VIDEO: Ambushing O'Reilly's Ambush Guy

By GottaLaff


Here's a compilation of O'Reilly's ambush journalism.

I've said it before, I'll say it again... they can dish it out, but they sure can't take it:

You may not know Jesse Watters, but you likely know his work. He produces the ambush-interview segments for The O'Reilly Factor, in which he stalks some bête noire of Papa Bear, then rushes them asking hostile questions, in a theatrical effort to "get some answers" out of supposedly-stonewalling people who, in fact, weren't invited to appear on the show and answer questions in the first place.

So Gawker writer John Cook and some associates drove out to Long Island Saturday morning to ambush Watters in his driveway and asking him some questions about his own interviewing techniques.

His hurried departure leaves no doubt in our minds that his ambush tactics have nothing to do with the answers he claims to be seeking from O'Reilly's enemies and everything to do with the theater of humiliation that Fox News thrives on and the us-against-them "culture war" that his boss believes he is waging. If Watters honestly believed that people like [Amanda] Terkel and [Hendrik] Hertzberg have an obligation to answer for the things they do and say in the name of journalism, he would have recognized that obligation in himself

Enjoy (the last 40 seconds are the neener-nanner-worthy parts):

Gawker Attempts to Ambush the Fox News "Ambusher"

By GottaLaff

Get out the popcorn. Get out the drinks. Get out the beanbag chair (wait, what?), because this will so be worth the junk food overload, drinking binge, and resulting hangover:

Gawker's John Cook is on a mission.

He's trying to get an interview with Fox News Channel producer Jesse Watters who is known for his ambush interviews for Bill O'Reilly's show.

Cook phoned Watters yesterday attempting to get an interview and was immediately transferred to FNC media relations who later, via email, denied the request.

We found it odd that Watters would refuse to talk to a reporter, given the lengths to which he goes to compel others speak to him.

So, Cook went all Jesse Watters and this morning began staking out his house to get the interview...

Shoe. Foot. Other.