Popping O’Reilly’s Cork

Re “Perhaps O’Reilly Is Wrong,” editorial, May 24: It is demeaning for you to respond to Bill O’Reilly. And a waste of time. Do you think he will broadcast a retraction? He gets his ratings from keeping the arguments rolling -- or roiling. His program, like other “conflict-based” shout-matches, is a sorry imitation of the prototype, “The Jerry Springer Show.”

If those who disagree with O’Reilly would not show up to debate him, his show would wither. O’Reilly needs an antagonist to make it work.

Dove Menkes

Fullerton