Bill O’Reilly wasn’t as blunt as my title suggests, but the inference is clearly there, especially since he made a more explicit reference in his Talking Points Memo to some commentators on Fox throwing in with Bundy:
BILL O’REILLY: Now, there were some commentators who threw in with Bundy. Alright, but you know on the left there have been commentators who threw in — you mentioned Snowden. They threw it in.
So, how would you — just take yourself out of your little TV job and you are just at home now, you are just a viewer. Do you guys listen to them anymore? Or you just say you know what, enough is enough with this stuff? You?
BRIAN KILMEADE: You mean in this in between?
BILL O’REILLY: If you hear a commentator on the radio or on television or something something like that and they throw in with a guy who then turns out to be this way. Do you remember that or is it just they made a mistake?
BRIAN KILMEADE: Well, I mean I think they just made a mistake. Number one, if something happened where I’m watching a man or a woman, I respect that person and they end up wrong side of the issue and this person ends up having an arrest, an assault, a murder in their background and that turns out, I’m not going to necessarily think ‘wow, they booked a bad guest, didn’t do a backup.’
BILL O’REILLY: So you say they made a mistake and you’re willing to give them another chance.
BRIAN KILMEADE: Absolutely.
BILL O’REILLY: And you?
BERNARD MCGUIRK: That’s the way it should be. But, for the people who oppose those people who make those comments on the radio or TV, they won’t forget it.
BILL O’REILLY: Oh no, but that’s a whole different thing. I’m talking about regular people, not zombies.