Lighten Up! Jon Stewart Analyzes Bill O'Reilly's Right to Privacy

February 10, 2009

Last night Jon Stewart pondered how Bill O'Reilly — a staunch supporter of the constitutional right to privacy — could be outraged over paparazzi stalking celebrities, but have no trouble intimidating his political foes with cameraman ambushes.

Jon mashed up some Factor footage, but also let unedited clips do the work for him. In case you're wondering, an American's right to privacy is less than Bill O'Reilly's need to know.

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ylovely 4 years 14 weeks

It's all because Bill was hounded during his own sex scandal. Dirty liar.

angelina_k 4 years 14 weeks

I WILL because i have the riggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhttttttttttttt ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

momma tikita 4 years 14 weeks

wowza.Tell us how you REALLY feel Angelina!:rotfl:

momma tikita 4 years 14 weeks

wowza. Tell us how you REALLY feel Angelina! :rotfl:

angelina_k 4 years 14 weeks

bill o right im a perv is a embarrassment to the US media, this hate monger need to be put on a leash, no one will ever take him seriously because he was caught out, tell him to get a real job like breathing down on phones to satisfy his dirty addiction!!

em1282 4 years 14 weeks

:rotfl: momma! I did love this segment. Hilarious. Bill O also does speak about the right to privacy, sooo...yeah, kinda the point of the video, I think.

em1282 4 years 14 weeks

:rotfl: momma! I did love this segment. Hilarious. Bill O also does speak about the right to privacy, sooo...yeah, kinda the point of the video, I think.

hausfrau 4 years 14 weeks

interesting point hypno! there is a subtle difference i suppose.

momma tikita 4 years 14 weeks

I would have never thought I'd see a comment about abortion in this post. :oy:

MSucre 4 years 14 weeks

Is the Bill O'Reilly "check" that flashes between his video segments the same as the citizen "check" icon? Weird coincidence...

hypnoticmix 4 years 14 weeks

Hey I didn't say it was not an invasion of privacy I just made it a point that the difference between the two is really night & day and to compare the two situations for humor sake is fine but come on every investigative reporter in history has confronted individuals or groups to gain information. If you've noticed which I'm sure every one has on 60min, Dateline, 20/20, Primetime etc. etc. they all do the same thing. That's what journalists do confront and ask hard questions and pressing it up to a threshold is IMO acceptable. I will admit however a very few have gone over board. What they do is in no way shape or form comparable to stalking someone 24/7.

hypnoticmix 4 years 14 weeks

stephley 4 years 14 weeks

Lizlee, you might want to go argue with Bill O. He clearly says that the right to privacy is enshrined in the Constitution - and he is not a liberal.

UnDave35 4 years 14 weeks

Hypno - I agree with you, but then again, I'm not a fan of Stewart

lizlee89 4 years 14 weeks

I love how people say "right to privacy" as if it is in The Constitution" - can anybody show me? because last time I checked it's all the liberals that whine about their right to privacy when it's NOT EVEN IN THE CONSTITUTION! but of course, the right to life is, and yet they have no problem killing innocent babies...

ellabeepr 4 years 14 weeks

Bill O could not have gone to school for journalism.

Jessiebanana 4 years 14 weeks

Hypno I do believe there is a huge difference between stalking and confrontation, but O'Reilly's platform was privacy and invading privacy doesn't have a time frame or duration attached. When he confronted the one man when he was out shopping with his family and put his entire family on tv, I think that constitutes an invasion of privacy.So he loses IMO :p.

Jessiebanana 4 years 14 weeks

SarahPW 4 years 14 weeks

bill o'reilly is an indefensible ass. jon stewart on the other hand, is hilarious.

momma tikita 4 years 14 weeks

:rotfl:I love Jon Stewart!

momma tikita 4 years 14 weeks

:rotfl: I love Jon Stewart!

organicsugr 4 years 14 weeks

What constitutional right to privacy? There is no such thing.

hypnoticmix 4 years 14 weeks

The video is hilarious but the simple and legitimate difference is stalking vs. confrontation. When you stalk someone day and night 24/7 it's wrong. When you confront someone once maybe even twice in spirit of public interest to clear up an issue that is apparently important enough to do so then that transgression in my opinion is tolerable and holds no comparison to what paparazzi do to celebrities. So sorry John, Bill wins this one IMO.

genesisrocks 4 years 14 weeks

Haha Jon Stewart is so funny. Political views aside, I hate how Bill O'Reilly says one thing and does another. He's just a loud mouth hypocrite.

hausfrau 4 years 14 weeks

I hate that the Factor does this. OReilly's got some good points and this just makes him look like an ass, I wish he'd knock it off and leave the ambushing to TMZ.

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