Geraldo Rivera appeared on The O’Reilly Factor this evening to discuss a false story printed by The New York Times. Television journalist, Alessandra Stanley wrote the following snippet that is hidden at the bottom her the article:
Some reporters helped stranded victims because no police officers or rescue workers were around. (Fox’s Geraldo Rivera did his rivals one better: yesterday, he nudged an Air Force rescue worker out of the way so his camera crew could tape him as he helped lift an older woman in a wheelchair to safety.)News reports alerted the world, and, it seems, an inattentive federal government, to the neglected victims in New Orleans. And television networks even acted as benefactors, holding star-studded telethons to raise money for the storm’s victims.
Geraldo Rivera tells a different and more accurate story that he accompanies with video of the situation Stanley writes about. In the clip you notice that Geraldo is in front of the woman in the wheelchair while the serviceman is behind her. There is in no way that Rivera could have stopped the serviceman, even if he tried. Geraldo noted the Times refused to issue a retraction and he is now seeking legal action for one. If the Times keeps this up they will have another Jayson Blair on their hands.
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9:31 pm [ Quote ]
Well we can’t see what happened, I mean his camera man may have told the authorized personnel to move, and that’s pretty bad. Look, Geraldo is not top notich journalism, he is more tabloid, that can’t be disputed.
9:41 pm [ Quote ]
Wow you’re just never happy. Did you even bother to watch the video? Probably not.
The ONLY person who could have been in the way was the man behind the woman, nearest to the bottom of the stairs. Geraldo said THAT MAN kindly told the serviceman “I can handle the situation”.
I’m deeply disappointed in you.
And Geraldo is not “tabloid” journalism .. he doesn’t do fake stories. Ironically the person who wrote this article is the one doing tabloid journalism, not Geraldo. Your arguments are so petty that I am wasting my time debating them.
9:47 pm [ Quote ]
I watched both of those segments in their entirety: Geraldo rescuing the handicapped woman, as well as the segment on “The Factor” earlier this evening.
For one, nothing during the rescue gave me any indication that Geraldo was hogging the limelight. He’s passionate about the rescue effort…several nights ago he burst into tears while holding a 6-month-old child.
And two, I’ve come to expect nothing more that blatant lies and slander from the “NY Times”. They’re a disgrace to journalism.
~Kelly
9:56 pm [ Quote ]
business as usual from the new york times. although i’m not necessarily a geraldo fan, he’s spot on as far as how the times does business. i just wrote an article for my college newspaper about how the times has warped the katrina situation into a vehicle to call bush an incompetent simpleton.
10:00 pm [ Quote ]
I did watch the video, I am saying that the service man walked up and then who knows what happened, he could been asked to leave.
I just mean God love him, but Geraldo isn’t like some serious journalist type. He goes for the sensational.
10:02 pm [ Quote ]
New York Times Prints False Story About Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera appeared on The O’Reilly Factor this evening to discuss a false story printed by
11:14 pm [ Quote ]
It’s a little ridiculous for Rivera to sue anyone right now for anything said. Seems like we more important issues to deal with than reporters fighting amongst each other. It’s all a bit childish.
11:54 pm [ Quote ]
Anytime NYT pisses on someone, they should get shit thrown at them.
3:22 pm [ Quote ]
I cannot stand Geraldo, he engages in sensationalist journalism solely to feed his massive megalomania; but:
(1) Absent solid video evidence of the accusations made by the NYT, the video seems to completely support Geraldo’s version of events.
(2) The New York Times is the Pravda of the United States, the official Propaganda Ministry of the Democrat Party and the forces of liberal/socialism. For that bunch of crud to accuse anyone of anything only demonstrates how vile a news agency they are!
8:20 pm [ Quote ]
I just think that funny that O’Lielly is discussing anything having to do with credibility.
6:08 pm [ Quote ]
And Geraldo is not “tabloid? journalism .. he doesn’t do fake stories
Did you ever watch Geradldo’s show? Are you old enough to remember Al Capone’s vault? It is hard to take him, or you, seriously. Just ask the former tabloid t.v. anchor Bill O’Rielly. He’ll tell you I’m right.
11:34 pm [ Quote ]
Enough of the blame! 1f it were not for Gerardo people would still be waiting at the Convention Center. HE was the one voice that spoke for thousands and saved a city and WOKE up a Nation.
Connie Douglas
12:04 am [ Quote ]
Geraldo is a joke and I wish Fox would get rid of him. That being said, the NYT is the biggest joke of all and they can’t stand the fact that they are becoming less relevant by the minute. Instead of realizing that the silent majority of Americans are not blindly liberal people who do get sick of hearing people complain without offering any type of solution, the take out their frustration at Fox.
12:21 am [ Quote ]
Where is the other part of Geraldo Rivera’s tape helping the nun out of the nursing home? I watched him three times on the rebroadcast of that segment push,bump,and/or get in the way of the rescuers as they put her in the helicopter.Into the Helicopter.Shame on you.
12:22 am [ Quote ]
Who cares if you like or don’t like Geraldo? The video speaks for it self: Stanley is a liar – it didn’t happen the way she reported it did. Stanley and the Times editors have reviewed the tape and refuse to retract or apologize. If the Times continues to promote a story which we all can see from the video tape is a lie, then what are the chances they lie when there is no video tape ?
12:40 am [ Quote ]
I’d say I care if I don’t like him less than you care that I don’t. He’s a joke. He may have been done wrong, that doesn’t make him suddenly respectable, now does it? He’s a drama queen and he has his fans. I have a right to not be one of them. I know the NYT are liars, everyone does.
12:49 am [ Quote ]
Brian R.—Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a Geraldo fan either. But this isn’t a popularity contest; this is supposed to be about what is true and accurate.
12:56 am [ Quote ]
Agreed. I think it was more an attack on Fox than Geraldo as well. Geraldo is a pretty liberal guy himself, now the far left are eating their own. Get used to the attacks on Fox though, there is a reason the so called “mainstream” media is moving more to the center. The market just isn’t there now that we have a choice. It makes them sound not so “mainstream”. Some will adapt and some, like the NYT just get loonier and loonier.
9:22 am [ Quote ]
I’m a viewer who normally agrees with Bill, but this time they’re just spinning the Geraldo story in the “no-spin” zone. The interview with Geraldo was very misleading because they did not show the correct video clip. I watched the clip where Geraldo crowded a soldier out of the way to help a lady (not sure if it was the same one in this clip) in a wheel chair. The incident I’m referring to occurred when they were trying to put a lady in a wheel chair into a helicopter.
There was a plain clothes person (I’m assuming someone associated with Fox News and Geraldo) at the handles of the wheel chair. A soldier was at the front of the wheel chair and Geraldo was just off camera to the left. The two individuals were getting ready to lift when Geraldo stepped in from off camera and crowded the soldier out of the way. Basically, it looked like Geraldo was boxing out the soldier to get a rebound. The soldier stepped back towards the camera (until he was off camera), and Geraldo and this other individual lifted the wheel chair.
At this point the network cutaway to something else, so we never actually saw Geraldo put the wheel chair into the helicopter. We only got to see him lift it a few feet off the ground.
Add this to Geraldo holding up a baby (who wasn’t crying at the start of his segment) at the convention center, and then shaking it, screaming at the camera, and swearing until the baby started crying, and I say you have a journalist out to just make a name for himself. There is enough news to report on already that Geraldo doesn’t need to try and make more.
Lord knows I would cry too if Geraldo picked me up, shook me, screamed in my face, and was swearing. The mustache alone might be enough to do it.
1:04 pm [ Quote ]
Will N: I would love to see that video tape you mentioned. I don’t like Geraldo and I believe he is capable of doing such things for purposes of self promotion and feeding his own massive ego, but what I have seen thus far does not support the Times article!
4:09 pm [ Quote ]
After watching dozens of reporters on the major networks, including Fox, intervew and exploit tired, thirsty, hungry people, Geraldo’s continuous efforts to help meet the needs of those around him were refreshing. One reporter actually turned to an elderly man, who was asking for water, and tried to interview him, then asked are you thirsty, and told the old man that many were thirsty around here – did not offer a drop of water. Geraldo offered his sweat, after he gave out all of his water, I am sure.
5:49 pm [ Quote ]
I’ve seen both O’Reilly interviews with Geraldo regarding this issue.
Not including Geraldo and the other man helping the woman down the stairs, there are SIX other men waiting for them.
So how was Geraldo put in the position of helping this elderly woman down the stairs when he should be reporting?
One of two things probably happened.
#1 One man went up the stairs, found the woman and asked for help. Geraldo voluteered and told his brothe to start rolling.
#2 Many people went up the stairs, in cluding Geraldo, found the woman and when it came time to carry her down, Geraldo suggested that he and one other person could handle it. Again, while his brother filmed away.
This was nothing but a photo opportunity.
8:23 pm [ Quote ]
I’ve seen the tape as well. its not what is seen on the tape. It is what you hear. Listen carefully when the officer first starts up the stairs. Geraldo say, “get out of the shot.” So Stanley should apologize for misprint. For the Geraldo fans you need to understand this man was kicked out of Iraq
!!
! He had to apologize for that and then they kicked him out
Remember the when he said he was under fire while reporting. He was being fired upon by his own men
1:29 am [ Quote ]
[...] The Political Teen has the video and you can see for yourself the reporter is lying. [...]
11:32 am [ Quote ]
That baby wasn’t crying until Geraldo starting screaming into the camera and crying himself. If I were a baby I would be scared if Rollie Fingers was olding me, too. Get rid of the porn stache Geraldo.
Second…do you ever heard “liberal media” bitching about the “right wing media” like Fox? Fair and balanced? Yeah, right. America’s news channel? Who annointed them that…way to take advantange of 9/11 for your own profteering, just like the rest of the Bush clan.
Bush didn’t want to intervene in the Louisana’s state sovereignty? Where was this thought process when the federal government intervened in the Schiavo debacle? Hypocrites.
12:15 pm [ Quote ]
Sheehs…
The millions of people that watch them every day, that’s who…
No one intervened, they successfully killed her, remember? They just allowed a federal court to hear the matter…
1:37 pm [ Quote ]
Again…Looking at the video and watching The Factor .. I ’ saw ’ nothing wrong. What should be important is the fact that the lady was being rescued, no matter who it was taking her down.
They need more people helping ( camera’s or not ) those folks, than wasting time being critical of others. How many people did Alessandra Stanley assist ?
5:14 pm [ Quote ]
Sheehs…
America’s news channel? Who annointed them that…
The millions of people that watch them every day, that’s who…
>>>Millions of people watch other channels, too. They were just capitalizing on 9/11…plain and simple.
Bush didn’t want to intervene in the Louisana’s state sovereignty? Where was this thought process when the federal government intervened in the Schiavo debacle? Hypocrites.
No one intervened, they successfully killed her, remember? They just allowed a federal court to hear the matter…
>>>They didn’t kill her. She was already dead…remember. Why don’t you ask Bush about the legislation he signed into law in Texas while he was Governor. Schiavo would’ve been off the feeding tube a long long long time ago if she was in a hospital in Texas.
5:22 pm [ Quote ]
You asked who made them king, I was simply pointing out that they have a much larger viewing audience than the other news outlets which means they are providing a product that more people like… And I honestly have no idea what you’re talking about “capitializing on 9/11”...
She was not dead by any stretch of the imagination, she had brain function, body movement, etc… She was severly handicapped, yes, but not dead.
5:33 pm [ Quote ]
She was not dead by any stretch of the imagination, she had brain function, body movement, etc… She was severly handicapped, yes, but not dead.
>>>Are you basing your diagnosis on Bill Frist’s diagnosis?...a heart surgeon that based his diagnosis on an hour long videotape instead of actually examining the patient. That is sound science! Do you think he ever diagnosed one of his heart patients on video in a remote location?
Many neurosurgeons examined her and determined that her movements were not based on any awareness of her situation or on any external stimuli. She still has muscles and tendons, and they move sometimes even when you are in a vegetative state.
What about all the other people that are being killed in Texas based on the law the Bush signed into legislation? How quickly you all forget.
5:41 pm [ Quote ]
You’re just full of talking point, aren’t you…. What does Frist have to do with anything? I’m basing my belief that she was alive, until dehydrated to death, on the video I saw with my own eyes and the testimony of a number of nurses and doctors who said she was fully aware of what was going on.
Look, to rehash an old arguement, I believe it is best for our society to value life and save life where ever we can. You seem to want to base life’s value on it’s quality. If she was “braindead”, well then her life wasn’t worth living anyway, right? I think life is sacred and we should honor that sanctity where ever we can. Simple as that.
I’m not Bush, I don’t live in Texas, as this is not the issue at hand and thus is pointless to bring up. No, I didnt’ forget, but it isn’t relevent.
6:29 pm [ Quote ]
Buddy, I dislike getting off the subject at hand, because it makes reasonable, civil debate about such issues impossible. However,
Who decides what is life? The medical profession, lawyers, judges, the Church or the family? Active euthanasia, is when the government through the medical profession knowingly terminates life through the introduction of chemical agents designed to stop all natural function of the human body and by any definition that is murder. Passive Euthanasia, is to take away extraordinary life saving means, such as a ventilator, and allow death to occur if the person in unable to live absent these things. When a patient is capable of continuing the normal functions of the body, heart, lungs, bladder, etcetera; they fit the definition of life, not perfect life, perhaps what is called vegetative life, but – life. To then withhold food and water is nor more and no less than Active Euthanasia, the state sanctioned murder of a living human being for economic or other selfish reasons. Terry Schiavo was murdered by the state, she was determined by a judge not to have a quality of life he deemed adequate, no matter what evidence he replied upon; and that is an immoral act, and it only serves to advance us down the road to state sanctioned murder of any human the judiciary deems not worthy of functioning in society. We have seen this pattern develop in Europe, Canada and it is now making slow but sure advances in the United States – all to our shame and it will insure God’s Judgment on our once great nation!
1:56 am [ Quote ]
Whether you like or dislike Geraldo, facts are still facts. And the fact that needs to be noted in this issue is that Geraldo absolutely did not push or nudge anyone in this video. Therefore, The New York Times should have retracted the reporters statements, period! Or maybe they should just blame George Bush like these crazy ass liberals always do. Spin, spin, spin…....
3:39 pm [ Quote ]
As someone who pretty much despises Fox News and reads the Times frequently, I have to say the Times got it wrong on this one. It needs to print a correction.
12:01 am [ Quote ]
Matt,
Do you really think that was an isolated incident for the Times? You became aware of the inaccuracy of their reporting because you were able to view the tape. What else has their readership swallowed whole for lack of a video tape available that demonstrates their dishonesty? Their refusal to retract an obvious falsehood should cause readers to question their journalistic integrity.
8:24 pm [ Quote ]
Cynthia,
I believe that the Times delivers consistently high quality news, and when it fails to do so, I believe it should correct itself. As far as the Times having a fullscale, all-out liberal agenda, I do not believe that is the case. However, I do believe that some of the Times’ liberal writers allow liberal bias to enter their writing.
8:32 pm [ Quote ]
Matt: While many would disagree with you and passionately assert that the Times has a strong liberal bias, and I include myself among them, I sincerely admire your balanced, well presented views on this matter. Good job!
7:16 pm [ Quote ]
To The bluesite,
the video link provided has no audio in the video clip itself. You just here Geraldo and Bill talking. He does say “get out of the shot”. I watched it. I am going to search for it again and leave the link. If I am wrong I will be the first to admit it. But, the video clip has no audio so you don’t hear him say it.
Mike
7:48 pm [ Quote ]
Blue Site,
For anyone that really wants the truth HERE IT IS!!
http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/iblog/C168863457/E20050908164126/index.html
GO TO THIS LINK AND LISTEN CAREFULLY
IT IS WHEN THE MILITARY OFFICER GOES UP THE STAIRS.
just take a look and tell me what you think. I am 99.9% positive that he says” get out of the shot”
Again, this is a friendly debate so i want input please
Mike
10:37 am [ Quote ]
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