he said he was in a war zone in argentina, in the faulklands. that does not appear to have been the case. mr. o reilly did report on the faulklands report, but he reported on that war from mainland argentina, from the capital city, which is more than 1,000 miles away from the fighting in the faulklands. mr. o reilly tried to defend himself by saying, yeah well, he did cover a rowdy protest in the capital of argentina. but covering a protest about a war is not the same thing as covering the actual war, or being in a war zone, which is how he has repeatedly described what he did. so that s not good. no correction or apology, though. instead, the response has been, attack! basically david corn, a liar, says i exaggerated situations in the faulklands war and salvadoran war. everything i said about my career is true.
basically david corn a liar says i exaggerated situations in the faulklands war and salvadoran war. everything i said about my career is true. i had to spend hours last night on the phone with various reporters, crawling around my basement covered with dust trying to find documents from 33 years ago. again, it was a miracle i found them. all because an irresponsible gutter snipe, a far left zealot who has attacked fox news many times before spit things out on the net. an irresponsible gutter snipe, a liar. mr. o reilly then went further than that. he gave an interview in which he said that when the truth came out about this story, david corn would be quote, in the kill zone, where he deserves to be. when mother jones challenged that comment as basically out of bounds, after retraction or apology, bill o reilly said it