Sunday, October 5, 2008

O'Reilly v. Frank

A few nights ago, Bill O'Reilly at Fox News got into a war of words with Democratic Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts over the country's financial crisis.

At first, the interview started off quite plain. But within seconds, O'Reilly became agitated and began harassing Frank. I was laughing the whole time, as I didn't know TV hosts were supposed to berate their guests, even if it is a dishonest politician like Frank.

Apparently, a lot of people found the interview as funny as I did, so it is now posted online for all to see. That's a good thing about online journalism. It allows one to see videos that aired some time ago.

Personally, I dislike Frank and O'Reilly even more. He is probably the least objective journalist in the business. But in this interview, he certainly confronts Frank with nothing but the truth. However, I think if he wants more people to take him seriously, he should lessen his tone.

1 comment:

Suzanne Levinson said...

But his tone defines him. He would be nothing without it? (I can't watch him... but he is quite successful at being the outrageous bully, eh?)