Fox News host Bill O’Reilly has never been one to shy away from being controversial, but during the Super Bowl, he called out Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “killer,” and now the Kremlin wants action taken.
O’Reilly interviewed President Donald Trump before the big game, and in an attempt to seem tough against Trump, he tried to get the president in a “gotcha” moment by attacking the Russian leader. Deciding to use the word “killer” to describe Putin was a “wow” moment, and when the Kremlin saw what happened, they were not happy.
From Yahoo News:
The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were “unacceptable” comments one of the channel’s presenters made about Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly described Putin as “a killer” in the interview with Trump as he tried to press the U.S. president to explain more fully why he respected his Russian counterpart. O’Reilly did not say who he thought Putin had killed.
“We consider such words from the Fox TV company to be unacceptable and insulting, and honestly speaking, we would prefer to get an apology from such a respected TV company,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call.
Fox News and O’Reilly did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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The Fox News host didn’t understand why Trump wasn’t taking the bait and attacking Putin. The defense and political establishment have worked overtime to cause tension between the U.S. and Russia in the press, but Trump isn’t falling for it. As President Trump points out, it’s better to be friendly with Russia than start a new Cold War.
Knowing O’Reilly, he won’t apologize and Fox News will probably put out a statement on how they support their TV host, and this will blow over sooner rather than later. But one thing is for sure: the media isn’t going to stop trying to fan the flames.
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