Beltway Snark

Oh yeah, he went there. He went there, took pictures, and came back already.

During the May 14 edition of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly compared Markos Moulitsas, founder of the progressive Daily Kos blog, to white supremacist David Duke and criticized Newsweekfor its decision to hire Moulitsas as a regular contributor, stating: “And Newsweekmagazine, by the way, has legitimized him by giving him a columnist position. I talked to the editor by email, and I said I can’t believe that you’re — that’s like hiring David Duke. Again, I use Duke too much, but I have to — the level of hatred coming out of that website is unprecedented.” O’Reilly later claimed that Newsweek’sdecision caused him to “cancel[] my subscription.” O’Reilly stated: “I canceled my subscription — I still get it at work — to Newsweekmagazine because of that. And I think everybody else should, as well,” explaining: “[O]nce you start to hire a guy like this Kos guy and you’re legitimizing that, then I’m out. I’m completely out. I don’t want anything to do with you or your publication.”

Wow. By the way, it’s not only O’Reilly Newsweek just lost, but likely a large portion of Clinton supporters as well. The Great Orange Satan hasn’t been kind to the Hillary supporters.

PS - Normally I think O’Reilly is a pompous windbag, but I agree with him on this one. Someone who owns and runs a site that spews as much hate as Daily Kos does without his doing anything to moderate the hate doesn’t deserve to be legitimized in this way.