“The notion that O’Reilly would anchor election coverage of any kind is beyond absurd and wildly inaccurate.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nPlease note that that’s the official position of Fox News. Personally, I think that O’Reilly is beyond absurd and wildly inaccurate in any context, but this is still a fairly enlightened view coming from the Fox VP of Media Relations.<\/p>\n
Update:<\/strong> Despite Briganti’s proclamation that it would be “beyond absurd”<\/em> for O’Reilly to anchor election coverage, Billo did join anchor Brit Hume and used the time to bash NBC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This gave me a scare: Fox News eyes O’Reilly for election night. “Sources within Fox News say the channel is planning to spice up its coverage of the Texas and Ohio primaries next Tuesday night by putting its popular conservative talker Bill O’Reilly in the anchor seat.” That’s from the Crain’s New York web site. 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