Baby I'm A Rich Man

Last night was my first watching the O'Reilly Factor in a long time. I wasn't disappointed.

O'Reilly's "impact segment" dealt with purported bias in the newspaper medium. Specifically, the Factor conducted a "study" and concluded that major city newspapers tend to have many more liberal than conservative columnists. Okay, great. But O'Reilly went on to claim:

The New York Times has four liberal columnists, one conservative.

And then:

Well, my stats -- these stats are solid. You can take these to the bank. We analyze it. We know these stats are absolutely rock solid. So it's about 4-1 liberal against conservatives. What do you think about that, Debra?

To the bank, huh? The NYT is 4 to 1?

Let's see. Safire, Brooks. One, two. Safire, Brooks. One, two. One, two. Safire, Brooks.

Will that be cash or check, Bill?

[N.B. Yes, I know Safire is retiring. And presumably, they'll replace him with a conservative--ed.]