O'Reilly's campaign against murdered doctor

Salon by Gabriel Winant | May. 31, 2009 (News Analysis)
The Fox News star had compared Tiller to a Nazi, called him a "baby killer," and warned of "Judgment Day"

there's no other person who bears as much responsibility for the characterization of Tiller as a savage on the loose, killing babies willy-nilly thanks to the collusion of would-be sophisticated cultural elites, a bought-and-paid-for governor and scofflaw secular journalists. Tiller's name first appeared on "The Factor" on Feb. 25, 2005. Since then, O'Reilly and his guest hosts have brought up the doctor on 28 more episodes, including as recently as April ... Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Jun. 1, 2009

The numerous quotes of O'Reilly demonizing Dr. Tiller give a vivid image of his lack of journalistic ethics.

O'Reilly is sick and should be removed from big media.

O’Reilly didn’t tell anyone to do anything violent, but he did put Tiller in the public eye, and help make him the focus of a movement with a history of ... More »

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