O'Reilly - United Nations

On September 14, in his radio commentary on the Westwood One network, Bill O'Reilly made the following statement about the United Nations:

O'REILLY: “Bush to address the U.N., says we must be steadfast in battling terrorism. I'm sure all the U.N. people fell asleep. They don't really care about anything over there at all. I just wish Katrina had only hit the United Nations building, nothing else, just had flooded them out. And I wouldn't have rescued them.”

While it could be argued that Mr. O'Reilly was engaging in hyperbole, in essence he was advocating the deaths of many Americans and people of other nationalities who work at the UN to support his ideological agenda. I find this type of inflammatory rhetoric abhorrent and unacceptable.

If you agree with my conclusion that this commentary is unacceptable, I urge you to contact Westwood One and/or Mr. O'Reilly to voice your concern. Contact Information is below. I have also included a copy of the message that I sent which may or may not assist you in your message.

Bill O'Reilly - oreilly@foxnews.com
Westwood One Radio Network:
Westwood One Bart Tessler Sr. VP, Network News / Talk Programming 202.457.7998
shane_coppola@westwoodone.com
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E:mail to Westwood One:
On his September 14 radio program on your network, Bill O'Reilly stated that he wished Katrina had hit the United Nations building and that he would not have rescued the people who work there. While Mr. O'Reilly has a Constitutional right to air his opinion, I question whether this kind of rhetoric should be acceptable to your network, no matter how many listeners he attracts.

Do you really wish to be known as the network which supports the advocacy of killing Americans (and the people of many other nations who work at the United Nations) for partisan ideological reasons? At the very least, a repudiation of the comment is warranted, if not a thorough review of whether Mr. O'Reilly represents the type of commentator that your network wishes to employ and support.

Thank you for your consideration.