This is nothing new, I think O'Reilly's initial appeal was his willingness to "take on" the radical fringe. He, however, never had the skills, or more importantly, the convictions, to debate them effectively. The result is a circus act that appeals to the uninformed, but even that appeal is fading fast. My concern is that O'Really seems to be compensating lately with these segments that "revisit" previous issues, such as the radical Islamic, terrorist-related professor at the University of South Florida. In that piece, he reneged on statements he had made questioning the state's university system for allowing this guy to teach. Maybe it's lawsuit time, or maybe it's one more example of Ailes goal of "sanitizing" Fox for more popular PC consumption.