The Bill O'Reilly/Keith Olbermann feud became more bizarre over the weekend when a caller to O'Reilly's radio show, syndicated by CBS-owned Westwood One, was contacted by a member of Fox News Network's private security force apparently for mentioning Olbermann's name when he called in on Thursday. The man had barely gone on the air, remarking, "I like to listen to you during the day. I think Keith Olbermann's show ..." when O'Reilly cut him off, remarking a moment later, "When you call us, ladies and gentleman, just so you know, we do have your phone number, and if you say anything untoward, obscene, or anything like that, Fox security will then contact your local authorities, and you will be held accountable. Fair?" Anti-O'Reilly bloggers have been having a field day with the dispute, with one site, PoliticalCortex.com, offering accounts of persons who were contacted by Fox News security after calling O'Reilly's show. One woman said that she was accused of making harassing phone calls to O'Reilly. "I asked him how many? He did not know. I asked him what was said that was harassing? He said that he did not know what was said but that it did not have to be what was said, but how many calls were being made. He tried to make like I made 20 phone calls instead of one." Another blogger wrote that the security officer who phoned him "was actually very pleasant. ... Honestly, he really didn't sound like he wanted to be doing this at all." Ratings for Olbermann's show on MSNBC have zoomed since the spat began, particularly among younger viewers.

i have found myself watching O'Reilly lately out of morbid curiosity and hatred. It's like watching a really good villain or heel in pro wrestling. You hate them, yet you want to see more just so your ire can be raised more and more before you explode.

Seriously i hate O'Reilly alot, but can't help but flip him on if i'm free.

I wouldn't be surprised if he gets in a sextape scandal. Something about him strikes me as sleazy. Gross.

He exudes the demeanor of a complete asshole. That's not my kind of entertainment.

I wouldn't be surprised if he gets in a sextape scandal. Something about him strikes me as sleazy. Gross.

what is your idea of entertainment then? kittens and ice cream?

ouch, that hurts. Is it okay if I cry, now?

The heated polarization of political television is a total farce to me. If I want skewered political argument then I'll go to the local bar or something. O'reilly represents the figurehead of this dumbing down of the left and right for entertainments sake. I just don't endorse it, that's all.

The heated polarization of political television is a total farce to me. If I want skewered political argument then I'll go to the local bar or something. O'reilly represents the figurehead of this dumbing down of the left and right for entertainments sake. I just don't endorse it, that's all.

the louder and more disagreeable the personalities, the greater the entertainment value.

have you guys heard the actual tape? Stern played it and I could not figure out at all what the problem with it is. O'Reilly must be out of his mind for making someone call back callers on his show who say "Keith Olberman"

of course it's my opinion. i didn't think i needed to spell that out every time, but i guess i will from here on out.

in any event, i'm not alone in my opinion -- as evidenced by the viewing habits of the news-watching public.

what i'm still waiting for is YOUR opinion. if you don't watch, what kind of political TV would you watch? go ahead. i'm listening.

keith played it on his show last week, the night after it happened. i don't recall the exact timeline of it but all throughout the shows (countdown) history, olberman has made it a point to highlight o'reilly's idiotic tendencies. apaprently o'reilly got pissed off and on his show pleaded to nbc universal to bring back phil donahue because the show that took over that timeslot on msnbc (olberman) had apparently been getting abysmal ratings. this, of course, isn't really true. the best thing is that o'reilly never mentioned olberman's name, just stating that he was worried about the future of msnbc and wanted some actual competion. he then started a "bring phil back" petition on his website. olberman called him out on it and had every staff member of msnbc sign said petition. the next day, the dude call o'reilly, apparently about to badmouth olberman, and o'reilly censored him. i think somewhere in his mind he feels that if he doesn't actually SAY olberman's name in any way shape or form, he won't get into any shit. so, he isnt allowing his callers to do so either.

uhm, i watch countdown every night....

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O'Reilly's closing, desperate "we appreciate you coming in and taking the heat"...

After O'Reilly provided an "accountability moment" to the JetBlue CEO at his home, I decided to provide O'Reilly with his own accountability moment at his home.

I've got video of O'Reilly in his sleepwear (red shorts and a white t-shirt). I delivered the Andrea Mackris Court filings to all of his neighors - every home in his development got a copy. And I put a bunch of signs up along his street - "Bill O'Reilly: Andrea Mackris has your cash" directly across from his house; "Bill O'Reilly: PERVERT" in front of his home; "Bill O'Reilly: CHEATER" on the road he must take to exit his development and "Bill O'Reilly: Can't be trusted with your daughters" at the landmark boulder marking the entrance to his development.

o'reilly is just good for the lulz. Seriously, I find it hard to take anything he says seriously considering his retarded form of "debate" that involves insulting anything against his moronic, bigoted views. I just can't wait till he insults somebody's mother (unless he already has and has already paid them off before a defamation suit).

The talk show host's seemingly flattering comments about a famous black-run restaurant in Harlem illustrate his ignorance of black culture, some black leaders and scholars say.

"I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City," said O'Reilly on the Sept. 19 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show.

"There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who [was] screaming,'M-Fer was, I want more iced tea," he told National Public Radio's Juan Williams. "[It] was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all."