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O'Reilly to Kerry: "You're a sissy"

FOX News Channel host Bill O'Reilly, who frequently rails against "dishonest and defamatory personal attacks on Mr. [George W.] Bush" (as he did on the November 3 edition of The O'Reilly Factor), labeled Senator John Kerry a "sissy" six times November 29 on his nationally syndicated radio program. O'Reilly was discussing a November 19 video message in which Kerry thanked his supporters for "counter[ing] the attacks from big news organizations such as FOX, Sinclair Broadcasting, and conservative talk radio." O'Reilly attempted to defend FOX News Channel by running through its prime-time lineup and classifying each anchor by which presidential candidate he or she supposedly favored. O'Reilly's co-host, FOX News Channel host E.D. Hill, agreed with O'Reilly's name-calling.

From the November 29 edition of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:

O'REILLY: You got me at 8 o'clock. And everybody knows I was tryin' to be fair to Kerry. You got [Sean] Hannity who thinks Kerry's the devil, and [Alan] Colmes who thinks Kerry is St. Francis of Assisi. They're at 9. So, one guy doesn't like him the other guy loves him. And then, you got [Greta] Van Sustren at 10, whose husband worked for Kerry. Raised money for him. Okay? Do the math. "FOX News attacked me" -- aw, you're a -- he's a sissy. He's a sissy. I knew it when he couldn't throw the ball at Fenway Park -- he's a sissy. You're a sissy.

HILL: And when he called Lambeau Field "Lambert Field" --.

O'REILLY: Yeah, Senator, with all due respect, you're a sissy. Get the kids health insurance, I'm with you -- you're a sissy.

—G.W.

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