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Apparently a producer with the O’Reilly Factor emailed Mark Cuban wanting his comments on a film called Redacted that HDNet Films produced.

His response (which he posts online with the original email from the producer) is a breath of fresh air. Cuban takes the opportunity to call Bill O’Reilly to the carpet instead of responding to the loaded questions posed by the producer. I’ve bolded a few of the assumptive questioning tactics that are often used by journalists that are into sensationalism.

The Factor:

The Factor will be doing a segment this evening on Redacted…which, as you know, depicts US atrocities in Iraq. The director says the depicted rape is “the reality” of what is happening in that country. Of all of the schools that are being built, the medical care being supplied, and the security that our soldiers have been providing to Iraqi neighborhoods…do you agree that a few random and horrific crimes represent the norm of what is going on in that newly liberated country? and what exactly was it about the film that made you want to produce it?

It seems harmless on the surface, but it’s the way Cuban’s words would get twisted by answering statements that can be misconstrued (intentionally) as questions. So, he pretty much just said what he wanted to say. “His (O’Reilly’s) command of the facts is truly abysmal. What other lies has Bill spread that I can dispel?”