O’Reilly Doesn’t Back Down After ‘View’ Fracas

By Andrew Gauthier 

The Huffington Post

The night after his comments about Muslims made Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg walk off the set of “The View,” Bill O’Reilly used his Thursday “Talking Points Memo” to defend himself.

O’Reilly replayed the full, explosive confrontation, including the comments which set Behar and Goldberg off — when, during a heated exchange about the proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero, he said, “Muslims killed us on 9/11!” Goldberg and Behar objected vehmently, saying that “extremists” carried out the 9/11 attacks, and then walked off the set.

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On his show, O’Reilly did not back down from his words. More…

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