Letterman "rips" O'Reilly
Perhaps you've heard about David Letterman's takedown of Bill O'Reilly on the former's show recently? Here's a transcript.

Now, I have no special love nor hate for O'Reilly. I have never seen his show. I have listened to his radio show before, but never for more than a few minutes at a time.

But I love Letterman. I don't watch show anymore, since I'm hopefully asleep when it comes on (11:30 pacific) and I'd have no time to watch a tape if I recorded it. But I pretty much grew up watching him. Came of age. Whatever you like.

But this whole thing is asnine. I think he proved himself woefully uninformed, unskilled in a debate of substance, and downright nasty. Although I do love Christmas, I'm not really perturbed by the "Happy Holidays" stuff, and it's fine for Letterman to say he doesn't think it's a big deal. But the Iraq, and especially Cindy Sheehan comments, were just plain dumb. Then he calls O'Reilly a liar but can't give any examples. he even says he's never watched O'Reilly's show, but just "Because of things that I've read, things that I know." That's just lame.

And he takes the time to point out that O'Reilly does not "represent an objective viewpoint." Dave, Bill is a commentator, not a reporter. His role is explicitly subjective. - served up by Ralphie @ 10:03 AM