Popping O’Reilly’s Cork
Re “Perhaps O’Reilly Is Wrong,†editorial, May 24: It is demeaning for you to respond to Bill O’Reilly. And a waste of time. Do you think he will broadcast a retraction? He gets his ratings from keeping the arguments rolling -- or roiling. His program, like other “conflict-based†shout-matches, is a sorry imitation of the prototype, “The Jerry Springer Show.â€
If those who disagree with O’Reilly would not show up to debate him, his show would wither. O’Reilly needs an antagonist to make it work.
Dove Menkes
Fullerton
