#Ambushed salon series#

#Ambushed salon series#

Watters and his flunkie proceeded to ask her a series of hostile questions. apartment for a few hours and then followed her to rural Virgina for two hours when she went on vacation. Watters and his cameraman staked out her D.C. In her first-person account of her own experience with Dirty Watters, Amanda Terkel, then the managing editor of Think Progress, detailed actions that would be borderline illegal in most states. Her piece describes a series of episodes of stalking and harassment. Amanda Terkel, managing editor of Think Progress. Bush to be impeached a position O’Reilly and his other lackey, Bernie Goldberg, thought wasn’t “journalistic.'Ģ. Moyers' alleged transgression was calling for George W. In 2009, Bill Moyers temporarily retired from weekly television, telling his audience that at 75 years old, he felt his 'time was up.' Now, Moyers would shortly return to PBS, but at the time Bill O’Reilly was convinced it was Jesse Watters' 2007 ambush interview that did him in. Here are seven of Watters' worst moments.

Watters' “journalistic” traits consist of ambush interviews, airing white man grievances, baiting vagrants, and laughing at Bill O’Reilly’s half-assed jokes. Of all the terrible personalities at Fox News, Jesse Watters may be the worst. O’Reilly is too lazy, old, or well-known to carry out his own tabloid shenanigans, so he has a sycophantic frat boy sidekick, Jesse Watters, carry his putrid water on a weekly basis. His shtick is effectively that of O’Reilly’s henchman. He has been a producer of Fox News’ 'O’Reilly Factor' and the host of his own segment, “Watters World,” for over 10 years. You may not know the name Jesse Watters, but you probably know his smug face.

This article originally appeared on AlterNet.