Slate’s Jack Shafer shows sympathy for Bill O’Reilly and asks: “Why is the Times’ Nicholas Kristof picking on him?” (Need to catch up in the O’Reilly/Kristof/Darfur spat? Click here.)
“Don’t get me wrong. Bill O’Reilly deserves it in the shins — or even higher — at least two times a week. His bullying, grandstanding, and modern know-nothingism make him a plump target. But Kristof doesn’t want to engage or debate O’Reilly, he wants to embarrass him by playing dada games,” Shafer says…
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