I don't think Bill is a bad guy, frankly. I DO think his ego has gotten WAAAAAAAAAAAY out of whack with the success he has achieved on FNC.
Laura nailed it; he's dumping on those who "made" him successful. Step back and think, Bill. If you attemtpt to become one of "those" that we FNC watchers escaped (the Rathers and Brokaws and Jennings of the world), you risk being marginalized in the same manner. I think that'd be a shame. I still think the man has talent; just needs to get off his pedestal and his nose out of the air.
Then you are an easy touch to be conned. O'Reilly is a phony. He has no moral compass. He is ratings, popularity and poll driven.
Did you notice, when Laura called him out on his use of "Right wing?" She named Clintons, Bill Moyers, and others as examples of people who use that term derisively -- O'Reilly's respons? "Why don't they like ME?" or something similar. I think he meant that a s serious question. He wants to be liked by liberals. And the ONLY way to do that is to buy into liberal ideology.
Liberalism is a cult. It uses expulsion from the clique as a tool to keep its members in line.