I was listening to On the Media on the way back from Duluth this morning. It mentioned the incident last year where Bill O’Reilly threatened a caller to his radio program with FOX Security and asserted that he was a “gone guy”. Here is an excerpt:
Mike is a gone guy. We have your phone numbers, by the way, so if you’re listening, Mike, we have your phone number, and we’re going to turn it over to FOX Security, and you’ll be getting a little visit. . . . When you call us, ladies and gentlemen, just so you know, we do have your phone number, and if you say anything untoward, obscene, or anything like that, FOX Security then will contact the local authorities, and you will be held accountable. . . . Believe it. — Bill O’Reilly
I had forgotten about this. Then this evening I saw on memeorandum that Tucker Carlson has behaved similarly recently when he allegedly threatened some lowly video rental clerk who was then promptly terminated from his employer as a result of legal threats from Carlson’s lawyer. Read the whole story here. You know Tucker Carlson, he is that bow-tie wearing chump that gets paid to be witty and quick on his feet, but managed to get verbally lashed by John Stewart on that silly show of his that was canceled (Crossfire). If you haven’t seen this, you really must, it’s hysterical:
And then Stewart’s recap later:
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