Heros and Zeros

"Most villains are cowards, they do their bad deeds feeling that they are immune to retaliation. Nowhere is this more evident then in the corrupt American media." - Page 149

Nowhere does O'Reilly carry a single speck of respect for "zeros", or "villains". He believes that if anyone has the nerve to make a bold statement and doesn't stand proudly beside their beliefs, that they should be stripped of any rights to publicly distribute their opinions. In a way I totally agree with this "bold" statement, even though freedom of speech is ever present. If someone is so cowardly that they have to hide behind a pen name or become anonymous, don't you think their opinion isn't very accurate. I mean, if you believe in your statement you should be behind your opinions 100%. For someone to hide their name makes me feel they don't believe their own words enough to be accountable for them.

With this quote O'Reilly is partially glorifying himself as a hero by sticking with his statements without being anonymous. In this sense of villainy and heroism I would indeed call him a hero, a hero against false truth. He frequently talks about his ability to detect and depict liers on his television show "The O'Reilly Factor". Personally from seeing his show I enjoy seeing him call out the liers and peace disturbers that think they can spew their lies without consequence.