On the September 20 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly took aim at Media Matters for America after we highlighted his comments expressing regret that Hurricane Katrina had not hit the United Nations building in New York instead of New Orleans. O'Reilly's comments were brought to the attention of Fox News by former Sen. Timothy E. Wirth (D-CO), president of the United Nations Foundation, who asked Fox News and O'Reilly to publicly apologize. Far from an apology, O'Reilly's vitriolic response instead targeted both Media Matters and Wirth. O'Reilly repeatedly referred to Media Matters as "creepy" and compared us to the devil worshipping "little people" in the film Rosemary's Baby. O'Reilly admonished Wirth for sending the letter -- lamenting his willingness to accept the "propaganda that this creepy, little, left-wing outfit gave him" -- and called it "off-the-chart embarrassing."
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