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O'Reilly's Rant Wasn't His Imus Moment
Comments were old-fashioned, sheltered—not racist, says Times blogger
By Peter Fearon
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Posted Sep 26, 07 9:44 AM CDT
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The firestorm over Bill O'Reilly's statement that a Harlem restaurant was "exactly the same, even though it's run by blacks" may be overblown, writes New York Times blogger Mike Nizza. While liberal groups are gleefuly taking aim, Nizza says the conservative pundit was recounting a conversion and guilty of no more than being a sheltered white guy.
Later on the same show, O'Reilly continued: "This is what white America doesn’t know. They think that the culture is dominated by Twista, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg." But given full context, Nizza writes, this is no Imus moment. Stay tuned tonight when O'Reilly appears on Fox News with none other than Al Sharpton.