Bill O’Reilly Weighs In On Anderson Cooper/Ed Schultz Feud: ‘If You Give Gutter Snipes Publicity, They Win’

Mediaite.com:

The cable news primetime triumvirate has now completely weighed in on Ed Schultz‘s position in GQ‘s “Least Influential People Alive of 2011” list. Bill O’Reilly started off his “Reality Check” segment tonight with the news of Schultz blaming Anderson Cooper for the article, ending with a bit of open-ended advice: “if you give gutter snipes publicity, they win.”


O’Reilly began the segment by noting that both CNN and MSNBC were “way behind FNC,” and that while MSNBC has attacked opponents in “vile, unprofessional ways,” CNN “usually stays above the fray.” Explaining the situation– that Schultz “apparently believes that CNN’s Anderson Cooper is behind a column in GQ magazine that mocks Schultz”– O’Reilly corrected Schultz’s claim that he crushes Cooper in the ratings, and played Cooper’s response.


He then gave his two cents, not taking any sides, but offering his experience: “I leanred the hard way with Al Franken that if you give gutter snipes publicity, they win.”