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Published November 17, 2009Views: 406
Think He'll Pay Up?
To: Bill O’Reilly
The O’Reilly Factor
Fox News Network
Dear Bill,
You lost the bet. Time to pay up!
When I appeared on your show in July, you were so certain that the Southern Poverty Law Center’s call for CNN to fire Lou Dobbs was a waste of time that you bet $10,000 (with the proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity) that it wouldn’t happen.
“CNN’s never going to fire him – you know that,” you said.
I told you that I disagreed, because I wasn’t as cynical as you. I believed that if enough people spoke out – and they did – that CNN would do the right thing.
I expect you will argue that Lou didn’t get fired – that he got fed up and quit the network he had been with for three decades.
But as a litigator, I’d like to present Exhibit A: Dobbs’ $8 million severance package, which was reported today by the New York Post. I think you’ll agree that Mr. Murdoch’s Post would never report such a thing were it not, indeed, a fact.
And would CNN fork over $8 million – enough money to pay for 13 miles of electric border fence – to an employee who simply wanted to walk away from his multimillion-dollar contract because he couldn’t constrain his opinions on a news show?
I doubt it!
Maybe your fall-back position is that it wasn’t a real bet. I don’t know. But I think that if you’ll stop spinning for a moment, you’ll agree that in the court of public opinion, you lose. I know it hurts deeply to be wrong. (Although Lou won’t admit it, it happens to the best of us.) You can be assured that your loss will be a big win for a family in need of housing.
CNN did the right thing. Now it’s your turn!
Sincerely yours,
J. Richard Cohen
President, Southern Poverty Law Center
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GOLO member since July 4, 2008
November 18, 2009 3:16 a.m.
nah...just typical of their character....
GOLO member since November 12, 2009
November 18, 2009 12:31 a.m.
You cared enough to take the time to post a comment on this blog.
sheesh
Why do people do that?
Waste OUR time having to read a "who cares" comment they took the time to post. I never will understand that.
If you really don't care, just walk on by.
Do not stop to comment. Do not stop to complain.
Just quietly pass by and get on with your life so we can get on with ours without having to waste our time reading your complaint.
sheesh - again
God bless.
RB
GOLO member since July 2, 2007
November 17, 2009 10:42 p.m.
If you don't care, why are you commenting?
Jeez.
wrong again timbo-- Lou was a threat to the liberal media and illegal aliens and had a personal crusade to turn the country against obama so he had to go according to Cohen with PEW Foundation. Cohen even gives himself credit. He probably even paid someone to shoot up Lou dobbs house and get all those threats sent to him. But I think lou will have a surprise for him later. I never cared that much for dobbs but to shoot into his home and threaten him and get a vigalante party to push cnn to fire him is just sad on the liberal character.
BTW O Reilly did pay up on one of his bets he lost to the charity according to one of his gusests one night. They were laugh.about it. They didn't say how much that bet was for. He does that to give to charity it seems. and I think he's going to take that 8 m &put out a show that will make cohen wish he left lou alone
GOLO member since July 7, 2007
November 17, 2009 10:36 p.m.
GOLO member since May 15, 2009
November 17, 2009 10:27 p.m.
If you don't care, why are you commenting?
Jeez.
November 17, 2009 10:15 p.m.
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November 17, 2009 10:01 p.m.
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November 17, 2009 9:50 p.m.
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November 17, 2009 9:38 p.m.
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November 17, 2009 9:33 p.m.
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