LETTERMAN VS. O'REILLY. "The late-night program hosted by David Letterman is the toughest interview show on television," wrote Bill O'Reilly after an appearance in 2001. "That's because Mr. Letterman is a smart guy who can spot a phony with telescopic accuracy and expects his guests to bring something to the table. If a guest begins to sink on this show, the bottom is a long way down."It'll be interesting to see what O'Reilly has to say now. Tuesday night he reappeared on the smart guy's show, spewing his boilerplate nonsense about the so-called "War on Christmas." Letterman had none of it, voicing his suspicion that the "examples" offered by Reilly were nothing more than negligible blips on the holiday radar screen. Later in the interview, Letterman voiced great sympathy for Cindy Sheehan. According to a transcript at NewsBusters ("Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias"), Letterman said, "I’m very concerned about people like yourself who don’t have nothing but endless sympathy for a woman like Cindy Sheehan. Honest to Christ."
Gawker wrote that Letterman "adorably served a spanking to Fox News shoutytwat Bill O'Reilly" and also served "Bill O'Reilly Ass on a Plate."
Here's the video.
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I glanced at the video and unfortunately it doesn't look much like a spanking. Letterman is skeptical and more opinionated than usual, but hardly parental. I do applaud him for trying.
O'Reilly's complaints about xmas could be compared to the Right's careful use of terminology to refer to abortion or estate taxes, both endangered and important to the country. But xmas will never be legislated away, even if the Left takes over.
I'm sorry you were disappointed by the spanking! I should have clarified that it was figurative, not literal....
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