Bill O’Reilly has a history of hurling insults and threats at his detractors. With the controversy over the reports from Mother Jones, CNN, and others that he embellished his reporting experience in the Falklands War, the Fox News host has added to this reputation by suggesting Mother Jones editor David Corn be placed in “the kill zone” and by telling a New York Times reporter she would face consequences if a story on the controversy did not please him.
“I am coming after you with everything I have. You can take that as a threat,” O’Reilly told Times reporter Emily Steel.
During the “Debunktion Junction” segment on her show Tuesday night, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow slammed O’Reilly over his latest personal attacks and threats.
“Fox News has a bunch of folks like Mr. O’Reilly on their shows—part of why I call them ‘Republican TV,'” Maddow said. “But they also have a lot of real reporters on staff who do real reporting all day long on real news…I’m sure they don’t take kindly when their own reporters get threatened for trying to do their jobs. But it is hard to imagine what this is going to do to the work environment at Fox News channel for the Fox News channel’s real reporters, and they do have them.”
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