My response to O'Reilly after watching his segment about me

I wasn't sure if my emails were going to get to Bill O'Reilly, so I decided to send them along to Bill Shine, senior vice president of programming, and Joel Cheatwood, senior vice president of development at Fox News.

I know Joel because he was in a similar position at CNN and I worked with him on some programming while he was there. I always like Joel and thought he was a fair and talented guy. So what the heck, I figured that if Bill's email wasn't the same as everyone else at Fox News, then Joel could pass it along.

Here is what I just sent Bill:

Bill and Joel,

Just in case Bill doesn't get this, be sure to pass along.

"Oh, Bill, I just watched your segment, and talk about weak!

"Please, please, call me so we can discuss the issue.

"You tell your audience that I'm a Wright apologist, but you don't even bother to tell your audience what I even said on the issue. Dude, that's Journalism 101. You offer no facts, no analysis, just a weak opinion. You paraphrased me saying that I didn't think the issue is no big deal. WRONG. Then you, and Bernard Goldberg, go on to state some of the "crazy" things, as Bernie said, that Wright has said.

"Did you bother to even see that I said ON CNN that what he said about the AIDS issue is flat out wrong? And what he said about the government injecting blacks with syphilis was wrong? BUT it is correct that the federal government allowed black men to go untreated. It is known as the Tuskegee Experiment, something President Bill Clinton apologized for.

"If you want to tell your audience that I'm an apologist, do me the favor and say what I said, as opposed to show a photo of me and offer no facts whatsoever.

"Oh by the way, Bill, Bernie noticed that I'm a black guy and then decided to go on and discuss white liberals.

"Please, ask me if I'm a conservative or a liberal. Be upfront and ask me. Even you would be shocked by the answer.

"Again, just in case you actually want to have a conversation that is fact-based, call me at 4XX-XXX-XXXX.

"For someone who has done your show eight to 10 times, and who has actually defended you from the folks who think you are to the right of Hitler, I'm terribly disappointed that you were so weak with the facts. Had you worked under me at the three papers I've run, as well as website and radio station newsroom, you would have gotten verbally smacked down for such weak journalism.

"Call me. I'll be happy to chat with you."

See, a real debater would pick up the phone and accept the challenge. Let's see if Mr. No Spin Zone is really interested in the facts.

Comments

[Zenovia]

Roland you know Bill can be a punk sometimes.

But check out this link on Bill Clinton giving an award to a racist.

http://www.geocities.com/republican_strategist/clinton-racist.html

Is this stuff true or is this just a hit job?

[Tenika Moore]

This Jermiah Wright stuff is really dangerous for the Clintons/Demo. Party!see below:

www.urbanstump.typepad.com

[Tenika Moore]

This Jermiah Wright stuff is really dangerous for the Clintons/Demo. Party!see below:

www.urbanstump.typepad.com

[Michael]

Roland please keep shining the light on the truth, there needs to be objective reporting more than ever right now. The derailing of Barak Obamas Champaign is not the only attempt here; the major attack is on the African American Community.

[Dee]

Roland, I hate to write improperly, but "I ain't even mad at ya." That letter was on point.

[Brandy Wilson]

Roland ...I hope you have some capacity to get help in stringing together a montage of Bill idiotic rantings and play them at your next encounter with motor-mouth...Roland ...the man needs to be Pimp-Slapped... Do it ...please do it...(The sick part about that is the freak would probably get off on a real black man grabs him and roughs him up a bit) ...you know he strikes me as one of those, "Beat Me...Beat Me I love it guys!, The Freak!

[Brandy Wilson]

Roland ...I hope you have some capacity to get help in stringing together a montage of Bill idiotic rantings and play them at your next encounter with motor-mouth...Roland ...the man needs to be Pimp-Slapped... Do it ...please do it...(The sick part about that is the freak would probably get off on a real black man grabs him and roughs him up a bit) ...you know he strikes me as one of those, "Beat Me...Beat Me I love it guys!, The Freak!

[Dusty]

Roland, hopefully Bill O'Racist will respond to your request. But chances are he will most likely try to shout you down so that you can't get a complete thought out on his show. He doesn't like anyone coming on to his show and trying to corrupt his audience with the truth. They love ignorance there. Sometimes I think it's just a waste of time.

[Callie, Cleveland OH]

Roland,
I wouldn't even waste my time on him. I wrote this letter to send to Pat Buchanan because I was so angry when I read "A Brief for Whitey", it was just so racist and backwards!! I'm still mad. I have decided against sending it because it's not going to improve his view of Blacks and reading his letter probably reinforced my old sterotypes of whites. I need some peace on this issue! You know you are probably capable of debating O'Reilly without getting emotional, I just can't do it!!

[Cocoa]

After hearing part of Rev. Wright sermon i was curious to what he said about the aids genocide, so i went and done research and found a article that supports what he said. And the former president apology was in it i still have the web-link about it. But i'm not saying that Roland is wrong as of now i have to go on what i'm seeing concerning the article i have. I never believed that the reverend was a racist in the first place.

[Songbird]

LMAO at what Dusty called him.

Don't let him off the hook, Roland. Stick it to him. He's a rectum.

[A.C.]

Roland, there is a Huffing Post article that claims you did agree with Rev. Wright on the Tuskegee event. You may want to check them on that.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-mills/blacks-injected-with-sy_b_92896.html

"...Likewise, CNN contributor Roland Martin said last Friday: 'I was watching another channel where they played a sermon where [Rev. Wright] said that America infected African-American men with
syphilis, called the Tuskegee experiment. That actually did, indeed, happen.'

No. It. Did. Not.

And the only reason Obery Hendricks, Ed Gordon and Roland Martin weren't humiliated on national television is because Bill O'Reilly, Chris Matthews and Anderson Cooper are more ignorant about black history than they are."

[simplycharming47]

See, a real debater would pick up the phone and accept the challenge. Let's see if Mr. No Spin Zone is really interested in the facts.

Roland you made your own point. A REAL Debater would pick up he phone!! He's not interested in FACTS. He has access to the same information that you, I and everyone else have. He's only interested in his own agenda and that is to inflame, incite and spew his ignorant racist propaganda with the intent of "scaring white people" into NOT VOTING for Sen. Obama..

THIS JERK IS ONE SICK INDIVIUAL..

[Wendy]

Most african-americans was waiting for this day to come -"Obama Bashing". Most of us didn't think it would come inside (his) church because (some) of us has heard thess remarks from our pastor's or other black pastors. Let's take a short trip down "oppression of the negro" and these lesson's taught by the oppressor to weaken the spirit of the african-american. The oppressor cannot kill a negro and get-away with it today because of "DNA", but they can try to "kill" us in the media. So, with that said - as African-americans, we must aways stay on "top of our game" because of the fear-factor.

[HUGgy bear, GOD's Leading Lady]

Brother Roland:

I PRAY for the day when you will be out of "POLITICS" for good.

TRUTH is always "CONTROVERSIAL" in a world that thrives on LIE. Please remember that CHRIST never turned around and apologize for whipping the MONEY CHANGERS out of the Temple. John the baptist did not turn around and apologize for calling the 'Religious Leaders' a "GENERATION OF VIPERS". Think of Stephen too. I know that it is very difficult to explain SPIRITUAL THINGS to people that are SPIRITUALLY DEAD. People say God is on their side, when THEY need to come over to the side of GOD ALMIGHTY.

Trust in The ALMIGHTY GOD. Be of a good courage. A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING will take place. Praise be to GOD ALMIGHTY!

[Swiffht]

Roland, Bill O'Rielly is a racist - and has been one for a long while. When guys like you appear on his show, it gives him a level of legitimacy that he doesn't deserve. I understand how powerful & seductive "tv air-time" is but can you be more selective in your appearances. Do you really need to be on The O'Rielly Factor? Stop legitimizing O'Rielly's racist agenda.

[Dan Jones]

Change was to were in last sentence. You WERE so weak on the facts ...

[Christo]

Roland: It is a pleasure to see objective facts used in responding to a TV "talking head". What O'Reilly did to you is unfortunately indicative not just of him but many of the cable tv commentators. It almost seems as comments any occasion in which that can be supported by facts is simply coincidental. It is not just O'Reilly or FOX News or democrats or republicans. The problem is becoming endemic. The result will be that many will tune out, informed discussion will cease, and the many of the viewers will get calcified into positions that match their prejudice.

[Christo]

Roland: It is a pleasure to see objective facts used in responding to a TV "talking head". What O'Reilly did to you is unfortunately indicative not just of him but many of the cable tv commentators. It almost seems as comments any occasion in which that can be supported by facts is simply coincidental. It is not just O'Reilly or FOX News or democrats or republicans. The problem is becoming endemic. The result will be that many will tune out, informed discussion will cease, and the many of the viewers will get calcified into positions that match their prejudice.

[kravitz]

What church does Hillary Clinton belong to, and who, exactly, is her minister/paster/priest?

It's a simple question isn't it? She's said Jeremiah Wright would not be her pastor. Well then, who would be. Who is hers? She needs to explain what standard she is actually upset about, and to whom she is comparing Rev. Wright. If she is saying her pastor is better than his, what is this based on.

It's irresponsible for Hillary Clinton's campaign to avoid making this comparison. This is why people irrefutably understand that she is using Wright to divert from her lies about sniper fire in Bosnia. The internet is making her look like a crazy cult member, saying she belongs to "The Family" which is not actually a church. Eventually, she's going to have to clear this one up too.

Are Some Hillary Supers With Wright's Church?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/25/22354/6315/805/484306

[Zenovia]

Roland,

If right winged Christans are still wondering why Black folks still have a problem with lynching remind them of Galatians 3:13, "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree."

Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree, can they get that in their head.

I'm not mad at them though.

[Claudia]

Roland. Everytime you appear on CNN i make everyone in the house gather around with me and LISTEN. I find your voice to be sharp, honest and true! just awesome! As for Bill? well, I feel that he has ALWAYS acted out his anger in bizarre ways. Rise above. NONE of his rants have any value other then to cause a reaction.

[Claudia]

Roland. Everytime you appear on CNN i make everyone in the house gather around with me and LISTEN. I find your voice to be sharp, honest and true! just awesome! As for Bill? well, I feel that he has ALWAYS acted out his anger in bizarre ways. Rise above. NONE of his rants have any value other then to cause a reaction.

[Barbara]

Go Roland! Thanks for continuing to challenge those "talking heads" on television for giving out false information to the public. Bill O'Reilly is especially guilty of this act. In addition, thanks for taking CNN's anchors, reporters and pundits to task for distoring the facts, too. Now, since Hillary Clinton stands in judgement of Obama for staying at his church so long, when will someone ask her why she has stayed with Bill so long? She should be the last person to pass judgement on someone. And finally, I am disgusted as to how the media, including CNN, bought into Hillary's manipulation of changing the dialog from her Bosnia's fabrication to Rev. Jeremy Wright. The media spent about two days on Hillary's "Big Lie" and continues to "push" the Rev. Wright's story...and he's not even a candidate.

[Milburn Drysdale]

Tuskegge Experiment overview and settlement details

http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/Story.asp?s=1207586