Hewitt on O'Reily

I saw Hugh Hewitt on O'Reily Friday (1/14) night. I do not like O'Reily. I think he is arrogant and self-important. He is obnoxiously centrist, or, to use his favorite description, "traditional." He often talks about the "folks." Who in Manhattan is the "folks"? Is he Andy Griffith?

I do, however, like his show, because he has good guests, like Hugh. This was the first time I had seen Hugh. I enjoy reading his blog. On this blog he has some comments here and here on his appearance (scroll down a bit). I like what they have to say. I think that O'Reily is wary and atagonistic toward anyone that would accuse anyone of anything. He won't mention any allegations, no matter how strong they are, until there is a court conviction. In the past, he has been slandered by people like "Stuart Smalley" (a.k.a Al Franken) and "left-wing websites" (as he calls them), so he is naturally defensive toward anyone that accuses other people of wrongdoing. To take this "stand" he apparently must be blind to evidence, since the evidence against Mr. Rather is overwhelming. He is obsessed with giving everyone a fair shake. Everyone, that is, except all websites and Al Franken. He knows as much about the blogosphere as Michael Jackson knows of football. Which makes his adversion to blogs so amazing. How can he sweeping deride all websites as unprofessional and untrustworthy when he is not even familiar with them? Hugh mentioned Instapundit, Powerline, and Captain's Quarter, all very reputable (more so than O'Reily). Bill is very old school. He is as much a part of legacy media as Rather is. He just doesn't admit it. Not, at least, without a court order.