{"id":644,"date":"2007-10-15T20:22:32","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T03:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=644"},"modified":"2007-12-01T17:16:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-02T01:16:28","slug":"trouble-in-paradise-the-malkinrivera-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"Trouble In Paradise – The Malkin\/Rivera Affair"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/param><\/param><\/object>Get out your handkerchiefs. Michelle Malkin and Bill O’Reilly are officially separated. Malkin has notified the Fester that she will no longer appear on his program because she believes that her honor was besmirched by Geraldo Rivera. Then, when Rivera starred in an obviously staged apologia on Bill-O’s program, Malkin declared that it wasn’t sufficiently sincere and busted out this email<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I made the decision to quit appearing on the O’Reilly show in response to the poor handling of the Geraldo Rivera matter (the staged “apology” on The Factor was a complete farce). I won’t go into details, but please know that your support means a lot to me. You can catch me on other Fox News shows and read my daily blog posts and weekly columns at MichelleMalkin.com.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Malkin’s position on immigration reads like the KKK’s position on integration, and she is also the author of a book that defends the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. So Rivera is justifiably upset by her overtly racist rantings. But Malkin has a point as well. Here’s what Rivera said about her to the Boston Globe<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Michelle Malkin is the most vile, hateful commentator I’ve ever met in my life,” he says. “She actually believes that neighbors should start snitching out neighbors, and we should be deporting people.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s good she’s in D.C. and I’m in New York,” Rivera sneers. “I’d spit on her if I saw her.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the televised apology, all Rivera apologized for was the threat to spit on her. He said nothing retracting the “most vile, hateful commentator”<\/em> sweet talk. Still, it’s funny that Malkin finds this affront so intolerable that she would quit the show. There must be ten thousand good reasons to avoid O’Reilly’s Circus of Stupidity. But it took being insulted by Geraldo to push her over the edge. How sad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Get out your handkerchiefs. Michelle Malkin and Bill O’Reilly are officially separated. Malkin has notified the Fester that she will no longer appear on his program because she believes that her honor was besmirched by Geraldo Rivera. 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