Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Unrestrained speech
Naah, nothing for me to add to the public humiliation of Bill O'Reilly. Everybody, and I mean every body, is already on it.

Unfortunately, the bean counters at Fox will consider it free publicity for the show, and the irony of the situation is probably lost on Mr O'Reilly. I did find it amusing that the screed opened with an allusion to "sex lies and videotape", which (1) had nothing to do with the rest of the essay (being sparked by a true but arguably incomplete NEWSPAPER report regarding the departure of a RADIO show from the San Francisco airwaves: an error is not a lie, and there's no sign of sex and videotape in the story at all), and (2) is what passes for cutting edge currency in the world of O'Reilly, being fourteen years old. And it ended with an equally amusing assertion that there was no "Most Ridiculous Item" for that date, which is blatantly false, except that the host's own opening statement will never be considered for that honor.

Ah, well. As I said, I have nothing to add.

Say, did you hear there's a new Harry Potter book coming out? Maybe.

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