Re: Malaysia Airlines Plane is Missing
O'Reilly has his way of rattling cages but he is not the idiot many people would love to make him out to be.
You're right. I really disliked him and his approach and what he does for most part and a huge part of his views, but if you're careful, you'll realize he's much more complicated than a bigot. he actually knows what he's doing a lot of times, even though a lot of his views aren't what i agree with. occassionally, he provides you that counter-argument to the mass that he deserve the credit for debunking, even though most of his time he surrounds himself with hard-handed tactics that's very hypocritical and disrespectful of others.
the best example is the rumble vs jon stewart. unless it's completely scripted, he demonstrated he's much more than just a handful that i initially thought he would be. he did give jon stewart a little bit of a challenge at times, and even tried to poke at jon stewart's softened attitude towards him at the end. if you have your facts straight, you'd still walk away thinking he didn't entirely lose, if not managed a stalemate.
another time is his handling of his interview with clinton and powell. i disliked how he wasn't showing enough respect for powell, who after all, is a 4-star general. however, he picked his battles, and wasn't as fierce as he would have been towards civic activists. and as for clinton, he didn't even pull off his usual sh!t, which he knows he won't get away by doing that to clinton. so yea that proves the nuthead may be nuts, but he's still really sly and skilled