Former Fox News host Eric Burns on Sunday called Bill O’Reilly “the head of the cult” of the conservative channel and said the Fox star has “lied so many times.”
Burns used to host Fox’s media program, “Fox News Watch,” from which he was let go in 2008. He now works as an author and playwright.
Responding to the ongoing criticism of O’Reilly for embellishing and in some cases manufacturing his reportage from years ago, Burns said that O’Reilly’s ratings had actually seen a boost since reports began questioning his integrity last month.
“I know what the audience loyalty was like when I was there,” Burns said, adding that O’Reilly is “not held to the same standards” as other media figures.
He called the Fox News audience “cultish,” and said that O’Reilly was “the head of the cult.”
“He’s lied so many times,” he said, pointing out the ex-MSNBC host Keith Olbermann used to have a running segment calling out O’Reilly on “complete fabrication.”
“To the Fox News cult, this kind of thing doesn’t matter,” he said. “It’s a lie from the liberal media — who cares what it is, it doesn’t matter.”
In February 2008, Burns told AdWeek that Fox News had abruptly notified him that his contract would not be renewed.
“Fox News has told me that my contract will be terminated within the next 2 months, perhaps sooner. I was given no reason,” he said.
Watch the clip, courtesy of Media Matters:
BREAKING NEWS: O’Reilly critic is disgruntled ex-employee who was fired, part of far left liberal conspiracy to smear Bill O’Reilly, blah blah blah
Sadly he’s fucking right. The Fox News audience doesn’t give a shit if O’Reilly lies or if Hannity lies or if any of the other fuckstains on FNC lies.
In other news water is wet. Fox news has no integrity, nor do its viewers. The sad thing is rather than other news sources pointing this out for the good of the country, they are becoming more like Fox everyday. I guess that old saw about one rotten apple spoiling the barrel has been proven once again.
“Fox News has told me that my contract will be terminated within the next 2 months, perhaps sooner. I was given no reason”
$10 says we’re about to hear a whole bunch of reasons from Ailes and company.
Love how the nuns have issued two statements lambasting Bill0. Talk about integrity, Bill0 has none, and the nuns called him out on it. And Bill0 is a Catholic, too.
If I wanted to commit suicide, I’d climb to the top of O’Reilly’s ego and jump down to his IQ level.