During the “No Spin News” portion of the December 20 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio program, Bill O'Reilly complained about a New York City cab driver who he said demanded $300 to take a friend's daughter to the airport during the city's transit strike, stating: “Immediately that person [the cab driver] should be shot dead.” O'Reilly then asked, “Did you get that, you left-wing smear sites who are listening?” He further suggested a possible headline, “Just pass that around -- 'O'Reilly wants cab drivers shot dead' -- big headline on the left-wing website.”

From the December 20 broadcast of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:

O'REILLY: All right, “No Spin News” real quick. Transit strike hits New York City. New York says it's against the law. The transit people don't care, and da-da-da -- 33,000 transit employees, and they're gone, so everybody's walking around. There's price gouging. A friend of mine told me that his daughter had to go out to the airport, a run that would cost you 40 bucks, and then somebody wants $300 to take you out there, you know, that kind of thing. Immediately, that person should be shot dead. Did you get that, you left-wing smear sites who are listening? OK? Just pass that around -- “O'Reilly wants cab drivers shot dead” -- big headline on the left-wing website. You gotta give them something, ladies and gentlemen. [laughter] These little weasels.