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Stop Supporting The O’Reilly Harassment Machine
Stop Supporting The O’Reilly Harassment Machine
On Saturday, March 21, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly sent one of his producers to stalk, harass, and ambush ThinkProgress.org’s managing editor Amanda Terkel. Upset over a ThinkProgress report that noted O’Reilly’s insensitivity to rape, O’Reilly sent two men to track Amanda in a car for two hours, ...
BREAKING: UPS Announces It Will Stop Advertising On Bill O’Reilly’s Show
BREAKING: UPS Announces It Will Stop Advertising On Bill O’Reilly’s Show
thinkprogress.org — In response to our Stop Supporting The O’Reilly Harassment Machine campaign, UPS told us yesterday that it... was investigating whether to continue supporting O’Reilly’s show. “We are sensitive to the type of television programming where our messages ... (more) BREAKING: UPS Announces It Will Stop Advertising On Bill ...
O’Reilly Attacks Me As A ‘Villain’ For Highlighting His Rape Comments
O’Reilly Attacks Me As A ‘Villain’ For Highlighting His Rape Comments
thinkprogress.org — As promised , tonight, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly aired his segment alleging that ThinkProgress caused “pain... and suffering” to rape victims. Our unspeakable offense was contained in a March 1 blog post , which reported that ... (more) O’Reilly Attacks Me As A ‘Villain’ For Highlighting His ...
Terkel Discusses O’Reilly’s Harassment Machine With MSNBC’s Olbermann
Terkel Discusses O’Reilly’s Harassment Machine With MSNBC’s Olbermann
thinkprogress.org — Last weekend, Bill O’Reilly sent his producers to ambush ThinkProgress’s Amanda Terkel while she vacationed in Virginia.... Last night, O’Reilly showed portions of the footage, lying to viewers that Amanda had attacked rape victims and ... (more) Terkel Discusses O’Reilly’s Harassment Machine With ...
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Shut Down the O'Reilly Harassment Machine
Open Left - Front Page — ... ?  Think Progress has responded to O'Reilly's ambush of blogger Amanda Terkel by launching a campaign demanding accountability from O'Reilly's corporate advertisers.  This certainly wasn't O'Reilly's first journalistic ambush; in fact, ...

Remainders: Ambushed
Michael Calderone's Blog — ... font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy   Blogger Terkel wrote about O'Reilly producer "ambush" -- which aired Monday night. So Terkel talked to Olbermann about it Tuesday night, and now ThinkProgress is targeting O'Reilly's sponsors. Reid tells C-SPAN reporters didn't know if they'd ...

Ford employee responds: ?I agree with you about the rantings of the hopelessly pig-headed Mr. O’Reilly.?
The Hollywood Liberal — ... to stop supporting the O’Reilly Harassment Machine. Schirmer — speaking for himself and not on behalf of Ford — said he agrees with the thrust of ThinkProgress’ criticisms of O’Reilly, but explained that Ford advertises on the show because it has high ratings: I agree with you about the rantings of the hopelessly pig-headed Mr. O’Reilly, recognize that I am just an innocent bystander in this email letter silliness. I work at Ford and support Ford, but have no idea how the decisions are made on where we advertise. Frankly, as a mainstream company, we advertise everywhere ...

Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars — Matthew Yglesias: The incontinent right wing echo chamber is fomenting panic about the fake Sino-Russian currency plan Firedoglake: FEC turns a blind eye to Fred Thompson's flagrant violations of election law Leftist Grandpa: GOP working to keep the poor from being politically active Infrastructurist: Daily News Digest Here's your opportunity to tell Bill O'Reilly's advertisers to stop supporting his Harassment Machine HOLY CRAP: How 'good' is the Good Book?...Horny ...

Corporate Sponsors Won't Stand for O'Reilly's Ambush Journalism
Open Left - Front Page — ... For starters, Think Progress clearly aren't powerless insects, but they have gotten under O'Reilly's skin.  They have launched a campaign to compel O'Reilly's leading corporate sponsors (including AT&T, Johnson&Johnson, Capital One, UPS, Audi, Sharp, Hyundai, P&G, Chrysler, Mercedes Benz, Ford, and Bayer) to end his ambush journalism.  And as I wrote yesterday, they've got ...

UPS to Pull Its Advertising Off The O'Reilly Factor
Library Grape — ... ThinkProgress, which employs Ms. Terkel, has been hosting a letter-writing campaign to O'Reilly's advertisers this week to highlight BillO's shameful tactics. I joined in and just got this response from UPS: ...

BREAKING: UPS stops advertising on O'Reilly after he had ThinkProgress blogger stalked, and talked about assassinating MSNBC employees
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — This is good. Stalking women is something that most advertisers would probably draw the line at. Join ThinkProgress' campaign. Here is Amanda's story of how O'Reilly had her stalked. ...

UPS Will Stop Advertising On Bill O’Reilly’s Show
Tennessee Guerilla Women — UPS has just announced that it will stop advertising on the Bill O'Reilly show. The decision is a response to the Stop Supporting The O’Reilly Harassment Machine campaign as waged by Think Progress. The campaign is in response to Bill O'Reilly's creepy harassment and stalking of Think Progress managing editor Amanda Terkel. Read more about it here. To join the campaign -- "ask his advertisers to express their disapproval. Click here to help Stop the O'Reilly Harassment Machine." Fox News Politics ...

no brown-nosing
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... in response to our stop supporting the o’reilly harassment machine campaign, ups told us yesterday that it was investigating whether to continue supporting o’reilly’s show. “we are sensitive to the type of television programming where our messages and presence are associated and continually review choices to affect future decisions,” spokeswoman susan rosenberg told us. today ups announced it will stop advertising on o’reilly’s show. here is the statement ups emailed out just moments ago: ...

Olbermann Promotes Liberal Group's Attack On Bill O'Reilly
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... that he often used Media Research Center material when prepping for "Special Report" broadcasts, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann actually promoted an anti-Bill O'Reilly campaign started by the ...

Leftover links
The Sideshow — ... Stop this stalker: "Sadly, Amanda is just one of at least 40 different victims of O'Reilly's Harassment Machine. O'Reilly has hired producers whose job is to track, harass, and intimidate anyone whom O'Reilly perceives as an opponent. That's not 'journalism' - that's a mafia-style operation. And we need to put an end to it." ...

UPS Bends Over To Marxist Pressure, And Abandons O’Reilly
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Think Progress: UPS Announces It Will Stop Advertising On Bill O’Reilly’s Show In response to our Stop Supporting The O’Reilly Harassment Machine campaign, UPS told us yesterday that it was investigating whether to continue supporting O’Reilly’s show. “We are sensitive to the type of television programming where our messages and presence are associated and continually review choices to affect future decisions,” spokeswoman Susan Rosenberg told us. Today UPS announced it will stop advertising on ...

Hey Bill O’Reilly – You Didn’t Tell The Whole Think Progress Boycott Story
News Hounds — ... noted in today's thread, while discussing harassment by “left wing loons” with right wing loon and fellow paranoid Glenn Beck, you mentioned how the “fanatical far left pressure group” Think Progress failed in its boycott effort against “The Factor.” You didn’t explain why there was a boycott. Maybe it just slipped your mind. Maybe you didn't have time. But in any case, I think I understand. Context can be a bitch. Right, Bill? ...

Think Progress: 27 Reasons To Give Thanks
The Political Carnival — ... Don't Tell. We're thankful Shep Smith doesn't always drink the Fox News kool-aid. We're thankful more than 80 companies refused to lend their sponsorship to Glenn Beck's hateful rants. We're thankful there are progressive organizations in D.C. lobbying for a two-state solution in the Middle East. We're (not) thankful for the filibuster. We're thankful that more than 20,000 of you stood up to Bill O'Reilly's harassment machine and called for impeachment hearings against torture ...

27 Reasons To Give Thanks
The Hollywood Liberal — ... out against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. We’re thankful Shep Smith doesn’t always drink the Fox News kool-aid . We’re thankful more than 80 companies refused to lend their sponsorship to Glenn Beck’s hateful rants. We’re thankful there are progressive organizations in D.C. lobbying for a two-state solution in the Middle East. We’re (not) thankful for the filibuster . We’re thankful that more than 20,000 of you stood up to Bill O’Reilly’s harassment machine and called for impeachment hearings against torture advocate Jay ...

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TAKE ACTION: Tell O’Reilly’s Advertisers To Stop Supporting The O’Reilly Harassment Machine
thinkprogress.org 3/25/2009 — Fox News host Bill O’Reilly employs producers charged with the specific mission of ambushing and harassing those who have said critical things about him. O’Reilly has not only stalked and accosted ThinkProgress deputy editor Amanda Terkel, but he ...
Amanda Terkel of Think Progress harassed by Bill O'Reilly producer
majikthise.typepad.com 3/23/2009 — .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Amanda Terkel of Think Progress , originally uploaded by Lindsay Beyerstein . Amanda Terkel, a writer for the ...
When O'Reilly sends stalkers
washingtonmonthly.com 3/24/2009 — WHEN O'REILLY SENDS STALKERS.... A few weeks ago, the Alexa Foundation, a group committed to supporting rape survivors, invited Fox News' Bill O'Reilly to speak at a fundraiser. ThinkProgress' Amanda Terkel questioned the choice, given his record on ...
O'Reilly Producer Stalks Amanda Terkel: THE VIDEO
huffingtonpost.com 3/25/2009 — So, over the weekend, Fox News sent their employees to stalk Amanda Terkel , a blogger for Think Progress. They followed away from DC, into Virginia, across that state, and finally ambushed her on her vacation, in order to ask a bunch of ...
Bill O'Reilly's 'Ambush Journalism' in 87 seconds
crooksandliars.com 3/31/2009 — Download | Play    Download | Play Bill O'Reilly's ambush tactics reached new lows when Jesse Watters, King of the Ambushing Producers chased down blogger Amanda Terkel at Think Progress while she was on vacation. What makes these ...
I Was Followed, Harassed, And Ambushed By Bill O’Reilly’s Producer
thinkprogress.org 3/23/2009 — On March 1, ThinkProgress picked up on a story by News Hounds , which noted that Fox News host Bill O’Reilly — who has made controversial comments about rape victims in the past — was slated to speak at a March 19 fundraiser for ...
O’Reilly to run ambush segment tonight: ThinkProgress ‘hurt a rape victim and her family.’
thinkprogress.org 3/23/2009 — Over at its website, Fox News is saying that Bill O’Reilly will be running his segment on ThinkProgress tonight: We’re eagerly awaiting how he justifies sending out his henchman to track me down this weekend, and how he spins his ...
O’Reilly Lashes Back At ThinkProgress: ‘They’re Insects’
thinkprogress.org 3/26/2009 — Tonight on The Factor, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly offered a host of attacks on ThinkProgress and Center for American Progress President and CEO John Podesta that were rich with irony. Ignoring the role of Fox News in smearing ...
UPS responds to our campaign: We are investigating whether to continue advertising on O’Reilly’s show.
thinkprogress.org 3/28/2009 — Responding to our Stop The O’Reilly Harassment Machine campaign, UPS spokeswoman Susan Rosenberg issued this statement to ThinkProgress: UPS values and takes seriously the comments from personal emailers and those posted on your site regarding ...
Bill O’Reilly Sends Producer to Stalk Critic of Rape CommentsDeceiver.com
Bill O’Reilly might want to explain this before I start stalking and harassing him myself: Then there’s Bill O’Reilly, who sent one of his producers to creepily stake out, stalk, and harass ThinkProgress writer Amanda Terkel . . . at a conference for victims of rape. O’Reilly was ...
Terkel to appear on Olbermann tonight to talk about the continuing O’Reilly smears.Think Progress
Since Bill O’Reilly sent his henchmen to track down, follow, and ambush ThinkProgress’s Amanda Terkel, he has continued to go after the blog, calling us “ insects ” and claiming that Amanda deliberately attacked a rape victim . Tonight, Amanda will be on MSNBC’s ...
Terkel to appear on Olbermann tonight to talk about the O’Reilly harassment machine.Think Progress
Tonight, ThinkProgress’s Amanda Terkel will be on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann to talk about her ambush by the Bill O’Reilly harassment machine . For four straight nights, “Olbermann awarded O’Reilly gold, silver and bronze as ‘Worst Person in the ...
Adele Stan: O'Reilly and Barbara Walters: A Very Limited ViewPolitics on HuffingtonPost.com
One would think that with four women co-hosts, Bill O'Reilly would have been put to the test in today's appearance on " The View " (ABC), given his producer's stalking of blogger Amanda Terkel and the uproar that has followed. But not one question was asked about the Terkel stalking, or ...
Chrysler backs away from advertising on O'Reilly after ThinkProgress protestsAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Chrysler now joins UPS in distancing itself from O'Reilly after he reportedly had his cameramen stalk a woman, ThinkProgress writer Amanda Terkel.
Lane Hudson: Dear Bill O: I doubt your mother would approvePolitics on HuffingtonPost.com
Dear Bill (the real villain): Hillary Clinton, former O'Reilly Factor producer Andrea Mackris, rape and murder victim Jennifer Moore, and now blogger Amanda Terkel. You seem to think women are expendable, or at least not worth valuing as equal. About a year and a half ago, you took a ...
'The O’Reilly Factor' Criticizes the 'Liberalization' of CNBC; Cites NB’s SheppardNewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias
More and more are starting to take notice of CNBC's dramatic shift to the left and the liberal groups promoting it. On Fox News Channel's March 27 "The O'Reilly Factor," host Bill O'Reilly and Bernard Goldberg, author of "A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (And Pathetic) ...
O’Reilly Defends His Assault On ThinkProgress: We ‘Just Presented The Facts’Think Progress
As ThinkProgress continues to wage an action campaign against Bill O’Reilly’s harassment machine , the Fox News host is getting increasingly belligerent in his attacks on TP, the Center for American Progress, and CAP’s founder and CEO, John Podesta. On Wednesday, ...
Olbermann interviews Terkel about O’Reilly’s Harassment Machine.Think Progress
Yesterday, ThinkProgress’s Amanda Terkel appeared on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olberman to respond to the conspiracy-laden smears that Bill O’Reilly has been launching of late. “First, it was NBC running ThinkProgress to belittle him,” Olbermann said. “Now it’s ...
ThinkProgress Fighting BackShakesville
In response to Bill O'Reilly's dissent-squashing based stalking of Amanda Terkel , ThinkProgress has mounted an email campaign to get Bill's advertisers to withdraw support from a show that participates in such unethically disgusting tactics. The responses so far have been interesting. For ...
Countdown: Amanda Terkel Talks About Her Bill-O Stalking IncidentCrooks and Liars
Keith talks to Think Progress' Amanda Terkel about her Bill-O stalking incident where he sent his henchman Jesse Waters and cameraman to stalk her while on vacation. From Think Progress: Bill O’Reilly was trying to show that he cares about women who have been victims of crime. So to make that ...
O'Reilly "Explains" His NBC/Blogger Conspiracy TheoryNews Hounds
One night after his vengeful attack on a young blogger, Amanda Terkel, of Think Progress, Bill O'Reilly read several pieces of mail about the incident, all but one of which supported his far-fetched and unsubstantiated claim that Terkel had conspired with NBC to harm rape victims via one blog ...
Standing with Amanda Terkelpandagon.net - we are the public option
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Olbermann And Terkel Discuss O'Reilly Ambush WarPolitics on HuffingtonPost.com
Bill O'Reilly harassment victim Amanda Terkel appeared on Countdown With Keith Olbermann Tuesday night to discuss the Fox News host's long-waged ambush war against MSNBC. Terkel was herself a victim to O'Reilly's harassment minions just last week while vacationing in Virginia , the footage of ...
Olbermann And Terkel Discuss O'Reilly Ambush WarThe Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Bill O'Reilly harassment victim Amanda Terkel appeared on Countdown With Keith Olbermann Tuesday night to discuss the Fox News host's long-waged ambush war against MSNBC. Terkel was herself a victim to O'Reilly's harassment minions just last week while vacationing in Virginia , the footage of ...
Olbermann interviews ThinkProgress' Amanda Terkel about O'Reilly's ongoing harassmentAMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth
Amanda did great. She's really quite excellent at TV, I had no idea. She and Olbermann discuss the fact that O'Reilly, apparently, had two men stalk Amanda outside her home and then secretly follow her while she was on vacation, finally confronting her with the two men, while she was alone on a ...
Terkel Discusses O’Reilly’s Harassment Machine With MSNBC’s OlbermannThink Progress
Last weekend, Bill O’Reilly sent his producers to ambush ThinkProgress’s Amanda Terkel while she vacationed in Virginia. Last night, O’Reilly showed portions of the footage, lying to viewers that Amanda had attacked rape victims and a rape victims’ support organization. ...
The thuggery of Bill O'ReillyThe Reaction
By Michael J.W. Stickings So what does Bill O'Reilly do to you when he doesn't like you? Well, among other things, he sics his goons on you -- or at least his producers. Amanda Terkel of Think Progress , for example, was stalked, ambushed, and, given what any woman on her own would feel ...
Blogger, ambushed by O'Reilly, heads to OlbermannMichael Calderone's Blog
On Monday morning, ThinkProgress blogger Amanda Terkel noted being "followed, harassed, and ambushed" by O'Reilly producer Jesse Watters, two hours from her home. After airing the "ambush" last night, O'Reilly described Terkel as a "villain." So where does she ...
O'Reilly Producer Stalks Amanda Terkel: THE VIDEOPolitics on HuffingtonPost.com
So, over the weekend, Fox News sent their employees to stalk Amanda Terkel , a blogger for Think Progress. They followed away from DC, into Virginia, across that state, and finally ambushed her on her vacation, in order to ask a bunch of frenzied, crackpotty question in an attempt to make ...