[Marxism] Fair and Balanced Journalism: O'Reilly Invites al-Qaeda to Blow up San Francisco

["M. Junaid Alam" <alam1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All my crazy liberal journalism profs will surely lose their minds when
faced when the death ray of objectivity that is Bill O'Reilly!
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http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=4107018&nav=5D7l

AN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Supervisor Chris Daly is firing back at Fox News
commentator Bill O'Reilly for comments he made on his radio show
Wednesday that encouraged al-Qaida to "blow up" Coit Tower.

O'Reilly reacted to San Franciscans' approval of Proposition I, which
discourages military recruiters on public high school and college campuses.

He advised President George W. Bush to react by withdrawing any military
protection for the city. "...If al-Qaida comes in here and blows you up,
we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every
other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You
want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead," O'Reilly said.

Daly responded on the KRON 4 Morning News, "Coit Tower's a monument to
San Francisco's firefighters. They put out the fires in San Francisco
after the great quake. American heroes -- they were there on Sept. 11
and now you want al-Qaida to blow up Coit Tower? Give us a break. You
are out of line."

John Hanley, president of the San Francisco Firefighter's Union Local
798, was incensed.

"Coit Tower is a monument to the bravery of the men and women of the San
Francisco Fire Department," Hanley said. "When Bill O'Reilly makes an
attack on Coit Tower, he's attacking us and our bravery."

He added, "Mr. O'Reilly, maybe we should bring you into some of our
burning buildings and see how brave you are."

Proposition I got 60 percent of the vote in Tuesday's election. It does
not ban recruiters, but it does urge schools to reject them.

Next week, Daly will introduce a resolution before the Board of
Supervisors asking that Fox News fire Bill O'Reilly.

(Copyright 2005, KRON 4. All rights reserved.)




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