Bill O'Reilly Compares 'Salon' To White Supremacist Site

Bill O'Reilly lashed out at several news sites on July 14, referring to them as hate websites and "rank propaganda." O'Reilly was responding to criticisms from Salon and Media Matters over his comments on undocumented immigrants. O'Reilly had defended Donald Trump's characterization of migrants as criminals, in particular citing Kate Steinle, the California woman who was allegedly killed by a man who was living illegally in the country.

He also cited the San Jose Mercury News, which in a story quoted a Salon headline: "Bill O’Reilly: The murder of Kate Steinle proves Donald Trump is right about Mexicans." "Of course, I never said that," he said. "The San Jose Mercury News fabricated it, mimicking a hate website. So here's a suggestion for the Mercury News, Yahoo News and others who print that garbage: You wouldn't use something from Stormfront, another hate website, would you? So why are you using stuff from Salon, which is just as ugly? Why are you legitimizing rank propaganda? You should be ashamed of yourselves." Stormfront is the white supremacist web forum formed during David Duke's 1990 Senate campaign. In response, Salon writer Scott Eric Kaufman called O'Reilly a "self-important palaverist."