- Will O'Reilly comment "In a way, it's impossible to win a debate with O'Reilly because he is not bound by reality." —David Cornon why he is the only reporter who was present during a protest in Buenos Aires when the Falklands surrendered to say that a "major riot ensued and many were killed," as reported in his book, The No Spin Zone? No other journalists reported deaths.
- When and where were the "firefights in South and Central America" O'Reilly said he had been caught in on his radio show on January 13, 2005?
- How does he explain the discrepancy from his No Spin Zone account about reporting from Meanguera, El Salvador, in 1982 with what was actually recorded on film and broadcast on CBS News at the time? In the book, he said the village was "leveled to the ground and fires were still smoldering. But even though the carnage was obviously recent, we saw no one live or dead." On the news footage, there are people walking around and only a couple of burned structures.
- Did he ever do any other reporting trips to El Salvador or Argentina or elsewhere in Central and South America than the two he included in No Spin Zone?
- When he said on his television show in 2008 that he had been "in the war zones of [the] Falkland conflict in Argentina, the Middle East, and Northern Ireland," where specifically was he talking about, particularly with the Middle East and Northern Ireland? What wars, where, and when?
- In another book, Keep It Pithy, he wrote "I've seen soldiers gun down unarmed civilians in Latin America." Corn asks, "Where did this occur?"
That's an awful lot of valid questions about some very specific memories O'Reilly claims to have. Questions that really should be answered, if O'Reilly or Fox News gives half a damn about integrity. But if you expect the higher ups at Fox News to be looking for answers to these questions from their star, don't hold your breath.
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