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Anybody watching OReily now? OReily says he'll point out and take to task any republicans going to right wing hate sites. Freerepublic was specifically mentioned.

On tonight's O'Reilly Factor, Bill used the Souther Poverty Law Center as an authority on "hate groups". This is the same organization run by notorious race hustler Morris Dees, a man local Montgomery Alabama area black residents accuse of being a con man that takes their money, yet does little (including hiring black attorneys for the SPLC). There are several references online to Dees con-artistry. Everyone from National Review to The Nation has called Dees out, yet O'Reilly has given him credibility. The SPLC has tarred a large number of groups with the "hate" label that are nothing of the...

<p>You've got a tough job up there in the clouds riding herd over the folks. Apparently you're having problems with the folks speaking out against the America hating left. But that's ok. Just keep your eyes closed, ears plugged and your jaws flapping. Eventually the folks will tune you out and we'll all be better off for it.</p>

Last night's "Evening News" featured Katie Couric's interview with Karen James, the widow of Mt. Hood climber Kelly James. The interview dominated the second half of the show, ultimately absorbing about nine of the 22 minutes of the broadcast. Reactions to the piece, in the comments section of both the Web version of the story and Couric's blog post on the subject, have been mixed. Some lauded the interview. One commenter, vriss, called it "one of the best interviews I have ever seen on TV." Wrote blrichard: "I liked the interview. It was really a personal story that I think...