Montgomery Burns Posted September 9, 2005 Report Posted September 9, 2005 Go get 'em Geraldo! Geraldo Rivera said Tuesday that he plans to sue the New York Times after the paper accused him of nudging "an Air Force rescue worker out of the way so his camera crews could tape him as he helped lift an older woman in a wheelchair to safety." Interviewed by Bill O'Reilly on his Fox News program, Rivera described TV writer Alessandra Stanley, who wrote the Times piece, as "the Jayson Blair of the Style section," and showed video of the scene in question, which appeared to contradict her description. Rivera said that he had asked for a retraction, which the newspaper refused. "In their arrogance, they defy the facts," he said. "And when confronted with the evidence, to still defy the truth is really pathetic." Damn that Bill O'Reilly for giving Geraldo a chance to defend himself and allowing the tape to be shown on TV! Seriously though, it appears that the Bush-bashing liberal NYT is going after Geraldo because he recently said he considered himself a conservative liberal, or liberal conservative (I forget which but I saw him say that on Fox a couple of weeks ago when someone referred to him as a liberal). I know that Geraldo has done some dumb things in the past (drawing locations in the sand of US troops positions in Iraq while on the air; the Al Capone's vault fiasco), but he does not deserve to be slandered like this. The video is here Quote "Anybody who doesn't appreciate what America has done, and President Bush, let them go to hell!" -- Iraqi Betty Dawisha, after dropping her vote in the ballot box, wields The Cluebat™ to the anti-liberty crowd on Dec 13, 2005. "Call me crazy, but I think they [iraqis] were happy with thier [sic] dumpy homes before the USA levelled so many of them" -- Gerryhatrick, Feb 3, 2006.
Cameron Posted September 9, 2005 Report Posted September 9, 2005 Agreed. There is no indication that he did anything wrong. He was helping before the Air Force commander asked if he could help. Useless NYT. Quote Economic Left/Right: 3.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.26 I want to earn money and keep the majority of it.
mirror Posted September 9, 2005 Report Posted September 9, 2005 I'm glad the NYT is not retracting. What a baffoon. Look at these comments. I did watch the video, I am saying that the service man walked up and then who knows what happened, he could been asked to leave.I just mean God love him, but Geraldo isn’t like some serious journalist type. He goes for the sensational. It’s a little ridiculous for Rivera to sue anyone right now for anything said. Seems like we more important issues to deal with than reporters fighting amongst each other. It’s all a bit childish. Quote
Shady Posted September 9, 2005 Report Posted September 9, 2005 I'm glad the NYT is not retracting. What a baffoon. Look at these commentsI think this could possibly be THE worst argument I've ever read before. How do the comments you posted relate at all with the NYT and their possible misrepresentation of the facts? Quote
Montgomery Burns Posted September 9, 2005 Author Report Posted September 9, 2005 Dollars to doughnuts Mirror never even bothered to watch the video. Quote "Anybody who doesn't appreciate what America has done, and President Bush, let them go to hell!" -- Iraqi Betty Dawisha, after dropping her vote in the ballot box, wields The Cluebat™ to the anti-liberty crowd on Dec 13, 2005. "Call me crazy, but I think they [iraqis] were happy with thier [sic] dumpy homes before the USA levelled so many of them" -- Gerryhatrick, Feb 3, 2006.
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