{"id":4860,"date":"2009-05-30T19:18:50","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T00:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=4860"},"modified":"2009-05-30T19:21:53","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T00:21:53","slug":"o%e2%80%99reilly-is-a-lame-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=4860","title":{"rendered":"O\u2019Reilly Is A Lame Punk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed landed a great “get” on the Northern Alliance Volume II show today; Patrick “Patterico” Frey, of Patterico’s Pontifications<\/em>, talking about the run-in with Bill O’Reilly.<\/p>\n

A brief run-down of the flap:<\/p>\n

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  1. Thursday, O’Reilly slagged on Hot Air – Michelle Malkin’s blog, for which my radio colleague Ed Morrissey writes – for making a scabrous posting.<\/li>\n
  2. Michelle, Ed and Allahpundit noted that the “posting” in question was actually a comment<\/em>; something that Hot Air doen’t regulate or supervise a whole lot more strictly than I<\/em> do.<\/li>\n
  3. O’Reilly went on “The Factor” and issued a wussy non-apology, saying in essence “OK, I reported it wrong, but Hot Air should police their comments as rigously as I police mine.<\/li>\n
  4. Patterico signed up for a membershp ($5 a month – yes, you have to pay to leave a comment at O’Reilly’s website), and published a slew of scabrous, “unpoliced” comments.<\/li>\n
  5. Patterico’s membership was terminated.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Patterico’s conclusion<\/a>, via Ed?<\/p>\n

    Did Patterico get a high-five from the Factor for his intrepid work in pointing out hateful comments?\u00a0 Not exactly<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    I wish I could share today\u2019s \u201cBillOReilly.com blog posting\u201d . . . but my membership has been terminated \u2026<\/p>\n

    Oh, wait. I just reviewed the Terms and Conditions again, and I believe I have found the relevant language: \u201c4. Do not expose Bill O\u2019Reilly as a rank hypocrite.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Note to O’Reilly; take your “No Integrity Zone” and go over to the other guys once and for all.\u00a0 You’re not a conservative; you’re a populist gasbag who would throw the Reagan Legacy and the Rights of Man under the bus to give you an extra point in the PPMs.
    \nGo.\u00a0 Please.<\/p>\n

    By the way, feel free to check in on Monday at Townhall.com for the podcast <\/a>of today’s show.\u00a0 Patterico is at the end of Hour 2, but it was a good show from beginning to end, and you could do a lot worse than add it to your weekly podcast diet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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