Bill O’Reilly Out-Bullied (by, of all persons, Phil Donohue) 0

Bill O’Reilly is the true wearer of the mantle of Joe Pyne. Whenever Joe was losing an argument, he would start shouting, “I was in the Marines!” and drown out his guests and callers. Bill, of course, just keeps shouting. Apparently, he wasn’t in the Marines.

His rudeness catches a lot of people off guard, just as Joe Pyne’s did. People who are normally courteous and used to dealing with courteous persons don’t expect to be yelled at and don’t usually react coherently or effectively. Terry Gross, of NPR’s Fresh Air, an experienced and accomplished interviewer, was one of his victims; this exchange shows his tactics as effectively as any you might hear.

But when he meets someone who stands up to him and cites evidence, he seems to have trouble reacting.

You can watch it here and read the transcript here.

Here’s a portion of the transcript.

DONAHUE: Let’s understand what’s happening here. Once again we have a woman who got to be just a little too famous for the people who support this war, a minority of the American population, by the way, and so the effort to marginalize this woman is underway and you’re helping out.

O’REILLY: OK. And we’ll cover it.

A number of sites refer to this exchange, but thanks to Blinq for the links.