After ABC News aired a 2008 clip of Bill O'Reilly saying that Michelle Obama “looks like an angry woman,” O'Reilly mounted a nonsensical defense that actually did more to confirm ABC's point than refute it.

Tonight on his Fox News show, O'Reilly read mail on the subject from a viewer:

O'REILLY: Marcus Franklin, Decatur, Georgia. “Bill, just because you complimented the first lady several times doesn't erase the September 2008 quote.”

You gotta put down the Kool-Aid, there, Marcus, and listen up. ABC News portrayed me as critical to Mrs. Obama now. That was false. Three and a half years ago, many Americans had questions about the woman because we didn't know her. I did my job -- I asked those questions.

No, that's not what ABC News did.

Before airing the clip of O'Reilly, correspondent Cecilia Vega said, “The image of an angry Michelle Obama has long been fodder for critics.” Then, as audio of O'Reilly played, this graphic appeared:

It is clearly labeled “Sept 2008.”

O'Reilly's claim that “ABC News portrayed me as critical to Mrs. Obama now” is simply false.