Geraldo v. O’Reilly

It’s come to this…”intelligent” debate on immigration policy between Geraldo Rivera and Bill O’Reilly?

It felt as if you had wandered into a barroom brawl, people were cowering under their tables, and the only question was when someone would get smashed with a broken beer bottle.

It was the battle of cable goliaths, Geraldo Rivera vs. Bill O’Reilly, a trash-talking, vein-popping, finger-thrusting shoutfest complete with cries of “Cool your jets!” and “That’s bull!”

The rising decibel level Thursday night on “The O’Reilly Factor,” an arena not exactly renowned for delicate discussion, was an instant YouTube classic as the two Fox fighters went at it on the subject of undocumented immigration.

Rivera did what few guests dare in the “No-Spin Zone” — accuse the host of making “a cheap political point.” O’Reilly, undeterred, said Rivera wanted “open-border anarchy.” And although Rivera didn’t get his nose broken, as happened during a 1988 scuffle with a neo-Nazi guest on his old syndicated talk show, both men were clearly fuming. Click here.

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