Media Shut Out of O'Reilly Speech to Values Voter Summit; Blogger Mike Stark Forcibly Removed

Posted by Adele Stan, AlterNet at 4:15 PM on September 18, 2009.

What did Bill O'Reilly have to say to the religious right that he didn't want the rest of us to hear?

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Bill O'Reilly, the FOX NewsChannel host, is speaking to the Values Voter Summit as I write this. But I'm not allowed in the room. The problem is my "Media" tag.

I was stopped at the door by the summit's security men, told with no advance notice that the press was banned from O'Reilly's remarks. The order came from O'Reilly's people, the security man said. As if to make his point, a progressive blogger was then hauled from the room where the main event was staged.

Here's all I got to see of O'Reilly's performance:

Minutes after O'Reilly began his speech, blogger Mike Stark made a very noisy exit from the ballroom where O'Reilly, if the applause seeping through the otherwise soundproof doors is any indication, is dazzling his audience. Stark was hauled off by hotel security and shoved into an exit stairwell. He hasn't been heard from since.

Stark has made his mark dogging right-wing television and radio hosts by calling into their shows and challenging them for things they have said.

Tagged as: media, bill o'reilly, fox news, media blackout, press blackout

Adele M. Stan is AlterNet's Washington bureau chief.

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Dont blame O'Reilly [Report this comment] Posted by: 4America on Sep 18, 2009 6:08 PM Current rating: 1 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] who wants a heckler in the audiance - ask Obama! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Dont blame O'Reilly Posted by: mkdelta69 » WHO doesn't want hecklers? Posted by: paulaH » RE: Dont blame O'Reilly Posted by: mainspark » RE: Dont blame O'Reilly Posted by: JSquercia a certain decorum is expected from members of congress [Report this comment] Posted by: debocracy on Sep 19, 2009 1:55 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] which I am not expected to respect. As far as anyone knows, these people were merely planning to report on Bill O'Reilly's speech to the values folks. Excuse me while I snicker at the idea of a person who goes on Asian sex tours as a values person. The hypocrisy is vomitous. Fact is liberals are more moral than most of these "values" schmucks. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: a certain decorum is expected from members of congress Posted by: mainspark » RE: a certain decorum is expected from members of congress Posted by: paulaH » Asian sex tours are not snickersome. "Vomitous" is a much better word . . . Posted by: fcvoigt Fascists Reject the Right to a 'Free Press' [Report this comment] Posted by: Purple Girl on Sep 19, 2009 4:59 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] This is a Hotel, not a private Residence. The Hotel should be charged with interferring with the Free Press, as should the Conference organizers. I saw the MSNBC correspondant being harrassed by the participants for reporting on the event- They too obviously reject our Founders credo of a Free Press. This correspondant was not interferring with the Speaker- In fact he was speaking in nearly a whisper. What are you Hiding? What 'secret society' doctrine are they expounding that they wish to conceal from the Public? What they behaved like was a conspiratorial organization. The Left welcomes Media- infact wish they would cover our conferences, protests and meeting more often. We have nothing to hide- or be ashamed of. You have to be suspect of these peoples crying about their Liberties when it is them who so blatantly interfer with those of Others. What the matter 'Values Voters' afraid to be exposed as not only Traitors but also Heretics? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » "Idiots" Reject the Right to a 'Free Press'.... Posted by: Fencerider BULLSHIT BILL STRIKES AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Report this comment] Posted by: travelertoo on Sep 19, 2009 8:18 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] How did this unregulated ranter ever get on the air? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] ConServ-0-Bots PAID WELL by the folks who GET THEIR MONEY'S WORTH [Report this comment] Posted by: BlueBerry PickN on Sep 19, 2009 10:09 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] gee... I wonder what they're getting for their MONEY? well... take a look around. They're GETTING the societies & cultures THAT IS WORTH BILLIONS in committed stupidity & servile dumbasses... they're getting every penny's worth out of our hides because if they STICK A FUCKING FLAG ON IT, AmeriKans will take a big bit of it every time. What was it George Carlin had to say about the 'American Dream'?: *they call it a dream, because you have to be asleep to fucking believe it* The American Way has always been about fucking somebody else over through a con or violence... its just a pretty piece of well-financed propaganda for ugly, ugly social construct excuses... its the 'freedom to fuck over others, without anybody standing in your way to hold you accountable! perspective, people. Perspective. The Jeff Farias Show: streams FREE & LIVE Mon-Fri, 6-9pmEDT FREE podcast [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Non-story [Report this comment] Posted by: colinmeister on Sep 20, 2009 4:14 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I went to this because I wanted to READ what Billo had to say. All this story did was ask a question - waste of web space. Surely someone must have had a cell phone camera there? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Non-story Posted by: willymack Re: Goose? Gander?? [Report this comment] Posted by: SwampFox-82nd on Sep 22, 2009 4:32 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] That's the kind of garbage I expect from morons like the GOP. What's good for the goose, is good for the gander. Suck it up, perhaps if they started acting like adults, just maybe people would listen.. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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» RE: Dont blame O'Reilly Posted by: mkdelta69

» WHO doesn't want hecklers? Posted by: paulaH

» RE: Dont blame O'Reilly Posted by: mainspark

» RE: Dont blame O'Reilly Posted by: JSquercia

» RE: a certain decorum is expected from members of congress Posted by: mainspark

» RE: a certain decorum is expected from members of congress Posted by: paulaH

» Asian sex tours are not snickersome. "Vomitous" is a much better word . . . Posted by: fcvoigt

» "Idiots" Reject the Right to a 'Free Press'.... Posted by: Fencerider

» RE: Non-story Posted by: willymack

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