Posted by
Defend America on Saturday, May 30, 2009 7:38:11 PM
This incident involving Hot Air, a blog run by Michelle Malkin, and Bill O'Reilly has bothered me a lot. A summary of the incident and what has come out of it:
The entire O’Reilly Factor kerfuffle started when Bill assigned himself
the role of internet cop and busted us for writing hateful posts — by
quoting a
commenter, a newfangled development on blogs which apparently confused Bill. He then offered a
half-assed apology
for not reporting accurately, but blamed us for not policing our
comment sections as thoroughly as Bill himself does with his own site.
Patterico then took Bill at his word and paid good money to join Bill’s
site (note that we don’t charge people to read Hot Air) and did
a little internet policing of his own.
After Patterico joined the website to expose Mr. O'Reilly's hypocrisy, Patterico was not welcomed anymore on Mr. O'Reilly's website.
This is what Patterico said:
I wish I could share today’s “BillOReilly.com blog posting” . . . but my membership has been terminated …
Oh, wait. I just reviewed the Terms and Conditions again, and I
believe I have found the relevant language: “4. Do not expose Bill
O’Reilly as a rank hypocrite.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/05/30/oreilly-loses-his-taste-for-internet-cops/