Preview: O’Reilly not sure what to expect on ‘Colbert Report’
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From USAToday.com:
Fox News’ mouth that roared, Bill O’Reilly, says he’s really not sure what to expect Thursday at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT when he talks to Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, and he’s not saying what he plans to ask Colbert earlier on The O’Reilly Factor (8 ET/5 PT).
“I think he’s going to stay in the role, in full Colbert regalia. It’ll be a Borat situation,” O’Reilly says, referring to Sacha Baron Cohen’s infamous character.
As for what he’ll ask Colbert, “it’s going to be a surprise. I prepare for all of my interviews, but it’s not any more than I prepare for anybody else, but I have a certain line of questioning that I’m going to get into.”
Is O’Reilly going for the big kill? “No.”
Colbert could not be reached for comment. O’Reilly says the two met once at a Time magazine event last year. “It was a nice conversation, that’s all, but I don’t know him enough to say if he was in his role or not.”
He’s flattered to be satirized by Colbert and Jon Stewart, saying that Comedy Central “understood the culture was being influenced by us, and they decided to satirize us, and that’s what smart people do in that business.”
Some observers have noted that younger viewers now actually get their news from fake anchors such as Colbert and Stewart, but O’Reilly doesn’t buy that.
“I don’t think younger viewers get their news from them, but I do think people like Colbert shape their opinions,” O’Reilly says.
“Their approval of a certain person means something, and their disapproval of a certain person means something to their audience, but I don’t think they get their facts from them.”
Thanks to MsInterpreted for the tip!
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January 15th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
“Their approval of a certain person means something, and their disapproval of a certain person means something to their audience, but I don’t think they get their facts from them.”
I find it interesting that for the first part of this quote, I thought he was talking about the audience! I mean, isn’t it more true that the audience’s approval of Jon and Stephen, the fact that we watch them, signifies our take on reality? I don’t think it’s so much that TDS and TCR further shape our beliefs than its that we just have similar lines of thought.
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