Matt Ortega

In an interview with former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, FOX News commentator Bill O’Reilly said more incredibly offensive things.

O’Reilly, just off the heels of his comments about Sylvia’s Restaurant in Harlem, stated that the White House Press Corps should be wiped out, like cancer — referencing Snow’s bout with colon cancer.

When Snow revealed his plans to write a book on how to deal with cancer, O’Reilly responded:

O’REILLY: You know what you can do with all respect? You can combine how I deal with cancer with how I deal with the White House press corps. Because they’re both insidious, invasive. They both have to be wiped out.

Snow also informed O’Reilly that he’s considering returning to Fox News, but that he is also open to other networks that would give him the opportunity to do a “radio/TV piece.” O’Reilly responded:

O’REILLY: But you can’t go over to CNN. I mean, that’s the devil over there. You can’t. You know. You’re a religious guy. You can’t go into the pagan throne over there. [original emphasis]

Think Progress Editor Faiz Shakir provides the video. (Perhaps so that O’Reilly’s supporters do not fall back on the infamous it was “taken out of context” excuse.)

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