Kristof of 'NYT' Starts Pledge Drive to Back Bill O'Reilly (Darfur) Trip

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Kristof of 'NYT' Starts Pledge Drive to Back Bill O'Reilly Trip


NEW YORK New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof resumed his exchange with TV/radio talkster Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday, asking readers to contribute to a fund to send O'Reilly to Darfur.

Kristof said he would ante up the first $1000.

The "feud" began last December when O'Reilly denounced Kristof as a "left-wing ideologue." Kristof replied by challenging O'Reilly to show truly "traditional values" by joining him on a visit to Darfur to assess the death and devastation there, thereby "using your talents for an important cause."

Kristof in his Tuesday column revealed that a few days ago he got this answer: "I do three hours of daily news analysis on TV and radio. There's no way I can go to Africa."

But Kristof replied that with a satellite phone, "you can do your show from anywhere."

[AlCzervik]

1. i'm in, i'll be more than happy to send a donation.

[Missy M]

2. I'm sure the country can do without O'Reilly for a week or....

two while he visits Darfur. The country will survive without him.

[MADem]

3. That is pretty damn funny, actually!!!!

Talk about a "money where your mouth is" moment!!!

Hey, if Matt Friken Lauer can do the Today Show from the Great Wall of China, or East Hellhole in the middle of nowhere, ole Dild O'Really can manage to pump out a few shows from Darfur!

[librechik]

4. I'd throw in 50 bucks if he stays there n/t

[Brewman_Jax]

5. Scared, Big Bill O?

I figured since he acted so big and bad on the show, he could do it anywhere. Or is Bill big and bad only on a controlled and scripted set? :rofl:

[Skink]

7. O'Reilly will go he's seen combat before.

[Brewman_Jax]

9. You're right, he has seen combat before

but I think that he was counting watching The Green Berets and Saving Private Ryan and other war movies as "seeing combat."

:rofl:

[Canuckistanian]

8. He's probably afraid to go to San Francisco, let alone Darfur

And I hear there's a shortage of Falafel in Sudan these days.

[Craig3410]

6. One-way, I hope.

[northzax]

10. what do you have against the people of the Sudan?

that you would wish upon them such evil?