Media Matters: O'Reilly still full of "merde"

This recent assertion marks the third distinct false claim that O'Reilly has made in his attempts to prove that his boycott is making a significant impact on trade between the United States and France. Most recently, in his July 6 letter to the editors of the New York Daily News, O'Reilly wrote, "According to U.S. government figures, in the months following the boycott call, France did $138 million less business with the U.S.A. than it did the previous year." When Media Matters for America debunked this claim, we noted that -- while it was certainly a lie -- it represented a significant retreat from his original April 27 assertion that, as a result of the boycott, France had "lost billions of dollars according to 'The Paris Business Review.'" While using Census trade data to refute that claim, Media Matters for America questioned the existence of any publication called "The Paris Business Review" or something similar. O'Reilly has still declined to address that issue.

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