Mortimer Benjamin Mort Zuckerman born June 4, 1937 is a Canadianborn American media proprietor, magazine editor, and investor. He is the cofounder, executive. No More Mister Nice Blog. Bill OReillys Non Apology Tour is Trumpian in some ways, though not in others. OReilly is much better than Trump at remembering and reciting carefully crafted talking points Hes been in the news business 4. The New York Times, though hes legally forbidden to correct the errors and so on. I dont think Trump could sit down and work out talking points this well constructed, not even with expert help, nor could he remember them accurately. According to Spanish prosecutors, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho owes the state 3. 3 million in taxes from his time coaching Real Madrid in 2011 and 2012. In The New York Times, Nate Cohn writes that some potential Democratic candidates for House seats currently held by Republicans are just too. elitist. Trumps approach is to form a grudge, then tell the world about it repeatedly for days until something else irritates him and hes on to a new grudge. Occasionally he circles back to an old grudge and the cycle repeats. OReilly is much more calculating. But the self pity is similar, as is the narcissism. In the same way that Trump and his handlers have tried to make him the true victim of the Niger incident because his conversation with the wife of a slain soldier has been criticized, OReilly has declared himself the true victim of his own acts of sexual harassment. Hes sulky. He sounds wounded. Go listen to the episode of the New York Times podcast in which reporters Emily Steel and Michael S. Schmidt discuss their recent OReilly interview with host Michael Barbaro, and play clips from the interview. Steel and Schmidt wrote the two big Times stories about OReillys harassment cases OReilly asked to speak to them, then went into his sullen, menacing martyr act as soon as they arrived, as the reporters recount on the podcast SCHMIDT It was pretty clear from the moment that he walked in the room that this was not going to be a normal interview. The handshake was sort of muted, it was a very sort of quick sort of handshake, and he quickly retreated back to the other side of the room and sat down. STEEL We Mike and I sat on one side of the table and he sits on the other, in between his two lawyers, and OReilly kind of leans back in his chair and crosses his legs and puts his hands he kind of clasps them on top of his stomach. SCHMIDT He had a very angry look on his face. He was staring directly at me. He wouldnt even look at Emily. BARBARO The entire time STEEL At some points he did, but for most of the time he either wasnt looking at us or he would look at Mike. SCHMIDT So, were sitting on one side, hes on the other, I look up to sort of start talking and hes staring directly at me as harshly or as strongly as anyones ever looked at me. Youve got to listen to the podcast, because after all this drama, OReilly insists that the Times reports are erroneous, he just sound so hurt. He sounds traumatized. Hes the one whos suffered abuse. By the final OReilly clip played on the podcast, which came at the end of the interview, his self pity and wrath were in full force, and he was using his teenage children as human shields, as hes done repeatedly in recent days We have physical proof that this is bullshit. Bullshit. Okay So its on you if you want to destroy my children further, OReilly told Times reporters Emily Steel and Michael Schmidt in the interview last week, a few days before the story about the 3. In the interview, OReilly repeatedly brought up his children, who have been the subject of a long running custody battle. Why dont you be human beings for once OReilly said to the Times reporters. This is horrible. Its horrible what I went through. Horrible what my family went through. He also tried to hide behind the family of a fellow Fox sex harasser, Eric Bolling Bolling was pushed out of Fox in September after Huff. Po reported that he had sent explicit photos to female co workers. Bollings 1. 9 year old son died shortly after his father left the network. The death was reportedly an accident, though OReilly seemed to suggest otherwise I urge you to think about what you put in your newspaper, he told the Times. Eric Bollings son is dead. Hes dead because of allegations made in my opinion and I know this to be true against Mr. Bolling. Bolling strenuously objected to this and OReilly subsequently apologized. OReilly has also grumbled about God, and compared himself to the family of a murdered woman You know, am I mad at God Yeah, Im mad at him, OReilly said on the latest episode of his web series, No Spin News. I wish I had more protection. I wish this stuff didnt happen. I cant explain it to you. Yeah, Im mad at him. He then said that he derives perspective from the tribulations of others, including Kate Steinle, a woman who was allegedly shot by an undocumented immigrant who has been the subject of numerous OReilly commentaries. On Glenn Becks radio show, OReilly talked as if his kids are at imminent risk of death This is dishonest in the extreme and its frustrating, but unless I want another seven or eight years of litigation that puts my children in the kill zone, I have to maintain my discipline. This isnt Trumpian in its specifics Trump is too much of a solipsist to compare his suffering to other peoples, and hes so indifferent to most members of his family that he never thinks of using them as human shields, even the kids he likes. But the self pity is the same. Why do conservatives like this kind of whining, from both OReilly and Trump I think its because its epic whining its whining by a large, consequential public figure who shares their views. OReilly also said on Becks show that hes the victim of a vast liberal media conspiracy to destroy his career. I think conservatives look at OReilly or Trump and think Hes doing my whining for me. I watch TV all day and whine about all the enemies I have, in America and around the world. Now heres this guy with clout whos whining the same things I whine. Maybe he can get results OReilly and Trump are what rank and file conservatives think they could be if their complaints and self pity had the attention of the world. On the right, thats what makes a hero.
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