Corn Fires Back at O'Reilly on Twitter

"This Just In: O'Reilly resorts to spin and name-calling. Stay classy."

Bill O’Reilly told TVNewser last night that the Mother Jones report questioning his Falkland War stories during his time at CBS is “a giant piece of defamation.” According to Politico, he had gone even further earlier that day — calling principal author and DC editor of Mother Jones, David Corn, “a liar” and a “despicable guttersnipe.”

O’Reilly, who CNN’s Brian Stelter called the “Brian Williams of cable news” in terms of ratings, claims Corn has a track record of libelous behavior toward him.

“All you have to do is Google David Corn and Fox News, Bill O’Reilly and you’ll see this guy has made a history of it,” O’Reilly told TVNewser. “This

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