O'Reilly was interviewed on Terry Gross's show "Fresh Air" and in particular he wanted to address the previous visit to her show by a certain Al (now Senator Al) Franken, who was talking about his book which is approximated by this thread title. O'Reilly chose to walk out of the interview toward the end of the hour, and it was broadcast as such. Terry Gross was invited to his program and she went and he tried to bully her but failed.

Terry Gross is a national resource to be proud of. O'Reilly is less of such, but he is not unusual and there are worse than him out there. I think his naked self delusion is part and parcel of the national scene of our times.