Former CBS staffer Eric Engberg goes on CNN to rip Bill O'Reilly Falklands claims

[Stuart G]

Source: Baltimore sun

February 22, 2015, 3:34 PM

Former CBS News correspondent Eric Engberg followed his blistering Facebook post on Saturday about Bill O'Reilly with an appearance Sunday on CNN's "Reliable Sources.".

O'Reilly came under fire Thursday in a story in "Mother Jones" that claimed he exaggerated his wartime reporting in the Falklands much like suspended NBC anchorman Brian Williams had with his work in Iraq.

On Sunday, O'Reilly and Engberg squared off on dueling 11 a.m. media shows. Here is a story of O'Reilly blasting Engberg on Fox News' "Media Buzz."

And here's the transcript below of Engberg challenging O'Reilly on CNN. (link for entire transcript)


Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-former-cbs-staffer-eric-engberg-cnn-bill-oreilly-falklands-claims-20150222-story.html#page=1

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key passage about everyone staying in the hotel as Reilly said
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"What he just said was a fabrication, a lie. There were five CBS correspondents, including him, assigned to the bureau. They were under the direction of Larry Doyle, one of our very first field producers. You marines out there will understand what I was saying. He was a lurp in the marines in Vietnam before he went to CBS. He's a very skilled operator in combat and dangerous situations.

He sent all five of the correspondents and all 10 or 12 of the camera crew members out into the street. Nobody stayed in their hotel room because they were afraid."
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This was broadcast this morning 11AM Eastern, and Enberg takes Reilly apart.
here is a link to the video at media matters to view the interview:

http://mediamatters.org/video/2015/02/22/former-cbs-news-colleague-contradicts-oreillys/202613


(also, thanks to... busterbrown...for this story,.. seen first in the Politics 2015 forum)