Bernie Goldberg to Bill O’Reilly: Sometimes Cable News Hosts Have To ‘Shut The Hell Up’
- Posted on August 22, 2011 at 11:18pm by
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A dispute over manners turned into a demeaning insult, Bill O’Reilly suggested in a conversation with Bernie Goldberg on Monday.
While O’Reilly was on vacation, Rep. Charlie Rangel called fill-in host Laura Ingraham “just a pretty girl,” – a comment that sparked an on-air tizzy between the two. Rep. Rangel later apologized for his comments, but Goldberg said Ingraham was lucky that’s all the guest decided to say.
It was her constant interruptions, Goldberg said, that set a frustrating tone for the entire interview and landed her with those harsh words.
“There ought to be a rule on these shows: The host asks the question and then shuts the hell up,” Goldberg said. He couldn‘t convey his entire argument because O’Reilly quickly interrupted. O’Reilly said hosts often have to interrupt because guests skirt the question or go off on another topic altogether that better serves their own agendas.
Regardless of manners or interviewing style, O’Reilly said Rep. Rangel’s comment was inappropriate. “It wasn‘t the ’pretty girl’ thing that was – and I think Rangel was wrong in saying it – it was ‘just a pretty girl’, just is the key word there,” he said.
Goldberg and O’Reilly were able to end their conversation congenially with a joke that Goldberg himself was “a pretty face with nothing upstairs,” when he appeared on television. For a glimpse into how Rep. Rangel and Ingraham’s interview went, check out the video below.
(H/t: Mediaite)
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Comments (130)
rickbob
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:55amI saw the interview. I love Laura, but I have to agree with Bernie this time. Rangel disgusts me, but he wasn’t able to say five words before Laura interrupted him. I have almost NEVER seen ANY politician, Lib or Conservative, give straight answers to even the most innocuous questions. Charlie wasn’t any different. I understand Laura was trying to hold his feet to the fire (Pretty Boy does that on his radio show) but sometimes it’s better to let the idiot Libs talk themselves into their own holes. . .
Report Post »DJR
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:19amRangel was purposely being condescending. He knew exactly what he was saying. Bernie said it was a generational thing. I don’t agree, Rangel’s been in politics long enough to know what is PC. Laura did interrupt a lot but he wasn’t answering her questions and she was trying to get answers before their time was up.
Report Post »MomaGrisley2
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:58amWhen I watch, I see Rangel trying to bloviate through the interview eating up time with long pauses so he doesn’t have to answer her questions. I think she did a terrific job of stopping him from doing this. Billy recognized Laura outshone him and he got mad. So he has that hack Bernie G come on and scold her so Billy can say “see, it was Bernie that thought this” and he saves himself. Didn’t work.
Now for Billy Boy O’Reilly – NO ONE interrupts guests/co-hosts like he does.and so where is Bernie Hack then? It was obvious BO (same as his idol OBummer…hummm) was trying to take away her glory. I haven’t been watching him but will watch when Laura hosts. Watch, it will be Juan from now on because Billy can’t stand it when someone else does a better interview.
Anyone else notice how since the OBummer interview, Bill has really been pandering to the left? I think he is disgusting.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:18amThe BIGGER issue is this. We are a nation of people that talk and talk and talk, BUT never do anything to back it up. All talk and no action has brought us to the place we are in this country. Oh and yes…we are tooooo thin skinned about everyhting. Laura in her interview is a good example. She was offended. THAT’s HER PROBLEM. FREE SPEECH…what is that? We have no freedom to say anything in this country anymore. Or haven’t you noticed.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:26amI saw the whole interview and Ragel kept dancing around the question Laura asked……Bernie should inform himself before critizing.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:38amRangel’s remark was simply inappropriate ..
what if Rangel had said the exact same thing to a male anchor… he was just a pretty boy! WTH? …. Rangel was trying to make her feel irrelevant… do not equate her attractiveness .. with being stupid for Laura Ingraham is anything but!
She has a Batchelors degree from Dartmouth, and a Law Degree from Virginia School of Law,
I do not agree with Bernie Goldberg at all.
If Goldberg is angry over being interrupted … then Bill O’Reilly should really infuriate him.
just sayin’
Report Post »Patrick in AZ
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:39amRangel wouldn’t answer the questions – it is supposed to be the “no spin zone” – Charlie was spinning so much Laura was just trying to stop the merry-go-round and get him to focus on the questions, not the spin (a.k.a. LIES)
Report Post »BenThereToo
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:52amI agree. We do not always have to bring the left’s out in the open. They do it themselves, because they think the whole world agrees with them.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:18amwatch fox ONLY…but acting like a bunch of LIBERALS from the “red brigade” msm is GETTING OLD….I can hear the QUESTIONS, but can’t seem to get the ANSWERS by the “can‘t you see it’s all about ME” anchors…O’silly and Cavuto are without doubt ..THE WORST!!!! if I want to listen to some IDIOTIC LIB-TARDS being RUDE, I’ll unlock some MSM CHANNEL…(now that’s a disgusting thought!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Report Post »MySacredHonor
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 11:18amAnd Holding these weasels feet to the fire is the only way that the aforementioned dodging is ever going to change… all politeness ever gets you with a politician is evasion… so i say throw “Miss Manners” Out the nearest window when dealing with politicians, and if they get there feelings hurt.. SO WHAT! they are all guilty till proven innocent as far as i’m concerned! We need to stop letting them use the rules against us! they are never polite… and if its good for the goose its good for the gander!
Report Post »freeus
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 12:30pmRangel doesn’t even deserve one word. I don’t know why this crook is given a platform. Good job Laura.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:49amChawlie wuz doin’ wht Chawlie duz. Laura was either tired of it( she had had a couple other morons on just before that- saying exactly the sae thing). She just wasn’t going to settle for the smoothol Rangel shuffle.
Report Post »I also do not understand why O’Rielly has guests- most of them just create a background chatter for Bill’s opinion.
Al Sharptongue
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:46amMost of you Blaze posters have low self esteem and are delusional
Report Post »robert
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:17amAl Sharptongue
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:46am
“Most of you Blaze posters have low self esteem and are delusional”
Now that you have spoken, oh, Great One, is there anything else you’d like to impart to us to bring us up to the incredibly high standards of liberal thought?
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:21amAnd your mommy farted on my bed last night…
Grow up twit…
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:52amRobert,
You can count in one hand the number of answers you are going to get from a zombie like Al Sharptongue :
You’re ignorant
You’re a Fascists
You’re an Islam-o-Fascists
You’re a racists
and a few others
As reverend Al would say: Resist we much!
These guys are an empty vessel where “the Party” can download any crap they want them to say.
What a pathetic bunch, they should try reading a book! Stop tuning in to the “Al Sharpton Comedy Hour” on MSNBC and learn a little history, not that distorted crap from Howard Zinn but real history. Maybe you will learn something, although I doubt it.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:54amAl, you are about as dumb as the jackass you use for your screen name. The only delusional ones are the liberals, dimocRats and the poverty pimps: Al Not So Sharp Ton, Jesse Jackass, Mad Max Waters, Sheila Jackass Lee and many others.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:58amMaybe they are and maybe not – what does that have to do with what the comments are about? Just curious – and Laura was extremely rude and did not let what’s his face finish 5 words without her interrupting – and O’Reilly does it all the time also. http://wp.me/pYLB7-1xY
Report Post »raderby
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:36amDo you not remember that O’Reilly interviewed Obama and essentially soft-gloved it – after a long time, he now brings up stuff he knew about then, but somehow neglected to pin Obummer on. I see O’Reilly as a NYC old-school dem. Call him a conservative dem, if you will. He ain’t looking out for me – I do not want him to. I rarely watch FOX anymore either. I cannot stand one syllable from Beckel, so that ruins the FIVE, and Sean has on Rinos and Libs – and I then wish to choke morons like Rangle or that creep Columbia “Professor” guy…… all mouthpieces for prog agenda, and part of our problem – not part of a solution. So call me narrow-minded, but I do not need to hear the left’s garbage – I know it by heart since I have been programmed since birth with that crap. No more FOX for me.
Report Post »GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:06amThose are pretty close to my sentiments as well. Like to watch at noon, but then Colmes comes on, turns my stomach and gotta go to the weather channel or espn or hopefully Golf channel has a tournament going. Since Glenn left (recorded him daily) there isn’t much content at Fox anymore. Then the c rap they are showing or about to show on their regular network is just so much more garbage for our kids and society in general.
Report Post »jblaze
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 8:56amDitto here! Things have gone downhill since Glenn left Fox! Boring!
Report Post »needster
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:14amI agree with your assessment wholeheartedly. O’Reilly was very liberal when he worked in Boston. He puts on this “Fair and Balanced” act but shows his liberal leanings far too often. He’s really a Boston Republican (A slightly left of center Democrat). Most of the other Fox folks are more left than he with the exception of Hannity but, his act is growing old also. Laura, at least, stands up for the more conservative thought in this country.
Report Post »Phantom II
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:36amI watch Fox in the morning but generally, I switch channels. O’Reilly is an idiot. Cavuto is good. Freedom Watch is Fox’s best show. I like the Kudlow show on CNBC the best.
Report Post »riverdog1
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:00pmin case you missed seans show he may have a few libs on but he talks over them so much they can’t make their point and address seans lies (there are SO MANY). so you should watch. perfect right wing propaganda, you will love it.
Report Post »Scarab Sport
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:35amRangle is a disgrace. Typical politican that can’t answer a direct question. I give her credit for trying to wrangle an answer out of Rangle.
Report Post »sempek1
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:29amI have to agree with Bernie. When you ask a question, let someone answer it. If they start to filibuster or if you know they are lying, let them know. Don’t ask it and then answer it yourself which is what Laura and Bill tend to do. It gets irritating because I want to hear what these people are saying the then “decide” myself which is what Fox constantly reiterates. “we report, you decide.”
Report Post »TheValley
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:43amBill Oreilly must have his own personal splinter remover to dig all of them out of his ass from straddling the fence. Oreilly, Cavuto, Hannity, all of them interupt their guests incessantly. Oreilly is the biggest blowhard in media, a self-important moron who has the over 60 crowd fooled. Glenn was the ONLY voice of reason on that network since Obama cut their ****** off shortly after coming into office. There IS NO truth in media, except on the Blaze and on Beck’s show. Fox can go straight to hell to quote Maxine.
Report Post »sts514
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 9:46amI stopped watching The Factor because of Bill O‘Reilly’s constant interruption of his ‘guests.’ It is rude and condecending to the extreme to do that to someone invited to interview on the program – even if they are stupid, clueless and/or liberal with significant behavioral issues. Most of the people can be pre-screened to determine their likelyhood of these behaviors. If the excuse to interrupt is because the guest refuses to answer the question or defers directly to ‘talking points’ – then find someone to interview that will answer the question(s), or make them sign a statement of understanding pre-show which indicates they WILL ANSWER the questions of the host or will be escorted out of the studio. I won‘t watch this program anymore because I don’t enjoy watching repeated acts of rudeness and condescension, even toward people whose arguments are so ‘off the reservation’ that they could never be logically defended. No great loss, even if ‘The Factor’ has the ratings it does… they’ve obviously found some people that like watching this sort of programming.
Report Post »poster
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:28amO’Reilly is an arrogant, interruption machine. Can’t watch him.
Report Post »bill oswald
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:28amBernie seems to be moving back to his liberal past.
Report Post »bill oswald
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:26amRagel would not answer the questions so Laura was right to after him. Goldberg is wrong on this one.
Report Post »Airgun
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:37amYup.
Report Post »Why don’t these people remember that Laura was a trial lawyer?
You need to give a straight answer to her or she’ll go after one.
Of course, given the integrity of most lefty politicians they would be better off not interviewing with her at all.
ObserverMI
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:15pmBernie was NOT wrong on this one. Did you watch the whole interview? He‘s calling it from an ’objective‘ view and he’s right on.
I’m not a Rangle fan yet Laura was soooo irritating, the moment he opened his mouth she kept talking over him, interrupting, not giving the ‘slightest’ chance to answer.
Intellectual honesty is far more important than bias for someone. Laura was way out of bounds.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:22amLeftists are incapable of giving a real interview. They know what speech they intend to make before the camera is turned on and the questions are irrelevant to them. They just wait for an opening to begin the speech. Then, they whine “you didn’t let me finish the answer.”.
Report Post »((GB)) FAN
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:14ami have noticed a big change at fox and it’s all the left wing pundits. i can’t watch fox anymore since glen left. dana preino is a rhino along with the rest of them. if jeb bush was running they would go nuts. jeb even has a special coming on fox go figure,
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:10amBernie is one of the smartest people in the business. Bill is still a pinhead.
Report Post »jose wasabi
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:34amI watched the interview and Rangle did nothing but spout off his ridiculous talking points. Most of what he said was not true, and at the same time had nothing to do with the question.
Report Post »And who interrupts guests the most? Bill O’ ! I like his show but if he has a point of view that his guests do not, especially Fox legal analysts, he gets ridiculous. And mostly at those times he is wrong.
doubtingthomas
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:31amWell, Chris Matthews is the expert at interruption, but O’Rielly is, basically, a bully. I’ve long felt, which is why I seldom watch him, that the spin doesn’t stop with him, it starts with him. He lets liberals have the last word, and that is where the spin comes in. I wish Laura would have let Rangel finish, but, frankly why is he even on the show. He expected the O’Rielly treatment, to get to say what he wanted to say, and she wouldn’t allow it. O’Rielly had the opportunity to really interview Obama, but decliined to ask anything other than softball questions, “out of respect”.
Report Post »clingingtogodandguns
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:18amEither answer the question your asked or don’t go on the show.You ask what color is the sky and the answer starts with the tea party about brought us to the brink,making the sky gray.Just STFU.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:32amCLINGING….
Report Post »I agree completely. How many times have we heard a far-leftie like, say, Mark Lamont-Hill or any radical-left Black run their mouth without taking a breath of air. They have to answer the damn question. If they start an end-run about something entirely else, then they should be cut off by the host.
Anne G
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:18amBill has gone a bit soft of late. Charlie is not a stand-up guy. What is that!?
Report Post »RedinLouisville
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:58amComments like this is all you really need to know about bill, he’s not all that he pretends to be. As a side note, bernie should follow his own advice, he ain’t all that great either.
Report Post »Sunnyr
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:42amBless you, Bernie Goldberg, for telling Mr. O to STHU and let people answer the damn questions!
He infuriates me to the point that I have stopped watching him for long periods. He makes phony excuses for why he interrupts but I’m not buying it. He is just plain RUDE!
Report Post »magsdad
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 10:46amI agree…Bernie more than implied that Bill O was as guilty as Laura. I can’t stand the constant interruption, but Laura is way worse than Bill, if that’s possible. I wished they’d let the “guest” talk for a while, let them lie, and then call them on it, rather than jump in the moment the start to talk. Very frustrating. Sometimes, I’d actually like to hear what the “other side” has to say.
Report Post »stephenmarkovich
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:35aman old arsewhole like racist max waters
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:23amIngraham called Bill out on his crap at one time, waaaay before she became a sycophant, Bill called her a blind ideologue and koolaid drinker. It’s ALL about ratings folks. They know you lap it up. :^)
Report Post »ZABO
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:50ami would like to add that during the segment towards the end mr. bill o’reilly said that he liked mr.wrangle. and said that he was a “stand up guy also”. i beg to differ with billy-boy! because mr. bill stand up citizen’s PAY THEIR TAXES! o’reilly has turned into a socialist of late. and that’s just my opinion.
Report Post »UrsaMajor
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:57amNow that Beck isn;t at Fox anymore, O‘Reilly obviously feels he can stop kissing the back sides of the demo Glenn brought to Bill’s show with his appearances.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 4:27amRep. Charlie Rangel must be excused a bit, due to his age. He’s from a different time which is why he likes to model himself after Kingfish
Report Post »circleDwagons
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 7:16amyes rangel is froma different time. so is obummer. they may go , i think it might be cuba or haiti
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:30amThe A-hole would not answer Laura’s questions. He wanted to keep repeating his usual talking points, which is the liberal strategy when being interviewed by any fox host.Laura kept after the slippery snake and finally did get him to answer a simple question.Something no other fox host has been able to do.
Report Post »SummerB
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:19amNobaloney, that‘s definitely true that sometimes it’s impossible to get a straight answer from a politician no matter how many times the question is repeated. I didn’t listen to this particular exchange, but I’ve watched Laura often & she does have a tendency to interrupt frequently in a motor-mouth & combative way. Personally, I find she can be annoying in this regard.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:52am“Sometimes the host has a agenda” said Bernie Goldberg. The majority of times it‘s the politician that doesn’t answer the question, or just rattles on and on. I watched that entire interview, and I thought Laura Ingraham’s questioning and interuptions were nothing out of the ordinary for FOXnews. If one wants the opposite. There’s plenty to choose from.
Report Post »kookie
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 5:34amI guess the best place to be would be on Hardboiled with Tingles Matthews, he never interrupts.
Report Post »Airgun
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 2:32amRangel should “just” be grateful he isn’t in prison, and shut the hell up.
Report Post »StrongWesternbabeluvinherWesternMAN
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 3:11am@Airgun….you got that right………I wish Ingraham would have come back @ him & asked if he is stuck in the era when women had no rights; then asked him, “Charley, is there a difference in castigating a person because of gender versus castigation of the person because of skin color? If I would have called you ‘boy’ charlie would you have been offended? Or is that just a racist remark and when it comes from light skinned people?”
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on August 23, 2011 at 6:22amYes he should, but why isn’t you or I would be
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