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O'Reilly complained that SF Chronicle "field marshal" label is a "Nazi reference"

December 20, 2005 4:43 pm ET
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SUMMARY: On The Radio Factor, host Bill O'Reilly called the San Francisco Chronicle's use of the term "field marshal" a "Nazi reference; the Chronicle labeled O'Reilly "a field marshal for the conservative counter-campaign against the 'war on Christmas.' " However, the term "field marshal" is also the highest rank in the military forces of Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, and bears relation to the French rank of "Marischal du Camp."

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