Your "shock" is warranted.
He didn't say, imply, suggest or insinuate what has been attributed to him.
Any objective, reasonable and impartial examination of what was said would conclude that what has been asserted is baseless and without merit.
Any objective, reasonable and impartial examination of what was said would conclude that what has been asserted is baseless and without merit.
O'Reilly gave Lanny Davis his tacit agreement, that there are the same hateful postings on FreedomRepublic.com (sic) as exposed from Daily KOS. This implication by comparison suggested that there are vile and vulgar Right-wing illustrations and writings on FR.
O'Reilly reinforced that impression through the rest of the segment by attempting to counter Davis' leftist whine by saying that our Republican candidates steer clear of Evil Right-wing Internet Hate sites of which the only conservative site named was FR.