VH1 Behind the Bars. (Through the Wire).(Bill O'Reilly's Fox News Channel program investigates MTV Networks Inc.)(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, December, 2002 by Applebaum, Simon

Which departs first--Music Behind Bars on VH1 or The O'Reilly Factor's relentless exposes on VH1 's Music Behind Bars? From this perch, it doesn't look like Bill O'Reilly's nightly Fox News Channel program will be the first to blink--not after yet another set of segments on VH1's controversial-but-low-rated look at penitentiary tunesmiths.

All along, Factor segments have concluded that the series glorifies murderers and rapists through their on-camera presentation. For its part, VH1 has declined to appear with its side of the story, releasing prepared statements or, initially, letting Bars executive producer Arnold Shapiro respond. In the latest Factor furor, telecast Nov. 22, O'Reilly disclosed that an upcoming Bars episode would profile New...

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