Wasn't this sort of thing an "encounter group" technique used by communists as a brainwashing method? One person sits in the center and takes abuse on their shortcomings until he is enlightened. I think I read about it in one of PJ O'Rourke's books.
Here is the transcript (this is all there is, at this time) that I promised everyone (with additional segment on George Carlin, of the hate America left)...
http://billoreilly.com Personal Story Segment:
The Death of Journalistic Ethics
There has been a subtle shift in opinion journalism in America in the past few years.
Now, we have people working for newspapers and magazines who are devoted to getting certain polticians -- namely the left -- elected to office.
While Rush Limbaugh and the right-wing talk show cadre are entertainers -- and describe themselves as such -- these people are embedded in the elite media and are not supposed to be political activists.
In a stunning admission in Sunday's New York Times, the following people attended a meeting with Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) in New York City:
Frank Rich of The New York Times
Richard Cohen of The Washington Post
Jonathan Alter of Newsweek
Howard Fineman of Newsweek
Jim Kelly of Time Magazine
Jeff Greenfield of CNN
Eric Alterman of The Nation
Can you imagine if the President of FOX News Channel and the Editor of the Wall Street Journal met with President Bush in some apartment -- there would be outrage.
Segment Guest: Richard Hanley, Director of the Graduate School of Communications at Quinnipiac University
Factor Follow-up Segment:
A Civil War on the Political Left?
The Democratic Party is now split between people who sincerely want effective change under the present system - and people who want to destroy the system because they believe our country is evil.
Comedian George Carlin one of the latter. On the HBO show "Real Time with Bill Maher," Carlin recently said this about the 9/11 attachs: "This country has been pushing the world around and exploiting the people of the world for a long, long time -- and sometime, you have to pay the piper."
Segment Guest: Paul Waldman, Editor-in-Chief of Gadflyer and author of the book, "Fraud: the Strategy Behind the Bush Lies and What the Media Didn't Tell You"