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O’Reilly & Geraldo Almost Come To Blows

Bill O’Reilly and Geraldo Rivera had one of the most heated war of words I’ve ever seen on cable news Thursday.

An illegal immigrant was charged in the drunk driving death of two girls in Virginia Beach recently. Raw Story says O’Reilly used the incident “to launch an attack on illegal immigrants.”

Oliver Willis says Geraldo “called out O’Reilly’s xenophobia for exactly what it was. This drove Bill O’Reilly insane. I was almost certain he was going to reach across the table and hit Geraldo.”

The most vicious part is on YouTube:



A minute later, after O’Reilly abruptly changed the subject because time was running out (“what are you doing on your show this weekend?”), Geraldo said: “I think that one of the wonderful things about our network is that we are fair and balanced.”

“People can decide whether you’re right or I’m right. And they will decide that I’m right,” O’Reilly responded. Johnny Dollar has the full video…

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