O'REILLY: Now in addition, some NBC commentators continue to slam Senator Clinton.
MATTHEWS [video clip]: Let's not forget, and I'll be brutal, the reason she's a U.S. senator, the reason she's a candidate for president, the reason she may be a front-runner is her husband messed around. That's how she got to be senator from New York. We keep forgetting it. She didn't win there on her merit.
O'REILLY: Rough. Joining us now from Washington with analysis, Michelle Bernard, who has been observing election coverage as president of the Independent Women's Forum. You know, NBC, a very powerful network. We have said for years that this network is not fair and has an agenda a mile long. And now I think their own people are admitting it. And what do you think?
BERNARD: Well, you know, Bill, I guess one of the ways to look at this is welcome to the era of advocacy journalism. I mean for better or for worse, it unfortunately appears that a large segment of the American population is now willing to accept this type of journalism. I mean, one of the things I was thinking after I heard this reporter from NBC News' comments was, well, maybe, maybe, you know, the silver lining in this is that he is admitting to biased journalism.
O'REILLY: Well, that's what Williams says. That's what Williams says, but I have to tell you when I worked in the network 20 years ago, he would have been removed on the spot if he had said something like that. I worked at ABC and CBS. Both networks when I was there would have removed him because you can't have that kind of a rooting interest. Yes, his candor. I don't know, you can say it's refreshing or it's honest, whatever. Now, we should point out that Mr. Matthews has a perfect right to say whatever he wants to say because he is not a reporter. He is a commentator, as I am. But it's rough. I mean, it's rough business what these people over there are doing. We don't do that here. We would never say that Senator Clinton got her job because her husband messed around. I mean, that is -- that is a personal attack. And it is questionable whether a network should allow that or not.