"Bill O'Reilly Says Mike Wallace Inspired Him"

[GreenPartyVoter]

Bill O'Reilly has revealed an unlikely factor in his career: Mike Wallace. The host of Fox News'"The O'Reilly Factor" says on this Sunday's "60 Minutes" that Wallace made a strong impression on him when he was growing up.

"You know, you're responsible for this O'Reilly deal," he told Wallace in an interview taped on Sept. 13 for the CBS news program.

O'Reilly explains that he was inspired by Wallace's tough questioning on "Night Beat" and "The Mike Wallace Interviews" in the late 1950s. He claims, "If you don't like me, you go to Wallace."

A surprised Wallace asks O'Reilly if he is serious. "No spin," replies O'Reilly, echoing his program's No Spin Zone. "I mean, I'm serious about everything."

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040924/D85A0MOO0.html

[kcwayne]

1. I met Mike Wallace once and had a beer with him in an airport

I can see why O'Liely would like him. He was an insufferable self inflated prick as well.

[liberal N proud]

2. I am sure Mike Wallace is shamed of himself!

If not he sould be.

[BootinUp]

3. Inspired him to do what?

:shrug: