Troubled Punditry
October 17th, 2007Bill O’Reilly has honestly accused the press of killing American soldiers. Ain’t that something? He makes it clear that it isn’t his press that’s doing it — just the liberal media. The sad thing is, plenty of people will think him right.
In other pundit news, Stephen Colbert is running for President in South Carolina and South Carolina alone. I hope he does a serious job of being unserious because as a general rule, I think he does more harm than good, along with Stewart, in humoring very serious issues and promoting a culture of snark and partisanship. But if done right, he could do some good, especially if he gets on the debate stage with, say, his fellow Republicans.