How the media hung "South Park" out to dry

“See, I would have advised them not to do it,” O’Reilly continued, “because the risk is higher than the reward.”

One reason there is such a high “risk” is because media people such as O’Reilly left Westergaard and now the “South Park” creators, as Parker put it, “out to dry.” All media in America should have reproduced Westergaard’s cartoon, just as all media in American should now applaud Parker and Stone for their defense of free speech against Sharia.

Surely it is O’Reilly’s responsibility as a leading broadcaster to do that small bit to keep the airwaves free.

Alas, this man of the folks doesn’t see it that way. “You don’t want to give in to the intimidating forces of evil,” he said. “But you got to deal with reality. And these people are killers and they will kill you.”

In other words, shut up about Muhammad, and everything will be fine — or at least Islamic.