Last week, Bill O’Reilly got on Senator Coburn’s {R-OK} case for a quip the senator made about Fox News-style reporting and the mandatory health care imprisonment debate {Hat tip:: Linniqat}.

Well, as it turns out, there was plenty of evidence of Fox News-style “reporting” that confirmed that Fox was making a big deal out of prison as a result of noncompliance. O’Reilly tried to spin it as reporting a news story, but examining the footage, the bulk, if not all, was commentary—not news.

While CNN ratings languish, Fox and MSNBC are both branding their infotainment and rely upon the blurring of news and commentary. O’Reilly and Fox like to jump between the two categories depending on what’s convenient for them, but it’s rather disingenuous and insulting to act as if that’s not what’s going on.

Twitterversion:: Bill O’Reilly goes aft. Sen.4quip on FoxNews journalism.HuffPo slams Bill, who blurs news/commentary #Fail #ThickCulture @Prof_K

Song:: Aimee Mann-‘Real Bad News’