A classic Bill O'Reilly attempt at bamboozling his clueless audience.
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Talking Points: The Hate-Bush/Cheney Media (2/16/06) by Bill O'Reilly
O'Reilly points to a Maureen Dowd column as "the best illustration I have seen in years of a media out of control," because in it she claims the White House is blaming the guy who got shot. I mean, I have never seen a column like this. Today, Mr. Cheney discussed that charge with Brit Hume. [A video clip is played of Cheney saying "It was not Harry's fault. You can't blame anybody else. I'm the guy who pulled the trigger."] Now, like Cheney or not, once critical thinking degenerates into hatred, there's no value.
But its O'Reilly's "critical thinking" that lacks value here, because Dowd's column was published in the New York Times on the morning of February 15, while the quoted Cheney interview did not air on Fox until later that evening. A Reuters report of February 13—before the Fox interview—shows Cheney's representative clearly placing the blame on Harry Whittington:
Katharine Armstrong, whose family owns the ranch, was a member of the hunting party and witnessed the accident. She said Cheney, an experienced hunter, did not realize Whittington had rejoined the group without announcing himself, which is proper protocol among hunters. "They had no idea he was there," Armstrong said.
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