Billy O’Reilly’s mother would be ashamed!

Once again, an infamous journalistic bully with access to a prime time audience goes after a woman.  Famously arrogant and mean Bill O’Reilly of Fox news has nothing better to do than pick on elderly women.  He attacked veteran journalist Helen Thomas after the Obama presser monday night.  He spent nearly his entire program last night justifying calling her a “wicked witch” and even brought in the irrelevant comic Dennis Miller to take some of the heat.  Miller sang an incredibly off key and patronizing “You are So Beautiful to Me” for Thomas.

Veteran Journalist Bonnie Erbe, among others, have dedicated their columns and blogs calling down O”Reilly.

Bill O’Reilly mocks everyone—all right, I get it. He’s a venom-spitting curmudgeon and works hard to build that image and protect his niche. But calling veteran journalist Helen Thomas a “wicked witch” after her question to President Obama at his news conference last night was not only ugly, it was petty.

O’Reilly is living proof there are a lot of hateful TV viewers out there because they must get a rise out of watching an angry homunculus who’s outlived his useful life span. What else would prompt someone to watch his show? Quite frankly I’d have a better time parking on a freeway in rush hour and dealing with all the angry motorists, than watching Venom Boy spew. Can’t somebody recommend to O’Reilly a competent psychotherapist? But then where would angry TV news viewers go to watch highly-paid cobras?

Bernard Goldberg joined in the witch hunt later by saying “Helen Thomas’ 15 minutes were up during the Lincoln administration.”

Why are these guys allowed to get away with passing this kind of meanness off as news commentary?  Why are they even given airtime?  Is America that desperate for entertainment that picking on elderly women as means of ego gratification of the likes of O’Reilly yields huge salaries and audiences?    There’s a reason I don’t watch Tweety, KO, Rush, and O’Reilly.  What I want to know is why do people watch these jerks and why do they get paid money to spew sexism and play ground bully commentary?