Posted 9:15 PM by Scoobie Davis

Wrong Wrong Wrong
Jack Schafer's advice on how to take on Bill O'Reilly would make sense if O'Reilly were both of the following: 1) really tenacious and 2) a legitimate pundit. He is neither. O'Reilly is a bully and a bullshit artist. For instance, O'Reilly is smart enough to know that he's full of shit when he says his show is the no-spin zone and that his network is fair and balanced. Plus, his whole working class guy who's-looking-out-for-you? routine is not just lame, it's transparently phony.

Taking Schafer's advice only allows you fall into O'Reilly's (and Fox News') trap of setting the rules of debate. Plus, it gives them legitimacy they don't deserve. Al Franken knew better. At the LA Book Fair, he treated O'Reilly like the punk-ass bullyboy he really was.