I just caught the tail end of an interview Bill O\’Reilly conducted with two Black clergyman from the Saint Louis area.
One of them said that there was a narrative about the Michael Brown incident being a race crime.
O\’Reilly told him – several times – that he had called the incident a race crime.
The clergyman, tried to tell O\’Reilly that he was talking about coverage of the incident, and was not making his own judgment. But O\’Reilly kept talking over him, telling him he was wrong, and snarkily advising him to check the tape.
I can only hope O\’Reilly takes his own advice and checks that tape himself — then issues the apology which should be forthcoming. Because he was dead, 100%, wrong.
This is what happens when someone talks over people and does not listen to what they say.
It is why I find it harder and harder to watch Bill O\’Reilly.
