Re: "modern-day equivalent of a witch hunt."

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, and he's getting worse (though I can't stop checking him out now
& then - ok, more often than now & then). Almost every night he's got
a segment on sex offenders - and immigrants, who are almost as bad,
in his estimation. From watching Fox it seems that the right is
getting crazier and angrier.

Doug

On Mar 11, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Jim Devine wrote:

> is Bill O'Reilly a "mind offender"?
>
> On 3/11/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mar 11, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Jim Devine wrote:
> >
> > > The new American witch hunt
> > > Demonizing sex offenders by passing tough, mindless laws rather
> > than
> > > treating them makes little sense.
> >
> > It seems that Bill O'Reilly has a lot to do with this. He's been
> > pushing the passage of "Jessica's Law," which would mandate a 25-year
> > minimum sentence for first-time sex offenders. He's got a spot on
> > virtually every night pushing the tough, mindless approach, and it
> > seems to be working.
> >
> > Bill's web page: <http://billoreilly.com/outragefunnels>. Yes, it
> > says outragefunnels.
> >
> > Doug
>
>
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