The Fox News host has embellished his journalistic credentials his entire his career. From Media Matters:
“Bill O’Reilly has repeatedly claimed he personally ‘heard’ a shotgun blast that killed” George de Mohrenschildt, “a Russian emigre who befriended Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and testified before the Warren Commission investigating the Kennedy assassination,” and committed suicide at his daughter’s home in Florida. “At the time, O’Reilly was a reporter for Dallas’ WFAA-TV who regularly reported on stories related to the Kennedy assassination.”
Media Matters says, “O’Reilly has bizarrely inserted himself into de Mohrenschildt’s story, claiming in books and on Fox News that he was outside the house seeking to interview de Mohrenschiltd at the time of his death,” and contends “O’Reilly’s claim is implausible and contradicted by his former newsroom colleagues who denied the tale in interviews with Media Matters. A police report, contemporaneous reporting, and a congressional investigator who was probing Kennedy’s death further undermine O’Reilly’s story,” citing “new interviews with former O’Reilly colleagues who say he wasn’t in Florida on the day of de Mohrenschildt’s suicide and documents obtained by Media Matters.”
It’s pretty clear who’s lying. The journalism establishment is closing ranks against O’Reilly, who has responded to the fact-based and evidence-supported criticism of his claims with threats and personal attacks against his accusers. The question is, when is Fox going to let him go?
Photo: Bill O’Reilly, serial prevaricator.