Bill O’Reilly Calls In Backup To Help Whitewash Slavery

Bill O’Reilly responded to Michelle Obama’s DNC speech by saying slaves were well fed and housed. Now he’s calling in backup, and they're going to start naming names (o noes!). Say our name, Bill. Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola (ThinkTank), and Michael Shure, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"In 1800, First Lady Abigail Adams wrote that slaves toiling at the White House were “half fed, and destitute of clothing.” American slavery expert Jesse J. Holland writes that some of the labor involved in constructing the White House was “backbreaking” and told the Washington Post slaves who worked there lived in barns.
Yet on his Fox News show on Tuesday night, Bill O’Reilly asserted that White House slaves “were well fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government, which stopped hiring slave labor in 1802.” His remarks, which came in response to First Lake Michelle Obama’s emotional DNC speech, were widely criticized for minimizing the horrific plight of slaves.
Tonight, O'Reilly responded to the critics. But instead of trying to clarify his remarks or discuss why he sought to make a case that White House slaves didn't have it that bad in the first place, he fixated on the media backlash, flatly asserted he's right, and accused anybody who disagrees with him of "defamation.””*
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