This time it’s aimed at what he calls a 16 year old high school “pinhead” (the one, obviously, who he disagrees with and who energetically challenged him).
You can watch the video, read a post with original reporting on what was reportedly said to the student who challenged O’Reilly before he went on the air — and then decide yourself by CLICKING HERE.
PS: O’Reilly is a real showman. But make sure you read the post before you watch the video. Also, note how at the end O’Reilly attempts to end the segment in a condescending way that puts down the 16-year-old “pinhead” — but the “pinhead” gets in the last word.
Hopefully both students won’t confuse a short talk show discussion aimed promoting “high concept” controversy and negative labelling as a thoughtful discussion of a controversial issue.
But we think they’re smarter than their elders elder.
UPDATE: President Bush also got some unsolicited policy advice from high schoolers. (They’re apparently also what B.O. would call “pinheads.”)
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.