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Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera Debate Terrorist Trials In NYCOriginal at NewsBusters.org
• Sat, Nov 14
By Noel Sheppard BILL O'REILLY, HOST: You're crazy on that. RIVERA: You know... RIVERA: I disagree. O'REILLY: Yes. O'REILLY: No. RIVERA: We... RIVERA: Yes. O'REILLY: That's crazy! O'REILLY: Harm reduction. RIVERA: Thank you. O'REILLY: He like me, Geraldo. I swear. RIVERA: I really do.
Gaffe Video: FNC's Rivera Confuses Most-wanted Terrorist with Commander-in-Chief
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Oct 29
By Ken Shepherd No bias, just a Joe Biden moment. FNC's Geraldo Rivera inadvertently called Barack Obama "President Osama bin Laden" on the October 30 "Fox & Friends" program. The video's embedded below the page break. Enjoy (h/t NB commenter Blonde):
Geraldo Blames Lou Dobbs for Anti-Hispanic Sentiment in U.S.Original at NewsBusters.org
• Sat, Oct 24
By Noel Sheppard Geraldo Rivera on Thursday lambasted Lou Dobbs for the outspoken CNN host's views concerning illegal immigration. Wait a minute. Beyond precedent? Does Rivera have no recollection of slavery in America or the Holocaust in Germany? But I digress:
Podcast: Geraldo Calls CNN's Sanchez a Jerk, Hangs Up on Malzberg for Calling Sotomayor Racist
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Tue, Sep 15
By Noel Sheppard WOR radio's Steve Malzberg likely had no idea the hornets nest he was walking into Monday when he decided to discuss race relations with Fox News's Geraldo Rivera. Republicans will NEVER win the White House again? Ever? Wow! Why, Geraldo?
Wait, Did Geraldo Just Ask the Fox News Audience to Kill a Child Molester?
Original at gawker.com
• Tue, Jun 30
By John Cook Last night on Fox News, Geraldo Rivera took a hit out on David Earls, a convicted child-rapist whose atrociously low sentence Bill O'Reilly has been demagoguing. O'Reilly: If Earls ever walks out of jail and gets killed, who are they going to blame?
The Angriest News Team on Television
Original at gawker.com
• Wed, Jun 10
By John Cook Don Broderick, an angry white male who works for Fox News, drove into a Central Park bicyclist with "psychotic intent" last week and dragged him four blocks. What is it with Fox News's angry white (plus Geraldo) guys? Geraldo Rivera
In Iraq, Colbert Does His Shtick for the Troops
Original at New York Times
• Sun, Jun 7
United States “Think of certain reporters who lose themselves in their own self-importance and accidentally give away troop movements and get kicked out of the country,” he said in a not particularly oblique reference to Geraldo Rivera. ...
O'Reilly, Rivera take Bartheld, Miller to task on national TV
Original at Mcalester News Capital
• Sat, Jun 6
OK By Kandra Wells Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera again condemned local District 18 Judge Thomas Bartheld on a national television program Friday night for his sentence of a child rapist. During the O'Reilly Factor segment aired on Fox News, ...
Bruno takes a seat on Eminem
Original at Sovo.com
• Fri, Jun 5
GA When he does finally “come out,” it will be the most anti-climactic media event since Geraldo Rivera opened Al Capone's vault. Dish just wants to get it over with already. Speaking of fake MTV awards shows, be sure to catch the NewNowNext Awards on ...
2009 Hall of Famer: Ysabel Duron
Original at Television Week
• Sat, May 30
MI “It was a Ford Foundation program to get minorities into the media,” said Ms. Duron, adding that Geraldo Rivera was one of her classmates. Ms. Duron was working at KTVU-TV in Oakland, Calif., where she won her first Emmy Award in 1974 for her reporting ...
New World Order TESTING TESTING
Original at New York Press
• Tue, May 26
NY One moment he rejects the idea of being pinned down as the spokesperson and hence the originator of the "Truths" he propounds, but in another, he eagerly takes his place at the head of a mob and curses Geraldo Rivera for being a silent accomplice. ...
My Name Is Earl: Season 4 Review
Original at IGN TV
• Wed, May 20
CA The second memorable cameo was by none other than Geraldo Rivera, who poked fun at himself by playing the investigative journalist/host of a true crime television series, "Inside Probe." Occasionally MNIE will depart from "list item-of-the-week" ...
The 'Conservative' Geraldo Rivera? Only in the NY Times
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, May 7
By Clay Waters A New York Times story on Friday by young Atlanta-based reporter Robbie Brown, "Mississippi Mayor Facing Trial Dies After Election Loss," dealt with the death of Frank Melton, the controversial mayor of Jackson, Miss., and included a bizarre characterization of Fox News host Geraldo R...
Drew Peterson timeline
Original at Chicago Sun-Times
• Thu, May 7
United States He talks with cable TV commentator Greta Van Susteren, and then Geraldo Rivera. He also flies out to New York to chat with NBC's “Today” show host Matt Lauer — and denies he has anything to do with Stacy Peterson's disappearance. ...
Geraldo Gets 'Goosebumps' & Bumped Head from Sotomayor
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Tue, May 5
By Brad Wilmouth Shister also recounted Rivera's belief that Sotomayor's ascension would undermine politicians who blame "the man" for problems in New York City's Puerto Rican population. Shister: "The nomination of Sotomayor will help dispel, in Rivera's view, 'the whole poverty-pimp mentality t...
Tribeca Movie Review—Cropsey
Original at Firefox News
• Fri, Apr 24
AZ Another example is the Willowbrook State School, the notorious institution for the developmentally challenged whose depraved conditions a young Geraldo Rivera became famous for exposing. But who later returned to the forested grounds of Willowbrook ...
'Closing Time,' by Joe Queenan
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Fri, Apr 17
USA A few years ago, overwhelmed by a momentarily lapse of Irish guilt, he set up a Web site to apologize to everyone whom he had mercilessly parodied, except for Geraldo Rivera, whom he deemed beyond forgiveness, but soon abandoned the project. ...
NORM: 'Jilly!' chronicles Sinatra's top pal - Las Vegas Review
Original at Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Fri, Apr 10
Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV There's even a secret vault, a la Al Capone's, minus Geraldo Rivera poking around. If Chef Jason Catheline looks familiar, it's because he went jaw-to-jaw and expletive-for-expletive with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay on "Hell's Kitchen 4. ...
Seven Snapshots of a Changing Era
Original at New York Times
• Fri, Mar 27
United States This was a decade before Geraldo Rivera’s exposés led to the closing of institutions for the retarded and 25 years before the mainstreaming of the disabled into communities. For 11 months, Mrs. Kennedy visited John, and when she could no longer bear it ...
Are there ghosts behind it?
Original at Chicago Tribune
• Fri, Mar 27
United States The intrigue recalls the Geraldo Rivera fiasco from 1986, when the flashy TV journalist thought there was something of value in the vault at Capone's old South Loop hotel and opened it live on television. There was nothing but dirt and a few broken ...
Obama Is ‘First Hispanic President,’ Geraldo Rivera Says
Original at CNSNews.com
• Fri, Mar 20
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer Journalist and TV personality Geraldo Rivera spoke at the 13th annual US-Mexico Congressional Border Issues Conference on Thursday at the Capitol. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr) (CNSNews.com) – Journalist and TV ...
A NATION AT WAR: COVERAGE; Pentagon Says Geraldo Rivera Will Be Removed From Iraq
Original at NYT > Geraldo Rivera
• Thu, Mar 19
By By DAVID CARR Fox Network is expected to recall television reporter Geraldo Rivera from Iraq after intense pressure from military because of Rivera's highly-publicized security breach; during interview with news anchor John Gibson, Rivera drew map in sand, revealing sensitive location and rep...
Geraldo Rivera: Violence In Juarez Attracts National Attention
Original at KFOXtv.com
• Sun, Mar 8
TX Geraldo Rivera held his show, “Geraldo At Large,” live from the Bridge of the Americas Saturday night. El Paso Sheriff’s Chief Richard Wiles, Police Chief Greg Allen, US Rep. Silvestre Reyes, and Mayor John Cook all joined Rivera live on his show, ...
Winter Rules
Original at New York Times
• Fri, Mar 6
United States Geraldo Rivera interviews the Scarecrow. “Baum did not like New York City,” Michael Patrick Hearn, author of “The Annotated Wizard of Oz,” said in an e-mail message. “He thought New Yorkers were loud, rude, conceited. Wonder where he got that idea? ...
Geraldo Rivera — LIVE Updates on the Caylee Anthony Case
Original at foxnews.com
• Tue, Dec 16
By FOX News Crews Share This By Geraldo Rivera, Host of ‘Geraldo at Large’ UPDATE- 4:15p et, December 15, 2008 – Aside from the obviously heart-breaking discovery of the child’s broken remains, there is something else sad about the scene near the Anthony’s home, which continues as I write this. Eve...
Spitzer: "Dumbas* John" or Criminal?
Original at jakeho (WordPress)
• Fri, Nov 7
By jakeho Roger Ailes’ go-to-guy Geraldo Rivera and CNN’s legal eagle Sunny Hostin had decidedly different takes on the feds’ decision not to prosecute former NY gov Elliot Spitzer on charges relating to his assignations with high-priced call girl Ashley Dupree. Neither seemed to get the full su...
Todd Bentley
Original at American Chronicle
• Tue, Jun 17
CA - When interviewed by Geraldo Rivera on Fox News, he agreed to get medical verifications of healings into Geraldo´s hands as well as his personal IRS records ...
Geraldo Has Sympathy Pains for Hillary on Bosnia Gaffe
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Tue, Apr 8
By Geoffrey Dickens Last week Fox News host Geraldo Rivera expressed he would be "proud" to vote for Barack Obama but on Saturday's "Geraldo At Large," he showed he still has some affinity for Hillary Clinton as well. When former Maryland Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele claimed Clinton's Bosnia gaffe...
Podcast: Richard Belzer Hopes Obama Redefines 'Warmongering, Intolerant,' America
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Mar 7
By Geoffrey Dickens Over the weekend, on Fox News' "Geraldo At Large," actor/comedian Richard Belzer declared his hope for Barack Obama to redefine America from the "warmongering," "far right," "intolerant," atmosphere-"raping", poor-"demonizing" nation that it's become under the Bush administra...
Geraldo Rivera: Rush Limbaugh 'Dean' of 'Nativist Reaction'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Mon, Mar 3
By Justin McCarthy Geraldo also said he refuses to even shake CNN correspondent Lou Dobbs’ hand. The relevant transcript is below. RIVERA: Well, I think that Rush Limbaugh is the dean of the academy. Lou Dobbs on CNN has been shameful in his hate mongering.
Geraldo: CNN "Chickened Out" Of Having Me As A Guest
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Feb 11
By The Huffington Post News Editors Geraldo Rivera - who has a new book coming out, "His Panic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the US" - was booked to appear on Nancy Grace's CNN show on Feb. 28. But then he was disinvited and told CNN had "a blanket boycott" against ...
Illegal immigrant sentenced in death of teens - Daily Press
Original at Daily Press
• Mon, Nov 19
Illegal immigrant sentenced in death of teens VA - Nov 19, 2007 Fellow Fox News host Geraldo Rivera accused O'Reilly of improperly turning a drunken-driving case into an illegal immigration issue.
Podcast: Worst ‘Notable Quotables’ of the Past 20 Years: A Potpourri of Idiocy
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Oct 26
By Rich Noyes For sheer wackiness, it’s hard to top then-CNBC anchor Geraldo Rivera, who sang his disdain for independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr during the height of the Lewinsky scandal, July 21, 1998, on his Rivera Live program, to the tune of “Twinkle, twinkle, little star.”
Michelle Malkin Quits O'Reilly After Nasty Three-Way
Original at New York Magazine
• Mon, Oct 15
For those weren't paying attention (we weren't, until now), what happened was this: Crazy attention whore Geraldo Rivera told the Boston Globe that crazy attention whore Malkin was "the most vile, hateful commentator I've ever met … ...
Malkin Quits "O'Reilly Factor"
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Oct 14
• 2 related articles
By The Huffington Post News Editors I made the decision to quit appearing on the O'Reilly show in response to the poor handling of the Geraldo Rivera matter (the staged "apology" on The Factor was a complete farce). I won't go into details, but please know that your ...
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Star Crossed
Original at Hartford Courant
• Tue, Aug 21
By Hartford Courant At any rate, joining her on the panel were Rene Styler, bouncing back from breast cancer and the CBS Morning Show with a new book; and Geraldo Rivera, on loan from Fox News; on a separate screen, sometimes shouting to be part of the ...
Geraldo: Immigration Enforcement Like 'Pulling Down Pants of Jews,' Sop to 'Extreme Right'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Sun, Jun 17
By Brad Wilmouth MALKIN: Go ahead. O'REILLY: Okay. O'REILLY: Fine. O'REILLY: Okay. RIVERA: John Lennon was a criminal illegal alien. MALKIN: He mentioned Jews. O'REILLY: Michelle, hold it. Geraldo, go ahead. MALKIN: Pablo! RIVERA: Oh, please. O'REILLY: Wait, hold it, Geraldo. O'REILLY: Stop!
Geraldo Berates Democrats Who Boycott Fox News, But 'Kiss CNN's A--'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Jun 15
By Justin McCarthy Fox News anchor Geraldo Rivera appeared on the June 15 edition of "Fox and Friends" to blast the organized left wing campaign against Fox News. After discussing Angelina Jolie’s banning of Fox News from her premier of "A Mighty Heart," Geraldo moved on to blast the far left blogs, and some D...
Geraldo Compares Edwards’ Refusal To Participate in FOX News Debate To Chavez’ “Shutting Down” Venezuelan Television StationOriginal at News Hounds
• Thu, Jun 7
By Ellen Rivera ignored that possibility in order to push his new assault on Edwards. “John Edwards is the senator who wouldn’t appear on FOX News.” (Wrong! Edwards has appeared on FOX News. He has refused to participate in a FOX-hosted presidential debate.)
Geraldo Spotlights Illegals, Stuck in the 'Shadows'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Sat, May 26
By Geoffrey Dickens On the May 19th edition of Fox News Channel's Geraldo at Large, host Geraldo Rivera went on another pro-illegal immigrant rant. Commenting on the debate over the new immigration bill Rivera declared: "The deal beefs up border security, at the same time it allows millions here, illegally...
Opinion: Declassified "revelation" that bin Laden wants to attack Americans used to renew tired talking points on Big StoryOriginal at News Hounds
• Thu, May 24
By Chrish Big Story substitute host Geraldo Rivera, while infinitely more articulate and skilled than John Gibson, still plays along with the pro-Bush administration agenda. His one-sided interview last night 5/23/07 with Danielle Pletka, VP of Foreign Policy Studies at the conservative Ame...
Geraldo's Immigration Sob Story
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Mon, May 14
By Matthew Sheffield GENEE [ph]: Jean [American] RIVERA: Jean [American]. Do you know that I knew your father? RIVERA: In the 1980s I interviewed your father. RIVERA: 21 years-- RIVERA: Oh, you did 11 years on a drug rap? RIVERA: So you now facing a deportation order--
Podcast: What to Look for in Your Wedding Cake & Designer with Ron Ben Israel
Original at thewpa.libsyn.com
• Tue, Apr 24
Respected amongst his peers and highly regarded through out the wedding world, Ron Ben-Israel is one of the world's top wedding cake designers of today. Rons artistic eye, creative talent, and love for what he does best are responsible for some of the most marvelous and breath taking cake...
Steve Young: EXPLOITING VA TECH TRAGEDY: THE O'REILLY M.O. AT WORK
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Apr 18
By Steve Young How late did Bill O'Reilly stay up to prepare with something that would spin another tragedy into a self-gratification issue? My guess is that it didn't take long. To the guy who's looking out for you, tragedies are only talking point opportunities in blood-soaked
Podcast: The Sopranos: Second of Nine
Original at mevio.com
• Mon, Apr 16
Daniel Baldwin and Geraldo Rivera put in cameos as themselves, and Sydney Pollack plays murderous doctor behind in bars, in this fabulous episode that brings Christopher's movie project to fruition in a way that causes some deep and dangerous misgivings in Tony...
Rivera’s Rambling Rant Against Republicans
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Fri, Oct 27
By Geoffrey Dickens On last night's syndicated Fox show, Geraldo At Large, Geraldo Rivera went on a rambling rant on issues meant to motivate Democrats to the polls and then urged his viewers: "Don't forget to vote." Rivera railed against the President's signing of the "dumb" and "dishonest," immigration...
Geraldo Rivera Fuels Gas Price 'Pimping' Conspiracy
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Thu, Oct 26
By Geoffrey Dickens Fox News' Geraldo Rivera did his part to feed the gas price election conspiracy theory on last night's Geraldo At Large. Rivera pondered about the lower prices, "Is it gas pump pimping?" and "Doesn't it make you even a little suspicious that the cost to fill ‘er up dropped almost a dollar a ga...
Geraldo Compares George Allen to Mark Fuhrman
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Sep 27
By Geoffrey Dickens On Monday night's syndicated Geraldo At Large, Geraldo Rivera compared George Allen to Mark Fuhrman. Rivera, in his final commentary, aired the allegations of racism by Allen critics but never quoted Allen supporters. Teasing the segment Rivera made the Fuhrman comparison:
Geraldo Advocates for Illegal Immigrant
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Aug 30
By Geoffrey Dickens Rivera to Arellano: "Was the worst thing that you would have to leave your son?" Rivera: "What's your dream, your inspiration then?" Saul: "Yes." Rivera: "Where would you stay? Who would you stay with?" Rivera: "Pat I have to call it quits on that note. We're out of time."
Geraldo's Ode to Castro the 'Charismatic Commie'
Original at NewsBusters.org
• Wed, Aug 2
By Geoffrey Dickens Fidel Castro is a brutal dictator but you wouldn't know it from listening to many of the current reports about his health. Time and time again members of the U.S. media fall over themselves in describing Castro in poetic terms. On last night's Geraldo At Large, Fox News' Geraldo Rivera went o...