Based upon news accounts, it would seem Fox host Bill O'Reilly managed to not only beat a dead horse, he also beat up on a dead girl with this bit of unconfirmed and possibly unconfirmable nonsense on his show this week.
The mysterious disappearance of Natalee Holloway over two years ago from the island of Aruba may be solved, Fox News Bill O'Reilly reported on his show, The Factor.
On his Thursday evening broadcast, O'Reilly said "inside sources" from the island where the 18-year-old high school student who disappeared on May 30, 2005 have informed him that the real story behind the girl's disappearance was due to a heart attack from an overdose of cocaine.
"The (O'Reilly) Factor has learned - from sources we have to protect - that Natalee Holloway, the 18-year-old Alabama woman who disappeared two years ago in Aruba, died from cardiac arrest brought on by an overdose of cocaine."
While it wouldn't surprise me to learn Natalee Holloway died from a drug overdose, I've suspected that all along, the notion that it can be put forth as a cause of death with any certainty without a body is absurd. As O'Reilly apparently had Geraldo on in the segment, perhaps he should have helped Bill out by opening up a magic safe to discover the secret, or maybe even her body, sitting inside - given Geraldo's pathetic reputation.
That prospect would be about as credible as an inside source from the island of Aruba. I guess they didn't have any lakes to suggest we empty to find the still missing girl's body. What a freaking joke passing this nonsense off as news. Must be the summer slow down in ratings that got this one on the air. What's next? Greta going to fly down with a psychic?
The only potential thread to follow in the Holloway matter is who disposed of the body and how? Discussing an overdose as a possible cause of death without concrete information in that regard and, more importantly, what happened next, does nothing to inform and only uses the poor, presumably dead, girls name to create some buzz around his show. Shame on you, O'Reilly. I thought you were a better man than that.
Note the time and date for posterity - I agree with Mr Riehl on this issue. This was a cheap and low shot by O'Reilly, one more in a long string of same. He has about as much credibility as Weekly World News anyway, but this obsession he has with Holloway is sick.
Posted by: Bill Adkins | Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 09:02 AM
Well, the part about a drug overdose brining on cardiac arrest is the real kicker. This could only be confirmed with an autopsy. I assume there's been no body to autopsy, since there's no report of a body.
Posted by: Steve | Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 10:09 AM
This gave me some hope that arrests are pending...I pray there is justice for Natalee and her family.
Posted by: D.Nichols | Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Also in poor taste was their treatment of Natalee's death as an, "Oh, by the way..." while moving on to a dog-fighting segment!
I felt sorry for Natalee's family in that moment. It was handled insensitively. Natalee's loss is not a "fictional murder mystery" that can be conjectured about as an off-hand aside...
Should have been handled differently.
Posted by: micah | Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 10:23 AM
The psychics have already been there. See Courttv's "Haunting Evidence".
Posted by: Lala | Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Oh come now, Dan, we all know that Natalee just ran away from her insufferable mother. After watching the antics of the mother since her disappearance, there is little doubt of the reason.
Posted by: Captain Joe | Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 01:34 PM
Bill O'Reilly characterized his source as "top law enforcement officials" and an "enormously credible source". Greg Kelly on Fox & Friends Sunday morning, revealed that O'Reilly's source(s)is an aruban source. It would seem, therefore, that O'Reilley's source is someone from Aruban Law Enforcement.
Fox News slagged ALE from the beginning of this case as incompetent, corrupt, covering up a crime and protecting the main suspect Joran van der Sloot and his father Paul. But now in July, 2007 Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera are now telling us that this aruban law enforcement source is
enormously credible? Fox Noise Channel, the most powerful name in tabloid news -- a subsidiary of The National Enquirer
Posted by: Heli | Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 08:31 PM
sighhhhhhhhhhh.......how could they possibly know about cardiac arrest as a result of cocain od? heresay? credible source? a credible source would have to have access to her body....body, what body??? the holloways were on that island within 24 hrs...confronted the "3 persons of interest"....at urine's, oh i meant joran's, house.....
was there a confession? hell no...no one is in custody! just more b.s.....and NO NEWS!!!!
Posted by: danie | Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 10:45 PM
And there you have it, folks - Captain Joe | Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 03:41 AM and Posted by: Heli | Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 09:52 AM
are two posts by George W. Bush - here we have proof that Riehl has welcomed George W. Bush to the blog. The two pseudonyms here are well known to be used by Bush.
Posted by: Bill Adkins | Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 11:25 AM
well, captain joe...i hope you live in aruba and enjoy your "hobby".......WTF?????
and heli....written very well; i am sure your teecher will give you a gold star!
geeeeeeeeeeeeeeez....very poignaint commentary! just like it used to be here...ahhhh the good old days....long gone.....
Posted by: danie | Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 11:28 AM
The two pseudonyms here are well known to be used by Bush.
Posted by: Bill Adkins | Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 11:25 AM
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mr. adkins, i respectfully request....what the hell are you talking about?????????
Posted by: danie | Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 11:30 AM