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Fox Denies Entrance to Veterans Demanding an Apology from O’Reilly [VIDEO]

Posted by Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films at 12:12 PM on February 1, 2008.


The vets brought a petition with 17,000 signatures demanding that O'Reilly apologize to all of America's homeless vets.
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Bill O'Reilly said there aren't any homeless veterans, and if there are, there aren't enough to matter and/or they're all mentally ill addicts. So we sent a group of homeless veterans to the FOX News building to show O'Reilly they do indeed exist. The vets brought a petition with 17,000 signatures demanding that O'Reilly apologize to all of America's homeless vets. Documentary filmmaker Dan Lohaus (www.whenicamehome.com) and field producer Robin W. captured the action.

Robert Greenwald sits on the board of the Independent Media Institute, AlterNet's parent company

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Tagged as: iraq, o'reilly, veterans, fox news, homeless veterans

Robert Greenwald is the director/producer of "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" and "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism."


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Cowardice
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Posted by: meetmeineleusis on Feb 1, 2008 2:00 PM   
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From Bill Travels with Body Guards O' Reilly?

Imagine my complete and utter fucking LACK of shock.

The guy is a wimp, plain and simple.

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Good Night
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Posted by: Tompatriot on Feb 1, 2008 2:49 PM   
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That's the last you'll see of this.

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» RE: Good Night Posted by: Lauren
Not denied access but certainly not welcomed
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Posted by: tymefornew on Feb 1, 2008 2:54 PM   
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Lets not sink to their level. The group was able to enter the building. The whole thing was handled in the typical FOX manner. The fact that anyone in this country beleives there are no homeless vets shows how pronouced the divide between the far right and the real world has become...and it grows every minute.

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It Will Come and Go - Nothing Will Be Done or Change
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Posted by: colleenwhalen on Feb 1, 2008 7:22 PM   
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A couple of weeks ago Bill O'Reilly assaulted a campaign aide of Obama Baramack. Nothing happened - no charges filed. A couple of years ago O'Reilly made obscene phone calls, sexually harrassed his female employee - again, no charges filed for obscene phone calls which according to law require jail time. How many times has O'Reilly made racist, sexist comments and downright lied and nothing has changed.

Quit publicizing him - unless his ratings drops, he'll still be on Fox as America's Greatest Source of Untapped Natural Gas.

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Wrong, wrong, wrong!
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Posted by: katiedid on Feb 1, 2008 8:53 PM   
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This is just wrong, wrong, wrong! What has happened to this country?! Why in the world would Bill Damned O'Reilly & Fox be so afraid to meet with these vets?! It's just plain respect. .... and, I thought, they were such supporters of the troops?!

Honestly, I'm dumbfounded by all of it ... and I don't mean just this specific event.

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They should have used the skills they learned in the service -
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Posted by: andabottleof_rum on Feb 2, 2008 3:10 AM   
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stuff about mortars and tactics - to force their way in. Then they should have put O'Reilly in a choke hold.

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Bill-o will speak to this issue
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Posted by: Sissy on Feb 2, 2008 5:09 AM   
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During a Keith O commercial last night I switched over to Bill-o for the nano-second I can stand to watch him or anything on Faux Noise. He made mention that next week, I believe Wed., he will "address the veteran issue". I can't wait to see what the smug, arrogant jackass has to say. I just hope he does it in the amount of time that I can stand to watch/listen to him.

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According to Alternet
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Posted by: Ellie1 on Feb 2, 2008 7:36 AM   
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O'Lielly is #1 in viewers. Who watches this bastard? The American people are truly stupid.

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» RE: According to Alternet Posted by: andrushka
» RE: According to Alternet Posted by: Quannah
Ah, yes; it's becoming clear, now
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Posted by: willymack on Feb 2, 2008 4:43 PM   
Current rating: 5    [1 = poor; 5 = excellent]
Mc Cain is president (selected, of course). Romney is VP. Rove is Minister of Truth. O'Liely is Minister of Love. Huckaboob is Minister of Purity, Boltoon is Foreign Minister and "congress" can be reached at upyours.com.

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» RE: Ah, yes; it's becoming clear, now Posted by: makeadifference
As for me...
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Posted by: Quannah on Feb 3, 2008 4:21 PM   
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I'm hoping Bill-O chokes on a falafel. He will get his in the end.

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..what a planet!
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Posted by: don't jolive my olive. on Feb 4, 2008 8:48 PM   
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I'm at a loss for words... I can't think of anything clever or cute... I hate the bastard so much I'm choked yet that O'Reilly trash remains on public television. His whole career has been driven by his ruthless quest for fame at any cost.. he is what he's always worked at being, an obnoxious asshole of the very highest order... He (and Ann Coulter) is/are one of the reasons why UFO's don't bother communicating with us.. we're too uncivilized!

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