December 1, 2003

Salon.com News | MoveOn moves up: "MoveOn's mere existence drives Fox News fulminator Bill O'Reilly into such fits of rage that he once devoted a segment of his program to attacking the group while refusing to allow its staff on air to answer his charges. On his Sept. 17 show, he said: 'Now, the MoveOn.org people wanted to come on here, but I can't have them on because, you know, they're going to attack Bush. I got to defend Bush.' He proceeded to rant against MoveOn's nonprofit status, saying, 'I don't know why we're giving tax-exempt status to propaganda outfits ... When you say you're nonpartisan, as MoveOn.org says it is, and then you're not, that's a lie, is it not?' O'Reilly fails to register comparable outrage at the partisan activities of nonprofits such as the Christian Coalition and Concerned Women for America. "

interesting essay on MoveOn.org and its detractors. this particular graph illustrates at least part of O'Reilly's hypocrisy.

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