Bill O'Reilly: His 5 Most Shockingly Offensive Moments

2. Bill O'Reilly shouts at Jeremy Glick

Glick copy His father was killed in the World Trade Center on 9/11. Jeremy Glick was then one of 50,000 Americans, alongside Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen and Cornel West, who signed a statement which opposed the subsequent war in Afghanistan. Le Monde called the signed statement a €œsacred text of the anti-war movement€ and it was published in over 40 journals and newspapers across the US, and 7 countries internationally. Its main message was: €œWe believe that people of conscience must take responsibility for what their own governments do.€ Bill O€™Reilly referred to the signers of this statement as €œanti-American€ and said they should be €œheld accountable€ for expressing their dissenting opinion. Invited onto the O'Reilly Factor to justify his actions Glick said: €œWhy would I want to further brutalize and punish the people of Afghanistan€ The people of Afghanistan € didn€™t kill my father.€ He also highlighted that the CIA who had €œ€trained a hundred thousand Mujahedeen€ bore some responsibility for the attacks on the twin towers. Watching the interview on YouTube it's clear that it is Glick who remains calm and dignified whilst Bill O€™Reilly, as usual loses his composure when he realises he is losing the argument. Unhappy that Glick had the temerity to hold an opposing view to his own O'Reilly shouts at him a lot (€œ€I don€™t really care what you think,€ €œ€You keep you mouth shut,€ and €œShut up. Shut up. Shut up.€), before suggesting Glick's Father would be ashamed were he alive to see his son now. After the interview he told Glick to €œGet out, get out of my studio before I tear you to f**king pieces!€ The following day, Bill O€™Reilly claimed that Glick €œwas out of control and spewing hatred,€ and that he had accused the Bush administration of orchestrating the events of 9/11 and murdering his Father. O'Reilly was clearly being economical with the actualité and so Glick contacted Al Franken for advice on possible legal action. After consulting with a lawyer Franken advised Glick against this as O'Reilly lies so pathologically that it would be almost impossible to prove that he knew he was lying.
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