By Bill O’Reilly
How about some logic in this column. A few things that are true served up for your consideration. Let’s roll.
The corporate media in America largely despises Donald Trump and many press people would like to destroy him and, by extension, his rabid followers.
The three networks along with PBS, NPR and the big urban newspapers all fit into the above category.
Notice I didn’t mention CNN. The reason is a slight course correction over there that allows some criticism of Kamala Harris. Mr. Trump is still basically a pariah but CNN is no longer practicing contrived deceit. There are even some pro-Trump voices on the network these days.
You won’t find that on CBS. Recently, I asked Jane Pauley, who looks like a kindly aunt, to consider talking to me about my bestselling book “Confronting the Presidents.”
I sent Jane a very polite email. She never replied. So, we investigated her “CBS Sunday Morning” program and found that Ms. Pauley has not interviewed one non-liberal author the entire year! That’s bias, Jane. Not nice.
The CBS News debate moderators, Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan, took some heat for the VP exposition last week. I think that was overdone. But both are liberal ladies and proud of it.
Nothing wrong with that. All the primetime hosts on Fox News are conservative. But none of them ban leftist guests. Hannity worked hard to book Gavin Newsom, for example. That’s the difference.
No conservative gets invited on the rapidly sinking Stephen Colbert CBS late night program. Or Jimmy Kimmel on ABC. And NBC’s Jimmy Fallon took so much heat for a friendly Trump chat, he’ll never go there again.
In fact, NBC is the furthest left of the big three, causing George Stephanopolous to weep over at ABC. I simply don’t understand why Comcast, which owns NBC, has put itself in that position. Why insult half the country?
Years ago, I was on just about every network news program because I’m the most successful nonfiction author in the world.
60 Minutes profiled me twice. Very fair. The late Mike Wallace and the second time, wait for it, Norah O’Donnell.
She asked fair questions.
David Letterman and I sparred all the time. Got along great with Kimmel. Colbert is another story. He’s always been a poltroon despite the fact that his mentor, Jon Stewart, and I continue to have a respectful relationship as millions saw a few weeks ago.
But things changed drastically in 2016 after Donald Trump embarrassed the corporate media and won the presidency. Now, if you don’t hate the T-man, the media designates you “persona non grata”.
I think that’s Latin for “get lost”.
Somewhere very warm, Sen. Joseph McCarthy is high-fiving the disciples of Lucifer. The same terrible blacklist he championed in the 1950s is now deeply held in the corporate media.
It’s wrong and cowardly. The folks should be afforded access to many points of view. The American media is failing them and the country. There’s no doubt about it.
