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Bill O’Reilly Goes Off on Media for Allowing Obama to ‘Roam at Will’ During Rare Press Conference

Nov. 14, 2012 9:11pm Jason Howerton

NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 15: Bill O’Reilly, host of FOX’s ‘The O’Reilly Factor’ at FOX Studios on December 15, 2011 in New York City. (Credit: Getty Images)

During his show on Fox News Wednesday, Bill O’Reilly said reporters allowed President Obama to “roam at will” during Wednesday’s rare presidential press conference, refusing to hold the commander-in-chief’s feet to the fire. The televised conference turned out to be a “waste of time,” O’Reilly explained, because the media wouldn’t ask the president tough questions regarding Benghazi and the David Petraeus scandal.

O’Reilly said the first question should have been: “When were you told about Gen. Petraeus and why was this kept secret until after the election?” It wasn’t the first question.

“Instead, an Associated Press guy asked an opinion question rather than a fact question, allowing the president to dance,” he added.

The host did, however, commend Fox News White reporter Ed Henry for pressing Obama on Libya when no one else would. Henry asked the president to address the families of the Benghazi victims and say whether he issued an “order” to save the Americans in Benghazi. Instead of providing a yes or no answer, Obama gave a long winded and vague answer.

“The president won’t say because it’s all under investigation. And believe me that investigation will be a long and winding road to quote Paul McCartney,” O’Reilly added. “The rest of the press conference was business as usual, allowing the president to roam at will.”

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AmericanLass
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:33pm
Protocol’s ? He understands that there are such a thing as protocols, then why did BOW to other Leaders around the world ?

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palerider54
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:10pm
Billy boy would do anything to get and keep good ratings.

I used to be a regular Factor watcher and agreed with a lot of what oriley said.

But I lost ALL respect for him when he criticized the Republican party after the election by saying they should quit “BASHING HOMOSEXUALS AND STOP THEIR CRUSADE AGAINST ABORTIONS” so more young people would like them.

I have not watched his show since, and never will again.

If oriley has his way, REAL Christians will have no one to vote their faith with. Just money concerns.
Typical Catholic theology.

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- Patriot760
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:25pm
  Billy O is not a conservative! He believes in climate change, he’s from Boston, nuff
  said?
  
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- lemmingsrnotusdamnit
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 7:29am
  That’s bull. Provide the transcript where he said that.
  
  And to the idiot who said O’Reilly believes in climate change. Same thing. Provide a transcript. Because that’s not what I have ever heard. He has been very suspicious of the whole thing whenever I have heard it, an has definitely been highly critical of green schemes and destroying the economy over it.
  
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Joe Schmuck
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:02pm
Billy O. thinks he has all the answers. He was way too easy on the media for anyone who saw the presser. It was pretty much a Setup so Obama could look good while making a speech.

In my cynicism, I wouldn’t be surprised if Benghazi (with 4 dead! ) and this affair, was the Oct. surprise designed to take our focus off the election. It sure worked!

Next question … Will the The Muzzle ‘em Brotherhood have the woman vote 2016? Think about it!! Scary huh?

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youshuthehellup
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:47pm
every night I pray that God will rid the country of obama and all evil bastds around him. I felt bad a couple weeks ago the news said harry reid was in a car accident in las vegas and just when I was about to make a toast of thanks the news said he was being released from the hospital! darn I thought we would be less on demon!

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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:58pm
  God takes about the same amount of interest as we do in ants. Keep praying for things and maybe you’ll get 3 stars in a row at the slots.
  
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- Fearnone
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:19pm
  Garbage, please refrain from talking about subjects that you know nothing about like God and conservatives. Stick to things that you know about like Obam… no you don’t know much there, or how about the Constitut… oops you don’t know that either. Well, surely there is something that you know about, isn’t there?
  
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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:25pm
  @FEARNONE
  
  Cause you know me so personally. lol. Get some sort of life. Maybe a better one if you have nothing to doubt read this…. this…. biased garbage. Or even the crap I’m spewing. I’m just on here trolling you sinners and I got nothing to loose, everything to gain.
  
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- Joe Schmuck
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:27pm
  Garbage .. I feel sorry for you. Jesus not only hears prayers, but answers all of them. I will pray for you. He may knock on the door, but you have to open it. You have nothing to lose, but an eternity in hell. Blessings!
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:41pm
  JOE . . .then why is Mitt still a private citizen? Why is Tebow still on the bench? Why are you still poor?
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 12:00am
  My how very christian of you! will god really answer prayers for meaningless murder? because if so… I don’t want anything to do with that!
  
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- mercenary4freedom
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 1:18am
  GARB, is thisjustTIM?
  
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cemerius
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:36pm
Oh Billy….QUIT acting like you care!!! YOU Sir ARE the problem! So tell me and the rest of us here “Billy” do you STILL wish to be part of the Obama administration?? Me thinks your approach to “fair and balanced” is closer to wishy washy and slanted towards the crazies on the left!!

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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:59pm
  Really? You think this man isn’t conservative enough? lol
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:08pm
  @GlenBeckisGarbage
  
  Don’t you love Obama?
  
  You say such wonderful things about “him” yet you hate “him” for not doing enough.
  
  Would you prefer Bush? Why don’t you try Costa Rica? I hear it’s nice time year. LMaO@U
  
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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:27pm
  @THE-MONK
  
  If you really must know, and we all know you care, I just think he’s very much the lesser of two evils. The dems are ok, but most likely still a little corrupt by big business.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:38pm
  @GlenBeckisGarbage
  “@THE-MONK If you really must know, and we all know you care, I just think he’s very much the lesser of two evils.”
  
  Oh good… so now we know that you approve of voting for the lesser of 2 evils….
  
  You see how easy it is to debunk your liberal logic? Go away fake Ron Paul supporter troll…
  
  We know who you are from your very own words…
  
  Did you RP supporters catch that?????????????????
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 12:12am
  @GlenBeckisGarbage
  
  Come on back fake libertarian troll…. I’m waiting to debate you.
  
  All the true Ron Paul supporters will be watching as we debate.
  
  Are you ready a s s w i p e ?
  
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DeathRattle
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:26pm
LIAR! FAKE!

We will NEVER hear the truth from Obama, the truth is not in him.

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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:03pm
  Not like Mitt Romney, that guy took a stance like an etch a sketch. There have been more lies and bigotry then ever this last election cycle from the right.
  There’s these things called clearances and nation security. You don’t have access to either so you get to wait like the rest of us. Calm down and lay off the soda.
  
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neverending
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:20pm
He may as well save his breath because barry is protected from all sides by everyone and it is beyond disgusting. How can so many Americans be so STUPID?

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- Oldphoto678
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 3:10pm
  Well, there aren’t really that many stupid people in the country because you and your ilk are a relatively small group. Way less than 1%. Now don’t get me wrong. The right occupies a much larger percentage, but you extremist tea party types don’t speak for any vast majority. The far right extremists such as yourself are rightly being blamed for the lose of this election, and soon the tea party will have even less relevance than the little it enjoys now.
  
  Just a thought about secession. You may well secede, but if any of you do it will be to another country because what are the United States of America will remain the United States of America! I promise you that. The rest of the country has had just about enough of you traitors. You have been warned.
  
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PeachyinGA
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:19pm
Blaze Members. There is a “report post” button to the right of Robbie1454′s post. Use it please.

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PeachyinGA
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:11pm
I am not an O’Reilly fan and consider him ‘conservative-light’. And although I rarely watch him, I happened to watch him tonight. I was cheering him on during his segment where he said the media allowed obama to roam-at-will! It was great!!! Then … I changed to the cooking channel after the segment. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

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- lemmingsrnotusdamnit
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 7:33am
  He has been doing that consistently for years and writing books about it.
  
  Nobody hammered the lefties harder than O’Reilly this election cycle. He just didn’t do it like a hack for the Republicans, which seems to upset a lot of people on here.
  
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Ricolip
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:50pm
The biggest waste of time was the “global warming” statement–kinda question. Israel is bombing Gaza and the US is going off some financial cliff but did we need to discuss carbon credits?
Stupid!!!!!!!

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- oldguy49
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:20pm
  carbon credits….you pay more for power, gas, food and everything else…………….amnesty………..illegals taking your job or doing it for less money……………obamacare……………..screws up just about everything else……… and half the country voted for it…..
  
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NewCreationDave
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:43pm
It’s a Free Country! … or is it?

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7950634/It%27s%20a%20free%20country.pdf

Please help educate your family, friends and neighbors!

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- TheePolitinator
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:19pm
  If they don’t get it by now they never will. Stock lock and load my friend.
  
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:38pm
DC is an unending Orgy of Stupidity.
Fence them in , dont let them out.

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Globmgmt
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:36pm
Where was O’Reilly from 2007 to 11/07/2012.I didn’t see him ask Obama about his School Applications.

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 12:02am
  Thats probably because Obama’s school record is the most trivial issue to be brought up this election..
  
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RightThinking1
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:34pm
They are lap dogs. HE is the one who leads them around.
Ozomibes all.

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marybethelizabeth
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:33pm
Praising your employer and trashing the competition. What a surprise.

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- M13
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:06pm
  Idiotic post from Mary, what a surprise.
  
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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:26pm
  I agree. I can’t believe that someone else posted he was conservative-light. The man is very right and that who he’s employed by. Lets ignore this fact and call it fair and balanced. I’ll call MSNBC biased too. It just is what it is.
  
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TROLLMONGER
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:31pm
When the Beckbots accuse OReilly of being too liberal then you know extremely right wing the Beckbots are!!!! These are people of a very primitive bible thumping iedology that do not believe in evolution, civil rights, and instead operate on a simplistic mindset given to them through a god they cant prove exists.

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- KangarooJack
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:39pm
  Sorry to read about your layoff from NBC.
  
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- TROLLMONGER
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:19pm
  Thats all you got?…LOL!
  
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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:52pm
  Dead on. Keep going.
  
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lassiegirldawn
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:30pm
Do we really expect this weasel to ever tell the truth? What a lying sack of crap. Does he really think the American people are going to go through four years of this without ramifications?

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thegodfather
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:29pm
How come nobody asked him how his golf game was coming along?

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kangaroo
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:28pm
oriely is gutless butt kisser, anyway RARE is the word of the day, O scaredycat won’t hold pressers, never has the answers and neither does his teleprompter. Neither of them knows what day it is

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rebelguns
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:27pm
I like beer.

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- KangarooJack
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:37pm
  I like wine…but I DON’T LIKE WHINE which is what Obama does.
  
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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:53pm
  @KANGAROOJACK
  
  one track mind much?
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:24pm
Yea cuz I’m sure O’Reily would have held his feet to the fire….Remember the Obama/O’Reilly interview??? Give me a break – what a blowhard

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- RIGHT_WHERE_IT_HURTS
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 4:49am
  Indeed. Ol’ BillO is just another msm tool. He’s worked in it for most of his life, and knows the ropes just like, say, Howard Stern, and gets the incredible privilege (and HUGE money) of ‘going off’ on people on national television. We all do it here for free.
  
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Amica
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:21pm
Fox News White reporter?

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Chromo200
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:19pm
Quit watching O’Reilly .. What makes him think that his lecture will ever change the minds of the media. The media is supporting Obama and what ever is said, whom ever says anything that is not pro Obama, will get no print or air time. Actually the hounds are sicked on him/her.

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Ghostrhymer6
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:19pm
O’REILLY RIGHT ON POINT THEY LL PROTECT oBAMa ? AND MOST AMERICANS ARE BOUGHT!!!! ????? THEY WILL NEVER W

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- Tractorboy
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:25pm
  The main stream media is no longer a protector of their fellow countrymen, by shedding the light of truth on the corruption of the powers to be, now they are just like the “Ministry of Propaganda” that Nazi Germany had.
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:28pm
  GHOSTWHORE . . . You’re a woman right? Sorry, your opinion doesn’t matter. Just ask Bill.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:39pm
  Hey Wango….
  
  Pick on me.. you know, a man. I’m waiting for your response to my last reply…. chicken!!
  
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- Pantloadian
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:48pm
  DUH MONK . . .Sorry, but you’re one man short. No, I realize you think the world hangs on your evert word. But I have no idea what you’re talking about. Remind me, what was your reply or request or challenge or diatribe or whatever it is you feel so compelled to exhume. While you go back and dig that up, I’ll say again to GHOSTWHORE – Your opinion matters not woman. Make me a sandwich. (I’m challenging my Mormon grandfather.)
  
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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:56pm
  @PANTLOADIAN
  
  Your post a hilariousness. I would also never want to get into a intellectual word battle with you. lol
  
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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:04pm
  are hilarious. Should pro take less interest in myth busters.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:30pm
  @Pantloadian
  “DUH MONK . . .Sorry, but you’re one man short”
  
  Oh, sorry, I see you got your “man babe” already picked out with GlenBeckisGarbage. Hope you two have fun sharing your diapers.
  
  Tell me? Who wears the diapers… you or GlenBeckisGarbage?
  
  I think it’s you Wango.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on November 15, 2012 at 9:12am
  Monk! I’m laughing my tail off at these idiots! Their guy won the election, and still, they can only demonstrate that they are nothing more than angry idiot’s. As the crap continues to hit the fan and things in our country get worse and worse, the the most important thing in guys like “Garbage”, and “Wangos”, minds, will be “change your screen name at The Blaze”, and spew out some more brainless nonsense! It’s pathetic, yet quite predictable.
  
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Icebox
Posted on November 14, 2012 at 9:18pm
Shill O’Reilly, looks like he’s dropping a deuce in that first picture.

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- GlenBeckisGarbage
  Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:28pm
  lol
  
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