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[updated] Lock, stock & ambushed: O’Reilly’s people try to intimidate Think Progress’ Amanda Terkel


As much as I’d love to be surprised by the news about Amanda Terkel’s extremely disturbing and undeserved experience over the weekend, arranged for by Bill O’Reilly’s producer, Jesse Watters and Watters’ cameraman, the fact is, this kind of intimidation of critics typifies O’Reilly and the bizarro world he inhabits where calling Helen Thomas a witch and imitating her voice is only about being funny and calling a 18 year old who is raped and murdered  a “moronic girl” because of what she wore and was drinking the night she was violated and killed.

According to Think Progress, the tape from Watters’ ambush is to be aired tonight, but here are some links of what others have been saying all day about the outrageous extent to which O’Reilly will go to intimidate critics:

Politico: ThinkProgress’ Terkel: O’Reilly producer ambushed me

PunditMom: Can Bill O’Reilly say “civil assault”?

Feministe: Standing With Amanda Terkel

News Hounds: O’Reilly Sends Stalker Watters After Think Progress’ Terkel Over “Alexa” Foundation Post

black girl blogging: Bill O’Reilley’s Producer is an Unprofessional Hack

Majikthise: Bill O’Reilly sics producer on female blogger who criticized host’s record on rape

Matthew Yglesias, Ezra Klein, Shakesville and others have also written about the incident.

For those interested, visit and consider joining  “We Stand With Amanda Terkel” Facebook group.

I’ll update this post as it develops.

UPDATE: Amanda posts about the O’Reilly segment from this evening here.  Honestly, his audience has got to have topped out the same way Rush Limbaugh’s has.  And none of it is news, that’s for sure.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:07 pm March 23rd, 2009 in Crime, Ethics, Media, Politics, Scandal, Sexism, Social Issues, Women, intolerance 

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