UPDATE: Jon Stewart has accepted Bill O’Reilly’s challenge to debate Common’s White House appearance, Fox News announced Friday. Stewart will debate O’Reilly on Monday’s “O’Reilly Factor.”
ORIGINAL STORY: Bill O’Reilly took exception to Jon Stewart’s takedown of Fox News over President Obama’s invitation of rapper Common to the White House–and he challenged his high-profile frenemy to come on his show and debate the matter.
O’Reilly is just one of many Fox News anchors to object to Common, saying he supports the killing of police officers and the assassination of George W. Bush. (Both claims are, to put it mildly, debatable.)
Stewart delivered an epic response to the kerfuffle, complete with a rap of his own. On his Thursday show, O’Reilly said Stewart’s rant was an “argument that gets us nowhere.”
After playing footage of Stewart saying Fox News was spreading lies, O’Reilly said, “no lies here, Jon. and I would like to debate you about the Common situation because it’s important.”
He said he didn’t care about anybody’s “dopey” lyrics. “What we do care about,” he continued, “is the President of the United States understanding that in this country there are subversives…so with all due respect I think Jon Stewart made a big mistake trying to run down Fox News and defend Common and I look forward to Mr. Stewart coming on the ‘Factor’ to discuss it.”
The debate is to take place on Monday at 8 pm during the O’Reilly Factor.
Not sure I am going to be a betting woman on this one. However, the entertainment will be good. Both men appear to respect each other.
Is anyone betting who will win this one?
This should be good… I would love to hear how Stewart defends Common’s racist views. Being in a interracial marriage myself with an biracial child I find Common’s views disgusting and I’m appalled that apparently both Elena and Moon have no problem with it at all.
I just can’t understand why in the world you would be a-okay with the obviously racist views of this man just because he was invited by Obama. I don’t get it and quite frankly it’s offensive to anyone in a interracial relationship.
huh… days have passed and I still don’t hear/see Moon or Elena defend Commons views on interracial relationships. Maybe your against them as well, I don’t know?
Please leave Dan. You are here to aggitate and stir things up rather than to discuss. Let’s have it be your choice this time rather than us having to bannish you.