Mr.O’Reilly, in light of your recent segment on the “O’Reilly Factor”, about the Russian speaking community I’m issuing the following statement:
Bill, I’ve been watching your Factor for many years and I’ve never seen you making such a low blow like you did on the Factor. Bill what happen to you? You were always the champion of honest journalism. You were always critical of other networks and anchors that reported blatant lies, and on several occasions you claimed that it will never happen on Factor. Do the ratings mean all to you? You aren’t satisfied with more that 3 million viewers? Do you want to attract more attention to your program with the “yellow journalism”? Do you think that piece of junk that you put on your program will make you happy in your life, and you are going to enjoy sharing it on your next trip down to Colorado River with your buddies? You claimed on the Factor that “Journalism is dead” because other people were reporting fabricated lies, but look at you!
You sent your assault team in the heart of the Russian speaking community to ambush and make fun of unsuspecting people by shoving a microphone into their faces and then laughing about it on your program. You picked not just random people on the streets of New York; you explicitly stated that you are going to show Russian People. “We Report You Decide”. You Bill took your company motto to a new level. You had painted with a wide brash of all Russian speaking immigrants and by extension our children in such a way that without a doubt the majority of your audience had the same smirk, as you had on your program.
Bill, we came to this country about 30 years ago. 30 years Bill, 30 years. We didn’t come here on the “Mayflower” in 1620 or in 1700s as some immigrants did. Nevertheless, we achieved astonishing success in science, arts, business and other fields. For example, due to upbringing and his talent, an immigrant boy from a Russian speaking family cofounded a company that is responsible for 40% of Internet traffic around the world. Billions of people every day are using his creation. You said on your program that you are employing 60 employees, good for you, that Russian speaking businessman, created a company that today employs more than 46 thousand employees, and his personal wealth is worth close to 32 billion dollars. Our musicians have been performing on the best stages in the United States and around the world including next to a place from which you attacked us. Russian speaking painters sell their work in many major galleries in the United States and if you ever went to the Artexpo at Javits or other places you saw a lot of Russian speaking artists from around the United States. Our computer programmers work in almost every major company here. There is a good chance that some of them and other Russian speaking employees work in your building and you meet them on regular basis including the girl with whom you had a good time on the Factor.
Thousands of Russian speaking medical doctors, dentists, nurses and other medical personnel in the United States were providing medical care and saving lives while your crew was having a good time making fun of our community. There is a good chance, that some of our doctors are treating you or members of your family today, so don’t be shy and share that “funny” segment about our community while they taking care of you.
Members of the Russian speaking community are proudly serving in every branch of United States military and Law Enforcement protecting our country and dying for our country. Recently two of our boys’ serving as Auxiliary NYPD Police Officer and a NYPD police officer had died in Manhattan and Brooklyn in line of duty.
Bill, we are not going to demand justice in front of your studio or organize a boycott of your program, we don’t have time for it, we are busy working as hard as we can to give our children a chance to succeed here. In fact, majority of Russian speaking immigrants and our children are sharing your point of view AND that was the most painful aspect of your betrayal. For our support, you turn around and put a knife in the back of the same people that trusted you and have been sharing our family time with you since 1996.
Bill, not a single person deserves to be made fun of, especially when you have the power to reach more that 3 million viewers on daily basis. Shame on you Bill and I hope, I hope you understood the mistake you made and in the future your segments about the Russian speaking community will be on par with standards that you advocate on your program.
Bill, knowing you for so many years I believe that you are an honest and truthful guy. I believe that right now you understand that you made a mistake on that segment. Therefore, I’m inviting you next Sunday March 30 at 4 PM to appear at our rally in our neighborhood on Brighton Beach boardwalk to apologize for your mistake.
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