O'Lielly made up the story about Silent Night

[tonka023]

(sorry if this has already been posted)

http://mediamatters.org/items/200601040009

On CBS' Late Show with David Letterman, Bill O'Reilly resurrected his false claim that a Wisconsin elementary school banned the singing of the Christmas hymn "Silent Night," erroneously attributing the school's changed lyrics to political correctness. In fact, the new lyrics were merely part of a 1988 Christmas play called The Little Tree's Christmas Gift. Later in the interview, Letterman admonished O'Reilly, asserting, "I have the feeling about 60 percent of what you say is crap."

[MissMillie]

1. Someone should send the link to Letterman

Maybe he'll do a funny "Viewer mail" thing with it.

[tonka023]

2. Good idea

I emailed him with the story and link.

[MissMillie]

3. so did I

I also included the debunking about the students not being allowed to wear green and red.

I told O'Reilly that I thought 60% was a very CONSERVATIVE number. lol

[ghostsofgiants]

4. What a douche...

And welcome to DU!