No Traps Here

I don't know, folks, it just seems that whenever I compliment O'Reilly for his fairness, he screws it all up by reverting back to form. I mean, seriously, did you see his show tonight (10/20/08)? He trots out (uninterruptedly, mind you) Byron York from the National Review, semi-regular Laura Ingraham, and, yes, that idiotic Congresswoman from Minnesota, Michelle Bachman - she, who fears that Barack Obama may in fact hold anti-American views....and who thinks that the media should investigate the rest of the Democrats in Congress for similar sentiments................................................And it was all so vintage, folks - the Bachman interview, in particular. First of all, O'Reilly used the opportunity to get off a few of his obligatory/choice slams at MSNBC (the network where Bachman made these comments)/the rest of the liberal "mainstream media" (opinions that the guest was all too willing to lap up, by the way)................................................Two, O'Reilly served up his usual cache of softball questions (going out of his way not to unduly stress/embarrass his Republican guest). He even let her serve up, absent even a modicum of resistance, her ludicrous excuse that Chris Matthews tricked her ....and that Chris Matthews is a "leftist".....................................................And then, of course, there had to be that whole partial presentation of the story strategy that Fox so consistently specializes in. In this case, they showed the part where Bachman said how she feared that Obama may in fact harbor anti-American views....but NOT the part where she said it would be a good idea for the media to investigate ALL the Democrats in Congress for THEIR potential anti-American views..................................................Bottom-line, folks, O'Reilly let Bachman slide/didn't even come close to telling his audience that this woman basically hung herself. It was a very disappointing performance by O'Reilly and, yes, seriously makes me reconsider whether in fact he really is trying to be fair, after all. It's kind of too bad. I was really hoping he had changed.