O’Reilly touts ratings saying he’s trusted
NEW YORK – Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly says he thinks television viewers trust him despite accusations he stretched the truth when he was a young reporter covering straight news.
He said on the CBS “Late Show” on Tuesday the controversy “worked out OK” for him, and he “got even more viewers.” He says his ratings have gone up by 20 percent.
Soon-to-retire “Late Show” host David Letterman asked O’Reilly if he ever fibbed on the air. O’Reilly replied, “Not that I know of.”
O’Reilly has been accused by liberal-media watchdogs of falsely claiming he was in a “war zone” while reporting from Argentina during the Falklands War in the 1980s when he was far from the front.
O’Reilly covered an anti-government demonstration and has defended his characterization.
New video shows Secret Service barrier
WASHINGTON – Police surveillance video shown publicly for the first time Tuesday shows Secret Service agents in their government vehicle driving through the secured area and nudging a temporary barrier at low speed as it drove toward a checkpoint. The incident occurred as on-duty officers and agents investigated a suspicious item thrown near the White House on March 4.
The House Oversight Committee showed the video from the Washington Metropolitan Police Department during a hearing on Capitol Hill. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy was testifying for the third time about the incident, in which two senior agents are accused of drinking before driving into the White House complex and pushing the barrier with the SUV’s bumper.
The department’s inspector general is investigating allegations.
Associated Press
