Bill O'Reilly Fumes At Being Lumped In With Rush Limbaugh
Bill O'Reilly went on David Letterman as part of his quest to get more attention than Rush Limbaugh and his Fox News Channel sibling rival Glenn Beck. Fat chance:
Judging from a preview of tonight's Late Show, O'Reilly spent a lot of time answering questions about... Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
To preserve his ego, the O'Reilly Factor host called his rival Limbaugh a "straw man" who "nobody takes seriously" as the purported head of the Republican party. He also claimed personal credit for the right-wing radio host's recent ratings surge (since O'Reilly recently ended his own radio show).
Beck apparently emerged unscathed. O'Reilly will presumably leave his rising-star, Fox News colleague to the likes of Dennis Miller and Shep Smith.
There's no sign yet that Letterman asked O'Reilly about his producers' stalking and ambush of ThinkProgress' Amanda Terkel.
A quick excerpt of O'Reilly's appearance is above, taken from the longer YouTube outtake below.
