O'Reilly's Lie on Letterman Exposes Him As Right-Wing Hack

In attempting to defend claims of "gotcha" journalism in Sarah Palin's interview with Charles Gibson, Bill O'Reilly lied on the David Letterman show the other night. Here's what O'Reilly said:

"The Bush Doctrine? Remember that, when Charlie Gibson went 'What's the Bush Doctrine'? You got the nose with glasses on and all that. I'm sitting at home going 'What Bush Doctrine'? Is that the doctrine where I go to Crawford Texas five times a year? What Bush Doctrine is that? I don't know what that is. That was just ridiculous... It's all gotcha gotcha gotcha."

Here's the clip:

The facts? O'Reilly's own column proves that he knows full well what the Bush Doctrine is, exposing his claim of being unbiased as a lie:

Bill O'Reilly's Talking Points
Tuesday, March 16, 2004

"This Spanish election is very bad news for the U.S., which continues to be seen as a villain throughout much of the world. The new Spanish government will not be as supportive as the previous one.

Al Qaeda loves that. Its goal is to isolate America. Many people in Europe are Socialists, as you know. They believe that capitalist America is worse than Al Qaeda. And that crazy view has taken deep root.

So the U.S. cannot count on much support from Europe. And that puts President Bush in a difficult position. The Bush Doctrine is to take the fight to the terrorists. Now with the capitulation of Spain, America has one less fighting partner."

Not that this is any big surprise, but this asshole uses the "unbiased" claim to promote Republicans and right-wing ideology in a much more insipid way than the Limbaughs and Hannitys of the world. They at least get credit for being honest enough to admit their proclivities.