Nicholson, who is 6′8, said O’Reilly called him “low class.”

“He grabbed me with both his hands here,” Nicholson said, gesturing to his left arm and O’Reilly “started shoving me.” Nicholson said, ” He was pretty upset. He was yelling at me.”

Secret Service agents who were nearby flanked O ‘Reilly after he pushed Nicholson. They told O’Reilly he needed to calm down and get behind the fence-like barricade that contained the press.

Once the Secret Service has to intervene to ask a media personality to settle down, you know O’Reilly must have been pushing the envelope to the breaking point.

I don’t doubt that O’Reilly will characterize him grabbing a senator’s aide as some kind of media heroics, but “journalists” aren’t supposed to be thugs. We’ve come a long way — in 1968, it was Dan Rather getting shoved by political heavies. In 2008, it’s Bill O’Reilly doing the shoving.

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[JODO 2]

O'reilly is always doing something bizarre. Next he'll be saying Obama is afraid to come on his show

[~Chad~ 0]

It seems like he loves to be hated, but I think it's because the hatred produces high ratings.

[Ban Hammer 14,661]

yawn. if this had happened on a left wing talk show with a republican guest, the talk show host woulda been labeled as "truth seeking" "aggressively reporting the news" and other laudable labels.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

yawn. if this had happened on a left wing talk show with a republican guest, the talk show host woulda been labeled as "truth seeking" "aggressively reporting the news" and other laudable labels.

Nah... O'Reilly's an a$$, plain and simple...regardless of his politics.

[Ban Hammer 14,661]

yawn. if this had happened on a left wing talk show with a republican guest, the talk show host woulda been labeled as "truth seeking" "aggressively reporting the news" and other laudable labels.

Nah... O'Reilly's an a$$, plain and simple...regardless of his politics.

then don't watch him

[one...two...tree 2,762]

yawn. if this had happened on a left wing talk show with a republican guest, the talk show host woulda been labeled as "truth seeking" "aggressively reporting the news" and other laudable labels.

Nah... O'Reilly's an a$$, plain and simple...regardless of his politics.

then don't watch him

Huh?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yep - O'Reilly is a shitfucker. I worry about anyone who watches his show for anything other than comedy value.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Perhaps the Secret Service should have Tasered O'Reilly. He'd have had a field day with that

Or having to appear on his show with two black eyes and a broken nose.

[Jenn! 918]

Don't tase me, bro!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Don't tase me, bro!

[JODO 2]

Don't tase me, bro!

Don't tase me, bro!

[rebeccajo 14]

yawn. if this had happened on a left wing talk show with a republican guest, the talk show host woulda been labeled as "truth seeking" "aggressively reporting the news" and other laudable labels.

Do you really believe that?

[JODO 2]

I actually think O'reilly is pretty entertaining,but as far as a "news source"....

Fox's O'Reilly gets pushy at Obama event

By JIM KUHNHENN,

Associated Press Writer

Sat Jan 5

No one ever accused Bill O'Reilly of being a wilting flower.

So when the Fox News Channel commentator and interviewer appeared midway through a Barack Obama rally at a Nashua high school Saturday, his presence was evident. Tall, with camera crew in tow, O'Reilly marched forward to get a good look.

Journalists have been known to seek the best angle.

But it was after Obama's speech that O'Reilly threw some elbows. And not so figuratively either.

Obama staffer Marvin Nicholson, a personal aide always at Obama's side during rope line handshakes, said O'Reilly yelled at him to get out of the way of his cameraman's shot. Nicholson said O'Reilly came around the waist-high barricade separating Obama from well-wishers.

"Then he grabbed me with both of his arms and tried to push me out of the way," Nicholson said after the campaign agreed to make him available to reporters.

A Fox News spokesman did not immediately respond to e-mail and phone messages.

The scene was hard to miss. O'Reilly is about 6-feet-5-inches tall. Nicholson is 6-feet-8-inches tall.

"I told him, 'Sir, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't shove me anymore.'

"He called me 'low class.' He was pretty upset."

Secret Service agents assigned to protect Obama ordered O'Reilly back behind the barricade. At that point Obama approached him and extended his hand.

O'Reilly, Nicholson recounted, "said the senator was great and that he would love to have him on the show."

Nicholson, a veteran of political campaigns, worked as Sen. John Kerry's personal aide in the 2004 presidential campaign, acquiring the nickname "Chief of Stuff."

"I've never seen a member of the press lay hands on a staffer before," he said.

Democrats, prodded by liberal activists who argue Fox News is biased, have been avoiding the cable news network. Fox had to cancel a scheduled Democratic debate after the candidates refused to participate.

So how did Obama react to O'Reilly's entreaty?

"The senator said he would think about going to the show after the primaries," Nicholson said.

O'Reilly later showed up at a Hillary Rodham Clinton event in Penacock, N.H., and was acknowledged by the candidate. He stood in the audience and urged an audience member to ask the New York senator and former first lady about her plan to remove troops from Iraq. When the audience began booing, Clinton said, "No, no, no. He gets at least some credit for being here."

Edited January 6, 2008 by JODO

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yawn. if this had happened on a left wing talk show with a republican guest, the talk show host woulda been labeled as "truth seeking" "aggressively reporting the news" and other laudable labels.

Yeah. O’Reilly is such a danger to us all.