Video: O'Reilly's "apology"..."I'm sorry if my statement offended anybody. Context is everything"

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Bill O'Reilly Apologizes For Michelle Obama "Lynching" Remark

Huffington Post | February 22, 2008 09:11 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/22/bill-oreilly-apologizes-_n_87949.html

First, there was the offensive remark. Then, the producer's defense of the comment, followed by the requisite Olbermann weigh-in. And, finally, the apology: on his show last night, Bill O'Reilly apologized for saying, "I don't want to go on a lynching party against Michelle Obama unless there's evidence." O'Reilly's exact words:

"While talking to a radio caller, I said there should be no lynching in the case, that comment off Clarence Thomas saying he was the victim of a high tech lynching (he said that on 60 Minutes, you may remember). I'm sorry if my statement offended anybody. That, of course, was not the intention. Context is everything."