Media Matters: O'Reilly on Dumbledore

[TGIAustin911]

I love what the woman is saying - I mean Jo Rowling is so nonchalant and matter-of-fact about the whole thing! Good girl!

[iPhTx3]

Bill O'Reilly is an idiot...

[laestupidiux]

Is it me, or does the wonan look a little annoyed in the end?

[laestupidiux]

The fact that this guy has never read the books makes him look really stupid

[smokingm0nkeys]

"There are millions of Americans who feel that the media and the educational system are trying to indoctrinate their children to a certain way of life..." media like you, O'Reilly?

[tph2010]

"Is it just publicity?" Yeah, Harry Potter needs publicity...

[tph2010]

Its obvious why OReilly's radio show BOMBED!

[gorgegal16]

OH Shut Up Bill Gay Indoctrination? And DO NOT INSULT J.K.ROWLING SHE IS SO MUCH BETTER THEN YOU.

[starnjuy]

last word...AVADA KEDAVRA!

[JeanelleeJua]

Excellent, My wife and I just can't believe Harry Potter 7 has been leaked out on-line! Look at it now on watchharrypotter.us

[04r13403]

Fuck, imagine if Dumbledore was a muslim. Or an atheist! And gay to boot! The shit would hit the fan like I ain't never seen

[ChildofNemesis14]

She should have punched him...

[Hudsucker94]

O'Reilly is/can be a prick, but, he has his points too.

[Hudsucker94]

I really don't know who's worse, the left or the right, they're both full of shit, both bitch at and jump at each other for the same petty little things, sometimes not so petty, and neither wants to admit that the pendulum swings both ways.

[Ftmark1]

a condo in key west?

kill me

[bigballer215]

Keith Olberman put it best "when you do it, it's something being foisted upon America by provocateur indoctrinators like J.K. Rowling. When Bill O'Reilly does it, it's the time of his life."

[fanofthemusic1090]

Harry Potter and the gay agenda?... Holy shit, how could I have been so blind! JK Rowling is a communist atheist lesbian terrorist Martian!

[jmrut1992]

it actually explains a lot, he's never been married, and he spent all the time with Grindelwald, had a special relationship with him, she did make him gay, and somebody asked for clarification, and she answered, i dont see the problem

[ccinnz]

What the f^&k does it matter Bill! Jeez... how homophobic can you get?

[TheVVanderingStar]

This guy is SO obnoxious -.-

Haha, the other guy jumped at 7:15 =P

[TheVVanderingStar]

Has this interview at Carnegie Hall been recorded or anything? I want to see it....

[mmmchingawa]

Oh my God, he sounds like an idiot calling her "Rao-ling". It's pronounced "Roh-ling".

Then again, with O'Reilly's homophobia, and verbally assaulting his guests when they disagree with him, he always sounds like an idiot.

[Alfruna]

He is admitting that kids won't become gay because of Dumbledore...so what is the big deal here? Oh yeahh tolerance! Now THAT's a baad thing!

Oh come on how stupid can someone be?

[Knightmessenger]

1:33. Harry Potter battles wizards and the occult. What the hell? The concept of the occult as religious people understand it is not in any way in the books.

I usually like O'Reilly's show but I cannot understand why he couldn't read the books or at least read a synopsis so he actually knew what he was talking about.

"Because I did study up on the story." No, you didn't!

[gajeebant]

What's wrong with these people.

[plddevries]

Bill O'Reilly, along with other Fox News Commentators, is a Death Eater.

[hpdh1299]

I hate how people make it seem like JK showed up in New York and yelled "Dumbledore is gay at the top of her lungs. She was simply answering a question. She was asked if Dumbledore ever found true love. She had to reveal his orientation to explain that he was in love with Grindelwald. She could have given a yes or no answer, but I dont think that people who are lucky enough to talk to the author of their favorite book wants a one word answer to their question. They want elaboration

[mario54671]

I think the Bill O'Reilly comments are a bit unnecessary, first off, it's still hard to believe that he is only because, if he really was gay, she should've put it in the book instead of not really saying much about it and then going to New York and saying "oh by the way, I didn't put this in there, but he's gay". But yeah, I agree with the other guy at the end, it doesn't really matter if Dumbledore's gay, I mean, him being gay or not doesn't change the story in any way.

[emilyakaharry]

Well actually if you go back to read HP7, you know the chapter when they are reading Rita Skeeter's book about Dumbledore, if you pay attention to the way she describes Dumbledore's relationship with Grindelwald (he was in love w/ him) then it kind of makes sense, 'cause it's like oh well they spent sooo much time together like more time together than most friends and then you think about it it kind of makes a bit of sense that he was gay.

[Slyboy4life]

Fuck you Bill O'Reilly.

[ndesai256]

bill o'reilly is a dumb ass

[FinalDestination019]

Bill O'Reilly doesn't know anything about the books and therefore shouldn't be talking. He's such a pompous ass. "I don't read those dopey books".

She answered somebody's question! And he's beating her up because of it. She's not trying to provoke anyone. It changes absolutely nothing. It makes me even madder when people bring up kids. What, should we be teaching them that it's wrong to be homosexual? Because it's not.

[LastAngryMan2]

Dumbledore is a FIGEMENT OF ROWLING'S IMAGINATION, how can O'Reilly claim ANY right to police what HER THOUGHTS do in their spare time?

I'm trying to comprehend it, but... AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!????

[Bluetenstaub]

WTF?! Why should she be provocative? She already sold 350 Mio books! She doesn't need any more publicity!

"gay agenda" "gay bomb" hahaha I cant belive he really said that! What an idiot!!

[Pannef]

"The gay agenda". Rofl. O'Reilly is such an asshole. The only "agenda" that the gay rights community has is to be tolerated and have equal rights. It's not like they're trying to overthrow the government.

And really, someone who has never read the books really shouldn't talk about them. O'Reilly doesn't even realize that the reason why Dumbledore's sexuality was never previously talked about was because NONE of the professors were really talked about in that light.

[mildseven2006]

What the fuck does it matter if Dumbledore is gay? There's no sex in the books.

[Jascx]

5:00 Bill-O is worried about what fictional characters do in their spare time.

Well, I'm worried about James Bond's cholestorol level. Why wont he have me on to discuss?

[Riot1TV]

@Jascx

I am watching this on new years day. You have just made my year.

[silentsipher]

Don't be jealous of our condos and tan lines, O'Reilly. It's really not becoming of you.

[OnWisconsin42]

Dumbledore being gay really has no impact on the books, there is no inference in the book to dumbledores sexuality and it makes no difference to the books.

[xhappyxlifex]

im gay like dumbledore

not many people can say that

[mikediego1166]

Why is Bill so bothered at the concept of homosexual/hetrosexual parity? I think he and those gay cow eyes of his have some repressed feelings they need to work out.

[RebelVoDKa]

How does he know they're dopey books if he's not read them?

[youngscholar8]

Bill is a dickhead. What kind of people raised that asshole? Man..sucks when you have some ignorant fool who can't tolerate something that isn't even that big of a deal on tv. Ugh, he should be booted off of television. Television is no good anyway..just turn off your tvs. Nothing good comes out of watching television.

[shimon174b]

Bill, you should be really, really scared. EVERYTHING is part of the Gay agenda to turn you gay!!! LOL. Your Cornflakes, your mail, your car, your mom. Be very scared, Bill.

[pepper1450]

Bill O'Reilly is a damned idiot.

[anononono4]

Now: onto the video. Asshat O'Reilly gets fascinated and frightened over some "dopey books." Now, this whole thing with the gay agenda... where on earth does this conception of "indoctrination" come from? What indoctrination? And then at the end, around 6:45 in, he is talking to Miller about how the "indoctrination" is promoting tolerance, and that "some people" have a problem with tolerance. Wow. This is sad.

Why is it so bad to be tolerant of people? Why is being born a certain way a sin?

[anononono4]

Wow... over a year now, and people are still talking about this...

Well, I'll bite. As a culture, we have not completely accepted gay people; thats why this was such a bombshell. However, if it weren't for the assumption of everyone being straight, then people would have picked up on Dumbledore's feelings for Grindlewald at the end of Deathly Hallows. By answering this question, Miss Rowling (PLEASE STOP MISPRONOUNCING HER NAME PEOPLE!!!) added a whole new dimension to that part of the book.

[CatoLongHair]

Look, i have nothing wrong with gays, rele, i have some gay freinds, who although act diffrently then my straight freinds, are still rele nice people. But droping a bomb shell like this AFTER the books are done? anyone who plays the "tollerance card" i'd have to say, if your not going to explain something in the books, do it in the books,otheriwse it should be obsolete, to me this is a publicity stunt..i guess it was just a qustion, but i bet J.k Rowling b4 she was famous didint plan this out...

[sakurarose8955]

To me it doesn't seem like a publicity stunt. She was asked the question about Dumbledore's love life and she answered it.

Personally, I started denying his heterosexuality after him switching his wizard hat for the vulture hat during the christmas breakfast. Not to mention all of his passwords xD

[JRodB]

Why is he still alive...?

[MasterManto]

Actually, when the kid asked if Dumbledore ever found love, she said he was in love with Grindelwald, and thus, was gay.

Really, why does it matter? I liked the fact that he was gay. I could never see Dumbledore with a woman. I originally thought he was just celibate, but the fact he loved Grindelwald made more sense to me.

[animexobsessed]

lol, the only reason she outted him was because the kid asked the question. Has O'Reilly EVER /just/ answered a question yes or no? Probably not, I wouldn't know, I don't normally watch this garbage. But in any case, Dumbledore was in love with Gellert right? So why wouldn't she answer as thoroughly or truthfully as she can? What an intolerant ass. He's trying to act like he doesn't care, but anyone with half a brain can tell he's got a problem with gays.

[Tribad]

Someone should stone Dumbledore to death..that'd be traditionally correct! :)

[Quionic7]

I hope O'Reilly gets killed by a bassilisk

[philemonster7]

Go suck a gnarled dick Bill O' Reilly. Go to HELL!

[deathbyhammer]

I hate him...so much. Who gives a crap?!?!

[frasermo]

Can someone clarify something for me please: what is the 'gay agenda'?

I'll be sure to ask my gay relatives next time I see them, perhaps they have some leaflets.

[markowaterpolo]

I can't believe that anybody bothers to talk about this, Rowling was annoyed from all the stupid questions so she made a joke to shut everyone up, why would dumbledore need any kind of love at all? It doesn't have anything to do with anything. It was a dumb question that got a funny answer. Even if she was serious this shouldn't matter.

[TheJaykTheory]

OMG!!! A make believe character is gay. Holy shit! I'm glad people are arguing over such important issues. ;)

I'm glad J.K. Rowling made Dumbledore gay though. Because he's a bad ass wizard he even the bad ass bad guy feared and could take down anyone. Then she's like, "Oh, btw, that bad ass, is also gay."

There are so many people in the world you talk to, and probably liked, and so many of them are probably gay. I think it was to help open our eyes and become more tolerant.

[fantasyfreak1456]

Wow... O'Reilly truly is an idiot and so is the rest of the media. Its sad when the Rita Skeeters of our world must make such a big stink about a character who in a series of books is not mentioned once or inferred to being gay is suddenly big news. Fundies and O'Reilly should shove it since they truly show their colors when acting like immature prunes over the outing of a FICTIONAL character. And next on the news... Britney Spears had quintets..and she cut off her left ear..Yawn the media sucks

[itsacorporatething]

I can't believe people watch this show besides to make fun of him and other people who watch it. This is a non-issue. There are many Gay characters in many books. The truth is Bill has an "intolerance agenda." It is he who drops the "gay bomb" by always bashing queers instead of just letting things be.

[jp2007ms]

after watching this video, i am starting to have a lil more respect for dennis miller... i loved the way he handled o'reilly's crap...

[jlenaghan]

The "gay bomb."  What an idiot? What is his problem. O Reilly is a little bitch!

[klorineforbrainsasdf]

How disturbing it is to learn that a senior editor of a tabloid is a more rational processor of information than o'reilly. "Indoctrination"? What backwards thinking. He claims that J.K. is a provocateur, yet he screams his way to a poorly informed opinion in order to inflame viewers.

[Max4T3hW1n]

gays arent pedophiles so im ok with that but just a little more cautious.

[hedwigluv16]

I agree children need to be tolerant of all people and not be biased byt here parents.

[Tacowiz]

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH GAYS. Children should be taught to be tolerant of them.

[typegroove]

whats wrong with teaching kids to be tolerant of gay people?? so these pissed parents and bill are retarded, btw dumbledore is the shit

[HooyahSEALs]

the tolerance wears thin when the gays try to indoctrinate children into that perverted and immoral lifestyle

[lebanner3]

You can't convince a kid to be gay, if that were true, then the opposite should be true as well, homosexuals could be indoctrinated to be straight. As such, there shouldn't be any left today. As for perverted, modern psychology doesn't consider homosexuality as a disorder any more so it's not perverse to be gay (in a logical world. As so morality, right and wrong, good and bad are subjective once we venture farther away from just physical relationships, therefore it's relative.

[HooyahSEALs]

I didn't mean children who are already gay, i mean straight children exposed to perverted gay parades where indecency and immorality is the norm

[lebanner3]

That's what I mean, you can't convince a straight kid to be gay. Like I said before, morality and decency are relative, they change from person to person.

[CorinthianP]

What an idiot! LOL LOL LOL LOL

[thinkgood]

O'Reilly could be right insofar as Jo might have made the announcement because she knew that it would spark discussion and debate. He doesn't say that she was wrong to do it, he just says that she did it. Hate Bill O'Reilly if you'd like, but be fair enough to notice that he could be right on some points here.

[phydan]

he isn't right, he is being sensationalist. Who cares if Dumbledore was gay or not? only intolerant people of whom Bill is one, otherwise he wouldn't have brought up the subject because its not important news...what about what is happening in Iraq while he is talking bout this crap?

[Janelilian]

The exact question was "Did Dumbledore, who believed in the prevailing power of love, ever fall in love himself?" And yes he did, he fell in love with Grindelwald, who as we all know is a man. I hardly think she could've answered this without outing him. She revealed so many other things about the characters ever since the release of the last book but people are getting all bent out of shape with just this one. Just shows how intolerant people can be.

[AccioSmileyFace]

DOPEY!!! ... IM GUNNA FUCKING KILL HIM .. u go whoever that girl is .. i couldnt care less either

[celestis1000]

You either support gay content in children books or you're against it. I believe that gay content has no place in childrens books. JK Rowling believes gay content has a place in childrens books. Imagine a little kid announcing in school that he wants to be gay like dumbledore when he doesn't even know what gay means.

[Janelilian]

What do you mean gay content? Dumbledore's love life is not mentioned in the books.

In the words of JK Rowling "I think a child will see a friendship and I think a sensitive adult may well understand that it was an infatuation".

Also, why shouldn't gay love be portrayed in children's books? Shouldn't they know, shouldn't they understand that it's the quality of the relationship that matters not which gender the other person is?

[beautifulturtlesoup]

I love the fact that he 'did his research', yet had no idea about the context in which JK Rowling said Dumbledore was gay! She's hardly a provocateur - I cannot believe this man!

[lebroniznumba1]

i think rupert mur-cock should out bill-o as a faggot. its obvious he wants to do it if he does some ridiculous story on a fictional character being gay. get a life loofah lover.

[SilverVulpine]

O'Reilly, You are A Douchebag of Liberty!

[clockworkparadox]

It's pronounced "ROLLING" you douche! God!

This guy is an idiot.

[ratm94]

Yeah Bill, Gay people have an agenda... kind of like how African Americans had an agenda to create parity between blacks and whites during the 50s and 60s. Your kind of intolerance has lasted for far too long. Kids should DEFINITELY be indoctrinated with tolerance. Better than you trying to indoctrinate them with your shallow hate.

[objectionablechione]

Gay agenda?

What the fuck is he talking about?

Indoctrination?

Try to be tolerant you asshole.

What people do in bed is not your fucking business.

[psychedelics87]

Bill O'Reilly needs to just give in to his repressed homosexual desires and get some guy to suck him off. Maybe then he'll chill out and stop being such an asshole.

[duckystars]

Indoctrination of tolerance??? Dispicable!

[luvjustin]

how is o'reilly alowed on tv/radio/the planet??? its funny to compare the british reaction to the american one, nobody cared here. was an add on at the end of the news. a nice little side line. the general reaction was "oh thats nice." then we moved on.

[ytlvr]

O'Reilly is a pathetic, homophobic, and disgusting person. I'm so saddened that he has such a prominent spot on TV.

[dweeper1020]

O'Reilly is such a liar. He said after Rowling announced it the crowd fell into silence. In fact, every public release says their were gasps that followed by applause.

I know it's a little thing, but he says whatever he needs to in order to get his point across. He has no integrity.

[carloz1]

What are you doing in your spare time Bill???

[symbolx69]

bill said hes very interested in what wizards do in their spare time.

[MojoJuana]

what, huge41, and get down to your level of reasoning? nah...no, thanks!

[zabriel13]

What is this agenda that the Christian Right keeps speaking of? The gay community does not recruit. Our struggle is no different than that of any other minority. It saddens me to see that people hate us so.

We do not hate you though Hugh. We love you, and we pray that someday your heart will be changed.

[Roldy]

Goodness gracious. I've tried to both preach and exhibit tolerance in my life, but Bill's one of the few people who actually gets me ranting.

[eldiablo10028]

billy o is just jelous cuz dumbledore has a bigger "wand" than him and dumbledore is better with his wand than billy o

[eldiablo10028]

lol dipshit...who cares if Rowling dropped the "gay bomb" (according to billy o)...whats so bad about tolerance?? no one is shoving gayness (like a large black cock) down your neck, just tolerate that dumbledore is gay...you dont hafta like it...just accept.

now go clean the cum that was shoved down your intolerant esophogous.

[exweez]

why is a fictional wizards sexuality even brought up?she wanted a gay debate and now she's getting it.not that there's anything wrong with it

[ZdPhoenix]

because someone asked if he'd ever found love, and she answered it.

she didn't instigate a debate, she answered a question, which because of bullshit attitudes has been taken in a stupid way.

[davegreal]

OH NO! NOT THE GAY AGENDA!

You're a moron.

[Lionsroar89]

OH NOESZ!

[lewti27]

O'reilly needs to check the Best seller list and J.K Rowling owns his ass in books sales so he should be sucking Dumbledorfs big wiener because she owns Bill O'reilly's punk ass. People are Gay this is a fact of life so grow up. I am not gay i love women and vagina's. People have other feelings in life so what we are all human, created under a GOD i thought. He is the one in control not.

[ifancythetrio]

"I don't read those dopey books".

Well duh. I wouldn't think that he reads anything...

[MojoJuana]

hugh41, ya mean like a hugh...i mean huge, big black gay cock?

[yayarea41507]

THIS IS FUCKING NEWS ON FIXED NOISE????? A FICTIONAL CHARACTER IN A BOOK/MOVIE IS GAY! WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON???????? *pathetic*

[jimmyjammy008]

I think the book is gay.......oh well.

So far ,so good, so what?

Bill Oreilly is gay too.

[AIFAN1234]

Bill O'Reilly literally makes me sick. He is so ignorant that I'm almost convinced it is an act...unfortunately it's not.

[putaleche]

Well he's being disingenuous though with his point, its pretty obvious that he's saying at some points that the problem people have w/ this is the promoting of gay tolerance.. but he doesn't come out and say it, just that some people say... sorry bill, i don't know of anyone that doesn't promote tolerance outside of a very small extreme religious organization. Of course never let facts get in the way of a good argument...

[iPWN]

ROWLING. PRONOUNCED JUST LIKE BOWLING. GET IT RIGHT. Gosh.

And some of his points are so ridiculous. We're trying to indoctrinate people into being tolerant? Uh huh. And that's a bad thing... why?

[cjd2112]

Are you kidding?! Isn't Billy the same guy that sexually harassed someone with a falafel? Gotta love Faux News.

[Lupinicon]

This guy a moron, but I respect and understand his opinion.

But this is not to provoke, but some (even fictional) people just happen to be gay, so let them be. This guy just laughs it off as a silly book series, but he should know it's not.