Bill O'Reilly is not "extremely successful in the journalism industry." He is extremely successful in the entertainment industry. There's nothing wrong with that--the left has its own news-based entertainment programs as well (The Daily Show, Bill Maher), and they can be very effective in challenging authority. I'm pretty sure O'Reilly himself would admit as much.

Anyway, the problem with this article isn't O'Reilly. It's that COM offered him a completely uncritical platform to lavish him with praise, and that BU Today followed suit. Yes, BU should welcome all alumni perspectives, including O'Reilly's, and yes, BU Today has to show support for such decisions. But both COM and BU Today are run by trained journalists, and they should be ashamed of this glib, shallow representation of O'Reilly's reception on campus. "O’Reilly dodges some [questions], answers others"? How about letting us know which ones he dodged, since we already got all those glowing grafs about his dedication to speaking the truth? Or better yet, how about just rewriting this entire article as a straightforward account of what was asked and said at the event? Guess O'Reilly-ites would find it too boring.

But BU Today should be kind of boring. It's supposed to represent a university, not sink to new lows to get page views. I used to enjoy this site, when it actually gave news about interesting research/people/events on campus. But by trying to insert itself into the hot-button issues of the day, all it does is insult readers. If you can't give both sides to a story, then don't cover it!