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Ambush O’Reilly Segment

Posted by roc on Aug 26 2008 | Shock Jocks

As previously noted, after Jenna Kern, a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church, decided to write an Op-Ed piece for Newsday questioning whether shock jocks and hate speech contributed to the recent murderous shooting spree in a U-U church in Tennessee, the haters started to come after her as well. Among them — as usual — was Bill O’Reilly of Fox News. O’Reilly’s crew ambushed Kern with camera and microphone in her own driveway. Before Billo had a chance to air his ambush, his cable nemesis Keith Olbermann scooped him on it on his MSBNC program…and declared O’Reilly again to be the “Worst Person in the World.”

The ambush video has now aired. Go here, click on “reality check” (under playlist on the left hand side) and then click on the top of the list, one that says “Smear Patrol” Factor confronts Newsday editor. Clearly, O’Reilly is also going after Newsday hard, as the ambush interview with its editor also makes clear.

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