Mark Casey Online

A Boston TV host was fired by Comcast Cable, a well-known supporter and contributor to the Republican party, after publicly protesting the New England EMMY chapter’s decision to honor Fox News host Bill O’Reilly.

Nolan, the fired former host of the network’s CN8 Channel, believed that it was improper for the regional EMMY organization to nominate a figure as “partisan” as O’Reilly.

The host had this to say:

“He’s delusional,” Nolan said of O’Reilly. “He’s a man that mangles the facts. He inflates and constantly mangles the truth, and his frequent target is the ‘left-leaning’ media — the ones who do report the news fairly.”

Now, I realize that it’s only a local EMMY honor. But that’s the whole point. Why would Comcast risk their sterling reputation just to stamp out a little regional squabble?

Read more…

It was the cranky-old-man shove heard ’round the world.

Fox News conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly was apparently trying to play the role of a reporter Saturday when he attended an Obama rally, and actually tried to ask a question. Why a man like Bill O’Reilly would suddenly start asking questions instead of endlessly pontificating is beyond me, but rest assured that he was justly ignored.

But being ignored doesn’t sit well with O’Reilly, as you likely guessed. So he started shouting and shoving, which shouldn’t surprise you, either. He actually had to be restrained by the secret service, god bless ‘em. They’ll surely get a round of “Anti-American” vitriol from O’Reilly via his show on monday, of course. The Obama camp was quick to notify the media about the insane conservative who attacked them, but Barack also stuck around to answer whatever the hell O’Reilly’s question was. Aww.