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To: Gary M. Reed who wrote (6630)	9/19/2000 8:31:43 AM
From: Mark Marcellus	Respond to of 17683

I have watched O'Reilly, and stand by my comments. His show is actually not that bad, at least not yet. He reminds me of early McLaughlin, although his Messiah complex is not nearly as well developed as McLaughlin's was at the same stage of his career. Give him time though. As for viewership, Fox's penetration is improving, but it still has a long way to go. O'Reilly's show is gaining ground, but I would still guess that his penetration is small. After all, this IS cable, and it's on a cable network that's not carried on all outlets. My 22 viewer number was a bit of hyperbole (something I know you never engage in Gary <g>), but I don't believe it understates by that much the number of people watching who will actually be voting in the New York State election. Anyway, my point was to the political calculus involved. O'Reilly does make more of an effort to be even handed than most, but he has made his distaste for the First Lady quite clear in the past. Further, if she were foolish enough to appear on the show, you can bet that an inordinate amount of the discussion would dwell on her husband, Monica Lewinsky, and the impeachment. This has little to do with whether she should be elected Senator, and even less to do with the message she's trying to get across. Lazio had little to lose and everything to gain by going on the show, while she has a lot to lose and little to gain. And really, how much of a boost did Lazio get from being on the show? I live in New York, and I didn't even hear about it. There's as much chance of Hillary appearing on O'Reilly as there is of Lazio appearing on Geraldo. And no, I'm not trying to compare Geraldo's show to O'Reilly's, I agree that O'Reilly's is much better. But the political calculus would be the same in either case. Now if O'Reilly could learn to speak and act a little more differently from McLaughlin, maybe I'd watch the show more...