Which news anchor is least likely to lie to viewers?

Wow, you really are paranoid in thinking that anyone makes you think one way or the other!

As for the truth, just google "Fox news recent lies" and you will see a special place reserved for O'Reilly.

That about says it all!

But here you go, but I doubt that you have the guts to read the whole thing!

Bill O'Reilly's Right-Wing Buffoonery: A Brief Catalog
08/13/2012

In my five-minute interview with O'Reilly, he asked, "Can I have an example of 'right wing buffoonery' so I don't do it again?"

I didn't want to take his bait, because I did not want to waste my few minutes with O'Reilly talking about him. I wanted to talk about Pete Seeger and the other people in my new book, The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame.

I relented once. I told O'Reilly that he had unfairly criticized Social Security. O'Reilly said, "When you said I criticized Social Security, I never have." He was lying. On his September 13, 2011, show, O'Reilly said that Social Security, "is not exactly a Ponzi scheme, but it's close."
O'Reilly insisted, "You can't give me an example of right-wing buffoonery on this program." He said, "You can't back it up and that makes look intellectually deficient." He accused me of "perpetuating propaganda."

Although I didn't want to spend my few minutes on The O'Reilly Factor reminding him of the many examples of his "right-wing buffoonery," I don't want his accusations that I "can't back it up" to go unanswered. So, in the spirit of being "fair and balanced," and with thanks to Media Matters for America, which regularly monitors The O'Reilly Factor, here are examples of O'Reilly's lies, distortions and right-wing buffoonery over the past eight years.

O'Reilly Has Frequently Pushed Falsehoods About The Environment:

• O'Reilly Described Renewable Energy As A "Phantom," Said "God Controls The Climate." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 4/7/11]
• O'Reilly Claimed That Environmental Movement "Absolutely Did" Contribute To The BP Oil Spill Disaster. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 6/10/10]
• O'Reilly Hosted AccuWeather.com's Bastardi To Claim That "The Globe Is Actually Cooling." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 9/9/09]
• O'Reilly: "Nobody Can Control The Climate But God, So Give A Little Extra At Mass Or Services" [4/6/11]
• How CBS Helped Bill O'Reilly Misinform His Audience About Clean Energy [1/18/12]
• O'Reilly Said Question Of Whether Humans Are Causing Global Warming Is "All Guesswork." [3/4/08]

O'Reilly Has Made Anti-Immigrant Statements
• O'Reilly Scapegoated Undocumented Immigrants And Public Employees For California's Budget Problems. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 11/18/11]
• O'Reilly Proposed "More Prisons" To Curtail Undocumented Immigration. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 11/16/11]
• O'Reilly Smeared La Raza As "A Pretty Radicalized Group" That Opposes "Any Kind Of Border Security." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 7/27/11]
• O'Reilly: "The Constitution Is Being Misused" By The Parents Of "Anchor Babies." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 1/6/11]
• O'Reilly Falsely Claimed That Undocumented Immigrants Don't Pay Taxes. [3/10/10]
• O'Reilly wondered whether children of Mexican immigrants in U.S. "have any kind of traditional value system" or are "setting up Acapulco North" [8/18/06]

O'Reilly Has A History Of Using Nazi Analogies To Demonize Opponents
• O'Reilly: Liberals Who Support Gun Control Are "Totalitarians" Like Hitler. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 3/2/10]
• O'Reilly: Huffington Post Uses "Same Exact Tactics That The Nazis Used." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 3/5/08]
• O'Reilly: "I Don't See Any Difference Between [Arianna] Huffington And The Nazis." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 2/27/08]
• O'Reilly: Daily Kos Is "Like The Nazi Party." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 7/16/07]
• O'Reilly Compared Tim Robbins' Comments To Those Of "Von Ribbentrop In The Nazi Hierarchy." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 12/13/07]
• O'Reilly Compared Michael Moore's "Power" To What "Happened In Nazi Germany." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 7/28/04]

O'Reilly Has A History Of Making Racially Charged Statements
• O'Reilly Dismissed Racist Chant As A "Sporting Arena Taunt." [3/24/12]
• O'Reilly Joked: How Will The Obama Administration Reach Out To African Americans? "Are They Going To Be On Soul Train?" [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 12/6/11]
• O'Reilly Asked, "[S]hould White Americans Be Concerned About Judge Sotomayor?" [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 7/13/09]
• O'Reilly, On His Now-Defunct Non-Fox Affiliated Radio Program, "Couldn't Get Over The Fact That There Was No Difference" Between Harlem Restaurant And Other New York City Restaurants. [Westwood One, The Radio Factor, 9/19/07]
• O'Reilly Said "White Americans Are Terrified" To Compliment Blacks Out Of Fear "They May Be Taken As Condescension." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 2/5/07]
• O'Reilly Opposed "Clustering" Of Mexicans. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 7/31/07]

O'Reilly Has A History Of Fearmongering About Muslims
• O'Reilly: "For Every Muslim In The World That Wants Democracy And Wants Human Rights, There's One Who Doesn't." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 5/19/11]
• O'Reilly Pressed Trump On Whether There Is A "Muslim Problem In The World." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 3/28/11]
• O'Reilly: "There Are No Democratic Countries At All" In The Muslim World. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 2/18/11]
• O'Reilly Insisted That Extremism Is "A Muslim Problem." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 10/25/10]
• O'Reilly Claimed "The Muslim Threat ... Is Real." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 10/25/10]

O'Reilly Repeatedly Demonized Abortion Provider Dr. George Tiller And Then Lied About It After Tiller Was Murdered
• O'Reilly Repeatedly Referred To Tiller As "The Baby Killer." [6/2/09]
• In 2006, O'Reilly Sent His Producer To "Confront" The "Doctor Known As Tiller The Baby Killer." [11/8/06]
• In 2007, O'Reilly Again Sent A Producer To Ambush The "Doctor Known As Tiller The Baby Killer." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 6/12/07]
• After Tiller Was Murdered, O'Reilly Repeatedly Falsely Claimed He Had Only Reported What Other Groups Called Tiller. [6/2/09]
• O'Reilly Subsequently Accused Joan Walsh Of Having "Blood On Her Hands" For Defending Tiller. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 6/12/09]
• In 2012, O'Reilly Was Still Claiming That "What Tiller Was Doing Was Murder." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 3/1/12]

O'Reilly Has Engaged In Anti-Gay Rhetoric
• O'Reilly Was Accused Of "Equating Gays" With "Terrorists." [6/3/10]
• O'Reilly Suggested That If Same-Sex Marriage Is Legalized, "Polygamy Is Then Going To Run Rampant." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 5/11/09]
• O'Reilly: Gay Marriage Could Lead To Goat, Duck, Dolphin, And Turtle Marriage. [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 5/11/09]
• O'Reilly: "[T]housands" Of Gays In One Place "Can Be Confusing To Children." [Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor, 7/12/07]

More Examples of O'Reilly's Lies and Distortions
• O'Reilly falsely claimed Bush didn't oppose 9-11 Commission. O'Reilly defended President George W. Bush from a Kerry-Edwards '04 TV ad highlighting Bush's opposition to creation of the 9-11 Commission by denying that Bush had ever opposed the commission. In fact, Bush did oppose the creation of the 9-11 Commission. (10/21/04)
• O'Reilly falsely claimed Iraq had ricin. O'Reilly responded to a caller to his radio show by defending the Iraq war: "They did have ricin up there in the north -- so why are you discounting that so much?" In fact, the Duelfer report (the final report of the Iraqi Survey Group, led by Charles A. Duelfer, which conducted the search for weapons in Iraq following the U.S.-led invasion) indicates that Iraq did not have ricin. (10/19/04)
• O'Reilly repeated discredited claims on Iraq-Al Qaeda link. O'Reilly interrupted a former Clinton administration official who tried to correct the record on O'Reilly's claim that terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi constitutes a direct link between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. He also allowed a conservative guest to repeat without challenge other discredited claims about Iraq's supposed involvement in terrorism -- claims O'Reilly has himself cited in the past. (9/27/04)
• O'Reilly fabricated "Paris Business Review" as source for success of French boycott. O'Reilly falsely claimed "they've lost billions of dollars in France according to 'The Paris Business Review'" due to an American boycott he advocated of French imports. Media Matters for America found no evidence of a publication named "The Paris Business Review." (4/27/04)
• O'Reilly cited phony stats to argue that taxes on rich are excessive. O'Reilly tried to "blow off" the argument that wealthy Americans ought to pay more taxes by citing phony statistics about the tax burden the rich currently bear. (6/30/04)
• O'Reilly confused on elementary economics. O'Reilly told a caller on his radio show, "We [the United States] have a trade deficit with everybody, because everybody wants our stuff, and we're not wild about snails" -- indicating that he doesn't know the definition of "trade deficit" and implying that the United States runs a trade surplus with France. In fact, in the first four months of 2004, the United States had a $3 billion trade deficit with France. (6/10/04)
• O'Reilly doctored quotation to suggest Soros wished his own father dead. During his smear campaign against progressive financier, philanthropist, and political activist George Soros, O'Reilly doctored a 1995 quotation by Soros to make it seem as if Soros wished his own father dead. (6/1/04)
• O'Reilly questioned if Kennedy would show up to Democratic convention ... as Kennedy spoke behind him. O'Reilly teased an upcoming segment of The O'Reilly Factor, broadcast live from the Democratic National Convention, by saying of convention speaker Senator Edward Kennedy: "When we come back, we'll let you listen to Ted Kennedy for a while, if he shows up." In fact, Kennedy had already shown up and had been speaking for several minutes, as O'Reilly need only have turned around to see. (7/27/04)
• O'Reilly disparaged Democrats with trifecta of voter falsehoods. In a discussion about what went wrong for Democrats in the November 2 election, O'Reilly claimed that Democrats "lost votes from four years ago"; that "18- to 24[-year-old]s didn't go" to the polls; and that "[c]ommitted Republicans didn't carry the day for the president; independents did." All three claims are false. (11/4/04)
• O'Reilly on the radio: Three lies, one broadcast. Lie No. 1: Bush tax cuts didn't create the budget deficit. Lie No. 2: "Socialistic" French, Germans, and Canadian governments tax at 80 percent. Lie No. 3: Canadian, British, and French media are "government-controlled," but Italian media is free. (7/7/04)

well, I seem to overvalue your cognitive abiliies, sorry.

The oil price well, I seem to overvalue your cognitive abilities, sorry.

The oil price consists of cost of production, profits and risks. The risk premium is huge, keeping in mind that the cost of production in Arabia is not more than $5-7 per barrel, and even in Russia it is about $20-30. That is why for the exporters, the conflicts in the Middle East are merely tools in order to sustain higher oil prices. In such a situation, the mere Obama’s stubbornness with regard to developing new fields is crucial to driving the prices up. All importing countries are hostages to the exporters, but EVERY new well exploration (even if those wells got conserved) is a downward factor. Well, even a statement about the intention to drill would be good for the world economy and wise versa. Same with the other mineral fuels, including coal. Do you understand now that Obama is a key figure in strangling the importers and consequently the world economy? In addition, Canada cannot ignore the OPEC moves – it is not a charitable business.

Speaking of “more than OPEC” – you are wrong here as well. OPEC is exporting more than 4 million of crude oil per day vs. the Canada’s 2.3 million.

http://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_ga...

Looks like you are confusing Arabia with OPEC, or most likely your sources do. Well, leftism and confusion are always together.
cosnsits of cost of production,

Your position raises some questions.
Right now the the price off crude is lower than it was in 2008 when Bush was President, and of course that was NOT his fault, or so say the conservatives. But now that is almost as high it is Obama's fault- some crazy logic on that one.

"...The Drill, Drill, Drill Argument. The U.S. can drill all it wants but it's hard to find anybody who expects greater domestic production to move gas prices by more than, say, two percentage points. The problem is that the market for oil IS GLOBAL and U.S. supply is too small to make an impact."

But Forbes magizine has a different take on the cost of speculation that drives the selling price (not the cost to produce) of a barrel of crude. The cost to produce has little effect on the price, just the overall profits.

Robert Lenzner, Forbes Staff
Speculation In Crude Oil Adds $23.39 To The Price Per Barrel

If there were no speculation in oil futures on commodities exchange, the price of a barrel of oil might be as low as $74.61– not more than the present price of $108.00 a barrel.

But, there is plenty of speculation as the possibility of strife in Iran, one of the globe’s largest crude oil producers, pushes up the price of oil futures, which in turn impact the price of buying crude oil in the open market. As of February 23, 2012 “managed money” held positions in NYMEX crude oil contracts equivalent to 233.9 million barrels of oil– the equivalent of about one year’s crude oil supply from Iran to Western European nations like France, Belgium, Greece, Italy and Spain.

In turn oil analysts believe that every $10 rise in the price of crude oil translates into a 24 cent rise in the price of gasoline at the pump. Using the 24 cent rise in the price of gasoline suggests that each dollar increase in a barrel of oil equals about $.56 per barrel.

So, if a barrel of crude oil is $23.39 higher because of speculative action in the commodity markets– this translates out into a premium for gasoline at the pump of $.56 a gallon. Since gasoline in the northeast is about $4.05 a gallon, this suggests that without any speculation, the cost of a gallon would be only $3.49, a lot more favorable outcome.

During the summer of 2008 when crude oil per barrel rose to $145 a barrel, the peak cost of a gallon of gasoline was at least $4.11.

Well, I think it was Bush's fault back in 2008, at least partial, because he was not forceful enough in hitting the pathetic Dems for their obstruction. He had to be less amicable – for the sake of his country. Unlike Bus, Obama is in charge of the obstruction – do you see the difference?

“U.S. supply is too small to make an impact." ------ that doesn’t matter. If the Islamo-Nazis dominated OPEC decides to holt the production, the US economy could collapse. That is why if we have some reserved capacities, consecrated but ready to be used, that influences the attitude of the market participants dramatically.

“The cost to produce has little effect on the price, just the overall profits.” ------ only if the number of sources is artificially limited- what Obama is doing fro his Muslim protégés

Any sales are purported speculations, would you expect people to lose profits? But let me remind you: back in the 90s, the price of the barrel was below $20. That was the time of “young reformers” in Russia and love to the US all over the world, until Clinton committed terrible blunders in foreign policies. The reformers were replaced by hard core former KGB officers, with close ties to Islamo-Nazi dictators. Conflicts in the ME got instigated, prices went up. $20 was price with good profit. The risk premium jumped up to $100 – that is far more than an alleged (most likely overvalued) speculation premium.

“that each dollar increase in a barrel of oil equals about $.56 per barrel” something is wrong in that sentence.

I know what exactly what profit margins are. You premise that Obama ( alone, and not every other president) helps oil companies get greater profits does not wash.
If what you say was the case, then Bush and his cronies would not have made what they did during his administration.

But why are great profits of the oil companies good for America? Yes, I said GOOD for America-
"Do You Own an Oil Company?"

"In a 2011 update on a study of oil and natural gas company ownership, the Sonecon consulting firm found that nearly 50 percent of all corporate shares are held by public and private pension and retirement funds, including 401(k)s, and IRAs. Individual investors own 20 percent, while financial institutions and asset management companies own 27 percent. That's 97 percent. Less than 3 percent is owned by corporate executives and board members.
A closer look at the data reveals even more surprises about oil company ownership:

* Nearly 21 percent of oil and natural gas shares are in mutual funds, held by 52.3 million American households with a median annual income of $80,000 in 2011.
* Nearly 18 percent of industry shares are held through IRAs, with 48.6 million households owning one or more IRAs. Of those IRA holders, 80 percent had annual incomes of $70,000 or less in 2010.
* More than 31 percent of industry shares are owned by public or private pension plans, including 401(k)s (not including IRAs). The funds manage assets for more than 60 million households, with an average account value of less than $55,000. You can learn more about oil and natural gas earnings and pensions here.

These numbers make it clear that healthy oil and natural gas industry earnings are a benefit to millions of Americans’ retirement security. And that’s not the only way in which strong earnings benefit Americans. The oil and natural gas industry contributes billions of dollars to the U.S. economy through federal and state revenues, jobs and capital projects.

This is all done while ensuring a reliable supply of energy for United States’ consumers and businesses, and enhancing our nation’s energy security. In fact, the oil and natural gas industry’s impact on the U.S. economy is significant, supporting nearly 9.2 million American jobs and 7.7 percent of all U.S. GDP, and delivering more than $86 million a day to the federal treasury."