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Does Ed Schultz read my blog? I have long held MSNBC host Ed Schultz's erratic behavior stems from his political and professional status, envy at those whose careers surpass his. As David Swindle noted in the roll-out of this series, "Ben’s posts on Schultz are collected and all future articles will be collected here under the series name 'Genius Envy' a play on a well-known Freudian term." I came up with the name "Genius Envy" to highlight the way much of Ed's incendiary rhetoric seems to be rooted in his offended masculinity. I was gratified to see my thesis...

Bill O'Reilly and Laura Ingraham got into a bit of a tiff on Thursday night's "O'Reilly Factor" that resulted in him calling her a "blind ideologue" as well as a "Kool-aid drinker" after she asked him if he had eaten an "ACORN cookie" at the White House Christmas party earlier in the week. The spat began when O'Reilly jokingly asked Ingraham if she's going on a dinner date with Howard Dean now that he's bashing the Senate's version of ObamaCare. Ingraham responded: It's like you and Michelle Obama. We're like this...I'm gushing over your gushing last night about the Christmas...

Bill O'Reilly recently talked about it in positive terms, now today Time Magazine (online at least) has a story about Advent Conspiracy. The following is an excerpt from Time as featured on Yahoo where it is getting thousands of hits: As you might expect Time has done a surly hack-job on a movement designed to get Christmas back to its original intention. "McKinley is one of the leaders of an effort to do away with the frenzied activity and extravagant gift-giving of a commercial Christmas. Through a savvy viral video and marketing effort, the so-called Advent Conspiracy movement has exploded....

He's ba-aaack. Or at least, he seems to be. Bill O'Reilly's impact segment on tonight's edition of "The O'Reilly Factor" featured a discussion about providing health care for illegal immigrants between O'Reilly and none other than Marc Lamont Hill. As I noted on October 16, Cliff Kincaid of Accuracy in Media (AIM) reported Fox News had fired Marc Lamont Hill. Hill later confirmed this to The Huffington Post. The firing occurred after David Horowitz revealed Hill's admiration of Assata Shakur, a cop-killer who fled for refuge to Castro's Cuba. Kincaid then devoted a number of articles to Hill's heroes,...

He pandered to the Left. That's my take on Bill O'Reilly's debacle on ABC's Good Morning America yesterday morning as he peddled his best-selling book, A Bold, Fresh Piece of Humanity. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) ABC's Robin Roberts. Asked by GMA's Robin Roberts to rate Barack Obama's Presidency in 3 key areas, O'Reilly went amazingly easy on the President--a tactic which we have come to expect from the Fox News commentator, who has had the highest-rated cable TV program for 9 years in a row.

The ClimateGate scandal demonstrates that some of the key figures behind the man-made global warming theory manipulated the “science” and hid data. Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, national spokesman for the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, says such conduct may be criminal. Bill O’Reilly should lead the effort to put these criminals in jail. Why? He was misled by them. In a 2007 interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” O’Reilly said not only that “global warming is here” but that those opposed to the theory were “idiots.” Who’s the idiot now?

Glenn Beck argues for a federal Value Added Tax. O'Reilly wants a federal sales tax.

Here is video of Fox News' Megyn Kelly making her first appearance on the network since giving birth. She was on with Bill O'Reilly tonight, where she analyzed the accusations against Navy Seals and then talked about the Maurice Clemmons killing of four Washington Police Officers. Kelly and O'Reilly got into a heated conversation over how Clemmons was able to get out on bail considering he had been charged with raping a 12 year-old girl, and had eight pending felony charges against him. Kelly told O'Reilly the amount of bail (he paid $19,000 bond) was reasonable and that the judge...

Here is video of Bill O'Reilly last night where he forgot he was on Live TV as he did a promo for an upcoming segment. He had just finished talking to Monica Crowley and Alan Colmes and was trying to tease a segment on whether President Bush deliberately allowed "Osama bin Laden" to escape from Tora Bora. But he got mixed up and started to say "Obama" instead of "Osama." He caught himself, and then said - "I’m going to have to cut that again." But he didn't get a do-over, because he was Live. . . . (VIDEO)

Thanks for looking out for the folks, Bill. We really appreciate all of the work that you are doing when it comes to getting with it and really covering ClimateGate. I mean, it AGW is just the biggest scam of the last 100 years... No need to get going and all... No rush...

Bill O'Reilly Interviews Rhode Island Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, who told Patrick Kennedy, son of the late Ted Kennedy, that he may not receive communion - 11/24/09

In case you missed it, here is video of Part two of Sarah Palin's interview with Bill O'Reilly. Tonight, they focus on policy issues. Below is the first segment of tonight's Part 2 Interview. In the second part, not yet posted, Palin says bluntly that Obama's foreign policy is weak, citing the fact that Obama is "bowing to other world leaders." We'll post the rest of it once it is available . . . (VIDEO)

In case you missed it, here is video of Gov. Sarah Palin's interview tonight on The O'Reilly Factor. Part one is below, and we will add the rest of the video as it is available . . . (VIDEO)

Here is video of Lou Dobbs on with Bill O'Reilly tonight where he talked about why he left CNN and what he may be doing in the future. Dobbs said CNN wants to go away from any kind of "opinion" journalism and move in a different direction. Dobbs said CNN was not criticizing him directly, but it was clear they did not like his "opinion" programming. Lou Dobbs mentioned his simple asking of the question why President Obama does not simply release his original birth certificate in order to put the whole issue to rest. Dobbs said he believes Obama...

While Glenn Beck’s detractors make fun of his emotional, teary eyes, he continues to rack up profits like a dollar slot machine.

Here is video of Glenn Beck on with Bill O'Reilly tonight where he talked with Bill about Obama's handling of the Fort Hood Terrorist Attack. Beck was off last week because of appendicitis. Beck said he was amazed at Obama's "shout out" prior to speaking to the nation about the attack. Toward the end of the segment, Beck and O'Reilly made a "big announcement" - that they will be going on the road together the last week of January 2010. They will appear together in four cities on a "Bold & Fresh" Tour, where O'Reilly and Beck will each speak...

It's time for the truth – straight up, whether you like it or not. Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck are teaming up and going on tour. Your town may never be the same. Westbury, NY Saturday, Jan 23, 8PM The Theatre at Westbury (877) 598-8694 Buy tickets online Tampa, FL Friday, January 29, 8 PM USF Sun Dome (800) 745-3000 Buy tickets online N. Charleston, SC Saturday, January 30, 1 PM North Charleston Coliseum (800) 745-3000 Buy tickets online Norfolk, VA Saturday, January 30, 8 PM Ted Constant Convocation Center (757) 683-4444 Buy tickets online There's no shortage of people...

Deep down, it's all about Ed. What's more pathetic than a less talented individual taunting a more successful person with his achievements? If that man flaunts an award that isn't exactly his. Last night on MSNBC's The Ed Show, Ed Schultz mocked a two-year-old clip of Bill O'Reilly in his “Psycho Talk” segment. Bill’s guest happened to be Ed Schultz, then a nationally syndicated radio talk shot host. In an example of genius envy, Ed pathetically blew up the tiny shot of a Peabody Award situated on a shelf behind him during the interview, circled it like a coach...

Here is video of Ralph Nader on with Bill O'Reilly tonight where he refused to call the Fort Hood attack a "terrorist attack." Instead, he said he would only choose to call it a "massacre." In fact, Nader got upset with O'Reilly for even asking him about it, saying instead that he came onto the show to talk about his new book. O'Reilly responded by saying Nader was "dodging" the question. . . . (VIDEO)

Here is video of Bill O'Reilly tonight hammering the Mainstream Media for the theme they have developed to explain away the mass murder at Fort Hood by Major Nidal Malik Hasan. O'Reilly points out the liberal talking points being followed that says Hasan did it because he suffers from being picked on and made fun of since he's a Muslim, and due to the stress he was under because of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Problem is, he never went to either place! O'Reilly sums it up at the end of the piece by saying that either Hasan is...