Politico’s Dylan Byers attempts to clear the air regarding the charges made against Bill “Golden Boy” O’Reilly:
Had O'Reilly falsely claimed to have been on the Falkland Islands when he wasn’t, the Fox News host might be in serious trouble. But he never really said that. He has said that he was “in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands,” which can reasonably be defended as short-hand for “in the Falklands War” – especially because O'Reilly has oft described his experiences there as taking place in Buenos Aires. “I was not on the Falkland Islands and I never said I was,” O'Reilly told the On Media blog last week. That hasn’t really been disputed since.
Excuse me, but how does saying that you were “in a war zone in Argentina, in the Falklands,” not mean that you were on the Falklands? It seems to me that it’s indisputable that O’Reilly did say he was on the Falklands. Perhaps it’s just a case, as it oft has been in the past, of Dylan sucking up to the rich and powerful.
