News and Politics | September 25, 2010 | 26 comments

Unedited Interview Reveals Bill O’Reilly Cut Best Of Jon Stewart’s Interview (Again)

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Did you think that the conversation between Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly lacked “zazz”? For all the expectation of two of the heavyweights of opinion media world — ostensibly presenting differing ideological points of view — the jovial exchange lacked any real body blows to declare a “winner.” Well, thanks to the folks at Fox News, the entire unedited version of the interview is available, and it turns out that much of the un-aired portion includedthe most pointed commentary by Mr. Stewart, which we’ve summed up below.

The edited version that aired on last night’s program, came out to just under 12 minutes of actual interview time (interrupted by a commercial break.) The unedited interview (embedded at link in two parts) rounded up to over 19 minutes.

So what was cut out? Some of the most interesting parts to the interview, namely Stewart’s mocking of O’Reilly’s “folksiness” and blue collar perspective. More importantly, a fascinating back and forth over the Tea Party movement that Factor producers decided to leave on the cutting room floor.

Unedited Interview @ link

This isn't the first time Bill O'Reilly has heavily edited Jon Stewart's interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xobA2MoDzDY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLMQ2TIpfWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzSxMdAxmC8
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26 comments // Unedited Interview Reveals Bill O’Reilly Cut Best Of Jon Stewart’s Interview (Again)

  • ReverandG
  • Argon18
    • +3
      Argon18  
    • ReverandG:

      Ahh the projection of flaws onto to others at it's finest!

      http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-february-28-2008/siren-helmet

      The funniest thing is that it's Jon Stewart's job to be a clown and get attention as a comedian.

      The tragic thing is that it's Bill O'Reilly's job to know something and report the facts in an objective way. Which is made even more sad is the pathetic way that Bill fails at his job while trying to succeed at Jon's.

      The most ironic thing is that SOME people can't tell the difference between Jon's job and Bill's which is even funnier when Bill O'Reilly is going to be a guest on The Daily Show on Monday so it's more than just a coincedence in that comment you just made.

      Would you care to speculate on how well Bill will do at being funny on TDS? I'd be willing to bet it won't be half as good as Jon did at presenting facts in an objective way on The Factor.

    • 1 year ago
  • bklynkid
  • BrushwithDeathToothpaste
  • chivideoguy
  • ezrierin
    • +1
      ezrierin  
    • What blows my mind is the Fox viewers. Like brainwashed fools prostrating themselves before a ersatz Jim Jones Guru, they are victims of their own fear and ego. Fear, for not understanding a complex world, and egotists because education in reality makes them feel stupid. Hopeless clods.

    • 1 year ago
  • Argon18
  • AJILIVIZION
  • Argon18
    • +3
      Argon18  
    • AJILIVIZION:

      Did you notice the difference between the most recent interview and the one in Febuary?

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE

      The questions were a lot different, so was the tone and manner that Bill used. It looked like a desperate attempt by O'Reilly to avoid what happened to Tucker Carlson on Crossfire.

      By pandering to the style that other more popular people on Fox do to please his bosses and save his career.

    • 1 year ago
  • nkeg87
    • +1
      nkeg87  
    • Argon18:

      This interview is one of the main reasons I love Jon Stewart. He's funny and brutally honest. I just don't think people took it seriously enough.

    • 1 year ago
  • CarlosIsDown
  • bailey78
    • +2
      bailey78  
    • This just goes to show that they are scared of Jon Stewart and what He has to say. Those at fox are scared of the truth so they cut out what they believe is going to point Folks in that dirrection. I would believe what Jon says even if said in satire long before I would believe what Fox News has to say. The truth is easy to hide from the genral public when it is left on the editing room floor. Only those that are scared whould do such an act.

    • 1 year ago
  • Argon18
  • Pollo_Loco_
  • Argon18
  • BritneySpears
  • Argon18
  • Stoneyroad
    • +8
      Stoneyroad  
    • I'm surprised O'Reilly didn't have that footage destroyed.
      And i'm wondering if he fired the cameraman who kept laughing every time Stewart laid the smack down.

    • 1 year ago
  • Argon18
    • +2
      Argon18  
    • Stoneyroad:

      I don't think he could since Jon would just make fun of him more for not putting the unedited interview on the web because TDS always does that with theirs. They had a link to it on TDS web page also, so Bill was pretty much over a barrel about it.

      Jon would've mocked him worse over not making the unedited version available than he did about being an elite that went to Harvard.

      He probably did fire the cameraman, hopefully it'll be another scandal for wrongful termination to show the practices they have there

    • 1 year ago
  • Swisher
    • +5
      Swisher  
    • I've never watched O'Reilly's show, but have seen clips. Isn't it usually shot in an unedited interview format? Why does he "Pre-interview" Jon Stewart for later insertion into the show? One can only assume he feels he isn't capable of holding his own with JS and needs the upper hand of the edit.

    • 1 year ago
  • Argon18
    • +8
      Argon18  
    • It certainly looked liked Bill was jealous of all the attention Jon has been getting from his book and from the rally. The interview was a lot more about Bill's wounded ego than Jon's book.

      Calling the book "nonsense and gibberish" then repeatedly complaining about how heavy it was is very rude. I'm betting Bill was scared it was going to sell a lot more than his books put together.

      There was quite a difference between that interview and the last one where Bill didn't even try to be reasonable. Starting off by making wild assumptions like "Do you have 'Obama remorse' now?" and similar kinds of generalizations just as bad as the "Have you quit beating your wife?" line of accusations.

      I guess the reaction to the last interview didn't go like Bill wanted to and proved that Jon got the better of him when Jon made the point of how Fox was "a cyclonic 24 hour media arm that pushed their narrative onto their audience"

      Either Bill sensed another "Crossfire" moment from that or as Jon pointed out that Bill was only Fox 1.0 and Beck is 2.0 so they are demoting Bill to sidekick status in the upgrade.

      To Bill only "the folks" count for anything and the rest are all "stoned slackers" because he only cares about his ratings and his audience that brings him attention.

      That kind of selfishness is pretty childish

      But Bill resents how much better treated Glenn Beck and Meghan Kelly are than he is. When Jon brings up how big and beatiful Kelly’s brand new studio is “It’s like Time Square and a kinda Zigfeld production” and how it looks like Bill is “stuck underneath the Tower of London”

      Bill replies “That’s kinda the way they treat me here, but that’s alright” that shows how he resents it. Then Jon points out why Bill is resentful “You’re still the big dog and the big dog shouldn’t have to be in the smaller kennel”

      That was the whole reason for all the insults, not listening to Jon and making stuff up to push the narrative that “Obama has lost touch with ‘the folks’ that Bill was pushing throughout the interview. Bill has been “spanked” just like Karl Rove and he was trying to “get out of the doghouse” by acting more crazy and confrontational with emotion laden rhetoric since it works for Beck and Kelly and they have been rewarded for it.

      Where Jon "hurt him where it really counts damaging his ego" was when he reminded Bill what he had "unleashed" by sacrificing his integrity for his career and how much farther everyone else had taken it to a ludicrous extreme and surpassed Bill's career.

    • 1 year ago
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